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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1988

WORLD MARITIME DAY

THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME

* * *

ORGANISATION

(IMO) HAS

THAT THE CELEBRATION OF WORLD MARITIME DAY IN 1988 IS DURING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19 TO 23.

ANNOUNCED

ΤΟ TAKE PLACE

AB

BY APPROVED

SAFETY AND

THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S WORLD MARITIME DAY, THE COUNCIL OF IMO, IS "SHIPBOARD MANAGEMENT FOR MARITIME POLLUTION PREVENTION".

THE

IMO,

TO ACCORDING TO AN IMO MESSAGE SENT

ALL MEMBER STATES, EMPHASIS WILL BE ON THE MUTUAL AND COMPLEMENTARY ROLE PLAYED BY BY GOVERNMENTS AND BY SHIPPING COMPANIES AND THEIR SHIPBOARD PERSONNEL

AND THE IN SEEKING TO EXPAND MARITIME SAFETY

OF PREVENTION

POLLUTION.

MARINE

THAT

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY)

IMPLEMENTED AND HONG KONG, AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF IMO, HAD ALWAYS

DEVELOPED BY ENFORCED THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND MEASURES IMO.

THE RESPONSIBILITY

AND THE THE MEASURES INTO

BE AS STATED IN THE IMO MESSAGE, IT WOULD OF THE INDUSTRY TO APPLY THOSE MEASURES TO INDIVIDUAL SHIPS, TASK OF OFFICERS AND CREWS ON BOARD SHIPS TO PUT OPERATION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

HOUSEHOLD VISITS TO BOOST VOTER REGISTRATION

STAFF OF THE ISLANDS

DISTRICT OFFICE WILL CONTINUE THEIR DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS TO HOUSEHOLDS ON LAMMA AND TUNG CHUNG ON LANTAU IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO HELP ELIGIBLE ISLANDERS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

"ISLANDERS AGED 21 OR ABOVE BY THE END OF THIS PERMANENT HONG KONG RESIDENTS OR WHO HAVE RESIDED SEVEN YEARS, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION," HE SAID.

IN

YEAR, WHO ARE HONG KONG FOR

AS ELECTORS COULD DO SO BEFORE THE CURRENT VOTER ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30," HE ADDED.

"THOSE WHO HAVE NOT EXERCISED THEIR CIVIC RIGHT BY SIGNING UP REGISTRATION DRIVE

/THE VOTER ............