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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 27, 1937.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 591.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1936. (DEFENCES [FIRING AREAS]).

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10A of the Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance, 1936, as enacted by the Defences (Firing Areas) Amendment Ordinance, 1936, the Governor in Council makes the following amendment of the First Schedule to the Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance, 1936, as enacted by the Defences (Firing Areas) Amendment Ordinance, 1936, and set out in the Appendix to that Ordinance -

Amendment.

The Firing Areas contained in the said Schedule are rescinded, and the following areas are substituted therefor :-

Firing Areas.

NOTE.-All Latitudes are N. and Longitudes E. Latitudes and Longitudes taken from Admiralty Charts Nos. 3429, 1466, 3605, 3280, 3279 and 1180, but longitudes from Charts Nos. 1180 and 3605 have been decreased by 9".

(a) Firing Area A:---

The sea area included in this follows:-

Firing Area is bounded as

By a line starting from High Water Mark at light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 28′′ longitude 114° 14′ 03′′), thence following High Water Mark along northern shore of Lyemun and western shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 23′′-longitude 114° 15′ 03′′, thence across Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 43′′- longitude 114° 15′ 44", thence following High Water Mark along eastern shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 16′ 46′′-longitude 114° 16′ 28", thence to Junk Island at latitude 22° 16′ 46′′---- longitude 114° 16′ 14′′, thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Junk Island to latitude 22° 16′ 33′′-longitude 114° 15′ 49′′, thence across to Lao Shui Pai (latitude 22° 16′ 37′′ – longitude 114° 14′ 21′′), thence following High Water Mark northward to light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 9′′-longitude 114° 13′ 56′′), thence across Lyemun to starting point.

(b) Firing Area B:-

The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at Cape Collinson (latitude 22° 15′ 46′′-longitude 114° 15′ 18′′), thence across to Slope Island (latitude 22° 15′ 51′′-longitude 114° 16′ 21′′), thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Slope Island and southern shore of Tai Miu to Fo Tau Point (latitude 22° 15′ 42′′- longitude 114° 17′ 53′′), thence on a bearing of 98° to latitude 22° 14′ 48′′---longitude 114° 24′ 45′′, thence on a bearing of 2171° to latitude 22° 09′ 00′′-longitude 114° 20′ 00′′, thence on a bearing of 270° to latitude 22° 09′ 00′′-longitude 114° 19′ 35′′, thence to the northern end of Waglan Island (latitude 22° 11′ 25′′-longitude 114° 18′ 17′′), thence to Tai Long Head (latitude 22° 12′ 33′′- longitude 114° 15′ 33′′), thence northward following High Water Mark to starting point.

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