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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1994

SEVEN OF THE SUB-DIVIDED ANCHORAGES

WHILE THE OTHER TWO ARE FOR DANGEROUS GOODS.

ARE

FOR GENERAL PURPOSE

"UNDER THE SCHEME, THE EXISTING PUN SHAN DANGEROUS GOODS ANCHORAGE WILL BE RELOCATED TO SOUTH OF KAU YI CHAU AND RENAMED KAU YI CHAU DANGEROUS GOODS ANCHORAGE," MR KENT SAID.

THE NEW FAIRWAYS ARE THE YAU MA TEI, WESTERN, MA WAN AND KAP SHUI MUN FAIRWAYS. ALL OF THEM ARE CONNECTED WITH THE EXISTING OR RE-ALIGNED FAIRWAYS.

**THE REVAMP IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RATIONALISE THE USE OF LIMITED ANCHORAGE AREAS WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS WHICH ARE DECREASING AS A RESULT OF ONGOING RECLAMATION SUCH AS THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION, THE CONTAINER TERMINAL AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AT KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI, MR KENT EXPLAINED.

IT

"THE INCREASING VOLUME OF LOCAL MARINE TRAFFIC AS A RESULT OF THE GROWTH OF LOCAL, RIVER-TRADE AND OCEAN-GOING TRAFFIC AS WELL AS THE SURGE IN TRANSIT TRAFFIC TO AND FROM THE DEVELOPING SHENZHEN PORTS OF SHEKOU, CHIWAN AND MA WAN IS ANOTHER REASON FOR THE NEW FAIRWAYS," HE ADDED.

PATROL

DURING THE INITIAL PERIOD OF IMPLEMENTATION, ADDITIONAL LAUNCHES WILL BE STATIONED IN THE AREA OF THE WESTERN HARBOUR то REGULATE TRAFFIC.

"MASTERS AND OPERATORS OF VESSELS ARE ADVISED то FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF PATROL OFFICERS," MR KENT SAID.

"TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MARINE TRAFFIC AT THE APPROACHES TO THE HONG KONG PORT, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT ALSO INTENDS TO EXTEND THE EAST LAMMA CHANNEL TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME SOUTH-EASTWARD BY THE END OF JUNE."

"THE EXTENSION WILL BE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS INITIALLY UNTIL IT IS APPROVED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR, HE SAID.

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THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE PUBLISHED IN MARINE DEPARTMENT NOTICE NO.62 OF 1994 AND NOTICE TO MARINERS NO. 43 TO 46 OF 1994 DETAILING THE ANCHORAGE REARRANGEMENTS, INTRODUCTION OF NEW FAIRWAYS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.

THESE, TOGETHER WITH A HANDOUT SHOWING DIAGRAMMATICALLY THE CHANGES, ARE OBTAINABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM THE MARINE DEPARTMENT PORT FORMALITIES OFFICE IN ROOM 318, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG OR FROM DISTRICT MARINE OFFICES.

THE EXTENSION OF THE EAST LAMMA CHANNEL TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME IS PROMULGATED VIDE NOTICE TO MARINERS NO. 47(T) OF 1994 WHICH IS ALSO AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM THE MARINE DEPARTMENT PORT FORMALITIES OFFICE.

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