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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1994

HE ADDED THAT ALL THE PIERS IN THIS AREA WERE FOR FERRY SERVICES AND GOVERNMENT VESSELS ONLY, AND THE PUBLIC ALLOWED TO USE THEM.

SCHEDULED

WERE

NOT

LANDING STEPS AT SIX LOCATIONS WILL BE CLOSED TO MARINE TRAFFIC TO HELP LANDWARD CROWD CONTROL. THESE STEPS ARE:

QUEEN'S PIER

*

LUNG KING STREET STEPS

7.30 PM TO 9 PM

6 PM TO 8.30 PM

WAN CHAI WEST STEPS

KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER

WESTERN BERTHS SOUTHERN BERTHS

6 PM TO 8.30 PM

7 PM TO 9 PM

6 PM TO 9 PM

*

EAST TSIM SHA TSUI

PROMENADE

HUNG HOM EAST FERRY STEPS

6.30 PM TO 8.30 PM

7 PM TO 8.30 PM

AS IT IS EXPECTED THAT ALL PUBLIC LANDINGS CLOSE TO CENTRAL VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE QUITE HEAVILY USED AND CONGESTION MAY OCCUR, MASTERS AND COXSWAINS ARE URGED TO USE LANDINGS IN AREAS AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL HARBOUR IF POSSIBLE.

BETWEEN 7.45 PM AND 8.45 PM, SCHEDULED FERRY SERVICES IN THE CENTRAL HARBOUR WILL BE SUSPENDED WHILE SOME SERVICES WILL BE RE- SCHEDULED AS EARLY AS FROM 6 PM.

NOTING THAT SOME FERRY COMPANIES WOULD USE THEIR VESSELS TO PROVIDE SPECIAL SERVICE FOR VIEWING THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY, MR CHAN SAID THESE LARGER VESSELS WOULD BE POSITIONED WELL TO THE EAST OF THE CLOSED AREA, IN THE WATERS BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND CAUSEWAY BAY.

MARINE DEPARTMENT NOTICE NO. 5 OF 1994 PUBLISHED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT CONTAINS FULL DETAILS OF THE SPECIAL MARINE CONTROL MEASURES.

FREE COPIES OF THE NOTICE ARE AVAILABLE AT THE PORT FORMALITIES OFFICE AT ROOM 318, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG.

MR CHAN STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE INTENDING TO SAIL THEIR VESSELS INTO THE CENTRAL HARBOUR ON THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY DAY SHOULD GET COPIES OF THE NOTICE AND READ THEM BEFORE STARTING THEIR VOYAGES.

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT ALSO ADVISES MASTERS, OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF VESSELS TO OBSERVE SOME PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES:

* SMALL VESSELS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITHOUT DECKING, OR SMALL VESSELS LESS THAN FIVE METRES LONG SHOULD NOT GO INTO OR REMAIN IN THE CENTRAL HARBOUR AREA FROM 7 PM TO 9 PM BECAUSE SUCH VESSELS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE WASH FROM LARGER VESSELS IN THE ENVISAGED HIGH TRAFFIC DENSITY SEA AREA AND SMALL VESSELS ARE NOT EASILY DETECTED BY LARGER VESSELS.

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