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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1975
BETTER NAVIGATIONAL AIDS BEING INSTALLED
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MORE POWERFUL LIGHT BEACONS FOR GUIDING SHIPS THROUGH THE EAST LAMMA CHANNEL ARE BEING INSTALLED BY THE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS SECTION OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT,
THESE BEACONS WILL BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO CONTAINERSHIPS TRAVELLING TO AND FROM KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER BERTHS AND TO TANKERS DELIVERING OIL TO AP LEI CHAU AND NGAU YING CHAU IN TSUEN WAN, ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTS OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR. JIMMY DEAKIN.
FOUR EXISTING BEACONS AT YUEN KOK, WONG CHU KOK, SHEK KOK TSUI AND KAU YI CHAU WILL BE FITTED WITH MORE POWERFUL LIGHTS, WHILE A NEW AUTOMATIC BEACON WILL BE INSTALLED AT AP LEI PEI.
SOME OF THESE BEACONS HAVE A RANGE OF 10 MILES, OTHER 20 MILES.
THE AUTOMATIC BEACON IS EXPECTED TO BE FUNCTIONAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR, THE OTHERS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
+THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE CARRYING OUT TO KEEP UP THE HIGH STANDARD OF NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY IN HONG KONG WATERS,+ MR. DEAKIN SAID.
+AT THE MOMENT THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO INSTALL A TOTAL OF 64 WINKER LIGHTS ON JETTIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND TO PLACE LIGHTED BUOYS IN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN APPROACHES TO
VICTORIA HARBOUR IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME.+
THE WINKER LIGHTS, WHICH CAN BE SEEN ONE AND A HALF MILES OFF AND WHICH ARE OPERATED BY A LONGLIFE BATTERY, WILL BE
USEFUL TO SMALL VESSELS OPERATING IN THE AREA.
WORK ON THEIR INSTALLATION, WHICH IS CARRIED OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, HAS ALREADY BEGUN IN COASTAL VILLAGES OF TAI PO DISTRICT.
PLANNING FOR LIGHTED BUOYS IN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN
APPROACHES TO THE HARBOR IS ALSO IN HAND.
+THEY WILL BE HELPFUL TO VESSELS IN KEEPING WITHIN TRAFFIC SEPARATION LANES, ARRIVING OR LEAVING AT TIMES OF LOW VISIBILITY,+ MR. DEAKIN SAID.
ABOUT FIVE OR SIX OF THE BUOYS WILL BE PLACED AT TURNING POINTS AND SEPARATION LINES ALONG THE LANES.
THE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS SECTION IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST SECTIONS OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
/+AT PRESENT..........
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