TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1975
NEW BEACON TO GUIDE NAVIGATORS
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A NEW POWERFUL BEACON WILL BE SWITCHED ON AT 10 A.M. TOMORROW (NOVEMBER 26) TO GIVE MORE HELP TO NAVIGATORS ON THE SEAWAY BETWEEN CAPE D'AGUILAR AND BEAUFORT ISLAND.
THE NEW NAVIGATIONAL AID, MANUFACTURED BY A BRITISH FIRM, HAS A 250-WATT TUNGSTEN IODINE LAMP BULB.
ON A CLEAR DAY, ITS WHITE BEAM CAN REACH A DISTANCE OF 20 MILES.
THE GRANITE TOWER WHICH HOUSES THIS NEW EQUIPMENT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1875 FOR THE FIRST BEACON IN HONG KONG.
ALTHOUGH THIS BEACON WAS NOT USED AFTER 1896, THE TOWER HAS BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED. SINCE AT A HEIGHT OF 200 FEET IT IS CLEAR OF ALL OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE CAPE D'AGUILAR PENINSULA, IT WAS CHOSEN AS THE SITE OF THE NEW BEACON.
THE INSTALLATION OF THIS NEW BEACON TO COMPLEMENT EXISTING NAVIGATIONAL AIDS WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S STANDING COMMITTEE ON NAVIGATIONAL AIDS (SCONA).
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