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SERVICES

BANKS

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

13

FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1992

17,570

+5

+19

16,225

-9

+13

22,525

+158

+61

16,754 19,004

+9

+17

+2

+20

# PER CAPITA EARNINGS COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS

EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

NOTE TO TABLES 1 3:

UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA EARNINGS", WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE COMPANIES SURVEYED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED IS NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.

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MARINERS URGED TO PAY ATTENTION TO SAFETY IN HARBOUR

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR ALLAN PYRKE, SAID HONG KONG WAS PROBABLY THE BUSIEST HARBOUR IN MARINERS SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO MARINE TIMES.

TODAY (FRIDAY) THE WORLD AND SAFETY AT ALL

ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD ANNUAL ABERDEEN MARINA CLUB BOAT SHOW AND EXHIBITION, MR PYRKE SAID: "THERE ARE 23,000 OCEAN-GOING SHIPS, 56,000 SMALLER COASTAL VESSELS AND FERRIES CRISS-CROSSING THE HARBOUR IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS, SOME AT HIGH SPEED ANNUALLY."

CRAFT.

IN ADDITION, THERE ARE MYRIAD LIGHTERS, TUGS AND OTHER WORKING

"MARINE TRAFFIC OVER RECENT YEARS HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THIS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE, BUT MARINERS MUST NOW CONTEND WITH NIGHTLY INTRUSIONS BY HIGH SPEED, UNLIT SMUGGLING CRAFT DRIVEN WITH NO REGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS.

"I WILL SHORTLY BE ISSUING A MARINE DEPARTMENT NOTICE WARNING OF THE DANGERS OF VENTURING OUT IN THE EASTERN APPROACHES AT NIGHT, TOGETHER WITH LETTERS TO THE VARIOUS YACHT CLUBS AND BOATING ASSOCIATION IN SIMILAR TERMS," HE SAID.

ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE, HONG KONG HAS DEVELOPED AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION IN THE FIELD OF MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE AND HAS COMPLETED THE FINAL STAGES IN IMPLEMENTING THE

MARITIME DISTRESS AND FETY SYSTEM (GMDSS) THIS YEAR,

GLOBAL

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