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"SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT PASS A BIG DISPLACEMENT VESSEL AT A CLOSE DISTANCE, SAY LESS THAN 30 METRES APART," HE ADVISED.
THE FISHING VESSEL, MEASURING 28.4 METRES IN LENGTH, CAPSIZED AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE 104-METRE PASSENGER FERRY ONE MILE WEST OF MA WAN ABOUT 4.45 AM ON OCTOBER 4, 1993.
THE FISHING VESSEL WITH SIX PERSONS ON BOARD SANK SUBSEQUENTLY.
THE MASTER OF THE FISHING VESSEL WAS PICKED UP BY THE SEARCH AND RESCUE PARTY INVOLVING THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, FIRE SERVICES, MARINE POLICE, THE GOVERNMENT FLYING SERVICES ABOUT 6.30 AM.
HE WAS CERTIFIED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT SIR DAVID TRENCH CLINIC IN TSUEN WAN.
THE FIVE CREW MEMBERS COULD NOT BE LOCATED DESPITE ONE-AND-A- HALF DAY SEARCH.
RESULTS OF 1992 SURVEY OF TRANSPORT AND RELATED SERVICES
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THE BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND OTHER INCOME TOTAL RECEIPTS GENERATED BY TRANSPORT ESTABLISHMENTS IN 1992 AMOUNTED TO $165.6 BILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 23% OVER 1991.
NET OF OPERATING EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES, THE GROSS SURPLUS ACCOUNTED FOR 13.3% OF THE TOTAL RECEIPTS. THIS WAS 1.1 PERCENTAGE POINTS LOWER THAN THE FIGURE FOR 1991.
THE VALUE ADDED, WHICH IS A MEASURE OF THE SECTOR'S CONTRIBUTION TO HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GREW BY 17%, $41.2 BILLION IN 1991 TO $48.0 BILLION IN 1992.
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THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE 1992 SURVEY TRANSPORT AND RELATED SERVICES RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED FROM JUNE 1993 TO EARLY THIS YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID ALL VALUE FIGURES WERE EXPRESSED IN CURRENT PRICE TERMS. PERCENTAGE CHANGES DERIVED FROM THESE FIGURES HAVE NOT BEEN ADJUSTED FOR PRICE CHANGES.
HE
SAID CAUTION SHOULD THEREFORE BE TAKEN
IN INTERPRETING
THE SURVEY RESULTS.
THE OPERATING EXPENSES INCURRED BY TRANSPORT ESTABLISHMENTS IN 1992 ACCOUNTED FOR 72.9% OF THE TOTAL RECEIPTS. COMPARED WITH 1991, THIS INCREASED BY 1.6 PERCENTAGE POINTS.
THE COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTED FOR 13.8% OF THE TOTAL RECEIPTS, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 0.5 PERCENTAGE POINT UNDER 1991.
THE SURVEY RESULTS SHOWED THAT SOME 40,000 TRANSPORT ESTABLISHMENTS WERE IN OPERATION IN 1992, AN INCREASE OF 1% OVER 1991.
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