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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1994

HARBOUR SAFETY

VISION FOR THE FUTURE

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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS STRANDS OF MARINE TRAFFIC CONTROL

MR ALLAN ENSURE A SAFE AND EFFICIENT PORT, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, PYRKE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR PYRKE CONTROL THE OF HONG

SPEAKING AT A CITY LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG LUNCHEON, SAID ONE OF MARINE DEPARTMENT'S PRIME FUNCTIONS WAS TO SAFE AND EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF ALL SHIPS THROUGH THE WATERS KONG.

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"THIS FUNCTION IS COMING INTO SHARPER FOCUS FOR TWO REASONS

WATER AREA DUE ΤΟ THE BUILD-UP OF TRAFFIC AND THE REDUCTION IN RECLAMATION," HE NOTED.

MR PYRKE POINTED OUT THAT ONE STRAND IN TRAFFIC CONTROL WAS THE AND WHICH ALLOWED REGULATORS TO IDENTIFY VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM (VTS)

KONG WATERS TAG OCEAN-GOING SHIPS OVER 300 TONS WITHIN MOST OF HONG AND SO MONITOR AND REGULATE THEIR MOVEMENT.

CENTRAL

THE SYSTEM HAS SEVEN RADARS WITH MICROWAVE LINKS TO A CONTROL STATION ON THE OUTER ISLAND OF THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL.

THE SYSTEM WAS BEING UPDATED BY INSTALLING AN ADDITIONAL

MR PYRKE SAID. IN 1995 ON KAU YI CHAU AT A COST OF $80 MILLION,

RADAR

PING TRAFFIC

ONE FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE VTS IS TO INSTALL A RADAR ON CHAU TO COVER MIRS BAY WHICH IS CURRENTLY BLIND TO THE VESSEL CENTRE RADARS,

HE SAID: "THERE WILL BE INCREASED OCEAN-GOING TRAFFIC IN BAY AS THE PORT OF YANTIAN BECOMES MORE POPULAR.

THE

NAPHTHA то FAIRLY

"THIS TRAFFIC MAY CONFLICT WITH SHIPS WHICH CARRY

NAPHTHA, OF COURSE, IS A TOWN GAS PLANT IN TOLO HARBOUR. DANGEROUS CARGO SO WE MUST ENSURE ITS SAFE PASSAGE."

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NAVIGATION, MR

NOTING THAT THE VTS IS GENERICALLY AN AID TO PYRKE SAID OTHER AIDS INCLUDED 265 LIGHT BEACONS AND 83 LIGHT BUOYS TO MARK VARIOUS DANGERS AND CHANNELS.

WAS THE USE OF HE SAID ANOTHER STRAND IN TRAFFIC CONTROL

WERE PART OF THE SCHEMES WHICH FAIRWAYS AND TRAFFIC SEPARATION

AT SEAS INTERNATIONAL

FOR THE PREVENTION OF COLLISIONS SPECIFYING BASICALLY WHICH SHIP WAS TO KEEP OUT THE WAY IN A COLLISION RISK SITUATION, TOGETHER WITH OTHER RULES OF BEHAVIOUR.

REGULATIONS

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT INTRODUCED A TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME IN AND HAS RECENTLY THE EAST LAMMA AND TATHONG CHANNELS IN THE 1970S

CONFLICT EXTENDED THE

CHANNEL LAMMA CHESTERMAN ROCK AND PO TOI.

SCHEME

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THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO INTRODUCED NEW FAIRWAYS AND IN THE WESTERN HARBOUR AREA TO REDUCE CONFLICTS THERE.

AREAS OFF

ANCHORAGES

/MR PYRKE