CO129-592-10 Future Policy in Hong Kong- Port Administration 10-4-1946 - 15-4-1947 — Page 181

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HONG KONG JONI CONSULTATIVE COMMITTE

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To All Members.

A copy of the Report of the Clyde Estuary Committee is enclosed.

It is thought that a perusal of this report may be of interest to members of

the committee, as it recommends the unification of the authorities

administering the port and harbour facilities in the Clyde Estuary, by the

creation of a single authority controlling-

(a) Port and harbour provision.

(b) River conservancy.

(c) Lights, buoys and seamari

(a) Pilotage.

In the course of the report the present division of administrative

control is indicated; the contending view of the interested parties

set out, and the general principles which have governed the development of

port administration are enunciated.

As some of the report dealing more particularly with conditions in

the Clyde situary may be of limited interest to members, they may wish to

limit their reading to some of the following paragraphs:

Sub leat

Existing administrative layout.......

Development of Radar not yet such

as to make it valuable as navigation aid in narrow channel in conditions offog

Need for planning provision of port

facilities to avoid waste of capital

Controlling factor in development of

river ports, determination of merchants

Taranang

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and shippers to minimise port handling of goods..........

Duty of port authorities to provide facilities

which customers want...o

Example of faulty debenture stock provisions

General opinion that unified administration

results in great advantagem to national and local interest

Views of authorities and interested

parties on unification

69: 70

71

76, 77, 78

World practice in part administration

87

89, 90, 98, 100, 105, 107, 113, 114, 118, 119,120,121.

122 128

Recomendations : smaller board, no municipal

representation as such, amalgamation of port, lighthouse, and pilotage authorities. Improvement of road communications

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