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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1988

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE

OBJECTIVES

OF THE

STUDY WERE TO

IN THE AREA, WHICH LARGER

ASCERTAIN AND DESCRIBE THE WATER MOVEMENT PATTERNS PROVIDE GUIDANCE WITH REGARD TO THE CONDITIONS UNDER VESSELS COULD SAFELY MOVE IN THE AREA, AND ESTABLISH THE OPTIMUM MARINE TRAFFIC CAPACITY OF THE MA WAN CHANNEL.

THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY WOULD BE OF SIGNIFICANT USE IN PLANNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES PROPOSALS FOR WHICH WOULD INVOLVE THE MOVEMENT OF DEEP LARGE TONNAGE VESSELS TO THE AREA, HE ADDED.

DRAUGHT AND

FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF BOTH TIDE AND CURRENT WERE CONDUCTED AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS IN THE STUDY ARBA BY USING SPECIAL INSTRUMENTATION AND EQUIPMENT.

THE DATA GATHERED WAS ANALYSED, PROCESSED AND CALIBRATED TO PROVIDE FOR A DEFINITION OF THE AREA'S TIDAL CURRENT FLOWS AND, USING THE WATER FLOW DATA THUS OBTAINED, THE BEHAVIOUR OF SHIPS NAVIGATING IN THE STUDY AREA WAS EXAMINED.

FOR ASSESSMENT OF VARIOUS OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF NAVIGATION IN THE AREA, SIMULATIONS INVOLVING THE PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG PILOTS ASSOCIATION AND OFFICERS OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WERE AMONG THE TECHNIQUES USED FOR THIS PART OF THE STUDY.

THE RESULTS ARRIVED AT WERE USED TO DETERMINE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFE NAVIGATION IN THE MA WAN WELL AS TRAFFIC CAPACITY OF THE WATERWAY.

VARIOUS AREA A9

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE STUDY HAD ACHIEVED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIDAL CURRENT PATTERNS AROUND MA WAN WITH THE PRODUCTION OF A TIDAL STREAM ATLAS, WHICH PROVIDED FOR A MORE ACCURATE PREDICTION OF THE TIDAL FLOWS IN THE AREA.

**THE STUDY REPORT HAS DERIVED A FOR THE WATERWAY AND MAKES CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH LARGE TRANSIT THE CHANNEL, IN MANAGEMENT IN THE AREA.

VESSELS ADDITION ΤΟ

"IT ALSO RECOMMENDS

THEORETICAL TRAFFIC CAPACITY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE OF DIFFERING TONNAGES SHOULD PROPOSALS FOR VESSEL TRAFFIC

INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A CURRENT METER TO FACILITATE INSTANTANEOUS PREDICTION OF THE TIDAL CURRENT IN THE AREA THROUGH THE USE OF A COMPUTER,

THE

SPOKESMAN

SAID.

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