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SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1989

PILOTAGE INQUIRY INTO SHIP COLLISION

THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DERICK HALL, WHO IS PILOTAGE AUTHORITY, HAS ORDERED A PILOTAGE INQUIRY INTO A LAST WEEK BETWEEN A CONTAINER VESSEL AND A LOG CARRIER.

MR YEUNG TO-FOR, SURVEYOR OF SHIPS (NAUTICAL), APPOINTED BY MR HALL TO CONDUCT THE INQUIRY.

ALSO COLLISION

THE

HAS BEEN

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THE INQUIRY WAS ORDERED FOLLOWING INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ACCIDENT AND WAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 18 (B) OF THE PILOTAGE ORDINANCE (CAP. 84).

NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE SOUTH KOREAN CONTAINER SHIP "HANJIN OAKLAND" AND THE PANAMANIAN LOG CARRIER "GOODLINK".

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY NORTHWEST ISLAND AT ABOUT 7.15 AM ON JULY 7.

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THE 2,800-TONNE "GOODLINK SUSTAINED SERIOUS DAMAGE 35,000-TONNE "HANJIN OAKLAND", WHICH WAS BEING NAVIGATED KONG PILOT, WAS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.

OF GREEN

BY

WHILE THE A HONG

TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT FOR EXTENSION OF HK PASSPORTS

THAT IN

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) ORDER TO ASSIST THOSE WITH URGENT TRAVEL PLANS, IT WILL INTRODUCE A TEMPORARY MEASURE WHEREBY BRITISH HONG KONG PASSPORTS WHICH HAVE EXPIRED FOR NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OR HAVE A VALIDITY OF LESS THAN SIX MONTHS MAY BE EXTENDED FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, PROVIDED THERE ARE AMPLE BLANK PAGES.

THIS SERVICE WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE

AT THE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS (PASSPORT) SECTION IN THE IMMIGRATION HEADQUARTERS, ON THE FIRST FLOOR, 61 MODY ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, KOWLOON, WITH EFFECT FROM MONDAY (JULY 17).

"THIS TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT WILL FACILITATE PASSPORT HOLDERS WHO NEED TO TRAVEL URGENTLY BUT CANNOT AFFORD THE TIME TO WAIT FOR THE ISSUE OF NEW PASSPORTS," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINEd.

"ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE USE OF THIS APPROACH THE IMMIGRATION HEADQUARTERS, HE ADDED.

NEW SERVICE

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