under
At any time during the day about 40 high speed craft and 5,000 small craft are
in Hong Kong waters.
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Measures to enhance navigation safety proposed
The Government is introducing Shipping and Port Control (Amendment) Bill 1994 and Shipping and Port Control (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulation 1994 to enhance navigation safety, a Government spokesman said today (Wednesday).
The Shipping and Port Control (Amendment) Bill 1994 empowers the Director of Marine to give directions to a class, type or description of vessel over navigational matters. Such directions would remain in force for a period not exceeding six months.
It also empowers the Director to close for safety reasons, any area of the waters of Hong Kong to all vessels, or any class, type or description of vessel, for as period not exceeding six months.
The Shipping and Port Control (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulation 1994 provides the Director the power to regulate or prohibit traffic near fireworks display area.
It requires also any person who intends to hold a gathering of vessels in or upon any part of the waters of Hong Kong to give advance notification to the Director of Marine and to submit information to enable the Director to plan traffic regulation
measures.
The regulation also enables the Director to impose conditions in respect of the manner of holding such a gathering.
The Bill and the Regulations will be gazetted this Friday (December 23).
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