XN000022-1989-04-03 — Page 2

MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1989

GOVERNOR BRIEFED ON PORT AND SHIPPING MATTERS

*

THE

WILSON, DURING PORT DEPARTMENT THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.

GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG'S

A

STRESSED THE

VISIT TO THE MARINE

CRUCIAL

ECONOMIC

"THE PORT CONTINUES TO BE AT THE HEART OF HONG KONG'S SUCCESS" SIR DAVID SAID. "PORT THROUGHPUT IS LIKELY TO INCREASE BY FURTHER EIGHT TIMES BETWEEN 1986 AND 2011.

"THIS

GROWTH. IS COLOSSAL IMPROVING FACILITIES IN THE PORT.

A

GOVERNMENT THE

IS

COMMITTED

то

RELATIONSHIP WITH

KONG'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT "WE MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT HONG AND TO PLAY A ROLE IN THE RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMIC SOUTHERN CHINA."

THE

PROGRESS ACHIEVED

SIR DAVID SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN ESTABLISHING HONG KONG'S OWN SHIPPING REGISTER, WHICH INAUGURATED IN LATE 1990.

IN

IS DUE TO BE

PER CENT OF THE REGISTER (CURRENTLY LARGEST IN THE

HE WAS TOLD THAT HONG KONG CAPITAL OWNED 10 WORLD'S MERCANTILE FLEET, AND THAT THE HONG KONG A PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM REGISTER) WAS AMONG THE WORLD.

REGISTER

OF

NEW HONG KONG THE GOVERNOR ALSO NOTED THAT THE SHIPPING WAS BEING SET UP IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH THE INDUSTRY.

HE SAID, "TO GAIN INTERNATIONAL AIM, "IT IS GOVERNMENT'S RESPECT AND CREDIBILITY FOR OUR NEW REGISTER.

ON HONG PLAY

KONG

SAILS WHO OWNS OR "WE WANT EVERYONE IN HONG KONG'S SHIPPING, OR IS OTHERWISE CONNECTED WITH THE INDUSTRY, TO A FULL PART IN MAKING THE REGISTER A SUCCESS."

ON THE LICENSING AND OPERATION OF

THE PUBLIC ON CONSULTING NOW WAS WAS TOLD THAT THE DEPARTMENT PROPOSALS IN A DETAILED DOCUMENT PUBLISHED AT THE END OF MARCH.

LOCAL CRAFT.

THE

GOVERNOR

NEW LEGISLATION AND

BE

CARRY

WOULD GUIDELINES ADMINISTRATIVE

ΤΟ REQUIRED BE WOULD OWNERS PROPOSALS REQUIRED. UNDER THE GREATER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY AND OPERATION OF THEIR VESSELS.

"I TRUST THAT ALL WHO OPERATE OR OWN LOCAL CRAFT TO THIS IMPORTANT REVIEW," SIR DAIVD SAID.

SIR DAVID WAS THEN BRIEFED ON THE COMBAT FLOATING REFUSE IN THE HARBOUR.

HE WAS TOLD THAT THE MARINE WERE BEING EXPANDED.

DEPARTMENT'S

DEPARTMENT'S

WILL RESPOND

OPERATIONS

ΤΟ

SCAVENGING

SERVICES

/HE NOTED