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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1990

WORLD MARITIME DAY 1990 EMPHASISES CLEANER OCEANS

THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION (IMO) HAS ANNOUNCED

DAY THAT THE CELEBRATION OF WORLD MARITIME

1990 (WMD) IS TO TAKE

PLACE DURING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24 TO 28.

IN HIS MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBER STATES, THE IMO SECRETARY GENERAL, MR WILLIAM O'NEIL, SAID THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S WMD IS "CLEANER OCEANS: THE ROLE OF IMO IN THE 1990'S".

SAFETY

HAS

THE REMAINS FROM ITS VERY OF PREVENTION

MR O'NEIL SAID: "ALTHOUGH MARITIME PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THE IMO, THE ORGANISATION INCEPTION PLACED INCREASING EMPHASIS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.

"ALONG WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND BODIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS

THE SYSTEM, THE IMO IS NOW FULLY INVOLVED IN

INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO HALT AND, IF POSSIBLE, REVERSE THE DEGRADATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE GLOBAL ECOLOGY."

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARINE (SHIPPING), MR JOHN TSE, KONG HAS TODAY (SUNDAY) SAID AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE IMO, HONG ALWAYS IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED ALL NECESSARY TECHNICAL STANDARDS MEASURES DEVELOPED BY THE IMO AND ARE IN FORCE INTERNATIONALLY.

AND

PREVENTION IS WELL IN TREATMENT

FOR THE REFERRING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS (MARPOL), MR TSE SAID: "PLANNING HAND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PLANT FOR THE RECEPTION, AND DISPOSAL OF OILY WATER MIXTURE AND NOXIOUS CHEMICAL RESIDUES SHIPS.

ISLAND.

SOUTHWEST "THE NEW PLANT WILL BE LOCATED ON THE

FROM

OF TSING YI

"THIS WILL ENABLE HONG KONG TO ANNEX II OF THE MARPOL CONVENTION WHICH KONG."

FULLY

HAS

IMPLEMENT ANNEX I AND BEEN ENFORCED IN HONG

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