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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1993

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"NO. 2" BRINGS $9.5 MILLION TO LOTTERIES FUND

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THE

FINANCIAL

SECRETARY,

(SATURDAY) THAT HE WAS PLEASED THAT

MR HAMISH

ABLE

TODAY TO

SAID MACLEOD, MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE

THE PROCEEDS OF $9.5 MILLIOM BENEFIT FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND WITH FROM THE AUCTION OF THE "NO. 2" VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBER.

MR MACLEOD ANNOUNCED IN THE CHINESE MAKE AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION "NO. 2"

OFFICE CHARITY.

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AS A NEW YEAR

GESTURE

то

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THE

BOOST

THE

NEW YEAR THAT HE WOULD NUMBER ASSIGNED ΤΟ HIS LOTTERIES FUND

FOR

AS A FURTHER PERSONAL GESTURE, HE WILL BE PRESENTING A THE NEW OWNER NEW PROOF HONG KONG COINS AS A SMALL GIFT TO LICENCE NUMBER.

SET OF OF THE

THE REGISTRATION MARK "PS" WILL NOW BE USED SECRETARY'S OFFICIAL CAR.

BY THE

FINANCIAL

0

HARBOUR SPEED LIMITS WILL BE EXAMINED

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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL RE-EXAMINE HARBOUR

SPEED LIMITS,

OF

ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE VESSELS WHICH CREATE A LARGE WASH, IN VIEW OF THE WORSENING WASH PROBLEM AND INCREASED TRAFFIC, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARINE, MR ALLAN PYRKE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

MR PYRKE WAS ADDRESSING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CLUB MARINA COVE'S HONG KONG BOAT SHOW 1993 IN SAI KUNG,

MR PYRKE SAID: "HIGH SPEED IN ITSELF DOES NOT NECESSARILY GENERATE A LARGE WASH, IT IS THE SIZE AND TYPE OF HULL FORM AND POWER WHICH HAS A LARGE EFFECT.

"PEOPLE OPERATING LARGE AND FAST PLEASURE CRAFT WHICH CREATE A WASH PROBLEM SHOULD APPRECIATE THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT ΤΟ ENFORCE THE HARBOUR SPEED LIMITS ALTHOUGH WE ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH THE USE OF HAND-HELD RADAR GUNS TO GET SPEED CHECKS.

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THE SPEED LIMIT IN THE CENTRAL HARBOUR AREA IS 10 KNOTS FOR VESSELS OF 60 METRES OR LESS IN LENGTH.

MR PYRKE SAID IF A SOLUTION COULD NOT BE FOUND, THEN THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO BAN PLEASURE CRAFT FROM THE CENTRAL HARBOUR AREA IF VESSELS CONTINUED TO IGNORE THE SPEED LIMITS.

/INCREASES IN

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