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SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1978

BUT THOSE WERE THE DAYS. WAGLAN NOW HAS A PIER AND NOW. - MOST OF THE NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS ARE OPERATED BY BATTERIES WHICH HAVE A LONGER LIFE, ARE LIGHTER IN WEIGHT AND MORE ECONOMICAL.

THE NUMBER OF NAVIGATIONAL AIDS WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS HAS INCREASED MORE THAN 12 TIMES IN THE PAST THIRTY YEARS WHILE THE NUMBER OF STAFF IN THE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS SECTION MAINTAINING THESE AIDS HAS ONLY DOUBLED DURING THIS PERIOD.

TO FURTHER MODERNISE THESE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED A PILOT SCHEME USING SOLAR ENERGY TO OPERATE THEM.