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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1983

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DISTRICT JUDGE PROMOTED

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THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT JUDGE PHILIP GERARD CLOUGH AS A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT.

THE APPOINTMENT, GAZETTED TODAY, WAS EFFECTIVE FROM MAY 9.

MR CLOUGH HAD BEEN SERVING AS A DISTRICT JUDGE IN HONG KONG SINCE AUGUST 1981.

BORN IN 1924, MR CLOUGH STUDIED LAW AT KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE AFTER COMPLETING WAR SERVICE IN 1946. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1949.

HE TOOK UP THE POST OF FEDERAL COUNSEL IN MALAYA IN 1951 AND WAS ADDITIONALLY THE LEGAL ADVISER OF SELANGOR FROM 1956 TO 1958.

FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. HE PRACTISED AT THE CHANGERY BAR AND SAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AS DEPUTY CIRCUIT JUDGE.

BEFORE JOINING THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY, HE WAS THE LEGAL AFFAIRS ADVISER IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS IN BRUNEI.

BERTHING FEES PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS *****

THE GOVERNMENT HAS AMENDED EXISTING LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE CHARGING OF BERTHING AND EMBARKATION FEES AT THE SHAM SHUI PO- MACAU FERRY TERMINAL FOR VESSELS AND PASSENGERS LEAVING FOR MACAU,

THE AMENDMENT IS CONTAINED IN THE SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (HONG KONG - CHINA AND MACAU FERRY TERMINALS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1983 PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE AMENDMENT WAS MADE FOLLOWING PASSENGER THROUGHPUT PROJECTIONS THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR A SECOND TERMINAL FOR MACAU FERRY SERVICES, EITHER IN KOWLOON OR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

PASSENGER THROUGHPUT AT THE CURRENT TEMPORARY TERMINAL IN CENTRAL REACHED EIGHT MILLION IN 1982, ONE MILLION MORE THAN IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR.

THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS, MADE UNDER THE SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 313), PROVIDED FOR BERTHING AND EMBARKATION FEES TO BE CHARGED AT THE HONG KONG TERMINAL IN CENTRAL.

MACAU FERRY

THE PRESENT AMENDMENT EXTENDS THESE REGULATIONS TO COVER ALSO THE SHAM SHUI PO - MACAU FERRY TERMINAL.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MACAU PASSENGER THROUGHPUT FOR 1983-84 WILL BE 6,63 MILLION AT THE CENTRAL TERMINAL AND 2.63 MILLION AT THE SHAM SHUI PO TERMINAL.

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