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LOCALISED SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR HONG KONG

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1991

REGISTERED SHIPS

SHIPPING (SAFETY) REGISTERED

MERCHANT SETS OF LOCALISED TWENTY-SEVEN REGULATIONS 1991 CAME INTO EFFECT TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR SHIPS IN THE AUTONOMOUS HONG KONG SHIPPING REGISTER AND THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

WERK PUBLISHED IN

MARINE (MULTI-LATERAL THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF WILLIAM JOHNSTON SAID: "THESE NEW REGULATIONS NOW REPLACE KINGDOM REGULATIONS WHICH WERE APPLIED IN HONG KONG.

OF "THE 27 SETS

UNITED

REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN REFERENCES TO

KINGDOM AUTHORITIES RELEVANT HONG KONG AUTHORITIES.

WITH

POLICY), MR THE UNITED

REPLACE THE

ΤΟ AMENDED

TO REFERENCES

ARE CONCERNED WITH "THE SUBSTANCE OF THESE REGULATIONS WHICH

BASICALLY UNCHANGED REMAINS

AND THERE IS NO SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

SAFETY REQUIRED OF THE COMPROMISE ON THE CURRENT HIGH STANDARDS OF SHIPS ON THE HONG KONG REGISTER."

AT ENSURING THE

HE EXPLAINED THAT THE LOCALISATION WAS AIMED CONTINUED APPLICATION OF THESE REGULATIONS IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997.

THIRTEEN SETS OF the

REGULATIONS WERE

GAZETTED LAST FRIDAY

(JULY 26) AND THE REMAINING 14 SETS GAZETTED TODAY.

THE 27 SETS OF

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED A NOTICE ON REGULATIONS INCLUDING A LIST OF TITLES OF THESE REGULATIONS.

WERE OBTAINABLE FREE OF MR JOHNSTON SAID THE LIST OF TITLES CHARGE FROM THE MULTI-LATERAL POLICY DIVISION OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT

HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER IN ROOM 2101 ON THE 21ST FLOOR OF

ROAD,

CENTRAL, HONG KONG.

COPIES OF

REGULATIONS THE

PUBLICATIONS CENTRE,

GROUND FLOOR,

ARE ON SALE

POST GENERAL

AT

THE

GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING,

CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

FOUR NOMINATIONS RECEIVED TODAY FOR LEGCO ELECTIONS

FOR THE

LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

FOUR NOMINATIONS SEPTEMBER WERE RECEIVED TODAY (WEDNESDAY), BRINGING THE OF NOMINATIONS SO FAR TO 66.

THREE

NOMINATIONS

ELECTIONS TOTAL NUMBER

IN

WERE

SUBMITTED FOR

THE

FUNCTIONAL

FOR

ELECTIONS

HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. ONE

то THE

HELD DIRECT

ON

BE

CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS TO BE NOMINATION WAS RECEIVED SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15.

/50 FAR