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INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE POST OFFICE

KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE

KWUN TONG POST OFFICE

MONG KOK POST OFFICE

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1984

80 SALISBURY ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI

405 NATHAN ROAD, YAU MA ΤΕΙ

6 TUNG YAN STREET, KWUN TONG

37 BUTE STREET, MONG KOK

FACILITIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOMERS TO OPEN DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS WITH THE POST OFFICE FOR PAYMENT OF INTELPOST, A SPOKESMAN SAID.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE SERVICE AND DEPOSIT ACCOUNT FACILITIES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE INTELPOST REPRESENTATIVE ON TELEPHONE 5-2671148,

SPECIAL EXEMPTION FOR SMALL HARBOUR CRAFT *****

THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE HAS GIVEN SPECIAL EXEMPTION WHICH WILL NOW ENABLE SOME 2 000 SMALL VESSELS OR SAMPANS FITTED WITH OUTBOARD PETROL ENGINES TO GO ABOUT THEIR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES LAWFULLY IN HONG KONG HARBOUR.

THIS FOLLOWS A RECENT DETAILED STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT WHICH SHOWED THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH SMALL VESSELS, PREVIOUSLY NON-MECHANISED, HAD BEEN FITTED WITH THE PETROL ENGINES TO ENABLE THEM +TO MEET PRESENT DAY TRADE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF SPEED, ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

THESE SMALL CRAFT RANGE FROM ABOUT 3.3 TO 10 METRES IN LENGTH AND ARE FITTED WITH OUTBOARD PETROL ENGINES OF 2.9 AND 11.2 KILOWATTS (BETWEEN FOUR AND 15 HORSEPOWER). SOME OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN FISHING ACTIVITIES, WHILE MANY OTHERS ARE SERVING AS LOGISTIC AND WORK BOATS FOR THE MARINE FISH CULTURE AND OYSTER REARING BUSINESS.

HOWEVER, LEGISLATION ENACTED ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO PRECLUDES LICENSING OF SUCH VESSELS.

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