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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1989

CELEBRATION OF WORLD MARITIME DAY THIS WEEK

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THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME

(IMO) ORGANISATION

THAT THE CELEBRATION OF WORLD MARITIME DAY IN 1989 IS DURING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18 TO 22.

HAS ANNOUNCED TO TAKE PLACE

•

THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S WORLD MARITIME FIRST 30 YEARS"

DAY IS "IMO

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THE

SHIPPING

IN A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBER STATES THE IMO SAID WHILST

INDEED FOR THE PROSPERITY OF IS VITAL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND NATIONS, IT IS AT THE SAME TIME A PERILOUS UNDERTAKING.

COMMUNITY

TO

IT HAS THEREFORE BEEN A MAJOR DESIRE OF THE MARITIME TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE THE DANGERS AND MAKE THE MOVEMENT OF SHIPS SAFER.

SAFETY RESTS VERY LARGELY WITH THE CREWS OF SHIPS.

REGARDED AS ONE DURING THE LAST 30 YEARS, IMO HAS COME TO BE

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND VALUED

AND A DYNAMIC SPECIALISED AGENCY OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM.

KONG. AS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT HONG

HAS IMO,

ALWAYS TAKEN AN ACTIVE PART IN AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF

THE ENFORCING

TECHNICAL STANDARDS IMPLEMENTING

AND. MEASURES DEVELOPED BY THE ORGANISATION.

AND

OF SAFER SHIPPING AND

"THE ORGANISATION'S AVOWED OBJECTIVES CLEANER OCEANS CANNOT BE OVER-EMPHASISED." THE SPOKESMAN ADDed.

REQUIRE

THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF "HOWEVER, THIS WOULD

ALL KONG AND WORLDWIDE IF CONNECTED WITH THE INDUSTRY BOTH WITHIN HONG THESE OBJECTIVES WERD TO BE ACHIEVED. '

"I

JULY ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED

BY

JUNE 1988, THE

THE ORDERS POSITION IN JULY 1989 AS REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

WITH JULY BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED 1989, BUT INCREASED ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARED

ORDERS-ON-HAND

WITH JUNE 1989, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF

WEARING APPAREL IN JULY 1989 INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE TEXTILES AND INDUSTRIES. HOWEVER, SLIGHT DECREASES IN ORDERS WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC

AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

PRODUCT'S

THE

THE ELECTRICAL