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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1989

DUES,

VESSELS,

TO

AND

PORT AND LIGHT IN A RELATED MOVE,

PAYABLE BY EXCEPT FISHING VESSELS, ENTERING HONG KONG WILL BE INCREASED BY 40 50 PER CENT. BOTH CHARGES ARE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF TONNAGE,

TON FOR OCEAN-GOING THEY WORK OUT TO BE 11 CENTS PER NET REGISTERED VESSELS AND FIVE CENTS EACH FOR RIVER TRADE VESSELS.

PASSENGER EMBARKATION

PASSENGERS

PAYABLE BY OWNERS

FEES OF

PASSENGERS EMBARKING AT ANY CHINA OR INCREASED FROM $15 TO $17.

AND

MACAU-BOUND

FOR CHINA

IN VESSELS

RESPECT OF FERRY

MACAU FERRY TERMINAL WILL BE

THE FEE INCREASES

SPECIFICALLY

RELATED TO THE

NEW VESSEL

TRAFFIC SYSTEM (VTS) WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER 16, WHEN THE VTS OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME FULLY OPERATIONAL.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE INCREASES

WERE AIMED AT RECOVERING

THE COST OF THE SYSTEM.

OF NAVIGATION OF THE VTS WILL ASSIST IN IMPROVING THE SAFETY

WATERS AND

OF THE IMPROVE

EFFICIENCY ALL VESSELS USING HONG KONG UTILISATION OF THOSE WATERS.

FULL DETAILS OF ALL THE NEW FEES AND CHARGES WILL BE IN THE GAZETTE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,

THE

DIRECTOR

OF MARINE HAS

PUBLISHED

TRADE

FORMULATING

CONSULTED VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER OPERATORS AND USERS OF THE PORT IN THESE PROPOSED INCREASES.

REVISED FEES FOR COUNTRY PARK PERMITS

INSIDE A COUNTRY IT WAS

THE FEES FOR CERTAIN PERMITS FOR ACTIVITIES PARK OR SPECIAL AREA HAVE BEEN REVISED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, ANNOUNCED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

EXISTING LEVELS OF FERMIT THESE FEES WERE PRESCRIBED SPECIAL AREAS REGULATIONS

THIS IS THE FIRST REVISION OF THE FEES SINCE THEIR INTRODUCTION IN 1977. THE SCHEDULE OF THE COUNTRY PARKS AND THE COUNTRY PARKS ORDINANCE.

THE SCHEDULE OF REVISED FEES, CONTAINED IN AND SPECIAL AREAS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1989, WAS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LAST WEEK.

IN OF

THE

COUNTRY PARKS APPROVED BY THE

/THE REVISED