THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1992
GOVT-LEGCO. COMMITTEE PROPOSAL REMAINS AVAILABLE
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IN REPLY TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, THE GOVERNOR'S SPOKESMAN, MR MIKE HANSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) EMPHASISED THAT THE OPTION OF ESTABLISHING A GOVERNMENT-LEGCO COMMITTEE REMAINED AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE STRESSED THAT THE PROPOSAL HAD NOT BEEN SCRAPPED.
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"A LETTER WAS SENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL YESTERDAY SUGGESTING THAT THE EXISTING CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE TIME BEING, BECAUSE SOME MEMBERS HAVE DIFFICULTIES AGREEING ON AN APPROPRIATE MEMBERSHIP FOR THE COMMITTEE, HE SAID.
"THEIR DIFFICULTIES ARE QUITE UNDERSTANDABLE.'
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"LET US EMPHASISE THAT THIS OPTION REMAINS AVAILABLE AND IF MEMBERS DECIDE THAT THEY WISH TO PROCEED WITH IT, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE HAPPY TO OBLIGE.
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HK TO SET EXAMPLE IN SHIPPING SAFETY
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HONG KONG WAS DETERMINED TO SET AN EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD IN THE FIELD OF SHIPPING SAFETY, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR TONY MILLER, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
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"HONG KONG IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT PORTS. AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SHIPPING PASSES THROUGH THE PORT, MR MILLER SAID IN HIS KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO THE PORTS 2000 CONFERENCE.
HE ALSO SAID HONG KONG HAD AN AUTONOMOUS SHIPPING REGISTER.
"IT IS IMPORTANT, THAT AS A RESPONSIBLE MARINE
WE TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN PROMOTING SHIPPING SAFETY.
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ADMINISTRATION,
THIS.
ENFORCEMENT
MR MILLER EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE TWO BROAD ASPECTS TO FIRST, TRAFFIC SAFETY WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS AND SECOND, OF INTERNATIONAL SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.
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"WE HAVE A STATE-OF-THE-ART VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM PLACE. IT MUST BE EXPANDED TO ACCOMMODATE FORECAST GROWTH OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE PORT, HE SAID.
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IT MAY ALSO HAVE TO BECOME MORE PRO-ACTIVE THAN IN THE PAST AS TRAFFIC VOLUMES INCREASE, HE ADDED.
THERE IS, HOWEVER, ANOTHER ASPECT TO SAFETY, MR MILLER SAID.
THAT IS THE ENFORCEMENT OF THROUGH PORT STATE CONTROL INSPECTIONS.
INTERNATIONAL
SAFETY
STANDARDS
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