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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1988

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ACTION TAKEN TO EASE TYPHOON SHELTER CONGESTION

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THE GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS TO NAVIGATION THAT THE CONGESTION IN TYPHOON SHELTERS MAY CAUSE AND HAS BEEN TACKLING THE PROBLEM TO ENSURE SAFE NAVIGATION THERE.

THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID NENDICK, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE PROBLEM OF CONGESTION WAS GENERALLY NOT SERIOUS IN HONG KONG WATERS, MR NENDICK SAID WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION

BY THE HON LIU LIT-FOR.

"THE HARBOUR ITSELF IS BUSY BUT NOT CONGESTED. THERE IS. HOWEVER, CONGESTION IN MOST TYPHOON SHELTERS, HE SAID.

It

THE GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, TACKLED IN THREE WAYS.

WHICH WAS BEING

MR NENDICK SAID THE MARINE DEPARTMENT MAINTAINED REGULAR PATROLS IN TYPHOON SHELTERS AND IN AREAS FREQUENTED BY LOCAL CRAFT то ENSURE SAFE NAVIGATION AND TO MAINTAIN GENERAL DISCIPLINE.

"TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR PATROLS ARE MOUNTED DURING FESTIVALS AND IN INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN THERE IS A HICH

OF LOCAL CRAFT IN TYPHOON SHELTERS, HE SAID.

CONCENTRATION

A SECOND APPROACH WAS TO EXAMINE THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR WATER SPACE RY LOCAL CRAFT.

"BIENNIAL REVIEWS OF TYPHOON SHELTER CONDUCTED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT,

SPACE REQUIREMENTS ARE

"THE CONCLUSIONS OF THESE REVIEWS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES," HE SAID.

THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE

EXAMPLE OF THE SYSTEM AT WORK

ALDRICH BAY TYPHOON SHELTER WAS AN

A THIRD APPROACH WAS TO FURTHER REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DWELLING VESSELS IN TYPHOON SHELTERS.

"THE NUMBER OF DWELLING VESSELS, WHICH ARE A MAIN CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO CONGESTION IN TYPHOON SHELTERS, HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 2,700 IN 1983 TO 658 TO DATE, HE SAID.

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YEARS

"THIS NUMBER WILL BE FURTHER REDUCED IN THE COMING THROUGH THE CLEARANCE PROGRAMMES INITIATED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT."

/MR NENDICK