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HONG
KONG
ANNUAL
DEPARTMENTAL
REPORTS
1965-66
TRAN
HE 560.17 H772, 1965/66
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DIRECTOR OF MARINE
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HONG KONG
ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORT
BY THE
DIRECTOR OF MARINE
J. P. HEWITT
EXTRA MASTER
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR 1965-66
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY S. YOUNG, GOVERNMENT PRINTER AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS, Java Road, HONG KONG
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EXCHANGE RATES
When dollars are quoted in this Report, they are, unless otherwise stated, Hong Kong dollars. The official rate for conversion to pound sterling is HK$16 £1 (HK$1=1s. 3d.). The official rate for conversion to U.S. dollars is HK$5.714=US$1 (based on £1=US$2.80).
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STAFF LIST
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
GENERAL Review
CHAPTER II
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THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PORT
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The Functions of the Marine Department-Director of Marine The Marine Department-Advisory Com- mittees Port Committee-Port Executive Committee ---Sub-Committee.
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CHAPTER III
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION
(i) ADMINISTRATION-Assistant Director of Marine (ii) PLANNING OFFICE.
Functions-Legal-Typhoon Shelter Programme Review Marine Department Booklets - The Second Asian Maritime Conference-The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East-Seamen's Training Committee.
(iii) MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE
Functions-Engagement and Discharge of Crews ----Distressed Seamen-Collections and Disburse- ments on behalf of other Authorities-Examina- tion Fees and Certificates of Competency-Dis- pensations or Exemptions-Births and Deaths- Seamen's Registry Office-Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund.
(iv) REGISTRY OF SHIPPING .
Functions-Registrations-Vessels on the Hong Kong Register-General.
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(v) ACCOUNTS AND STORES SECTION
Functions-Expenditure-Revenue.
(vi) MARINE Department SECRETARIAT
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Functions-Personnel and General Registry- Visitors to the port from overseas-Marine Casualties and Inquiries.
CHAPTER IV
PORT CONTROL DIVISION
(i) ADMINISTRATION
Assistant Director of Marine-Dangerous Goods Standing Committee-Pilotage Board of Exam- iners-Public Cargo Handling Sub-Committee of the Port Executive Committee.
(ii) PORT CONTROL OFFICE .
Introduction-Ocean-going Shipping-River and other Local
Local Shipping-Typhoon
Shipping Typhoon casualties- Western Harbour Scheme Central Harbour Scheme Maintenance and use of harbour moorings-Navigation marks-Minor moorings- Laid-up shipping and ship breaking-General- Shipping statistics-Signal stations and Port Com- munications.
(iii) LIGHTHOUSE SECTION
Waglan Lighthouse-Waglan Operations-Other lighthouse installations - Planning - Lighthouse Staff.
(iv) GOVERNMENT EXPLOSIVES Depot.
(v) GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD
Functions-Repairs and maintenance - New vessels, Major Overhauls and Improvements Fuel consumption Staff Training -- Accidents and Salvage-General.
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(vi) SMALL Craft LICENSING SECTION .
Functions-Licences-Local Trade, China and Macau-Ferry Services-Local Certificates of Competency as Master-Accidents to licensed craft-Clearance and Control of Boat-Squatters- Floating storage of timber-Harbour Pollution- Typhoon Shelters-Port Working Craft-Payments from Community Relief Trust Fund-Boatyards.
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CHAPTER V
SEAMEN'S RECRUITING Division .
Planning Legislation-Crew Departments-Publicity.
SHIP SURVEYs Division
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(i) ADMINISTRATION
Assistant Director of Marine-Trends in Ship- ping Services-Principal Surveyor of Ships- Legislation.
(ii) INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION SHIP SECTION
Functions Passenger and Cargo Ships Safety Certificates-Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificates -Dry-docking Certificates-Loadline and Safety Construction Certificates-Emigration Certificates -Clearance of Small Vessels and Lighters Under Tow or Otherwise-Commonwealth Certificates of Competency-Other Examination Candidates -Marine Casualty Investigations.
(iii) RESEARCh and DevelOPMENT SECTION. (iv) Design and New ConsTRUCTION SECTION
Functions-Ships for British Registry-Special Canal Tonnage Certificates-Government Craft. (v) LOCAL CRAFT SECTION
Functions-Safety Surveys of Passenger Launches and Ferries-Safety Inspections of Mechanized Fishing and Cargo Craft Dangerous Goods (Shipping) Regulations 1964-Launch Mechanics Certificates of Competency.
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(vi) Review of Shipyards and Passenger Services . Ship Repairing - Ship Building-Hong Kong and Macau Passenger Services - Harbour Ferry Services.
(vii) GENERAL
Equipment Surveys-Gas Holder Examination Ordinance Professional and Technical Staff--- Revenue and Work Summary.
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CHAPTER VII
Committees AND WORKINg Parties
(i) Advisory COMMITTEES .
Port Committee Port Executive Committee- Professional sub-committee--Public Cargo Hand- ling sub-committee-Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund Committee-Dangerous Goods Standing Committee-Pilotage Board-The Seamen's Re- cruiting Advisory Committee.
(ii) WORKING PARTIES.
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CHAPTER VIII
Staff Changes, Welfare aND BUILDINGS
(i) STAFF CHANGES
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Acting appointments-Promotion.
(ii) WELFARE
Welfare of staff-Welfare of visiting seamen.
(iii) BUILDINGS
(iv) APPRECIATION
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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1
Mercantile Marine Office activity-Comparison between 1964-65 and 1965-66.
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APPENDIX 1(A)
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Numbers of seamen engaged and discharged through the M.M.O. since 1960-61 (Bar Chart).
APPENDIX 1(B)
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Number of articles of agreement opened and closed by the M.M.O. since 1960-61 (Bar Chart).
APPENDIX 2
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List of ships registered at Hong Kong 1965-66.
APPENDIX 2(A)
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List of registers closed at Hong Kong 1965-66.`
APPENDIX 3
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Estimated and Actual Revenue and Expenditure 1965-66.
APPENDIX 4
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Marine casualties and inquiries 1965-66.
APPENDIX 5
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Vessels entered 1965-66.
1965-66.
APPENDIX 5(A)
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Vessels cleared 1965-66.
APPENDIX 5(B)
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and 1965-66.
Summary of Foreign Trade Comparison between 1964-65
APPENDIX 5(C)
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Arrivals of all vessels 1965-66 (Bar Chart).
APPENDIX 5(D)
Number, tonnage and nationality of foreign-going vessels entered 1965-66 (Pie Diagram).
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APPENDIX 5(E)
Number of vessels by nationality entering the port between 1956-66 (Graph).
APPENDIX 5(F)
Numbers and net tonnage of vessels entering and clearing- Comparison between 1964-65 and 1965-66.
APPENDIX 5(G)
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Light dues collected 1965-66.
APPENDIX 6
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Total net registered tonnage of all classes of vessels annually entered and cleared since 1946-47.
APPENDIX 6(A)
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Cargo, amounts imported and exported, in dead-weight tons, since 1949-50.
APPENDIX 7
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List of navigational aids in the waters of the Colony as at 31st March, 1966.
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APPENDIX 7(A)
Increases/Decreases in Staff and Navigational aids 1946-47- 1965-66 (Multiple Bar Chart).
APPENDIX 8
Government Explosives Depot, statistics 1965-66.
APPENDIX 9
Junks and power driven vessels entered 1965-66.
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APPENDIX 9(A)
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Junks and power driven vessels cleared 1965-66.
APPENDIX 9(B)
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Receipts for licences and permits issued and fees collected by the M.L.O. 1965-66.
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Number of licences issued 1965-66 (Bar Chart).
APPENDIX 9(C)
APPENDIX 9(D)
Number of local master certificates issued 1952-66 (Bar Chart).
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APPENDIX 9(E)
Comparison of revenue collected in 1964-65 and 1965-66 at licensing stations.
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APPENDIX 9(F)
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Number of Class II Cargo Working Craft 1958-59 to 1965-66 (Multiple Bar Chart).
APPENDIX 10
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List of vessels in the Government Fleet as at 31st March,
1966.
APPENDIX 11
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Summary of work of Ship Surveys Division 1965-66.
APPENDIX 11(A)
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Surveys: Typical Trends between 1956-57 - 1965-66 (Bar Charts).
APPENDIX 11(B)
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Number of Examinations for Commonwealth and local certificates since 1956-57 (Bar Charts).
APPENDIX 11(C) .
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Comparative statement of work of Ship Surveys Division since 1963-64.
APPENDIX 12
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Establishment of Marine Department as at 31st March, 1966.
APPENDIX 13
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A Selection of Hong Kong Port Statistics for the years 1962-63 to 1965-66.
INDEX
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HONG KONG HARBOUR Plan as at 31st March, 1966.
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ILLUSTRATIONS
CHART
Departmental Organization Chart.
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Director of Marine
Assistant Director
(Headquarters)
Assistant Director
(Ship Surveys Division) Assistant Director
(Port Control Division) Assistant Director
STAFF LIST
As at 31ST MARCH, 1966
(Seamen's Recruiting Office)
Treasury Accountant
Senior Executive Officer
(Secretary)
Executive Officer
(Government Dockyard)
Executive Officer
(Assistant Secretary)
Executive Officer
(Assistant Secretary)
Executive Officer
(Seamen's Recruiting Office) Senior Surveyors of Ships
Senior Surveyor (Land Boilers)
Surveyor of Ships
J. P. HEWITT, Extra Master.
K. MILBURN, Extra Master, M.I.N.,
Assoc.R.I.N.A.
W. Grieve, Extra First Class Engineer,
M.I.Mar.E., M.I.Mech.E., A.M.R.I.N.A. C. E. HULSE, M.B.E., Master Mariner.
E. M. J. A. Bower, M.B.E., Master
Mariner Grad.Inst.T.
A. J. M. Prata.
K. ALLEN, A.C.C.S., Incorporated Secretary.
Low Kwong-yip.
LEUNG Ching-poon, B.A. (Sydney).
C. R. CLARK.
H. LAMING.
R. W. COLEMAN, M.I.Mar.E., Chartered Marine Engineer, A.M.R.I.N.A., First Class Steam and Motor Certificate. A. FLETCHER, B.Sc. (Dunelm),
A.M.R.I.N.A., A.M.N.E.Coast Inst. of Engs. and Ship-builders.
R. BLACKLOCK, First Class Steam and Motor Certificate, A.M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Mar.E.
H. M. MUNRO, M.I.Mar.E., Chartered
Marine Engineer, First Class Steam and Motor Certificate.
D. E. MCKENNA, A.M.I.Mech.E., First
Class Steam and Motor Certificate. P. E. J. DAVY, Extra First Class Engineer,
A.M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.Mar.E.
N. A. KROTT, Extra Master.
R. J. F. COLACO, B.Sc., First Class Steam and Motor Certificate, A.M.I.Mar.E. P. Y. Y. CHAN, B.Sc., A.M.R.I.N.A.
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Ship Inspectors, Class II
Inspector (Land Boilers)
Draughtsman, Class I Draughtsmen, Class II
Senior Marine Officers
Marine Officers
H. F. C. HUNG, B.Sc. (Dunelm),
A.M.R.I.N.A.
R. U. MARSHAM, Extra Master, M.I.N. H. WEATHERBY, B.Sc. (Dunelm),
A.M.R.I.N.A.
J. MAYO, Extra Master.
D. A. HALL (No particulars).
N. J. MATTHEW, Extra 1st Class M.O.T. Cert., A.M.I.Mar.E., A.M.R.I‚N.A., C.Eng.
R. S. B. LOBO, Extra 1st Class M.O.T.
Certificate (Steam & Motor), A.M.I.Mar.E.
CHEUNG Wing-hong, A.M.R.I.N.A.,
A.M.I.E.S.
YEE Fook-cheong, Full Technological Certificate (Ship Building) C.&G., A.M.R.I.N.A.
LAP Cheuk-yin. TSANG Hin-ting.
LEUNG Shing-tong.
LI Wood-fun, Second Class Steam
Certificate.
Ho Kee-ying, Second Class Steam
Certificate.
LAM Sik-kui, A.M.R.I.N.A.
CHEUNG Ah-chiu. CHEUNG Yau-shing.
W. D. LEIGHTON, Master Mariner. J. M. EBBS, Master Mariner.
R. C. TRAILL, Master Mariner, A.M.Inst.T.
A. J. S. LACK, Master Mariner.
M. J. ALEXANDER, Master Mariner, M.I.N.
W. F. HUNT, Master Mariner, M.I.N. J. H. GOULD, Master Mariner, M.I.N. G. A. MILWARD, Master Mariner. G. D. HABESCH, Master Mariner, M.I.N. Wu Park-jame, Master Mariner, M.I.N. Hugh NG-QUINN, Master Mariner. Tsui Shun-hing, Master Mariner. D. O. CONWAY, Master Mariner. LAU Kwok-wang, Master Mariner. R. C. WILLY, Master Mariner. J. L. DAVIDSON, Master Mariner. D. A. SANDISON, Master Mariner.
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Superintendent of Lights
Assistant Superintendent of Lights
Mechanical Inspector, Class I Mechanical Inspectors, Class II
Electrical Inspector, Class III
Officers-in-Charge
Explosives Depot
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Lighthouse Keepers
Assistant Marine Officers
Assistant Registrar of Shipping
Assistant Shipping Masters
T. V. COURTNEY.
J. A. W. Deakin.
P. HUGHES, A.I.Mar.E.
C. H. RENFREW,
LAM Yu-kee, A.I.Mar.E., Associate Member of the Engineering Society of Hong Kong.
CHEUNG Hok-chow.
C. H. GOUGH.
C. B. A. H. THIRWELL.
W. J. GUTTERIDGE.
Li Chih-tou. LEE Sik-leung. LEE Hin-chung. CHOW Yun-lam.
CHOW Tat-man. Chui Heung-luk.
F. A. ROBERTSON. F. BROOK.
L. GOMES.
V. R. NORONHA. F. J. A. BROWN. Lo Sui-cheong.
R. A. CASTRO. A. F. GUTIERREZ,
Au Ming-kay.
Au Ming-hui.
YUEH, Carl.
LEE Tien-ming. Kwok Ping-ying. MAK Tung-bing.
LEE Sui.
Ho Kwok-ning. CHEUNG Tung-yin. LAM Yau-sum. SIN Yiu-kai. NG Sheung-ying.
NG Kui-to.
J. HOOSEN.
CHU Wing-yuen. WONG Ming-chor.
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CHAPTER I
GENERAL REVIEW
(Appendix 13)
Ir is a pleasant duty to be able to report on a year in which no natural calamities affected the harbour or the Marine Department. Indeed, the year 1965-66 afforded welcome opportunity for the Department to take stock, to continue with proposals already in train for the extension of the harbour mooring facilities; to consider the present state of the port in the facilities offered for movement of cargoes over public prayas, and to tackle, with the co-operation of the Resettlement Department, the problem of squatters living aboard stationary vessels in typhoon shelters and which not only cause congestion in shelters inadequate for all who might legitimately seek refuge within them, but who are themselves in danger of their lives when typhoons occur.
2. In the early months of the year international recognition was accorded Hong Kong's position as a centre of recruitment of seamen in the invitation extended to the Colony to send a delegation to the Second Asian Maritime Conference in Tokyo. This Conference was sponsored by the International Labour Organization and it is in the spirit of the International Labour Organization's Convention on the subject that the Seamen's Recruiting Office is to be established and on which progress was made during the year in the drafting of legislation, provision of temporary office accommodation and in the recruitment and training of staff.
3. Later in the year came the introduction of double-deck vehicle ferries within the harbour, believed to be the only such service in the world. The proposals of the Hong Kong & Yaumati Ferry Company to convert certain of their vehicle ferries into double-deck vessels received Government's approval in March, 1965 and the construction of the vehicle ramps leading to the upper deck of the ferries was started in June and was completed by the middle of October, 1965. Meanwhile, of the three ferries intended to maintain the service, the vehicle ferry 'Man Wang' was withdrawn from service on the 20th July and con- version was completed on the 22nd October. She re-entered service as
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the first double-deck vessel on the morning of that day. The vehicle ferry 'Man Lok' was withdrawn from service for conversion on the 30th October and re-entered service on the 26th November and the conversion of the last ferry started on the 27th November and was completed on 19th December. Such extensive conversion of three ferries in less than three months is in itself a considerable achievement upon which the management of the Hong Kong & Yaumati Ferry Company Ltd., and the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd. are to be congratulated. 'Man Wang' carries 34 more cars on her new upper deck and the 'Man Lok' and 'Man On', both carry an additional 22 vehicles each. In this way an increase in the hourly carrying capacity of the service amounting to 156 vehicles has been achieved. The introduction of these vessels on the Jordan Road to Jubilee Street route and the expansion of the North Point to Ma Tau Kok vehicle ferry service has greatly reduced the incidence of delays to commercial vehicles and private cars crossing Victoria Harbour.
4. Another notable occasion during the year was the inauguration of Hong Kong Ocean Terminal which will not be finally completed until about the end of June, 1966. The Terminal providing four berths, has a main deck area of some 300,000 sq. ft. on which stands a transit shed of modern design and above which are located the passenger reception area and waving galleries where travel agents and tourist organizations can provide these services which are required by pas- sengers on the vessels berthing at the Terminal. On the same floor and on the floor above are almost 9 acres of space to be let to conces- sionaires and in which will be restaurants, shops of all kinds, banking facilities and other services intended not merely for the patronage of tourists visiting the Colony but intended also for the service of the people of Hong Kong. In this enterprise Government has a substantial financial interest in that some 334 million dollars or half its cost have been contributed from public funds. Of this sum 80% is in the form of loan spread over 20 years bearing 6% interest. Now that the Terminal is in use, sea-going passengers arriving or departing here are offered facilities more extensive even than those that have for some years been available to airline passengers using Kai Tak Airport.
5. A selection of Hong Kong Port statistics will be found as Appendix 13 to this report, from which it will be seen that the numbers of ocean-going vessels entering the port continues to increase and has in fact risen by 6.5% over the last four years. The number of vessels cleared has shown a similar increase. The tonnage of cargo discharged
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has however fallen by 3% over the last year although the figure of 6,942,406 tons is still some 17.6% more than the figure of four years ago. The deadweight tonnage of cargo loaded, 2,290,148 tons, has increased by 18.8% in the last four years but an increase of only 10 tons is recorded when compared with the tonnage of cargo loaded last year. The Sub-Committee convened in 1964 to consider the adequacy of public cargo handling facilities in the port in the context of the increased number of ships calling here and the increase of the tonnages of cargo handled over the last four years completed its work during the year and submitted a report to the Port Executive Committee. This Committee after assessing and reviewing the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee in turn submitted a report and recommendations on the subject to the Port Committee. The Port Committee after seek- ing resolution of certain minor differences of opinion expressed in the report was ready at the end of the year to submit the Port Executive Committee Report and Recommendations concerning the State of Cargo Working in Hong Kong to His Excellency the Governor. As such the report was the first in a long series of reports and recom- mendations concerning the development of the port, the land fronting the harbour and the facilities available for the public handling of cargo, submitted by those concerned with the day-to-day operations of the port, rather than as in past decades by outside experts.
CHAPTER II
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PORT
Functions of the Marine Department
6. The Marine Department comprises a number of semi-autonomous divisions, each of which is concerned with some facet of shipping either under the British or other national flags, but all of whose functions are interrelated so as to achieve the primary aim of maintaining Hong Kong as an efficient port in which the Colony's imports are landed to the consumer or to the industrialists and from which in turn the Colony's increasingly valuable exports are shipped out to the rest of the world.
7. In addition, the Department is responsible, directly or under control measures internationally adopted, for the well-being of those who travel by sea, whether as departing passengers in liners, as crew
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members of the ships of 33 different countries which visit Hong Kong, or within the Colony as ferry passengers. These responsibilities are imposed for ocean shipping by international maritime conventions to which Britain has acceded, brought into force by one Merchant Ship- ping Act after another and subsequently applied to Hong Kong by an Order-in-Council, or locally for vessels plying within the Colony waters under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1953 and subsequent amend-
ments.
Director of Marine
8. The Marine Department is headed by a Director who is a pro- fessional officer with wide experience, holding His Excellency the Governor's delegation as Registrar of Ships and appointed an official Justice of the Peace. He is the principal adviser to the Hong Kong Government on all marine matters affecting merchant shipping and the waters of the Colony generally.
9. During the year, the Director of Marine continued as the ex officio chairman both of the Port Committee and of the Port Executive Committee and also of the Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund Com- mittee. Throughout the year, the Director also served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Public Transport, later the Transport Advisory Committee, and as chairman of an ad hoc committee to consider the vocational training of seafarers.
The Marine Department
10. As from the beginning of this year the Department was organized into four divisions, Headquarters, Port Control, Ship Surveys and the Seamen's Recruiting Office. A review of their work during the year is recorded in chapters III, IV, V and VI of this report. The staff establishment on the 31st March, 1966 totalled 1,139 officers; an increase of 47 over the previous year's figure. A staff list and depart- mental organization chart as at the 31st March, 1966 appears at the beginning of this report.
Advisory Committees
11. In order to ensure that the Hong Kong Government is kept advised of the commercial and other needs of the port, two advisory committees continued to meet at regular intervals throughout the year. During the year the membership of the Port Executive Committee was enlarged to include a representative of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries.
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12. The terms of reference of the Port Committee are as follows:
"To advise the Governor generally on all matters of policy relating to the administration and development of the Port of Victoria and of all other ports in the Colony of Hong Kong.' The terms of reference of the Port Executive Committee are:
"To keep under continuous review the day-to-day operation of the Port of Victoria, to advise the Director of Marine of any problems that may arise therefrom and on such other matters as relate to the management, operation and control of the Port of Victoria and of all other ports in the Colony as may be referred to it by the Director of Marine or the Port Committee.' A list of all who were members of the two committees during the year is shown at chapter VII of this report.
Port Committee
13. This committee met on four occasions during the year and the principal items of business discussed at these meetings, apart from items dealt with by circulation of papers, included:
Cheung Sha Wan reclamation.
Castle Peak development.
New ferry piers on the Wan Chai reclamation.
Harbour dredging requirements.
Harbour moorings and port utilization.
A typhoon shelter programme review.
The composition of the Port Executive Committee. Proposals for the construction of various private piers. Reclamation at Tsing Yi Island.
A generating station at Tsing Yi Island.
Reclamation at Aldrich Bay.
Waterfront cargo handling areas.
The extension of Kai Tak runway.
An elevated road bridge at Lai Chi Kok.
Discharge and storage facilities for bulk shipments of cement. A Port Executive Committee report on cargo working in Hong
Kong.
Minimum depth clearances on the line of the cross harbour
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Port Executive Committee
14. The Port Executive Committee met on thirteen occasions during the year and considered the following matters:
Typhoon shelters.
Blake Pier and the Central District boat basin.
Day and night clearance facilities for shipping provided by the
Immigration Department.
Harbour dredging requirements.
Training facilities for seamen.
The Seamen's Identity Book Office.
The clearance and resettlement of boat squatters. The composition of the Port Executive Committee. Pilotage in Hong Kong.
A seasonal corrective index to port figures.
Typhoon berths in Tsuen Wan for steel lighters. Dead ships under overhaul.
A report on facilities for motor boats plying for hire within
Victoria Harbour.
Sunday Cargo Working Permit fees.
A Marine Department Harbour Services Patrol.
A report by the Public Cargo Handling Sub-Committee of the
Port Executive Committee.
The installation of storm warning radar.
Reports by the Examiners of Masters, Mates and Engineers. A Marine Department booklet Notes for the Guidance of
Masters and Officers sailing with Chinese seamen.'
A Marine Department review of the Public Cargo Handling
Sub-Committee's report.
A booklet entitled 'How ships officers can stop drug smuggling'. The introduction of a limited 'Hague Plan' Port Operations
R/T Service.
Cargo working facilities.
Hire charges for class I motor launches.
A Port Executive Committee Report and Recommendations
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Professional Sub-Committee of the Port Executive Committee
15. The function of this Committee which does not meet regularly is to render advice to the Port Executive Committee on any technical matters affecting shipping. In the year under review this Committee meet once under the Chairmanship of the Assistant Director, Head- quarters.
CHAPTER III
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION
ADMINISTRATION
(Appendices 1 to 4, 11 and 13)
Assistant Director of Marine
16. The Headquarters Division is headed by an Assistant Director who is in general responsible for planning under present port policy and in respect of future development. He is additionally a Registrar of British ships responsible to the Director of Marine for the efficiency of the Registry of Shipping Office and has been authorized by the Director to exercise the duties of Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office. The functions and the review of work carried out during the year by each office of the division are outlined under their respective headings.
PLANNING OFFICE
Functions
17. This office is held by a Senior Marine Officer whose duties include the secretaryship of Port Committee and the Port Executive Committee. The preparatory work necessary for the conduct of the two committees is undertaken in the planning office and action stemming from their advice is initiated. This officer is an adviser to the Superin- tendent of Lights and is responsible for maintaining liaison with the Law Draftsman of the Legal Department in the preparation of new and amended legislation under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 14 of 1953 and of the regulations made thereunder. There is an increasing awareness that Colony development plans for those areas bordering the waters of the Colony cannot be considered in isolation and the importance of the marine aspects of such development is now more generally acknowledged and hence that part of the Planning Officer's responsibilities for inter-departmental liaison have assumed an increas-
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ing importance during the year. The Planning Officer is also responsible for ensuring that the many visitors of the port from overseas port authorities and others having an interest in shipping affairs are enabled to see something of the work of the port.
Legal
18. The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Ordinance of 1965 was enacted on 12th November, 1965 and brought into effect the Merchant Shipping (Control of Ports) (Amendment) Regulations 1965, the Mer- chant Shipping (Launches and Ferry Vessels) Regulations 1965, the Merchant Shipping (Examinations) Rules 1965, the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) (Amendments) Regulations 1965 and the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1965.
19. Unfortunately time and circumstances render it necessary to keep under constant review the amendment of merchant shipping legislation and proposals at the end of the year for amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Small Craft) Regulations 1957 were awaiting draft- ing priority in the Secretariat. In order that the Director of Marine might have more adequate powers of control over the use of typhoon shelters and the prevention of their use by boat squatters, and the clearance from the shelters of such as are already semi-permanent craft within them, proposals for legislation were referred to the Secretariat at the end of the year and were receiving active consideration. Other items outstanding in the legislative programme were proposed regula- tions to control pleasure junks, the drafting of the Merchant Shipping (Shipping Casualty Inquiry) Rules, revision of the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations, revision of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances) Regulations, drafting of the Merchant Ship- ping (Engineers Certificates) Rules as well as other items for which drafting approval has not yet been obtained.
Typhoon Shelter Programme Review
20. The Typhoon Shelter Programme Review to which reference was made in the department's last annual report and which collated the views of all Government departments and of the two Port Advisory Committees in regard to the revised need for typhoon shelter space was submitted to the Government in April, 1965 and at the end of the year remained under consideration by the Colonial Secretariat.
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Marine Department Booklets
21. A revised edition of the Marine Department booklet 'Notice to Shipmasters-Typhoons in Hong Kong Waters' was issued in November following enactment of the Merchant Shipping (Control of Ports) (Amendment) Regulations 1965 incorporating the new regulations covering 'dead' ships in the Colony during the months when typhoon winds may be encountered.
22. During the year, a booklet 'Notes for the Guidance of Masters and Officers sailing with Chinese Seamen' was compiled with the advice of the Commissioner of Labour and the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. This venture was embarked upon since Hong Kong has become a most important centre for the recruitment of Chinese seamen. As there are now some 37,000 of them serving on vessels of all types and flags it has been thought advisable to offer some guidance to the numbers of masters and officers who may have had little experience with Chinese crews in the past.
23. A 'Port Handbook' was published during the year printed by the Government Printer and compiled with the assistance and advice of the Director of Information Services. The high standard of presenta- tion of this publication and of printing and reproduction of colour photographs has been particularly remarked upon and requests for copies have been received from all over the world, indicative of the interest and value such publications have for those engaged in all aspects of the shipping industry.
24. In an effort to reduce the incidence of failure to detect drug smuggling on board ships, a booklet was printed by the Government Printer during the year compiled in collaboration between the Marine Department, the Department of Commerce and Industry, the Police and the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. This booklet contains photographs of the common forms in which drugs are smuggled, details of 'hides' employed and a suggested scheme of methodical searching of all com- partments of a ship. The booklet is issued freely to all vessels calling here.
The Second Asian Maritime Conference
25. The Second Asian Maritime Conference of the International Labour Organization was held at the invitation of the Japanese Govern- ment in Tokyo between the 21st and 30th April, 1965. The conference was attended by delegations from 15 countries, all with interests in
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the employment of Asian seamen. Of a total of 114 delegates and advisers, 44 represented Governments, 40 shipowners and 40 seafarers. As the main centre for the recruitment of Chinese seamen, Hong Kong was invited to send a delegation: the invitation was accepted and the delegation was led by the Director of Marine supported by the Deputy Commissioner of Labour. Mr. A. G. S. MCCALLUM attended as the local employers' delegate. There was however no seafarers' delegate and this was therefore an incomplete delegation. This was unfortunate for in accordance with the International Labour Organization constitu- tion, an invitation had been extended to the Hong Kong Seamen's Union to nominate a delegate as being the most representative organiza- tion of seafarers but the invitation was, however, refused. A list of Hong Kong delegates and advisers attending the Conference will be found at paragraph 145.
26. The Conference discussed the Report to the Conference of the Director General of the International Labour Organization dealing with such matters as crew accommodation, food and catering, minimum age of entry and age for retirement, paid vacations, welfare and medical facilities, recruitment of Asian seafarers and social security measures for them. A review of Asian maritime legislation and of the extent to which Asian countries are applying International Labour Organization Maritime Conventions and Recommendations was also undertaken. In conclusions dealing with vocational training, the Conference unanimously adopted a statement of general principles to serve as guide-lines for maritime training, and asked the I.L.O. Governing Body to ensure that Asian States are advised as to how best they can obtain international technical assistance funds to provide needed training facilities. In its conclusions relating to Wages, Hours of Work and Manning on Board Ship, the Conference unanimously proposed that Asian countries which have not already done so should advise the I.L.O. of what has been done to fulfill the obligations of the I.L.O. Constitution to bring Recommendation 109, dealing with these matters before the competent authorities of their countries and what action these authorities have taken. In addition, they were asked to report periodically to the I.L.O. on the position of the law and practice of their countries in regard to the matters dealt with in the Recommendation. The Conference also proposed that the I.L.O. should undertake a factual study of existing conditions in the various Asian countries for submission to the Joint Maritime Commission of the I.L.O. and subsequent action by the Governing Body.
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27. The Conference also unanimously adopted a series of six resolu- tions directed towards improvements of social security, welfare and hospitalization arrangements for seafarers and medical assistance at sea, elimination of malpractices in the recruitment and registration of seamen, and recognition of properly constituted seafarers' organizations. It called for more frequent assessments of progress on labour and social matters in the shipping industry through I.L.O. maritime conferences and other special maritime meetings.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
28. The 7th Session of the Inland Waterways Sub-Committee to the Inland Transport and Communications Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East was held in Bangkok between the 2nd and 11th November, 1965. Delegates or observers attended from 14 countries and the Director of Marine attended as the delegate for Hong Kong. Of the 13 items on the agenda of the Session four were of particular interest to Hong Kong namely, port operations, the economic and technical feasibility of using fast passenger craft (hydrofoils, jets and hovercraft), prototype coasting vessels, and training programmes. Concerning port operations it is clear that any methods adopted to improve the efficiency of other ports in the Asian region will benefit Hong Kong indirectly since if delays and congestion in other ports are reduced there will be a corresponding reduction in the peak 'pile-ups' of ships at Hong Kong. The benefits of an early warning system within the region were advanced by the Hong Kong delegate. Considerable interest was evinced by delegates at the development of hydrofoil services between Hong Kong and Macau and the possibility of the introduction of hovercraft services at some not too distant date. Hong Kong's experience in the operation of the former craft, and the information now being obtained concerning the suitability of the latter, in local service is considered to be of the greatest value to other members of the organization in this region.
29. During the session the prototype coaster project was deleted from further programmes although the plans and specifications for this vessel are still held by five shipyards in Hong Kong. It is however clear that until favourable long term credits with low interest rates and over an 8-10 year repayment period are somehow made available to would-be purchasers in Hong Kong, few of this type of vessel are likely to be built in Colony dockyards.
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30. The session demonstrated that the amount of specialized marine training which is taking place in the Asian region is surprisingly small. The U.S.S.R. scheme for reducing the marine manpower demands by 30% in the use of dual capacity masters/machinists and engine-drivers/ assistant navigators is worthy of further investigation in Hong Kong. It may be observed that there is the beginning of this system already in being amongst Class I harbour launches, towing launches and fishing vessels in the Colony but it could perhaps be carried further. At the end of the session a draft report was presented to the Conference, the work of a drafting committee which consisted of representatives of France, Japan, the Netherlands, Laos, Thailand and the U.S.S.R. of which the Hong Kong delegate had the honour to be elected Chairman.
Seamen's Training Committee
31. By November 1965, an ad hoc committee convened under the chairmanship of the Director of Marine to assess the needs of the shipping industry with regard to the training of seamen (excluding officers) and in the light of this assessment to prepare a report which might form the basis of the shipping industry's plans for future voca- tional training of local seafarers, had compiled an interim report. This report which estimated the costs of establishing and running either a training ship or a shore-based establishment for an initial 200 trainees was referred to the shipping industry which later indicated that in the absence of any assistance from Government other than a possible grant of land free of premium for a shore based school, the possible advan- tages of such a scheme did not outweigh the high capital and recurrent costs involved. The matter is, therefore, now in abeyance. The membership of the Committee is shown in paragraph 145.
MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE
Functions
32. The Hong Kong Merchant Shipping Ordinance No. 14 of 1953 requires that all the business within the Colony connected with the engagement and discharge of seamen on board British ships and foreign ships whose flag is not represented by a consular officer resident in the Colony shall be conducted at the Mercantile Marine Office which is located within the Marine Department headquarters building. Although the Director of Marine is statutorily the Superintendent of the Mer- cantile Marine Office, the Assistant Director of Marine (Headquarters) is authorized to carry out his duties, the Senior Marine Officer in
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charge being responsible for the day-to-day business of the office. These duties are laid down in the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 14 of 1953 and in the United Kingdom Merchant Shipping Acts which are appli- cable to the Colony where they do not conflict with local legislation.
Engagement and Discharge of Crews
33. The period from the 1st April, 1965 to the 31st March, 1966 was again a busy year for the Mercantile Marine Office as shown by the statistical figures shown at Appendix 1, which whilst indicating the amount of work achieved do not completely reflect the daily work and activity in this office. To summarize, the number of seamen engaged (38,780) is slightly less than the previous year, a decrease of 4.9% and the number discharge (33,669) also slightly less, a decrease of 6.9%. The number of articles of agreements which were opened amounted to 1,543 and the number closed was 691, both of which figures being little changed from those of last year at 1,530 and 692 respectively.
34. Hong Kong continues to be an important centre for the engage- ment of Asian seamen and Appendix 1(A) illustrates the engagement and discharge figures annually since 1960-61. There has been a con- tinuous significant increase in engagements and discharges of seamen during the past 5 years. Appendix 1(B) illustrates the annual numbers of articles of agreement opened and closed on board ship and at the Mercantile Marine Office since the year 1960-61. From this bar chart it will be seen also that there has been a continuous significant rise in the number of agreements opened in the office reflecting the fact that more crews continue to be sent abroad to join vessels at foreign ports on a form of transit agreement.
35. There has been no decrease in the demand for Hong Kong Government Seaman's Discharge Books, their value to both sides of the shipping industry being clearly established. During the year a total of 6,582 books were issued, an increase of 15.3%. In addition, the romanization of Chinese characters has been standardized on the com- mercial code system and the checking and correcting of names and personal details in Discharge Books previously issued continues to be made.
Distressed Seamen
36. Sixty distressed seamen were taken in charge during the year, forty-four of whom on being repatriated to Hong Kong were then out
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of charge. Of the remainder six were sent to the United Kingdom, two to Singapore, one to Sydney and seven were found further employment.
Collections and Disbursements on Behalf of Other Authorities
37. The office continues to work in close liaison with the Board of Trade, London, and of the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, Newcastle. On behalf of the former the sum of $212,495.26 was received, mainly consisting of the wages deposited of living, deceased and deserted seamen and of fines duly allowed. Disbursements in this account amounted to $136,171.11 being payments in respect of seamen's wages deposited, payments to deceased or to their legal representatives, and payments of subsistence and travelling expenses for distressed British seamen. On behalf of the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, contributions from United Kingdom seamen amounting to $104,502.40 were received, together with relevant insurance schedules and voyage cards, and transmitted to the Ministry in the United Kingdom. In addition, at various times during the year 51 seamen who were engaged in the United Kingdom on British ships were discharged at this port on account of sickness or injury, concerning whom regular reports were sent to the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance until they were declared fit, repatriated or rejoined a vessel as the case may be.
Examination Fees and Certificates of Competency
38. Fees in respect of the examinations of Masters, Mates and Engineers were received through this office from 230 candidates as also were fees of 13 candidates for the Radar Maintenance examination. Consequent to their passing the examinations held in this Department, 47 candidates received their Certificates of Competency of Common- wealth validity and 14 such Certificates were issued on behalf of com- petent authorities in other parts of the British Commonwealth to those successful candidates who were examined abroad.
Dispensations or Exemptions
39. Due to the continued shortage of properly certificated ships' officers, principally engineers, it was necessary during the year to grant dispensation, authorized by the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 14 of 1953 to 26 merchant vessels in order to permit these vessels to sail
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without having the statutory number of certificated personnel on board. In every case, where such dispensation was granted, no seaman was engaged in an acting capacity until he had first passed an examination conducted by either an Examiner of Masters and Mates or of Engineers.
Births and Deaths
40. The number of deaths among seamen reported to this office during the year amounted to 73 and the number of deaths of passengers on British vessels amounted to 3. Inquiries under the Merchant Ship- ping Acts were held into the cause of death of 11 seamen and 2 passengers, and full reports were duly forwarded to the British Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen at Cardiff. Four births were reported on British ships during the year, all of them having occurred on board Hong Kong/Macau ferries.
Seamen's Registry Office
41. Section 247 of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 states, among other things, that, it shall be the general business of superintendents of mercantile marine offices to afford facilities for engaging seamen by keeping registers of their names and characters. Such a registry maintains not only the names and characters of Hong Kong seamen, but also their particulars and movements to and from ships of all nationalities. During the year 54,198 engagements and 47,213 discharges of Hong Kong seamen under all flags have been recorded in the Seamen's Registry Office.
42. A total of 9,942 registry cards were opened during the year and of that total, 3,385 cards were opened for seamen in the Deck Depart- ment, 3,644 for seamen in the Engine Room Department and 2,913 opened for the Catering Department. The total number of cards for seamen of the three departments thus stands at 65,032. It is now estimated that 60% of seamen recruited in Hong Kong are employed on British flag vessels and the balance on ships flying the flag of other nations. To ensure the accuracy of the records in the Registry it is essential to obtain the co-operation of Consular Officers resident in the Colony in reporting the engagement and discharge of Hong Kong seamen in merchant ships of their nationality. The response has con- tinued to be most gratifying and the totals of engagements and dis- charges of seamen recruited in Hong Kong on foreign flag vessels and reported to the Registry during the year are here tabulated in full:
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Danish
Dutch
French
German
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Liberian
Norwegian
Panamanian Swedish
:
:
Engagements
Discharges
Total
44
44
88
717
586
1,303
5,251
4,548
9,799
132
129
261
118
100
218
242
431
673
3,564
3,155
6,719
5,234
4,405
9,639
116
146
262
15,418
13,544
28,962
43. During the year under review the Registry recorded the deaths of 95 local seamen and the desertion of 252, as against 97 and 306 respectively for the previous year. Section 247 of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 also relates to the general business of Mercantile Marine Offices in regard to seamen, apprentices and merchant ships. A very important aspect of the Senior Marine Officer's duties is to be arbitrator in disputes, which arise at frequent intervals, between masters, owners, agents and seamen, as well as in providing the day-to-day service sought by both sides of the industry from the staff of the Mercantile Marine Office. It is seldom that a master or seaman has to take legal action for settlement of outstanding problems.
Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund
44. In accordance with the instructions of the Committee administer- ing the Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund, the sum of $24,697 was distributed throughout the year to 15 beneficiaries. With the assistance of officers of the Social Welfare Department the circumstances of each person receiving such a grant were kept under constant review.
REGISTRY OF SHIPPING
Functions
45. To maintain a record of ships registered in accordance with the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, under British ownership in Hong Kong, is the duty of the Registrar of Shipping. Requirements for registration call for the production and filing of the necessary documents to prove ownership in the vessel, subsequent to a survey of the crew spaces and a measurement of the vessel for tonnage purposes by an authorized surveyor of ships. Owners of vessels, which were once British but whose
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registries have been closed, and who are seeking re-registration are required to follow the same procedures. Transfer of registry of a vessel from another British port necessitates only the placing on the local register of the ship's particulars. Subsequent transactions such as transfer of ownership, the entry and discharge of mortgages, alteration of tonnage or change of name of ships, constitute the day-to-day business of the office. Endorsements on certificates of ships registered in the United Kingdom or other Dominion ports are made on request and notifications in respect of the relevant transactions are then despatched in each case to the Registrar General of Ships in the United Kingdom or to the overseas authorities concerned.
Registrations
46. During the year 40 ships were registered under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and the registers of 56 ships were closed. The corresponding figures for the previous year were 42 and 35 respectively. On 31st March, 1966, 133 shipping companies were recorded as owners of British ships registered in Hong Kong. Of the total number of ships registered during the period, 28 were of new construction, of which 2 hydrofoils were built in Italy, 1 hydrofoil and 4 bulk carriers were built in Japan, and most of the remaining 21 vessels, being either ferry vessels or pleasure yachts, were built locally. In addition, 2 vessels were purchased from foreigners, 3 had effected re-registration and 7 were transferred from the United Kingdom or other Dominion ports. The sale of 47 vessels to foreigners, out of the total of 56, resulted in the closure of their British Registry, 19 vessels being sold to a Malaysian company prior to the voluntary winding up of a Hong Kong registered company, 12 vessels being transferred to the Panamanian flag, 10 vessels sold to other foreign interests and 6 pleasure yachts sold to foreign subjects. The registries of 5 of the remaining vessels were transferred to other Dominion ports, 1 vessel was broken up, and 1 vessel declared a total constructive loss after her stranding on a reef in New Guinea. Additionally, 1 vessel was reported sunk in Shanghai several years ago, 1 vessel has reported captured by the Japanese in 1941, and the registers of both of them have now been closed. The total number of vessels remaining on the register as at 31st March, 1966, was 508 having a gross tonnage of 917,650 tons and a net tonnage of 546,919 tons. The distribution of tonnage is as follows:
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500
363
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157
Under 300 net tons but over 60 net tons Under 60 net tons
103
Total 508
248
Vessels on the Hong Kong Register
47. It may be of interest to compare the number of vessels on the local register and their tonnage at the end of 1945 and the number of vessels and their tonnage at the end of 1965. At the 31st December, 1945 there were 353 ships of 279,726 gross tons on the Hong Kong register. By the 31st December, 1965 the number had grown to 508 ships of 852,639 gross tons. This is an increase of 44.3% in number of vessels and an increase in gross tonnage upon the register of over 300%.
48. The number of vessels of different type and their aggregate gross tonnage has not previously been quoted in the Department's Annual Reports but arising from inquiries by the public and notably from firms overseas providing the newly required life-saving appli- ances, the following figures indicate the type of market provided by vessels upon the Hong Kong register. At the present time the Hong Kong register comprises the following:
113 Ocean-going cargo ships of
10 Tankers of
10 Passenger/cargo ships of
98 Ferry vessels of
683,423 gross tons
128,909
42,560 26,789
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(including 11 hydrofoils)
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37 Tugs of
1,538 4,575
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27 Oilers or oil barges of
5,311
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95 Dumb lighters, barges, etc. of
22,189
16 Trawlers of
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49. With the addition of three more vessels on the Hong Kong Register there are now eleven hydrofoils at present on the Hong Kong/ Macau ferry service. Harbour ferries consist not only of passenger vessels but also of combined vehicle and passenger vessels, and 4 double-decked vehicle ferries. The port of registry of the fisheries re- search trawler, m.v. 'Cape St. Mary' was transferred from Georgetown, British Guiana during the year. This vessel is owned by the Hong Kong Government managed by the Agriculture and Fisheries Depart- ment and maintained by the Marine Department. Two Empire type tugs 'Police l' and 'Police 2' were sold by the Hong Kong Government during the year and re-registered as British vessels owned by a Hong Kong company. Eventually they again changed hands and the registry was cancelled as the vessels went under the Panamanian flag. The biggest vessel presently registered in this port is the motor vessel 'World Queen' with a gross tonnage of 40,433 tons, registration being effected on the 22nd March on the day on which the largest cruise liner 'Canberra', of 45,000 gross tons and owned by the Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Company, Limited, arrived for the first time at Hong Kong. The second largest vessel on the Hong Kong register is the 'World Leader' which has a gross tonnage of 34,726 tons. These two large vessels built in Japan under favourable payment terms illustrates the trend amongst local shipowners in acquiring vessels of greater ton- nage. The registry fees collected during the year amounted to $23,693 as compared with $12,321 in the previous year. Complete details of all vessels entered upon the Hong Kong register or expunged from it in the year are included at Appendices 2 and 2(A).
Functions
ACCOUNTS AND STORES SECTION
50. The functions of the Accounts Section comprise the correct recording of all financial transactions of the department, the paylisting and submission to the Treasury of suppliers' bills and other claims for payment either by the Treasury or by the departmental shroffs, the payment of salaries, overtime and other allowances to departmental officers, marine launch crews and dockyard staff receiving salary and emoluments in cash. The Stores Section, under the control of a stores officer nominated by the Controller of Stores, generally arranges the procurement of stores, either through Controller of Stores, through local suppliers under contract or by local purchase; it distributes sup-
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plies of stores to the various sections of the department, and maintains proper stores records and adequate levels of stock of machinery and spares for the Government Dockyard. As at 31st March, 1966, there were 14,257 items of stores held on allocated stores charge: 10,750 items were engines and spares, 750 lighthouse stores, 134 paint, 148 uniforms and 2,475 items of general stores.
Expenditure
51. A detailed comparative statement of the estimated and actual expenditure for the year 1965-66 is given in Appendix 3 from which it will be seen that expenditure ($20.2m) fell short of the estimates ($25.2m) by $5 millions. All sub-heads under Other Charges Annually Recurrent ($8.5m), except for a new item, sub-head 33-Minor Salvage, provided during the year, showed savings ($2.2m), the most significant of which is the composite sub-head 5-maintenance, which recorded 'savings' ($1.5m) against all items. With the exception of four sub- heads, 13-Green Island Explosives Depot, 22-replacement and spare marine engines, 24-Seamen's Recruiting Office equipment and 29... Dredger and dredging plant, all of which required additional funds, and three new items approved during the year, the remaining sub-heads under other charges, special expenditure were below the estimates due to uncompleted work, non-arrival of stores or works not yet com- menced. Personal emoluments, sub-head 1 ($9.74m) fell short of the estimates ($9.81m) by $7 lakhs. Overtime allowances paid ($1.49m) similarly fell short of the estimates by $11 lakhs.
Revenue
52. Revenue collected during the year ending 31st March, 1966 amounted to $5.4 million, a net increase of $9 lakhs over that for the corresponding period last year and $1.4 million compared with the estimated revenue for the year. Details of revenue collected are given in Appendix 3. Increases recorded against most items were due to the coming into operation of the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1965 on 12th November, 1965. Shortfalls were recorded under two items: Hawkers (-13.6%) and Anchorage Dues (-14.7%).
MARINE DEPARTMENT SECRETARIAT
Functions
53. The departmental secretariat is headed by a Senior Executive Officer who is appointed to the Marine Department as its secretary. This officer is also the office and personnel manager of the department
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and responsible to the Assistant Director of Marine (Headquarters) and the Director of Marine for the proper handling of all phases of establishment work and, with the assistance of his staff, for financial provisions for staff, conditions of service, staff selection, appointment, training, posting and reporting. The volume of executive work continues to grow and an additional post for an executive officer was provided during the year. This made it possible for part of the secretary's com- mittee functions to be handled by the new officer who is known de- partmentally as Assistant Secretary (Committees and General) which distinguishes him from his counterpart the Assistant Secretary (Per- sonnel). The allocation of committee work is now-
Secretary:
Dangerous Goods Standing Committee
Port Welfare Committee
Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund Committee
Assistant Secretary (Committees and General):
Dangerous Goods Standing Committee Sub-Committee Pilotage Board
Seamen's Board of Reference
Marine Department, Tender Board
Working Parties-
Drug Addiction in the Public Service
Local Certificate Examination Procedures
Welfare-
Marine Department Recreation Club Committee
Marine Department Headquarters Canteen Committee Ad hoc committee meetings
Assistant Secretary (Personnel):
Selection Boards Promotion Boards Staff Representations.
Personnel and General Registries
54. The work of both registries as well as of the typing pool in- creased during the year and one additional post of typist is being sought. There has been an increase in the number of female clerks and clerical assistants and a reduction in the number of their male counterparts.
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55. A private automatic branch telephone exchange with ten direct lines and 56 extensions has been installed and is proving satisfactory.
Visitors to the Port from Overseas
56. During the year under review, the following overseas visitors called at the Marine Department to discuss subjects relating to the activity of the port and other maritime matters:
(i) Mr. A. C. D. LEACH, Port of Singapore Authority.
(ii) Messrs. R. V. F. Savory and R. T. LORIMER, Chairman and Assistant General Manager respectively of the Auckland Harbour Board.
(iii) A delegation of the Washington Orient Trade Mission headed by Messrs. M. H. BAKER and J. M. Haydon, Commissioners of the Port of Seattle.
(iv) Mr. T. BRATT, Chief of Maritime Branch, International Labour
Organization.
(v) Mr. R. A. FARERO, Italian Trade Commissioner.
(vi) Mr. M. C. MacKenzie, Assistant Secretary, Australian Department
of Labour and National Service.
(vii) Mr. Peter GARDNER, B.O.T. Shipping Representative at Singapore. (viii) Mr. R. C. MOHAN, Deputy Chief Surveyor to the Government of
India, Bombay.
(ix) Mr. J. G. THOMSON, C.B.E., Chairman of Aden Port Trust.
(x) Messrs. F. J. Ivimey (U.K.), E. M. J. CORTEN (Netherlands) and G. L. BECKETT (I.L.O.), members of the Port Survey Team of the United Nations Economic Commission in Asia and the Far East. (xi) Mr. H. A. De SILVA, General Manager (Cargo Operation) of the
Port of Colombo, Ceylon.
(xii) Mr. M. P. V. Hannam, Principal British Trade Commissioner. (xiii) Mr. Y. Shimomura, Vice-manager of explosive division of Nippon
Oils & Fats Co. Ltd., Mr. H. UKAI and Mr. W. Suzuki.
(xiv) Mr. G. FOGGON, C.M.G., O.B.E., Labour Adviser to the Minister
for Overseas Development.
(xv) The Chairman of the Penang Port Commission, Dato Laksmana Haji Mohd. Razalli, and Messrs. Chan Siew Teong and Ismail Bin Ngah MARZUKI.
(xvi) Mr. Basil A. MCLEAN and Mr. Charles J. L. SCHOEFER, Principal
Officers of the American Bureau of Shipping.
(xvii) Dr. Tomio SHINOHARA, Chief of Construction Division of the
Japanese Ministry of Transportation.
(xviii) Mr. George L. BARKER, a member of the Wellington Harbour Board. · (xix) Commander Firminic MARTINS, Harbour Master of Macau, and his
colleagues Snr. Fernando BRITO and Orlando De AraUJO.
(xx) Mr. John B. Morrell, vice-President of the State Street Bank and
Trust Co., Boston, Massachusetts.
(xxi) Mr. K. Izuka, President of the Japan Industry Floating Fair. (xxii) Mr. D. SRIDHARAN, I.A.S., Special Officer for Neyveli-Salem Steel Project and Ex-officio Deputy Secretary to Government of Madras (India) and Mr. T. N. Lakshmi Naroyan, I.A.S., Industries Secretary to the Government of Madras (India).
(xxiii) Mr. K. C. SUTTON-JONES, Sales Manager of Stone-Chance Ltd.,
England.
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Marine Casualties and Inquiries
57. During the year, 256 marine and other casualties occurred com- pared with 242 in 1964-65. Considering the absence of severe typhoons during the year the number of accidents reported in respect of ocean- going vessels is high and a very considerable increase in miscellaneous casualties occurring to Government vessels is also reported. The majority of the latter were, however, of a minor nature and due to rubbish in the harbour causing temporary breakdowns. Five ground- ings of ocean-going vessels occurred in or near Colony waters during the year. The number of fires occurring in ocean-going ships reported during the year was reduced from 10 to 6 none of which resulted in the loss of a vessel. Four preliminary inquiries were ordered by the Director of Marine during the year; three concerning strandings of British registered vessels and one following a collision between a Hong Kong registered vessel and a lighter within Victoria Harbour. At the end of the year two inquiries were still proceeding. Of those completed, His Excellency accepted the advice of the Director of Marine in respect of one of them that no Marine Court should be formed to further in- vestigate the casualty and His Excellency also accepted the recom- mendation of the Director of Marine that a Marine Court should be formed to inquire further into the circumstances attending a collision which occurred between the Hong Kong registered vessel 'Angelina' and the lighter 'Olympia No. 1' whereby two lives were lost and the lighter sank. Details of collisions, fires, preliminary inquiries, the formal investigation mentioned above, local inquiries held and miscellaneous casualties will be found in Appendix 4.
CHAPTER IV
PORT CONTROL DIVISION
ADMINISTRATION
(Appendices 5 to 10)
Assistant Director of Marine
58. The day-to-day administration of the Port of Victoria and the minor ports of the Colony together with the regulation of shipping generally within the Colony waters is the responsibility of the Assistant Director of Marine in charge of the Port Control Division. He is ex- officio chairman of the Dangerous Goods Standing Committee, and president of the Pilotage Board of Examiners.
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Dangerous Goods Standing Committee
59. Although this committee met on only two occasions during the year a considerable amount to business was conducted through corre- spondence. Proposals with regard to various amendments to the Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations and the Dangerous Goods (Classification) Regulations were considered and subsequently recom- mended to Government. Other matters considered by the committee included carriage of dangerous goods in lighters, public facilities for storage of explosives, sites for dangerous goods enclaves, matches and cartridge-operated industrial fastening tools, conveyance of dangerous goods through the Lion Rock Tunnel and the proposed Cross-Harbour Tunnel, aerosols and butane lighter refills. Following a decision by the Director of Marine and the Dangerous Goods Standing Committee that a reduction should be sought in the amounts of explosives stored at Green Island in view of the potential risk to the now highly populated area of Kennedy Town and that an alternative site or sites should be found for the depot, meetings have been held with interested Depart- ments and several sites are now under detailed investigation.
The Pilotage Board of Examiners
60. The Pilotage Board of Examiners met on seven occasions during the year. Three candidates were examined for a Hong Kong Pilot's Licence of whom two were successful. On the recommendation of this Board, the Hong Kong Pilots Association, with twenty-two licensed Hong Kong Harbour pilots as its members, was incorporated and com- menced operations on 1st November, 1965. The Association later sub- mitted a proposal for the revision of the statutory pilotage dues. This proposal was closely examined by the Pilotage Board, which deferred making any firm recommendation pending the submission of detailed financial statements by the Pilots Association to justify its request.
Public Cargo Handling Sub-Committee of the Port Executive Committee
61. This committee completed its work during the year in the submission of a report and recommendations to the Port Executive Committee in August 1965. The Sub-Committee was then disbanded and the responsibility for maintaining a continuous review of the state of cargo working at public praya was assumed by the Professional Sub- Committee of the Port Executive Committee.
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PORT CONTROL OFFICE
Introduction
62. The Port Control Office is staffed by professional officers who deal with the day-to-day activities of the port and ensure the swift and efficient operation of a mooring buoy and anchorage allocation system. This work is in fact similar to that which in other ports of the world is the responsibility of the Harbour Master's Office. The Port Control Office superintends the annual maintenance of 64 moorings for ocean shipping and 59 minor moorings for the use of Government vessels. It administers the Dangerous Goods (Shipping) Regulations, 1964 cover- ing the movement of dangerous goods into and out of the port in the interests of marine safety and enforces the Merchant Shipping (Control of Ports) Regulations, 1953, as amended by the Merchant Shipping (Control of Ports) (Amendment) Regulations, 1965. Close liaison is maintained between the Port Control Office and the Port Works Division of the Public Works Department in connexion with the establishment and maintenance of beacons, the progress of reclamations and the taking of soundings and tidal float tests in the harbour. Officers of this section also carry out inspection duties under the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915 on board ships carrying unberthed passengers.
Ocean-going Shipping
63. 12,748 ocean-going ships, a total of 41,031,776 net tons entered and cleared the Colony of Hong Kong during the financial year ending 31st March, 1966. This was again a post-war record and an increase of 196 ships (1.6%) and 1,271,081 net tons (3.2%) compared with the previous year. Of the above, 6,378 ships totalling 20,564,152 net tons entered and 6,370 ships totalling 20,467,624 net tons cleared. Cargo discharged by these vessels amounted to 6,942,406 deadweight tons, a decrease of 217,355 deadweight tons (3.0%); cargo loaded was 2,290,148 deadweight tons, differing by 10 tons only less than last year. The total tonnage of timber imported by ocean-going vessels during the year amounted to 420,465 deadweight tons, this being a decrease of 172,179 tons (29.0%) compared with last year. Full details of ocean-going ship- ping and trade are given in Appendices 5 to 5(B).
River and other local shipping
64. During the year, 9,470 entries of river steamers and hydrofoils totalling 3,198,455 net tons and 9,472 clearances totalling 3,200,774 net
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tons were recorded. These figures when compared with the preceding year show an increase of 8,675 vessels entered and cleared (84.5%) but a decrease of 3,300,561 net tons (34.0%). The increase in number is mainly due to four more hydrofoils entering the service to Macau, but the total tonnage decreased as a result of the end of the water emergency on 14th June, 1964 when the water tankers finally ceased operations. In the river trade both import and export tonnages decreased; imports by 2,742 deadweight tons (31.7%) and exports by 2,575 deadweight tons (22.7%). The total number of passengers carried was 2,430,096, this number being 569,706 (30.6%) in excess of the total last year. This increase is due to the frequent and fast service now provided by the hydrofoils to Macau and extra sailings of the river steamers, coupled with the addition of several new tourist attractions in Macau. The cargoes carried by junks and launches engaged in external trade showed an increase in tonnages of both imports and exports. These vessels dis- charged 2,020,433 deadweight tons, an increase of 347,007 tons (20.7%) and loaded 155,802 tons, an increase of 26,366 deadweight tons (20.4%) when compared with last year.
Typhoon Casualties
65. The year under review was notable by the absence of severe typhoons. Altogether 5 typhoons and 9 tropical storms were recorded of which only 3 typhoons and 3 tropical storms marginally affected the Colony. Details of the minor casualties affecting shipping in the port during passage of typhoons during the year will be found in Appendix 4.
Western Harbour Scheme
66. Work continued on the implementation of the Western harbour scheme and during the year 2 additional ocean moorings were laid, four 50 ton blocks and two 40 ton collars were placed on order and new mooring components arrived from the United Kingdom. The original programme called for 60 berths to be made available by the end of the year, but in fact a total of 64 berths comprising 39 'A' class moorings and 23 'B' class moorings in the harbour and 2 'B' class moorings at Yam O Bay, N.E. Lantao, are now in operation.
Central Harbour Scheme
67. Progress on this scheme was also maintained and by the end of the year two fairway mark buoys had been laid, the eastern entrance to the fairway was marked by two light buoys and the establishment
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of the 'Hung Hom Fairway', was promulgated. The fairway buoy off the Ocean Terminal was removed in March at the request of the Ocean Terminal Development Company and all that now remains is for the Naval No. 1 buoy to be resited when the dredging of the new site has been completed and the Central Harbour Scheme will have been fully implemented.
Maintenance and Use of Harbour Moorings
68. The annual overhaul of all harbour moorings was delayed by a temporary breakdown of the machines used to test the shackles and chain cable, and a further six buoys have yet to be overhauled. Of the moorings overhauled, all components due for testing, comprising cable, shackles, swivels and Lambert and Garland buoy fittings were tested at the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company of Hong Kong, Limited, Quarry Bay. 'A' class harbour moorings were in use (occupied and booked) for an aggregate of 13,142 days and 'B' class for 9,228 days, a total of 22,370 days, returning a revenue of $1,133,920 which is an increase of $249,390 (28%) compared with the last fiscal year. This increase is partly due to the increased fees which were brought into effect on 12th November, 1965 following enactment of the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations, 1965. The fee for an 'A' class buoy is now $75 per day and for a 'B' class buoy, $50 per day.
Navigation Marks
69. The two light buoys marking the eastern limits of the Hung Hom Fairway were laid on 4th December and a light buoy was laid off Hung Hom on 5th June at the turn in the fairway. Late in the year on 8th and 9th December, 4 temporarily unlit buoys were laid to mark the approach channel leading to the new Esso oil terminal at Nga Ying Chau. A temporary light buoy was laid on 31st May off the Hung Hom reclamation for the assistance of coxswains on the Edinburgh Place Hung Hom ferry services. The Lamma patch light buoy was removed for repairs on 26th July and was returned to station one week later. Seventeen other light buoys were maintained on station and, with the exception of five, were overhauled during the year.
Minor Moorings
70. A total of 59 minor moorings are maintained by the Department for the use of government vessels. Due to work on the reprovisioning of the Government Dockyard in the Kowloon Camber a review was made of typhoon moorings allocated in the Camber to Government
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craft and twelve of them will be moved to Aberdeen west harbour, a further twelve will be constructed and laid in the Rambler Channel typhoon shelter. This will then leave twenty-four moorings in the Kowloon Camber and in Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter, for the use of Government craft. The remainder of the minor moorings are situated in various parts of the Colony waters for use by Government departments having craft allocated to them.
Laid-up Shipping and Ship-breaking
71. At the end of March, 1966, 4 vessels of 5,506 net registered tons and 9,250 gross tons were laid up in Colony waters, a decrease of 2 vessels and 6,456 gross tons, compared with last year. Anchorage dues totalled $37,077.50 almost the same as the previous year. The year also saw a decrease in ship breaking activities. At the end of the year 6 vessels of 19,491 gross tons and 13,624 light displacement were being broken up, a decrease of 11 vessels and 72,203 gross tons on the previous year. A total of 20 vessels of 122,209 gross tons, 71,972 light displace- ment, were completely demolished during the year. This was a decrease of 4 vessels and 29,611 gross tons compared with the previous year's figures.
General
72. (a) Inspections as required under the Asiatic Emigration Ordin- ance, 1915, continued in conjunction with port health officers and 35 vessels carrying 2,828 emigrants were cleared for South-east Asia, Australia, South Africa and South America. The arrangements for the welfare of the emigrants were found to be generally satisfactory. A summary of emigrants embarked is as follows:
Nationality
British Dutch
Norwegian
Total ...
:
No. of Vessels
No. of Emigrants
14
1,701
10
427
11
700
35
2,828
(b) Hydrofoils continue to operate successfully from the Central Reclamation, Stage III, and a terminal for hydrofoils is planned to be situated between the Ocean Terminal and the Star Ferry Pier at Tsim Sha Tsui.
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(c) Sunday cargo working permits numbering 4,317 were issued, a decrease of 762 (15%). Permit dues amounted to $641,760 a decrease of $87,255 (12%) over the previous year.
(d) A stevedores' strike, which lasted from the 5th to 10th June, caused considerable delays to shipping in port. Arrangements were made for special anchorages to be brought into use to cater for arriving ships unable to obtain buoys. In no case, however, did a ship have to be directed to an anchorage. Following the end of the strike, some conges- tion was experienced, and 'A' and 'B' buoys were fully booked or occupied with the exception of one or two in Kowloon Bay until the 13th June, when the situation returned to normal.
(e) On 22nd November, 1965 a Japanese seamen's strike started and within a short space of time hundreds of Japanese vessels were tied up in their home ports. The effect of this strike was quickly felt in Hong Kong by the absence of the usual end of month pressure upon harbour moorings. The strike finally ended on Christmas Day but it was some time before Japanese ships arrived in the port in their usual numbers. (f) on 22nd March, 1966 the Ocean Terminal was opened by His Excellency the Governor and on the same day the largest passenger ship ever to visit Hong Kong, the 'Canberra', went alongside. Since her draft was 34 ft. there was little room for error in manoeuvring but with the aid of tugs no difficulty was experienced.
(g) In December there arrived the two largest tankers ever to visit the port of Hong Kong. They were the Liberian tanker 'Nicholas J. Goulandris' of 65,618 deadweight tons and the Norwegian tanker 'Skavgum' of 69,051 deadweight tons. The former vessel arrived with a draught of 39′ 11′′ and the latter a draught of 41′ 06′′, by far the two deepest commercial vessels ever to negotiate the waters of the Colony. Between them they discharged a total of 130,669 tons of oil. As the Esso berth at Nga Ying Chau was not ready to receive vessels of this size, the cargo was ferried by the Liberian T2 tanker 'Cynthia' from an anchorage at Kellett Bank to the terminal. The next supertanker arrived in mid-January, 1966 by which time the Esso berth had been completed, and it is expected that large tankers will berth there on an average of one a month.
Shipping Statistics
73. Again, as for the previous year, an average of over five hundred vessels per month entered the port. The table shows the gradual build up to the present figure over the years is as follows:
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Years Total
Monthly Average
Peak Month
1956-57
3,822
319
346 April
1957-58
4,291
358
398 August
1958-59
4,569
381
397 December
1959-60
5,098
425
444 June
1960-61
5,429
452
477 August
1961-62
5,647
371
502 March
1962-63
5,986
499
525 October
1963-64
5,959
497
557 March
1964-65
6,276
523
581 January
1965-66
6,378
532
564 March
Full details of the nationalities, numbers and tonnages of ocean-going ships, river steamers, hydrofoils and the junks and launches entering and clearing the Colony throughout the year, together with the deadweight tonnages of cargoes imported and exported and the numbers of pas- sengers carried into and from Hong Kong by sea are contained in Appendices 5 to 5(F), 6, 6A, 9 and 9(A).
Signal Stations and Port Communication
74. The radio telephone system linking the Marine Department Con- trol Tower with the signal stations at Waglan, Green Island and North Point, and also with Port Health and Marine Launches, continued to operate satisfactorily throughout the year except on those 5 occasions when the land line connecting the Marine Department to the Peak station failed. The ship/shore visual signal service between ships at buoys and anchorages and all signal stations in the harbour continued to be extensively used. During the year the signal stations, working on a 24 hour basis despatched and received 65,581 messages including 15 emergency signals. Messages by flash lamp totalled 17,010 whilst in- formation passed to shipping interests and the public, amounting to 14,981 messages, resulted in the sum of $16,090 in fees being realized. This was $8,843.50 (122.0%) more than the sum realized during the previous year, due to the increase in the Marine Wireless Fee from 50% to $2.00 per message which became effective on 12th November, 1965. Calibration of radio direction finders in merchant ships was carried out in collaboration with the Radio Surveyor on 114 occasions, 6 less than last year. The strong monsoon signal was hoisted on 4 occasions at all stations during the year and typhoon signals were hoisted at all stations on 15 occasions.
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LIGHTHOUSE SECTION
Waglan Lighthouse
75. Due to inclement weather the installation of new diesel-driven alternators and fuel tanks was not completed as expected. The machinery has been installed and the wiring completed but fuel tanks and pipe work have not been fully tested as the pipe joints still remain to be welded. Modifications have been carried out on the diesel-driven com- pressors, in the fitting of radiators thus dispensing with the water cir- culating tanks. One diesel-compressor set was resited, and the engine- room enlarged to accommodate the new machinery. Temporary rooms were built to accommodate the existing generators and engines all of which will be removed when the new machines are commissioned.
Waglan Operations
76. The shipping information supplied during the year from this station is summarized as follows:
(i) Inward bound vessels reported---6,552
(ii) Outward bound vessels reported-6,637
Note: of the above reportings 3,700 were made on exchange of Flashing
Signals.
(iii) Messages: 459 were sent and 194 received.
In addition 3,599 weather information messages were sent to the Royal Observatory via radio to the Metrological Office at Kai Tak. There were 77 periods of poor visibility and the diaphone fog signal was sounded for 592 hours during the year. The staff relief launch was two days late in reaching the station for one relief due to bad weather which prevented a landing being made. Radio Communication between Waglan and the Marine Department Signal Tower were interrupted on 20 occasions totalling 49 hours, the longest interruption of 15 hours being caused by faulty telephone lines in Hong Kong. No serious damage occurred during the typhoon season and the station operated through- out. On the return journey from Waglan on the 22nd February, 1966 'Marine No. 37' under tow by 'Marine No. 28' was swamped in a heavy sea and foundered. No lives were lost and the gallant action of Mr. J. DEAKIN, the Assistant Superintendent of Lights, who at the risk of his own life leapt into the sea to save the Coxswain of 'Marine No. 37' who was unconscious in the water, resulted in the award to him by His Excellency the Governor of a bronze eight-pointed Belilios Star.
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Other Lighthouse Installations
77. Full particulars of all the Colony's aids to navigation are given at Appendix 7 and a report on each light and beacon on which work was carried out during the year as follows:
Tathong Lighthouse: While progress continued to be made during the year at this station the work was not completed owing to delays arising from the overhaul and modification of the fog signal engines having to be resubmitted to tender and the installation of the new beacon light being postponed pending electricity supplies being made available from the Civil Aviation Station at Tathong. It is now expected that a 24 hours supply for the beacon will be available by the end of May, 1966. Ngai Ying Pai: A new beacon has been completed and the light re-
established.
Tai Long Pai: The fog signal was reinstalled and a remote control apparatus fitted but both items of equipment later developed faults which necessitated the apparatus being removed pending the arrival of replacements from the makers. Until the weather again permits a landing on this rock the fog signal is undergoing service trials at another station.
Gau Tau (Mirs Bay): A larger lantern has been installed at this site which has improved the range but the increase in range recommended cannot be achieved until a new beacon is built and a new and more powerful light is obtained.
Stonecutters Island: The installation was completed in April and the light
commissioned in May, 1965.
Cheung Chau Rock: The completion of this beacon permitted the transfer of apparatus from the temporary shore structure on Cheung Chau Island in December, 1965.
Tsing Yi (N.W.): The temporary structure at Cheung Chau becoming available for installation at this site enabled this light to be re- established.
Shek Kok Tsui: The beacon was completed and the light transferred from the temporary shore structure on Lamma Island in September, 1965. Kap Sing (Tung Lung Chau): The modified Cape Collinson gas light was installed at this station and the temporary gas lantern removed. The gas operated fog bell of pre-war design and uncertain operation, finally refused to function.
Light Buoys: Three additional 10 ft. electric light buoys have been brought
into service.
Planning
78. The improvement of existing and the establishment of new marine lights continues to be planned in accordance with the recom- mendations of the Departmental Working Party on Navigational Aids. In consultation with the Port Works Division of the Public Works Department temporary lights are installed as required off reclamations
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with the co-operation of that Division. Resiting of Cust Rock Light now included in the Hung Hom Reclamation, with increased power and which would eventually take the place of Blackhead Lighthouse is held in abeyance partly for financial reasons and partly because settlement of the reclaimed land did not allow of immediate develop-
ment.
Lighthouse Staff
79. The bar chart at Appendix 7(A) shows the growth in the number of marine lights between 1961-62 and 1964-65 and the overall percent- age increases in staff and lights calculated using the 1946-47 figures which are also shown as a base. The economies achieved in exchange of equipment and doubling up fuel storage capacity at various lights. still permits little time to carry out maintenance on any regular schedule, since gas cylinder or battery exchanges must be considered as separate from light maintenance. During the year, 25 failures of lights occurred in part due to lack of regular servicing. An investigation is underway to analyze the transport and staffing needs of the section, to enable two working parties to be arranged in addition to the workshop staff servicing apparatus in the lighthouse workshop.
GOVERNMENT EXPLOSIVES DEPOT
80. The depot continued to provide efficient handling and storage of Government and privately owned explosives during the period between the importation into the Colony and redistribution for re- export or for local consumption. The establishment operates a self- contained fire-fighting unit capable of immediate action pending arrival of the Fire Services Department's personnel. Officers from the latter department made regular inspections of the depot's facilities and periodic fire drills were carried out. A booster pump house and pipe- line were constructed under the supervision of the Public Works Department, Maintenance Division, a new pump and generator being subsequently installed. The 12 Kw. generator unit is now a permanent fixture on the Island and will supply electricity for the lighthouse, signal station and staff quarters in the event of any electrical failure in the power supply from Hong Kong.
81. On 9th November, 1965, Japanese officials from the Nippon Kayaky Company, Taketoyo-cho Chitagun and Mitsui & Company, accompanied by the Senior Marine Officer, Port Control made a tour
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of the magazines for the purpose of gaining first hand information on storage conditions for the Japanese explosives in the depot.
82. The entire stock of explosives and accessories received into the depot during the year were of British and Japanese manufacture and while the demand for the British products showed a further increase over last year, sales of Japanese explosives were still well ahead. A comparison of Government and commercial explosives and accessories handled by the depot with corresponding figures for the previous year reveals an increase of 291,534 lbs. Explosives imported and eventually transhipped increased by 135,945 lbs., while local consumption increased by 175,767 lbs., leaving a balance in the depot of 728,502 lbs. Further details are shown in Appendix 8.
GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD
Functions
83. The function of the Government Dockyard is to maintain the operational efficiency of the Government fleet which during the year under review comprised 125 powered vessels of various types including patrol vessels, research trawlers, and personnel-carriers. The Govern- ment also owns dredgers, lighters and dinghies. The Dockyard is situated in the south-east corner of Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter and has one slipway and cradle, one 160 foot pier, mechanical workshops, stores, fuel tanks and office accommodation. Commercial dockyards are also employed by contract in response to tenders. Government vessels are allocated to departments as shown at Appendix 10 and the Dockyard section is responsible for the selection and training of deck and engine room crews for those vessels save in respect of the disciplined services, viz. Police and Fire Services Departments. The Senior Marine Officer in charge is responsible for the welfare and discipline of the floating and dockyard staff which, on 31st March, 1966 numbered 752 and 158 respectively.
Repairs and Maintenance
84. The artisan staff consists of 26 carpenters, 13 sailmakers, 18 painters and 21 fitters who are permanent employees engaged on routine maintenance work on vessels at the Dockyard. During the year the single cradle at the Government Dockyard was occupied by 131 vessels for 340 days. However, a much greater part of the work of maintaining the Government fleet is carried out by contract labour under the super-
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A cargo passenger liner lies alongside the newly completed Ocean Terminal and in the foreground are two of the Star Ferry Company's Vessels which ply between Edinburgh Place, Hong Kong and Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
The Island Terminal of the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company's Double Deck Vehicle Ferries with Blake Pier, completed during the year, in the background.
Fishing vessels taking shelter behind the completed breakwater at the entrance to Aberdeen Harbour. Site formation for a new electricity generating station can be seen in progress on the other side of the harbour entrance.
Marine Department seamen attending a class at the Department's Nautical Training
School.
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The John C. Pappas of 40,043 gross tons discharging at the new Esso Standard Oil (Hong Kong) Ltd. tank farm at Nga Ying Chau.
A locally built sailing cruiser nears completion at the yard of Cheoy Lee Shipyard.
The motor vessel Hu- nan takes to the water after her launching by Lady TRENCH on 23rd October 1965 at the yard of the Taikoo Dockyard and Engi- neering Co., Ltd.
The Esso Tsing Yi nearing completion at the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., Kowloon Docks.
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vision of the marine officers and mechanical inspectors. During the year these officers also prepared 855 tenders calling for the repair and over- haul of Government vessels. 311 tenders were accepted for hull, deck and tailshaft work which necessitated these vessels being slipped at the successful contractors' yards, while another 544 tenders were accepted for machinery overhauls which were carried out by contractors at the Government Dockyard. A further 80 vessels were slipped at commercial dockyards for work of an emergency nature, e.g. fouled propellers, underwater hull damage or tailshaft repairs. The total cost of maintain- ing the fleet amounted to $4,707,615.11 which sum includes all spare parts, materials and stores used during the year.
New Vessels, Major Overhauls and Improvements
85. Two new vessels were commissioned during the year, Police No. 1 and Police No. 2. These 110 foot patrol vessels replaced the former vessels of the same name which had become uneconomic to maintain in service. Several launches underwent major hull and deck overhaul, notably the Lady Maurine, Port Health No. 1, Marine No. 27 and Dredging Nos. 4, 5 and 6.
Fuel Consumption
86. The following table shows the quantities and cost of fuel con- sumed by the Government fleet during the year and is compared with that of the previous year:
691 tons $ 5,691.87
1964-65
1965-66
Quantity
Price
Quantity
Price
Petrol
Diesoline
8,066 gals. $ 6,423.53 2,7521 tons $522,278.07
20,041 gals. $ 10,420,32 2,932 tons $415,939.42
Furnace Fuel Oil
1,788.39 tons
Coal
Lub. Oils
Kerosene
Grease
35,365
6,575 gals. 1,025 lbs.
344 tons gals.
$194,291.07 $ 3,179.00 $128,023.99 $ 6,063.73 609.99
$860,869.38
61 tons $ 575.00 32,895 gals. $115,171.90 2,925 gals. $ 2,569.25 1,240 lbs. $ 1,092.21
$551,459.97
Fuel supplies are obtained on contract let by the Controller of Stores after tenders have been called. The significant decrease in fuel costs is due to the sale of the 2 former Empire type Police tugs.
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Staff Training
87. The Marine Nautical Training School continued to expand its courses, under the direction of the Marine Officer (Training), having obtained occupation of the whole building known as No. 1 House, Government Camber. During the year advance navigation courses were held leading to the Special Certificate of Navigation and 1st Class Certificate of Navigation. The results of these and other examinations are shown in the table below. For the first time certificates were issued in respect of non-statutory examinations for navigation subjects and these were presented by the Acting Assistant Director of Marine (Port Control) to successful candidates, including those who passed the examinations last year, at a ceremony held at the City Hall on 5th March, 1966.
Passed
Failed Total
Attempts
1st
2nd 3rd 4th
Special Class Certificate
of Navigation
5
2
7
1st Class Certificate of
Navigation
7
7
2nd Class Certificate of
Navigation
42
16 4 4
1
67
3rd Class Certificate of
Navigation
15
10
25
106
No classes for launch mechanics were held during the year but several candidates presented themselves for examination with the following results:
Launch Mechanic
Over 150 B.H.P. Certificate
Up to 150 B.H.P. Certificate
L/Mech. Cl. I (Dept. Examination)
L/Mech. Cl. III (Dept. Examination) ...
Passed Failed Total
1989
6
8
14
1
1
15
15
66
66
96
Accidents and Salvage
88. During the year 132 accidents as compared with 194 last year occurred to Government craft of which the most serious was the loss of Marine No. 37, a lighthouse stores launch, on 22nd February, 1966. Efforts to locate and salvage the launch proved fruitless and a recom-
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mendation has been made to write off the loss. The number of accidents quoted includes those due to typhoons. Damage repairs amounted to $75,502.24 and damage due to harbour pollution cost $4,019 as com- pared with $22,280 and $54,429.50 respectively last year.
General
89. (a) The Marine Department Tender Board, which deals with tenders falling outside the authority held by the Senior Marine Officer in charge of the Dockyard, dealt with 36 tenders for repairs to vessels. It also dealt with 13 tenders for the construc- tion of light buoys, overhaul of moorings and removal of wrecked vessels during the year.
(b). By recruiting staff in the lower grades all Government vessels except Preventive Service launches are now manned in accord- ance with the recommendations of the 1963 Working Party on Marine Crews.
(c) Dredging work prior to the construction of three new Govern- ment slipways at the ex-Naval Camber commenced in December, 1965.
(d) Several meetings with representatives of the Marine Department Chinese Employees Union were held during the year and many of the problems raised were resolved.
(e) A new post of Ship Inspector Class II (Shipwright) was filled at the end of the year. This officer assists the Marine Officers responsible for the supervision of hull and deck repairs to vessels.
SMALL CRAFT LICENSING SECTION
Functions
90. The primary function of the section continues to be the licensing and control of almost 20,000 small craft which ply in or from Hong Kong waters. Such vessels are licensed under two sets of regulations, i.e. The Merchant Shipping (Launches and Ferry Vessels) Regulations, 1965 which provide for the survey, licensing and control of passenger carrying vessels of European construction, and the Merchant Shipping (Small Craft) Regulation, 1957 which similarly provide for the inspec- tion, control and licensing of native type craft, lighters, dredgers and crane barges and in fact all descriptions of non-passenger carrying vessels. These regulations require vessels to be licensed by class depend-
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ing on the type of service intended. Prior to licensing all vessels of European construction are required to have their hull, propelling machinery and equipment surveyed, native type craft having their machinery inspected and vessels licensed under either regulations are required to submit navigation and fishing lights, life-saving appliances and fire fighting equipment for inspection. Every mechanized vessel is required by law to be manned by a coxswain and engine driver who possess local certificates of competency. The Small Craft Licensing Section is staffed with officers holding professional sea-going qualifi- cations who daily conduct examinations for local masters certificates of various grades. This process of survey, inspection and examination ensures the safety of passengers and crews on all small craft plying in Colony waters. The Senior Marine Officer in charge of the section is assisted by three marine officers who control the Northern, Central and Southern licensing districts, in which are situated licensing stations at various points in the Colony each station being manned by an assistant marine officer, a clerk shroff and two seamen. In addition to licensing headquarters at Victoria, six licensing stations are maintained at Aber- deen, Cheung Chau, Yau Ma Tei, Tai Po, Castle Peak and Shau Kei Wan. Assistant marine officers were also employed in separate units which deal with the control and clearance of boat squatters and with harbour pollution. Other work carried out by the section included the control of floating timber, typhoon shelter control, control of harbour motor boats or walla wallas and control of minor ferry services.
Licences
91. Particulars of the number of types of vessels or of persons requiring licences issued by this office were as follows:
(i) The total number of vessels licensed under the Merchant Shipping (Launches and Ferry Vessels) Regulations to ply as ferries and launches during the year was 662; a further 4 had received certifi- cates of survey but had not by the end of the year applied for licences.
Of the total:
424 were licensed for Class I (Harbour Limits) 133 for Class II (Specified Sheltered Waters)
59 for Class III (Waters of the Colony)
46 for Class IV (River Trade Limits)
(ii) The total number of vessels licensed under the Merchant Shipping (Small Craft) Regulations, i.e. vessels other than ferry vessels and launches, was 18,992. Of this total 7,362 were mechanized vessels and of these 6,190 were fishing vessels.
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(iii) New Licences issued to mechanized fishing vessels totalled 802 bring- ing the all-mechanized fishing boat licences to the above number of 6,910. Reference is made in Appendix 9(B) to non-valid licences in various classes of vessels. This means that the owners have failed to renew their licences during a period of one year. After one year of non-renewal these vessels are struck off the registers. The reasons for non-renewal vary, some craft having been broken up without a report being made to a licensing station and others having left Hong Kong waters.
(iv) Marine licensing patrols were maintained five days per week and were carried out at Castle Peak, Tai O, Lantau, Port Shelter, Rocky Harbour, Tolo Harbour, Tap Mun, Kat O, Sha Tau Kok and at other places where fishing boats and small craft congregate. The total revenue collected from all sources was $1,362,729.29 and of this sum $124,887.52 was collected by the Marine licensing patrols. (v) A total of 771 Marine Hawkers' (Steamship) Licences were valid at the end of the year. During the year 733 were renewed, and 38 new issues made. In addition, there were 111 valid Marine Hawkers' (Native Craft) licences, 100 were renewed and 11 new issues made. (vi) A total of 1,586 Tallyclerks' licences were valid at the end of the year. During the year 1,547 were renewed and 41 new issues and 2 cancellations made. (See also Appendices 9(B) and (C)).
Local Trade: China and Macau
92. Local trading vessels plying to Canton and West River ports, China Mainland ports to the east of Hong Kong, and to Macau form an important link in Hong Kong's trade with its neighbours. In this trade 18,119 vessels arrived with 2,020,433 tons of cargo and 18,113 vessels cleared with 155,802 tons of export cargo. The import tonnage includes cargo for transhipment at Hong Kong to various overseas destinations. Details are as follows:
Imports from
Canton River Ports
West River Ports
Other China Ports
Macau
Exports to
Canton River Ports
West River Ports
Other China Ports
Macau
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Tonnage
1,026,695
818,623
130,921
44,194
Total
2,020,433
Tonnage
38,782
26,124
4,263
86,633
Total
:
155,802
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Ferry Services
93. During the year the principal ferry services transported 218,796,788 passengers and 4,125,200 vehicles. Details are as follows:
(i) Cross Harbour Services
Vehicles
Wilmer Street Rumsey Street
Sham Shui Po..
Sham Shui Po
Jubilee Street Mong Kok Jubilee Street - Jordan Road North Point Kowloon City Edinburgh Place - Tsim Sha Tsui Edinburgh Place - Hung Hom
--
Stewart Road Jordan Road Tonnochy Road - Kowloon City Tonnochy Road Hung Hom
A
North Point - Hung Hom
:
:
Passengers
10,698,600
18,276,400
17,624,300
23,517,900
2,774,200
9,899,700
1,351,000
48,905,200
7,002,521
(1.6.65 - 31.3.66)
24,564,900
7,247,300
7,718,200
12,773,100
North Point-Kowloon City
9,703,700
North Point - Kwun Tong
7,606,300
Jubilee Street - Tsing Yi - Tsuen Wan
2,970,500
Shau Kei Wan - Sam Ka Tsuen - Shau Kei
Wan-Cha Kwo Ling-Kwun Tong
3,641,121
Total
212,149,742
4,125,200
(ii) Outlying District Ferry Services
Passengers
Shau Kei Wan - Rennies Mill - Yuen Chau - Hang Hau Jubilee Street · Cheung Chau (Direct)...
481,681
1,262,400
Jubilee Street - Peng Chau Silver Mine Bay - Cheung
Chau
125,200
Wilmer Street - Cheung Chau (Direct)
41,400
Wilmer Street - Aberdeen - Cheung Chau
9,800
Jubilee Street
Jubilee Street
J
Silver Mine Bay Peng Chau
806,100
572,800
Jubilee Street
Tai O (Direct)
57,200
Wilmer Street
Jubilee Street - Kap Shui Mun -
- Tai O (via
Wilmer Street
Sha Lo Wan)
Aberdeen
So Kwu Wan
Wilmer Street -- Yung Shu Wan
Aberdeen Ap Lei Chau
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Castle Peak --- Tung Chung
227,900
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-Tai O
15,100
116,500
162,200
2,597,123
Ma On Shan - Ho Tung Lau - Ma Liu Shui
159,042
Tai Po Shap Sze Heung Sham Chung Lai Chi Chong - Tai Tan-Chek Keng-Lau Lo Wan - Tap Mun
Total
12,600
6,647,046
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The 'Star' Ferry Company commenced operation of its Edinburgh Place-Hung Hom Ferry service on the 1st June, 1965 using a pontoon landing at Hung Hom and the east arm of the ferry pier at Edinburgh Place. The Aberdeen-Ap Lei Chau service operated by the Eastern Ferry Company under an exclusive licence was granted a one year extension and the licence of this service now expires on 30th November, 1966. The Ma On Shan-Ma Liu Shui ferry service was excluded from the provisions of the Ferries Ordinance for a further two years from 31st October, 1965. At the end of the year, a total of 40 native type motor junks operated on regular runs carrying fare paying passengers to outlying islands and villages. Such craft are issued with temporary ferry licences renewable monthly. A further 42 vessels of a similar type operate irregularly, carrying produce and stores to outlying dis- tricts. Frequent inspections of these vessels were necessary to ensure that a reasonable standard of cleanliness was maintained, and that the licence conditions in respect of safety and fire fighting equipment were complied with.
Local Certificates of Competency as Master
94. Examinations of candidates for the various grades of local masters' certificates were held on six days per week being conducted by assistant marine officers holding B.O.T. certificates of competency. The enactment of the Merchant Shipping (Launches and Ferry Vessels) Regulations, 1965 produced a 25% increase in the number of candi- dates for pleasure craft masters' certificates and a 7% increase in the number of candidates for all grades. Additional examiners were made available when necessary to ensure the examination of candidates immediately on application. The average number of candidates examined per month was 247. Following amendment of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance No. 14 of 1953, local certificates are now issued to coxswains of vessels of up to 300 tons plying in Colony waters and an advanced grade of examination has been introduced for coxswains of vessels between 60 and 300 net tons, and also for coxswains of ferries plying on outlying services. The advanced examination consists of written papers in chartwork and coastal navigation and an oral examination in seamanship and practical knowledge. All examination papers are bilingual and the examinations are conducted by an assist- ant marine officer holding a First Mates B.O.T. certificate of com- petency.
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The following are the results of examinations held:
Passed
Failed
(i) Commercial candidates (up to 300 tons).. (ii) Commercial candidates (up to 60 tons)
13
10
567
506
(iii) Fishermen candidates
587
551
(iv) Pleasure craft candidates (up to 15 tons) ..
(v) Government candidates (up to 60 tons)
384
251
70
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Total
1,621
1,341
Marine officers and assistant marine officers of the section also ex- amined personnel of the Police, Commerce & Industry, Fire Services and Marine Departments for Departmental Certificates of Navigation as follows:
Passed
Failed
Special class certificates of navigation 1st Class certificate of navigation 2nd Class certificate of navigation
5
3
17
10
73
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Accidents to Licensed Craft
95. A total of 90 accidents with 14 lives lost as against 117 last year when 11 persons were drowned were reported as follows:
(i) Within Hong Kong Waters
(a) Number of Accidents (b) Number of lives lost
Collision
Capsized or sunk
Others
Total
67
7
14
88
6
2
8
2
6
26
6
(ii) Outside Colony Waters
(a) Number of Accidents (b) Number of lives lost
The Licensing Office is charged with the duty of taking statements from witnesses to marine accidents. In those cases where no local marine or court inquiry is held, marine officers will arbitrate when requested to do so by owners concerned. In the majority of cases claims are settled on the basis of the advice given. During the year the Director ordered 11 local marine inquiries under section 97(3) of the Ordinance details of which are given at Appendix 4.
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Clearance and Control of Boat Squatters
96. During the year the two assistant marine officers who comprise the departmental squatter control and clearance unit were active at Staunton Creek, Aberdeen, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon Bay, and Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter. The following table gives details of the vessels dealt with in co-operation with the Resettlement Department.
No. of No. of
Boats Occupants
Area
Staunton Creek
432
2,997
Aberdeen
305
2,176
Cheung Sha Wan ...
591
4,150
Kowloon Bay
137
977
Yau Ma Tei typhoon
shelter
248
3,382
Remarks
Tabulated pending_resettlement at Shek Pai Wan Estate. Resettled at Kwai Chung Estate and vessels demolished.
Resited at Ngau Tau Kok and vessels demolished.
Resited at Ngau Tau Kok. Vessels ex Yau Ma Tei Ty- phoon Shelter and Cheung Sha Wan.
Resited at Ngau Tau Kok and vessels demolished.
At Staunton Creek tabulation of squatter boats is now being dealt with by the Commissioner for Resettlement and arrangements have been made to enclose all boats in the creek by an earth bund to prevent further craft entering and to facilitate breaking up operations. Follow- ing the resettlement of the occupants of boats at Cheung Sha Wan, an estimated 1,000 vessels remained to be cleared from this area between August and 15th December, 1965 the target date for closure of the access channel. Of this number the occupants of 591 boats were offered and accepted re-site at Ngau Tau Kok, their vessels being demolished. A further 450 vessels dispersed to various New Territories anchorages, and some to Kowloon Bay where they subsequently were offered and accepted resite. The Cheung Sha Wan operation occupied the attention of the Squatter Control Unit for over half the year under review, and other officers from the section from time to time. A marine officer and two assistant marine officers were commended for their work in this particular operation which enabled closure of the access channel to be carried out on the target date. With the closure of the Cheung Sha Wan area, plans to effect clearance of Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter prior to the 1966 typhoon season were put in hand. Commencing in January, 1966, removal notices were served on stationary and squatter craft, each
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vessel being given 30 days in which to resite itself. At the end of the year 381 vessels had been towed out of the shelter and a further 251 vessels removed themselves resulting in an additional area of 12.6 acres being made available for active port working and fishing craft. In order to effect this clearance a team of 12 seamen was supplied by the Govern- ment Dockyard and a tanac type tug was withdrawn from the Marine Police in order to tow derelict craft to Kowloon Bay. At the end of the year 385 vessels formerly anchored in Cheung Sha Wan and Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter had been broken up by the Resettlement Depart-
ment.
Floating Storage of Timber
97. A 29% reduction in the import of timber during the year coupled with the absence of severe typhoons led to a general improvement in conditions at the log ponds at Yam O and Luk Keng bays. Members of the timber associations finally submitted staking plans for Yam O Bay on 5th October, 1965 for approval by the Chief Engineer, Port Works. Difficulty was experienced in obtaining stakes of the necessary length and it was not until the end of the year that sufficient stakes had arrived to enable staking to commence. At Yau Tong Bay the proposed communal log pond still remains unstaked. At Tsuen Wan staking of private storage areas continues, the staking of several lots having been completed. At Tsuen Wan, Shau Kei Wan, Aberdeen and Yau Tong Bay, the storage of timber afloat continues to be covered by temporary permits renewable monthly.
Harbour Pollution
98. The harbour scavenging fleet comprises 1 mechanized shrimp trawler, 2 mechanized cargo-boats, 17 sampans and 'Marine No. 48' (an experimental catamaran type mechanized sweeper). The sampans, etc. are supplied by a contractor on 6-monthly period public tenders. Supervision of the harbour scavenging fleet continues to be carried out by an assistant marine officer who patrols the harbour by fast launch in the early morning. Concentrations of refuse are noted and the scaveng- ing fleet deployed as circumstances demand. The mechanized cargo boats act as collectors, off loading refuse at Urban Services refuse stations on the waterfront. During the year wide publicity was given to the problem of harbour pollution and the penalties for illegal dump- ing. Harbour pollution posters were displayed at 100 different waterfront sites in the harbour. Leaflets drawing attention to the penalties for
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polluting Colony waters were distributed to ferry companies, godown operators, shipyards, sawmills and shipbreaking concerns, and to the agents of all ocean-going ships calling at Hong Kong. The following table gives details of monthly refuse collection and from April 1965 until the end of March 1966 an average of 28.07 weight tons of refuse has been removed from harbour waters daily.
1965 April
:
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1966 January
February March
:
Total
Weight Tons
665.20
787.10
713.30
705.70
673.70
678.30
744.50
637.80
693.00
622.47
579.62
636.75
8,137.44 tons
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Typhoon Shelters
99. Seven typhoons affected the Colony during the year but during only one of these were storm signals higher than No. 3 hoisted. Damage to small craft was therefore negligible, but as in previous years conges- tion in harbour shelters was acute. In the harbour district a small 6 acre shelter at Sam Ka Tsuen was completed, and the breakwaters for the 38 acre shelter at Rambler Channel formed, but the nature of the bottom in this shelter makes it at present unsuitable for use by small craft. The provision of a further typhoon shelter at Aldrich Bay remains in Cate- gory B of the Public Works Programme. At Aberdeen the western harbour breakwater was completed providing much needed additional protection for this minor port which is the centre of the Colony's fishing industry. Dredging for the foundations of the south harbour breakwater was completed and dumping of foundation material is under way. In the New Territories the breakwater arm of a new 25 acre shelter at Shuen Wan (Tai Po) is nearing completion, and when faced and built up to the necessary height will provide a much needed facility in this
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Port Working Craft
100. A 1.34% increase in the amount of cargo handled in the port was noted. By contrast, the dumb steel lighter fleet increased by 5% and the mechanized cargo boat fleet by 20%, although small craft of all descriptions requiring typhoon shelter space showed a 5.4% decrease. The 5% increase in the dumb steel lighter fleet is a marked reduction from the 23.7% increase of the previous year, and the trend now is towards increased mechanization of the traditional junk type cargo boat. (See Appendices 9(C) and 9(F)).
Payments from Community Relief Trust Fund
101. Only one payment was made from the fund during the year this being $1,600 paid to the owners of a squatter boat at Cheung Sha Wan which sank during the passage of typhoon "Freda" in July, 1965.
Boatyards
102. The closure of the access channel to Cheung Sha Wan Bay on 15th December, 1965 brought to an end in this area the activities of some 21 boatyards and 51 slipways. These have been partially reprovi- sioned on the outer reclamation at Cheung Sha Wan where 9 yards are now operating 10 slipways. Some of the boatyards from Cheung Sha Wan have been reprovisioned on the north coast of Tsing Yi Island where 19 slipways are now in operation. At the end of the year there were 198 ships and boatyards with 173 working slipways for small craft operating in the Colony of which 66 yards with 88 slipways were established within harbour limits, the majority of these being situated at Shau Kei Wan and Tsing Yi.
CHAPTER V
SEAMEN'S RECRUITING DIVISION
Planning
103. On the 1st April, 1965, following the approval of a post of Assistant Director of Marine as Superintendent of the Seamen's Recruit- ing Office, a planning unit was formed to continue with the preliminary work associated with the establishment of this new office. By the Autumn the number of persons assigned to the unit had increased to four which permitted an increase in planning activities and the training of new staff. At the end of March, 1966 all personnel had been engaged
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with the exception of a Marine Officer who is required principally in order to carry out regular inspections of licensed crew departments. The building accommodating the Seamen's Recruiting Office, which was con- structed on the reclamation near the Macau Ferry Wharf, was ready for occupation by the end of September, 1965 and with the delivery of office furniture and equipment later that month, the planning unit was trans- ferred there from Marine Department Headquarters.
Legislation
104. The drafting of the legislation, the Merchant Shipping (Recruit- ing of Seamen) Bill, started in earnest in early August and the first draft was ready for perusal in October. Consultation then took place with the Colonial Secretariat and the Commissioner of Labour and consequently a second draft bill was prepared and subsequently dis- cussed with the newly appointed Seamen's Recruitment Advisory Com- mittee and an ad hoc Working Party comprising of representatives of shipping interests, the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, and senior officers of the Marine Department, under the chairmanship of the Director of Marine. A third draft was then produced and was tabled in Executive Council on the 1st February, 1966 and on receipt of His Excellency's instructions sent as a Bill to the Legislative Council; the first reading taking place on the 16th February, and the second and third readings on the 10th March, 1966. Registration of seamen is scheduled to commence on the 3rd May and it is envisaged that enactment will come into operation in June, provided that by then sufficient seamen have been registered by the Seamen's Recruiting Office.
Crew Departments
105. Immediately following the gazetting of the Merchant Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen) Ordinance 1966, shipping companies were invited to submit their applications for a licence to maintain a crew department in accordance with its provisions. At the end of the current year twenty. such applications had been received and were under active considera- tion by the Seamen's Recruiting Advisory Committee, which meets at weekly intervals.
Publicity
106. Publicity relating to the Seamen's Recruiting Office constituted a large portion of the work of the planning unit, the media used to disseminate relevant information included a publicity pamphlet aimed at the seamen, entitled 'The Seamen's Recruiting Office and You', a
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series of lectures, radio broadcasts, feature articles in the vernacular press, taped recordings and publicity posters. At the end of March, 1966, 43,400 copies of the pamphlet had been distributed to seamen in Hong Kong and those serving on vessels overseas. Since the 1st November, 1965, when the Seamen's Recruiting Office inquiry office commenced to function, a total of 5,650 persons had made inquiries as to the date when the new office would formally open for business and relating to the functions of this new organization. Of this number, 2,107 inquiries (37%) emanated from experienced seafarers and the balance of 3,543 (63%) from persons interested in obtaining employment at sea. In order to ensure that both shipping companies and seamen could easily comply with the requirements of the Seamen's Recruiting Office a large number of forms have been designed to simplify the various procedures and to enable a comprehensive selection of statistics to be maintained for the use of various Government Departments and overseas organizations.
CHAPTER VI
SHIP SURVEYS DIVISION
ADMINISTRATION
Assistant Director of Marine
107. As a result of the very comprehensive staff review of this division conducted during the years 1963-65 a new post of Principal Surveyor of Ships was approved in February, 1966 to release the Assist- ant Director of the division from much of the day-to-day operational management of its four survey sections. This will leave the head of this division more time for general administration, forward planning and detailed staff investigation. The 1963-65 staff review also instituted a Land Boilers Section within the bailiwick of the Commissioner of Labour but for whose professional and technical staff Ship Surveys Division remains responsible. A further innovation within the division was the creation of a Research and Development Section in charge of Senior Surveyor of Ships. Establishment of this section relieved the Assistant Director of the need to handle a great deal of such work personally. Unfortunately the full benefit of these new posts cannot be felt until staff to fill the resultant vacancies in lower grades has been recruited.
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Trends in Shipping Services
108. The year saw a further reduction in the number of ships specifically intended for coasting trade on the China coast and capable of carrying large numbers of unberthed passengers. Against this several much larger dry-cargo vessels were introduced by local owners for more economical use on the extended deep-sea voyages in which they now trade. Another feature of the year was the number of quite large harbour oil tankers which went into service and which reflected the growing demand for energy from the two local electricity generating companies as well as from industry in general. These large harbour tankers also indicate the heavier bunkering demand of more and larger ships now using the port.
Principal Surveyor of Ships
109. The safety services managed by this officer will be applicable to deep-sea foreign-going ships and local craft operating within Colony waters as well as to new ships under construction. He will also over- look the design and construction of new Government craft and major alterations to these craft. In the Research and Development Section he will be concerned with the application of new ideas to waterborne transport, for example hovercraft, as well as the introduction of non- conventional materials such as high-tensile steels, lightweight aluminium alloys, glass fibre reinforced plastics and fire-proofed substances into ship construction.
Legislation
110. Apart from legislation referred to elsewhere in this report the most important event affecting this division was the extension to Hong Kong by Order-in-Council of the 1964 Merchant Shipping (Safety Con- vention) Act. The provisions of this Act which applied the 1960 Inter- national Safety Convention to United Kingdom registered ships were thereby made to apply with equal force, as from 7th December, 1965, to ships registered in Hong Kong. Pending this extension special provi- sion for the Convention surveys of British and some foreign ships in Hong Kong had to be made during 1965. Extension to Hong Kong of the Convention dealing with oil pollution at sea remained a difficult problem but efforts towards this desirable end were continued during the year. In November the enactment of the Merchant Shipping (Amend- ment) Ordinance, 1965, brought into effect the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations, 1965. These were of particular interest to the division since
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they included the first substantial review of survey fees to be completed for practically thirty years. At the same time revised regulations cover- ing masters' and mates examinations, life-saving appliances and the survey of launches and ferry vessels were also introduced.
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION SHIPS SECTION
111. This Section is staffed by six surveyors of ships, one radio surveyor and attendant clerical and minor staff. It handles all passenger and cargo ship surveys for foreign-going ships and conducts examina- tions for ships' officers' certificates of competency. Ships' safety certifi- cates issued from this section (in pursuance of the International Safety Convention, the British Merchant Shipping Acts and the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1953) are accepted throughout the world subject only to the British Government always being satisfied as to the com- petency of surveyors employed by the Hong Kong Government.
Functions
112. The Senior Surveyor of this section exercises very similar authority to that of a district principal officer in a Board of Trade Marine Surveys Office in Britain. While the duties in Hong Kong correspond with those in a medium-sized port in Britain, added com- plications can arise from the status of Hong Kong as an important international shipping centre. The majority of merchant shipping safety rules made by the Board of Trade, London, for British ships apply with equal force to British ships registered in Hong Kong.
Passenger and Cargo Ships Safety Certificates
113. Fifty-five passenger and safety certificates of various kinds were issued to 37 passenger ships during 1965-66. Last year 48 certificates were issued to 30 ships. All these ships were drydocked during annual surveys for safety certificates. Seventy-one safety equipment certificates, normally valid for two years, were issued to cargo ships, compared with 91 certificates last year, of which eleven were issued to foreign cargo ships at the request of their consular authorities.
Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificates
114. Whilst the Marine Department is administratively responsible for the issue of these annual certificates the technical survey of radio and direction-finder apparatus on ships is carried out by radio surveyors
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seconded from the General Post Office. During this year 268 radio certificates, as against 295 certificates last year, were issued, including 124 certificates issued to foreign ships. The direction-finder calibration launch was required on 114 occasions compared with 120 occasions in 1964-65.
Dry-docking Certificates
115. These certificates are issued at the request of owners who have found it convenient to drydock a passenger ship in Hong Kong and require statutory evidence for presentation at another port should they be unable to drydock the same ship again during its annual survey for renewal of passenger and safety certificate. Only two of these certifi- cates were issued this year, as compared with four in the previous year.
Load Line and Safety Construction Certificates
116. Authority to issue load-line certificates to British, including Hong Kong, registered ships after a satisfactory survey is delegated by Government to classification societies which maintain British Technical Committees. It is intended to institute a similar procedure in respect of cargo ship safety construction (or 'Safcon') certificates which were made mandatory by the 1960 Safety Convention. Normally shipowners class their ships with these societies and find it convenient to have them undertake these statutory load-line and construction surveys at the same time as surveys for classification purposes. As usual however Surveys Division continued to handle load-line surveys on passenger ships engaged on the Hong Kong-Macau service and also on small vessels constructed locally for oversea delivery. Twenty-nine certificates were issued or endorsed during the year as against thirteen processed during the previous year.
Emigration Certificates
117. The provisions of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915 require any ship clearing from Hong Kong with more than twenty Asian passengers, other than as first or second class passengers, to hold a certificate from a Government surveyor of ships indicating the suit- ability of the ship for its intended purpose and voyage. A vessel must hold in the first place a valid national passenger certificate. Twenty-two emigration certificates were issued compared with twenty-four certifi- cates last year.
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Clearance of Small Vessels and Lighters under Tow or Otherwise
118. During 1965-66, thirty-three vessels under tow, or small vessels under their own power were inspected by nautical surveyors of the section prior to clearing the port to ensure that they were fit and properly equipped as regards navigation lights and water-tightness for their intended voyage.
Commonwealth Certificates of Competency
119. Examiners appointed to examine for masters and mates certifi- cates reported 114 applicants and 19 successful candidates. This was an increase in applicants examined but only about half the number of passes compared with last year. Examiners handling applicants for first and second class engineers' examinations reported 106 applicants with 42 candidates successful in various parts of their examination. This showed little change from the figures for the previous year.
Other Examination Candidates
120. Application for examination as efficient lifeboatmen under the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Rules were received on behalf of 208 candidates of whom 156 were successful. Under Section 115 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 253 applicants were specially examined to act in statutory capacities for which they did not hold appropriate qualification and 233 candidates were permitted to act in designated capacities. This represented no significant change in the case of either lifeboatmen or special examinations.
Marine Casualty Investigations
121. During 1965-66 nautical surveyors of this section conducted four preliminary inquiries under Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance. One of these cases resulted in a formal Marine Court inquiry while in two of the other cases Marine Court proceedings were pending at the end of the year.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION
122. This newly instituted section at present has a staff of one surveyor of ships assisted by clerical and minor staff. The section is intended to deal with various new projects which the public press upon the division for consideration and which heretofore the head of the division has himself had to handle.
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Functions
123. The Senior Surveyor in charge of the section is responsible for applying established safety policy to new projects which are presented to the Ship Surveys Division by persons requiring statutory authority to commence operations. Examples of such projects are the present operation of passenger-carrying hydrofoil ships and, in co-operation with the Port Control Division, the definition of operational conditions for similar projects in respect of hovercraft. Innovations in regard to the use of unconventional ship construction materials such as glass reinforced plastics also occupied the attention of the section.
DESIGN AND NEW CONSTRUCTION SECTION
124. This section includes a ship design office and is staffed by three surveyors of ships, one ship inspector and three naval architec- tural draughtsmen. The section is concerned with construction of new ships and major reconstructions of existing ships. All ships to be registered as British ships for the first time must be measured for tonnage in accordance with the Merchant Shipping Acts and have their crew accommodation examined to ensure that this complies with the minimum standards laid down by statute for such accommodation. Where ships are surveyed elsewhere than in Hong Kong, the section is responsible for issuing guidance and instruction to surveyors to whom the work has been delegated. On request, work of this nature was con- ducted on behalf of the Board of Trade, London.
Functions
125. The Senior Surveyor in charge of this section, in addition to controlling the foregoing matters also acts as Government naval archi- tect and is responsible for the plans of new ships and major recon- structions of existing ships in the Government fleet. During 1965-66 officers of the section made 182 surveys in connexion with Government ships and others under construction.
Ships for British Registry
126. During the year fourteen ships were surveyed prior to registry and had their crew accommodation examined. Six large cargo ships were completed in Japan for British registry in Hong Kong as com- pared with five in 1964-65. Much correspondence by way of guidance and in answer to constant queries was required in this work. Many
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plans for Hong Kong passenger and/or vehicle ferries were approved and the ships surveyed during construction. Seventeen steel cargo lighters were surveyed and had load-lines assigned prior to delivery under tow to various South-East Asia destinations.
Special Canal Tonnage Certificates
127. In contrast to last year, when no ships were measured for Suez or Panama Canal special tonnage certificates, this year saw three ships measured for Suez certificates and four for Panama tonnage certificates.
Government Craft
128. Early in the year delivery was taken, with certain reservations as regards main engine gear-box noise, of two 110-foot patrol vessels. Whilst the gear-box noise is unsatisfactory, the vessels in other respects have acquitted themselves well in Police service. The two 'Empire' class steam tugs used as patrol craft had previously been disposed of at a satisfactory price. The only steam boilers now remaining in the Govern- ment fleet are in two dumb grab dredger barges. Following abortive attempts in 1964-65, successful contracts were concluded this year with local builders for a glass reinforced plastic fibre launch for service in Tolo Harbour and a light steel fireboat for the Fire Services Depart- ment. Acceptable tenders were signed in respect of a diving boat for use by the Port Works Office of the Public Works Department and a biological research raft required in connexion with the fresh water reservoir scheme at Plover Cove. As in the former cases, both these latter contracts went to local firms. A contract for a twin screw, twin grab dredger for the Public Works Department was signed with the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited.
LOCAL CRAFT SECTION
129. This section is staffed by two surveyors of ships, five ship inspectors and attendant clerical and minor staff and its duties are regulated by Parts XIII and XIV of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance. The section is responsible for the safety of hulls and machinery and fire protection in respect of all power-driven local craft, whether or not carrying passengers, but using the waters of the Colony and licensed by the Marine Licensing Office. It maintained during the year regular inspections at Yau Ma Tei in Victoria Harbour, Aberdeen, Tai Po, Sai Kung and also, towards the end of the year, commenced service at Castle Peak Harbour. The mileage which surveyors and inspectors of
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this section must cover in the course of their boatyard inspections has been greatly extended in recent years owing to reclamation within Victoria Harbour causing boatyards to be re-sited at much more distant locations. During the year the 'Star' Ferry Company introduced an additional passenger service from the existing Hong Kong piers to Hung Hom in Kowloon while the Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry Com- pany brought into service for the first time double-deck vehicle ferries between Central District, Hong Kong and Jordan Road, Kowloon.
Functions
130. The Senior Surveyor in charge of the section is responsible for safety surveys of launches and ferry vessels and mechanical inspections of other local craft throughout Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. Passenger launches, fishing vessels, passenger and vehicle ferries, marine restaurants and water boats all fall within his ambit. He is consulted with regard to valuations of small craft in settlement of deceased boat people's estates and in other cases where charitable bodies contemplate the purchase of vessels with Government subvention funds. The same officer is, ex-officio, the Director of Marine's representative on the Fisheries Development Loan Fund Advisory Committee.
Safety Surveys of Passenger Launches and Ferries
131. Under Part XIII of the Ordinance, 966 annual or semi-annual safety surveys were conducted on 622 passenger launches and ferries including vehicle ferries. This represented no significant change from the number of surveys conducted and certificates issued to similar classes of craft during 1964-65.
Safety Inspections of Mechanical Fishing and Cargo Craft
132. The total number of annual inspections carried out during the year, under Part XIV of the Ordinance, was 7,198 including that of four marine restaurants. On all these craft and also the ferries and passenger launches, the machinery arrangements, hulls, fire extinguish- ing apparatus, lifesaving equipment and operator's certificates of com- petency were examined in varying degree to ensure as far as possible the safety of their crews and, when applicable, passengers and the safety of other vessels in the crowded anchorages which they frequent. It is pertinent to note that the number of safety inspections, in respect of mechanized fishing and cargo craft only, rose from 6,088 in 1963-64 to 7,194 in 1965-66 or an increase of 18% in the past two years.
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Dangerous Goods (Shipping) Regulations 1964
133. The section inspected 201 locally licensed cargo lighters and other craft and issued provisional certificates to carry bulk cargoes of low flash point oils or dry goods such as fireworks, matches, and explosives. This compared with 238 inspections carried out in 1964-65.
Launch Mechanics Certificates of Competency
134. Under Parts XIII and XIV of the Ordinance, examinations for 1,488 launch mechanics were conducted and 920 certificates were issued to successful candidates. Contrary to the position a few years ago, no waiting period for candidates occurred between making their applica- tions and being examined for certificates.
REVIEW OF SHIPYARDS AND PASSENGER SERVICES
Ship Repairing
135. Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Limited carried out work on 980 ships representing 6,110,013 gross tons as compared with 979 ships of 6,104,000 gross tons last year. The Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Company Limited repaired 1,262 ships represented by 6,627,256 gross tons which was an increase of about 13% when compared with their figures for 1964-65. The Hongkong Shipyard remained busy throughout the year catering for the parent Hongkong & Yaumati Company's fleet. All Cheung Sha Wan shipyards closed down in December, 1965, following final closure of the reclama- tion bund in that area. The majority of them are now developing new sites either at new Cheung Sha Wan or on the north shore of Tsing Yi Island. Similarly, Cheoy Lee Shipyard at Ngau Tau Kok have for some years been developing a new shipyard on Lantao Island against the time when reclamation will overtake their present yard within Hong Kong Harbour.
Shipbuilding
136. Important work completed during the current year included the passenger ship 'MAORI' which was completely overhauled by the Taikoo Dockyard and converted into a roll-on roll-off vehicle and passenger ship for further service in New Zealand waters. The same yard secured an order for a new roll-on roll-off vehicle-carrying ship towards the close of 1965 and early in 1966 completed and delivered the large dry cargo motor vessel 'HUNAN' to the China Navigation
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Company, Ltd. Among other work Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Com- pany completed and delivered two vehicle ferries and two passenger ferries for use in Hong Kong harbour and also constructed a train of 'pusher' barges and their attendant tugs for service in East Pakistan. Four large fuel oil bunkering barges were completed and work started on a twin-grab dredger for Government. This Company also modified three vehicle ferries, by the addition of second vehicle decks, for further service in Hong Kong. Cheoy Lee Shipyard had a successful year and their output included two steel tugs, a self-propelled harbour barge and eight launches of various types as well as approximately 160 reinforced plastic pleasure yachts. American Marine, whose building yard is in Junk Bay, delivered about sixty pleasure yachts of wood construction. The Hongkong Shipyard Company, Ltd. during the year completed two double-ended passenger ferry vessels as well as steel gantries for the double-decked vehicle loading ramps now in service in the harbour. Messrs. Vaughan & Young at Pacific Islands Shipyard completed a full-sized pseudo river gunboat which subsequently was employed in the making of a film called "The Sand Pebbles'.
Hong Kong-Macau Passenger Services
137. To the previous eight hydrofoil ships in this service a further Japanese-built ship and two Italian-built ships were added during 1965-66 after survey by Government officers. The service operated without incident throughout the year with only normal interruptions caused by weather and the need for handling overhauls. The four con- ventional ships on the service, s.s. 'Takshing', 'Fatshan' and 'Macau' and m.v. "Tai Loy', all operated as usual throughout the year. The whole of this passenger fleet was surveyed in the course of the year by officers from the Convention Ships Section of the Division.
Harbour Ferry Services
138. During the year the first double-decked vehicle-carrying ferry was successfully put into operation between Central District, Hong Kong and Jordan Road, Kowloon. Three vessels of the 'Man Lok' and 'Man Wan' classes had top decks for vehicles added to them by their original builders while special loading ramps were constructed at the Hong Kong and Kowloon loading points. The total number of large ferry vessels in operation by the two major ferry companies was eighty- two which included fourteen vehicle ferries. All these vessels were examined during the year by surveyors and/or inspectors of the Local Craft Section.
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Equipment Surveys
GENERAL
139. As usual these were carried on throughout the year for various items of local manufacture intended as safety equipment on ships. Navigational lanterns, life-jackets, life-buoys, fire extinguishers, wooden lifeboats, buoyant apparatus and re-surveys of inflatable liferafts, all required attention from surveyors of ships.
Gasholders Examination Ordinance 1938
140. As has been customary for several years officers of the division, acting as Government Observers, attended the annual examinations of gasholders made in accordance with regulations prescribed by this Ordinance.
Professional and Technical Staff
141. Recruitment of competent and qualified surveyors continued to be difficult even although two engineers and one ship surveyor joined the division during the year. The creation of other senior posts within the Surveys Division naturally resulted in vacancies in the basic grade of surveyor of ships. One nautical surveyor and two ship surveyors were in United Kingdom with the Board of Trade for further marine safety training while two ship surveyors returned to Hong Kong upon completion of similar training. Three senior officers of the division attended management courses at Ashridge College, England. The re- cruitment of officers as ship inspectors for other duties within the division proved easier, two additional inspectors having entered during the year.
Revenue and Work Summary
142. The total revenue from surveys, inspections and certificate examinations earned within the division amounted to $635,306. Last year this figure was $418,441 but the two are not comparable because of a changed basis arising from the new rates introduced in November by the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1965. A valid comparison can be made, however, between the total number of formal applications for survey received by the division. This amounted to 9,170 applications in 1965-66 and 8,151 similar applications in 1964-65 and confirmed the increase in work which, in common with other divisions of the Marine Department, is a steady feature of the Ship Surveys Division. A sum- mary of various tasks carried out by the division in 1965-66 is shown
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in Appendices 11 to 11(C) together with a record of comparable work done in previous years. Among features to be noted are a small drop in the number of International Convention Certificates issued to ships of other nationalities pending adherence to the Convention by Hong Kong although the actual number of surveys carried out was not affected. An increased number of steel cargo lighters was constructed for export and surveyed for voyage purposes prior to departure. There was a small increase in the number of passenger ships surveyed for certificates and a sustained increase in the number of rubber inflatable liferafts, now statutory life-saving apparatus, which required annual re-survey.
CHAPTER VII
COMMITTEES AND WORKING PARTIES
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
143. I acknowledge with thanks the advice and assistance given by members of the following advisory committees during the past year, the activities of which have been referred to in the appropriate sections of this report:
(i) Port Committee: Hon. A. M. J. WRIGHT, J.P., Director of Public Works; Hon. P. C. M. SEDGWICK, J.P., Commissioner of Labour (succeeded by Mr. J. T. WAKEFIELD, J.P.); Commodore F. D. HOLFORD, D.S.C., R.N.; Mr. H. J. C. BROWNE, J.P.; Mr. D. R. HOLMES, C.B.E., M.C., E.D., J.P., Director of Commerce & Industry; Mr. M. A. R. YOUNG-HERRIES, M.C., J.P.; Mr. W. M. De HAAN; Mr. G. M. B. SALMON and Mr. M. S. CUMMING, O.B.E., J.P.
(ii) Port Executive Committee: Lt. Cmdr. M. J. N. FOSTER, R.N. (succeeded by Lt. Cmdr. R. A. F. BERGER, R.N.); Mr. J. CASSELS (replaced by Mr. J. R. LEITCH during his absence); Mr. A. D. TARR, O.B.E.; Mr. J. ALEXANDER, Government Civil Engineer, (replaced by Mr. G. J. SKELT during his absence); Mr. H. M. G. FORSGATE; Mr. E. O. BUTLER; Mr. I. H. Kendall; Major R. G. MCALPINE, M.B.E., R.E. (succeeded by Major A. De LEON, R.C.T.); Mr. R. C. CLARKE, Principal Assistant Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey (replaced by Mr. R. H. HUGHES during his absence); Mr. K. MILBURN (replaced by Mr. W. D. LEIGHTON during his absence); and Mr. T. K. ANN.
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(a) The Professional Sub-Committee of the Port Executive
Committee: Mr. K. MILBURN (replaced by Mr. W. D. LEIGHTON during his absence); Capt. L. KING; Capt. O. L. WORK; Capt. A. MIDDLER (replaced by Capt. T. A. DAVIDSON during his absence); Capt. G. P. PARISH; and Mr. A. J. S. LACK, Senior Marine Officer (Planning) was Secretary to the Port Committee, the Port Executive Com- mittee and its Professional Sub-Committee.
(b) The Public Cargo Handling Sub-Committee: Mr. K. MILBURN; Mr. C. E. HULSE, M.B.E.; Mr. D. C. LYTH; Mr. Simon LEE (replaced by Mr. N. D. BOOKER during his absence); Mr. W. G. MINTO (replaced by Mr. J. M. MACFARLANE during his absence); Mr. Ip Yeuk-lam; Mr. Elmer Tsu; Mr. Lo To; Mr. TSANG Wing-on; Capt. R. FIRKINS; Mr. W. C. BELL (replaced by Mr. S. A. BARTEN during his absence); Mr. J. M. WIGGLESWORTH; Assistant Superintendent C. D. MAYGER; Mr. E. DALBY; Mr. W. L. STONE; Mr. K. S. Huie; Mr. P. K. LEUNG; and Mr. CHOW Kam-kee.
An Assistant Secretary of the Marine Department, was Secretary to this sub-committee.
(iii) Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund Committee: Rev. J. E. C. LAWLOR, M.A.; Mr. J. J. E. MORRIN; Mr. J. L. KAY; Mr. G. M. B. Salmon.
(iv) The Dangerous Goods Standing Committee: Mr. C. E. HULSE, M.B.E. (replaced by Mr. W. D. LEIGHTON during his absence); Mr. E. COLLINS (replaced by Dr. E. G. N. GREAVES during his absence); Messrs. J. MILNER and H. T. HUTCHINS, representing the Director of Fire Services; Mr. J. H. KNAPP, representing the Commissioner of Mines; Mr. D. G. MCNEIL, representing the Commissioner of Police: Mr. R. BEYNON; Mr. J. W. RASMUSSEN; Mr. R. BURRELL, D.F.C.; Capt. R. FIRKINS and Mr. A. D. Tarr, O.B.E. The Secretary of the Marine Department was Secretary ex-officio to the Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund Committee, the Dangerous Goods Standing Committee and the Port Welfare Committee. (See paragraph 148)
(v) The Pilotage Board: Mr. C. E. HULSE, M.B.E. (replaced by Mr. W. D. LEIGHTON during his absence); Lt. Cmdr. M. J. N. FOSTER, R.N. (succeeded by Lt. Cmdr. R. A. F. BERGER, R.N.);
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Capt. A. MIDDLER; Capt. L. KING; Capt. L. O. WORK; Mr. N. A. KROTT (succeeded by Mr. J. MAYO) and Capt. G. P. PARISH.
An Assistant Secretary, Marine Department, was Secretary to the Pilotage Board.
(vi) The Seamen's Recruiting Advisory Committee: Mr. E. R. CHILDE, C.B.E., J.P.; Mr. NG Ping-kin; Hon. Mr. SZETO Wai, J.P.; Mr. D. R. W. ALEXANDER, M.B.E., J.P., Deputy Commis- sioner of Labour; Mr. E. J. BOWER, M.B.E., Superintendent of the Seamen's Recruiting Office (replaced by Mr. D. O. CONWAY, Recruiting Officer, Seamen's Recruiting Office, during his absence).
The Executive Officer, Seamen's Recruiting Office, was Secretary to the Seamen's Recruiting Advisory Board.
WORKING PARTIES
144. (i) A Working Party was set up on 17th May, 1965 to inquire into the navigational facilities provided on, and required by, the ferries plying district routes of the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company Ltd. and into the standard of examination of the masters of these ferries for local Certificates of Competency. The following members served during the year:
Mr. C. E. HULSE, M.B.E.
Mr. LAU Chan-kwok
Mr. PAU Tat-fu
Mr. R. J. Marsham
Mr. J. C. OFFICER
Mr. W. F. HUNT
Mr. H. C. GAILEY
Assistant Director of Marine
(Port Control)-Chairman. Hong Kong & Yaumati Ferry
Company.
Hong Kong & Yaumati Ferry
Company.
Surveyor of Ships, Marine
Department.
Hong Kong Technical College. Acting Senior Marine Officer, Licensing Office, Marine Department.
Secretary, Marine Department.
After having met twice, the Working Party submitted a report, which the Director of Marine endorsed and submitted to the Colonial Secretariat on 9th June, 1965 for consideration.
(ii) A Drug Addict Working Party was formed in August, 1965 at the request of the Colonial Secretariat, following a suggestion from the Narcotics Advisory Committee, that a pilot scheme
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be embarked upon in Government Departments with a view to persuading any addicts to come forward voluntarily for treat- ment. The membership of the Committee was as follows:
Mr. William GRIEVE
Mr. R. C. Traill
Assistant Director of Marine
-Chairman.
Senior Marine Officer (Govern-
ment Dockyard)
Marine
Department.
Executive Officer,
Marine
Mr. Low Kwok-yip
Mr. D. N. WILLIS
Mr. P. H. Westbrook
Dr. Ho Wing-ho
Mr. Hui Po-lam
Mr. A. LEUNG
Ang
Department.
Information Services Depart-
ment.
Establishment Branch, Colonial
Secretariat.
Medical & Health Department. Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. Executive Officer, Marine
Department-Secretary.
After three meetings, the Working Party submitted an Interim Report to the Colonial Secretariat in December, 1965; and ad- journed pending the return of the Chairman from vacation leave.
OTHER COMMITTEES, DELEGATIONS AND BOARDS
145. (i) A departmental standing committee under the chairmanship of the Assistant Director of Marine (Ship Surveys Division) kept under constant review the replacement of Government vessels bearing in mind their condition and life expectancy.
(ii) The Marine Department Tender Board met on forty-nine occa- sions to consider and recommend for award by Director of Marine all marine tenders not exceeding $100,000 in value. The following members served during the year:
Mr. K. MILBURN
Mr. R. C. Traill
Mr. A. J. M. Prata
Joint Secretary
Assistant Director of Marine (Headquarters)-Chairman.
Senior Marine Officer (Govern-
ment Dockyard).
Treasury Accountant, Marine
Department.
Executive Officer (Government Dockyard) and Assistant Secretary (Committees and General).
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(iii) The membership of the ad hoc committee to consider the voca- tional training of seamen referred to in paragraph 31 as follows:
Mr. J. P. HEWITT, J.P.
Mr. D. R. W. ALEXANDER, M.B.E.
Mr. J. C. OFFICER
Mr. A. G. S. McCallum
Mr. J. EITZEN
Mr. C. K. Hur
Mr. Y. S. ZEE
Col. J. A. EUSTACE, O.B.E. R.M.
(Rtd.)
Mr. D. A. Kendrick
Mr. A. J. S. Lack
La
(iv) The membership of the Hong Kong
Director of Marine-Chairman, Deputy
Labour.
Head
Commissioner of
of Navigation_Depart-
ment, Hong Kong Technical School.
Messrs. Butterfield & Swire
(H.K.) Ltd.
Messrs. Thoresen & Co. Ltd. The Shun Cheong Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. World Wide (Shipping), Ltd. Hong Kong Sea School.
The Shell Company of Hong
Kong Ltd.
Senior Marine Officer, Marine
Department-Secretary,
Delegation to the 2nd Asian Maritime Conference referred to in paragraph 25 was as follows:
Government Delegates:
Mr. J. P. Hewitt, J.P.
Mr. D. R. W. ALEXANDER,
M.B.E.
Shipowners' Delegate:
Mr. A. G. S. McCallum
Advisers:
Mr. H. E. AIERS
Mr. Kwok Kam-ho
Mr. A. J. S. LACK
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Director of Marine-Leader of
the Delegation.
Deputy
Labour.
Commissioner of
Shipping Section of the Em- ployers' Federation of Hong Kong.
Employers' Federation of Hong
Kong.
Messrs. Butterfield & Swire
(H.K.) Ltd.
Senior Marine Officer, Marine
Department-Secretary to the
delegation.
STAFF CHANGES, WELFARE AND BUILDING
146. The establishment of the Department as at 31st March, 1966 is shown in Appendix 12. The following senior staff changes, occurred in the year under review:
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(i) Acting Appointments
Mr. K. MILBURN
Mr. W. GRIEVE
Mr. A. FLETCHER
Mr. W. D. LEIGHTON
(ii) Promotion
Mr. E. M. J. A. BOWER,
M.B.E.
Welfare of Staff
Assistant Director of Marine, appointed acting Director of Marine w.e.f.
Assistant Director of Marine, appointed acting Director of Marine w.e.f.
Senior Surveyor of Ships, appointed acting Assistant Director of Marine (Ship Surveys Division) w.e.f.
Senior Marine Officer, appointed acting Assistant Director of Marine (Port Control) w.e.f.
Assistant Director of Marine w.e.f.
16. 7.65-13. 9.65 2.11.65-12.11.65
16. 4.65- 2. 5.65
18. 9.65-25. 9.65 5.11.65-25. 3.66
1. 4.65-31. 3.66
1. 4.65
147. The formation of a Marine Department Staff Recreation Club is underway. An exploratory committee has been formed under the chairmanship of the Assistant Director, Headquarters Division to con- sider the drafting of a constitution and terms of reference. It is hoped that when the club is finally established, it will be able to promote various social and recreational activities among the staff, with the accent on more physically active sports such as soccer, basketball, tennis, swimming, etc. Marine Department entered three teams in the Governor's Cup Seven-a-Side Inter-departmental Miniature Football Tournament organized by the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants' Association; this department was also well represented at the second Inter-departmental Athletic Meet organized by the same Association in December, 1965. A staff canteen was established on the ground floor of the Headquarters building and officially opened by the Director of Marine on 16th November, 1965. The provision of such canteen facilities is greatly appreciated by the staff.
Welfare of Visiting Seamen
148. Arrangements for the welfare of seamen visiting Hong Kong are co-ordinated by the Port Welfare Committee, which was established by His Excellency the Governor in 1949 and reconstituted in September, 1964. Serving on the Committee, which is international in character, are representatives of various bodies connected with the port, the Medical and Health Department, Labour Department and Marine
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Department. During the year, under the chairmanship of Captain G. I. LAWSON, O.B.E., the following members served:
Mr. J. M. EBBS representing Director of Marine; Mr. Lao Mou-chi (replaced by Mr. Wong Tai-wo) representing Commissioner of Labour; Dr. K. H. BLACK (replaced by Dr. Ho Wing-ho) representing Hon. Director of Medical and Health Services; Mr. J. L. KAY of Merchant Navy Officers' Guild; Mr. W. BOOGERMAN of Royal Interocean Lines; and Mr. C, K. Hur of Shun Cheong Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
As indicated earlier in this report, official figures show that more ships are entering and clearing the port each year. An increasingly heavy burden has therefore been placed on the voluntary organizations responsible for the Sailors' Home and Missions to Seamen, the Norwegian Seamen's Mission and the Apostleship of the Sea, as well as on the Merchant Navy Sports Club in carrying out their essential work. An appeal is made annually to all shipping and allied firms for donations towards funds for this work and the Government makes an annual subvention. This year's appeal for funds realized $109,985 in addition to a subvention of $150,000 from Government. The total sum of $259,985 was disbursed by the Port Welfare Committee among the three voluntary societies and the Merchant Navy Sports Club.
BUILDINGS
149. Alterations, additions and improvements to the present build- ings have been made during the year as follows:
(i) Partitioning of part of the Headquarters Conference Room to
form an office for an Assistant Director of Marine.
(ii) Establishment of a departmental canteen on the Headquarter's
ground floor by converting the former Seamen's Quarters. (iii) Modification of a bathroom and toilet to form a battery charging room and stores at Blackhead Lighthouse and Marine Depart- ment workshop.
(iv) Alteration to House No. 1, Ex Naval Dockyard into a Nautical Training School at the Government Dockyard and fencing of the foreground area.
(v) Improvement of the toilet flushing system, installation of water- tight light fittings at the back of the Magazine Nos. 2, 3 and 5, and alterations to the small store-room at Green Island Explo- sives Depot.
(vi) Modification of the existing storeroom on the roof of the depart- ment to provide additional accommodation and a canopy to steps leading to the Signal Tower.
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(vii) Conversion of the ground floor staff quarters of the Yau Ma Tei
Marine Licensing Station into office accommodation.
(viii) Partitioning of the back corridor on the Headquarter's ground
floor to form an office for the Assistant Registrar of Shipping. (ix) Re-location of the Shroff's Office from the Entry & Clearance Section to the Marine Licensing Office and partitioning of a portion of this office to form a separate Record Centre.
(x) The construction of a Marine Licensing Station at Castle Peak which was completed and the office opened for business on 1st February, 1966. The former office building at Tai O was handed over to the New Territories Administration.
(xi) The building of the temporary Seamen's Recruiting Office which
was completed and occupied on 20th September, 1965.
APPRECIATION
150. As the opening review chapter stated, the past year's activities of the Department followed a less disturbed path than in previous years, since neither drought nor storms affected the Port. This com- parative peace has given each division the opportunity to review its procedures and to assess its future needs in the changing pattern of marine affairs in International Safety Conventions, in transporting goods by sea and in handling cargo across the waterfronts of the Colony. This constant need to keep abreast of such changes as they affect shipping using the port of Hong Kong affords all officers the opportunity to demonstrate their ability and zeal. I am glad to report that each division has taken full advantage of these opportunities and I thank all officers concerned for their assistance during the year. In the many fields where the Department's responsibilities touch upon those of other Govern- ment departments, efficient and helpful liaison has been maintained and I record my particular appreciation of the co-operation received from officers of the Legal, Resettlement and Labour Departments and from the Port Works Office.
Marine DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS,
HONG KONG.
20th May, 1966.
J. P. HEWITT,
Director of Marine.
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APPENDIX 1
MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE
PERIOD 1ST APRIL, 1965 to 31st March, 1966
1964-65
1965-66
Comparison
40,759
38,780
1,979
36,164
33,669
2,495
1,530
1,543
13
876
928
52
18
22
4
66
55
11
4
1
3
526
503
23
I
2
1
39
30
1
692
691
113
108
3
6
8
12
2
1
532
536
34
28
4,730
$ 11,825.00 $123,263.25
6,582
$ 20,713.50 $197,729.75
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5
3
4
1
4
6
89
65
55
39
$140,969.86 $156,687.66
$212,495.26
$136,171.11
$172,201.26
$104,502.40
-$67,698.86
+ 1,852 +$ 8,888.50 +$74,466.50
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16
+$71,525.40 -$20,516.55
1. Seamen engaged
2. Seamen discharged
3. Total number of Articles of Agreement opened 4. Articles opened at M.M.O.-British vessels
5. Articles opened at M.M.O.-Taiwanese vessels 6. Articles opened at M.M.O.-Liberian vessels 7. Articles opened at M.M.O.-~Lebanese vessels 8. Articles opened on board British vessels 9. Articles opened on board Taiwanese vessels 10. Articles opened on board Liberian vessels 11. Articles opened on board Lebanese vessels 12. Articles opened on board Cypriot vessels 13. Total number of Articles of Agreement closed 14. Articles closed at M.M.O.-British vessels 15. Articles closed at M.M.O.-Taiwanese vessels 16. Articles closed at M.M.O.-Liberian vessels 17. Articles closed at M.M.O.-Lebanese vessels 18. Articles closed on board British vessels 19. Articles closed on board Liberian vessels 20. Number of Discharge Books issued
and amount realized
21. Shipping Fees
22. Number of Distressed Seamen taken in charge 23. Number of Deceased Seamen's Estates processed 24. Money received on behalf of Board of Trade, London... 25. Money disbursed on behalf of Board of Trade, London 26. Nation Insurance Contributions received on behalf of Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, Newcastle
67
Digitized by
ENGAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE FIGURES MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE
40,000
Digitized by
30,000
20,000
ENGAGEMENTS
DISCHARGES
APPENDIX | (A)
10,000
No. OF
MEN
60/61 61/62 62/63 63/64 64/65 65/66 66/67 67/68 68/69 69/70 70/71
Digitized by
1,100
OPENED
1.000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
تريت بة
ON BOARD
AGREEMENTS OPENED AND CLOSED
APPENDIX I (B)
AT MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE
CLOSED
60/6161/6262/6363/6464/6565/6666/6767/6868/6969/7070/7160/6161/6262/6363/6464/6565/6666/6767/6868/6969/7070/71
APPENDIX 2
SHIPS REGISTERED AT HONG KONG
1ST APRIL, 1965-31st March, 1966
Port
No.
Name of Vessel
Official
Number
Register
Tonnage
Horse Power
Rig
Where and When Built
Remarks
7/1965
'Flying Skimmer*
317301
71
B.H.P. 2700
Not
Messina
8/1965
"Yau Wing No. 4'
317306
1815
N.H.P. 446,43
Not
Sparrow Point
1904
M.D. U.S.A.
9/1965
*Lee Aun'
166363
3502
N.H.P. $36
Not
Port Glasgow
1938
70
70
10/1965
*Kurow'
157660
2028
N.H.P. 339
Not
Glasgow
1939 |
11/1965
Phoenix of Orient'
317307
2
Bermudian
Denmark
1962
1964 | First Registry (New Vessel). Purchased from Thailand as 'Sandon II'.
Registry transferred from Port of London.
Registry transferred from Port of Wellington, New Zealand. First Registry (New Vessel).
Sloop
12/1965
'Man Yung'
317305
53
N.H.P. 59.54
Not
Hong Kong
1965
do
13/1963
'Morasum
317309
12
N.H.P.
1.9
Bermudian | Hong Kong
1958
Yawl
14/1965
"Eastern Kiku'
317304
7085
N.H.P. 451
Not
Japan
1965
do
15/1965
16/1965
'T. W. Y.'
317310
277
Not
Hong Kong
1965
do
'T. W. X.'
317311
277
Not
Hong Kong
1965
do
17/1965
'Man Ngai'
317312
53
N.H.P. 59.54
Not
Hong Kong
1965
do
18/1965 'T'ien Hou'
317302
13
N.H.P.
0.63
Bermudian
Hong Kong
1965
do
Ketch
19/1965
'Leofric'
317308
N.H.P. 0.97
Bermudian | Hong Kong
1965
do
Sloop
20/1965 | 'Yau Wing No. 23'
168789
28
N.H.P.
132
Not
Selby
21/1965 Yau Wing No. 25'
180297
28
N.H.P.
132
Not
Selby
22/1965
'Millstar'
317314
5363
B.H.P.
4000
Not
Flushing Holland 1939 |
(ex 'Pearl Glory')
23/1965
Mobil Mei An*
317315
57
N.H.P. 27.0
Not
Hong Kong
1965
24/1965
'Sun Fung*
317313
4
25/1965
'Chiat Soon'
140183
124
N.H.P. 2.1 B.H.P. 215
Ketch
Hong Kong
1965
Ketch
Fremantle
1938
1942 Re-registered. Formerly Port No. 12/1942 Goole as 'Em- pire Sam'
1944 | Re-registered. Formerly Port No. 109/1944 Hull as 'Em- pire Josephine'.
Purchased from Netherlands as "Bantam'
First Registry (New Vessel).
- do
Registry transferred from Port of Singapore.
Digitized by
Digitized by
APPENDIX 2-Contd.
Port
No.
Name of Vessel
Official
Number
Register
Tonnage
Horse Power
Rig
+
71
Where and When Built
Remarks
First Registry (New Vessel). Registry transferred from Port of Wellington, New Zealand
1951 Registry transferred from Port of Georgetown, British Guiana.
1965 First Registry (New Vessel).
-
do
1947 | Registry transferred from Port of Liverpool.
1959 | Registry transferred from Port of London.
First Registry (New Vessel).
26/1965
'World Harmony'
317316
7326
27/1965
'Good Philippine
157661
1274
N.H.P. 451 Not B.H.P. 1600 Schooner
Japan
Leith
1965
1939
Anchorage
(ex 'Karitane')
28/1965 'Cape St. Mary'
175883
72
N.H.P. 28.4
Not
Aberdeen
29/1965 | *Tangaloa'
317317
5
N.H.P.
2.03 Bermudian
Hong Kong
Ketch
30/1965
'Yau Wing No. 17'
317318
19
N.H.P. 80.44
Not
Hong Kong
1965
31/1965
'Hock Aun'
181069
4016
N.H.P. 626
Not
Sunderland
32/1965 'Eastern Mobility'
300997
7549
N.H.P. 1900
Not
Sunderland
33/1965
Esso Hok Un'
317704
661
N.H.P. 31.54
Not
Hong Kong
1965
1/1966
'Shell Shun Fung'
317319
643
N.H.P. 15.76
Not
Hong Kong
1965
2/1966
'Morning Star'
317705
40
N.H.P. 59.50
Not
Hong Kong
1965
3/1966
'Silver Star*
317706
40
N.H.P. 59.50
Not
Hong Kong
1965
4/1966
'World Leader'
317701
21920
N.H.P. 907
Not
Uraga, Japan
1966
3/1966 | *Man Hup'
317703
167
N.H.P. 119
Not
Hong Kong
1965
(Total)
6/1966
"Taipa'
7/1966 | 'Millstrader'
317702
73
B.H.P. 1075
Not
Japan
1966
(Each)
175366
4375
N.H.P. 229
Not
Vancouver, B.C. 1944
do
do
do
10
do
Re-registered. Purchased from Yugoslavia
as 'Subicevac'.
Formerly Port No. 11/1944 Montreal, Que., as 'Arling- ton Beach Park' First Registry (New Vessel).
8/1966
'Domeila of Saamsui'
317709
6
N.H.P. 12.5 Bermudian | Hong Kong
1965
Sloop
9/1966 | "Shell Wor Fung'
317710
128
N.H.P. 12.10x2
Not
Hong Kong
1966
do
10/1966
"One-O-Three'
317708
645
Not
Kobe, Japan
1965
do
11/1966
Flying Condor'
317320
71
B.H.P. 2700
Not
Messina, Italy
1966
do
12/1966
'V. Y. I'
317713
368
Not
Hong Kong
1966
do
13/1966
"World Queen'
317711
24362
N.H.P. 903.80
Not
Japan
1966
do
APPENDIX 2 (A)
REGISTERS CLOSED AT HONG KONG
1ST APRIL, 1965-31st March, 1966
No.
Name of Vessel
Official
Number
Register
Tonnage
Year of
Registry
Rig
Where and When Built
Reason for cancellation
'Golden Zeta'
187566
2485
1957
Not
West Hartlepool 1938
'Hin Cheong'
196215
137
1963
Not
Japan
Vessel sold to a Hong Kong
company (British company) for demolition
1939 Vessel sold to foreigners
(Panamanians).
'Salvaray'
317016
1964
Not
U.S.A.
1944
do
M
4.
'Daiei'
315098
2254
1961
Not
U.S.A.
1919
Vessel sold to foreigners (Japanese).
'Karu'
157649
325
1964
Fore & Aft
Glasgow
72
Digitized by
1935 Vessel stranded on the Jomard Reef, New Guinea, on 12.7. 1964 and was abandoned and declared as a total construc- tive loss.
Vessel was requisitioned in Shanghai by the Ministry of War Transport on 3.12.1941 and was despatched from Shanghai on 3.12.1941. She was captured at sea by the Japanese the following day and never recovered.
Vessel sold to foreigner (a Nor- wegian subject).
Vessel sold to a Malaysian com- pany at Kuala Rompin, Pahang, State of Malaya, Malaysia.
6. 'Ready Moller'
108183
137
1947
Ketch
Middlesbrough 1896
7.
'Kurow'
157660
2028
1965
Not
Glasgow
1939
8.
'Kurau'
191421
25
1948
Not
Auckland
Not
New Zealand
Known
9.
'LS. 85'
191438
206
1949
Not
Manila
1948
do
10.
'LS. 70'
196084
140
1953
Not
Hong Kong
1953
do
11.
'Sri Trengganu'
196808
100
1956
Not
Hong Kong
1956
do
12.
'LS. 71'
196820
152
1957
Not
Hong Kong
1957
do
13.
'LS. 86'
196821
152
1957
Not
Hong Kong
1957
do
14.
'LS. 72'
196825
132
1957
Not
Hong Kong
1957
do
15.
'Sri Dungun'
315141
107
1960
Not
Unknown Unknown
do
APPENDIX 2 (A)-Contd.
No.
Name of Vessel
Official
Number
Register
Tonnage
Year of
Rig
Registry
Where and When Built
Reason for cancellation
16.
'Pekerja'
315143
21
1960
Not
Unknown Unknown
Vessel sold to a Malaysian com- pany at Kuala Rompin, Pahang, State of Malaya, Malaysia.
73
17.
18.
19.
22.
23.
24.
26.
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
'LS. 73'
315075
165
1960
Not
Dungun
1960
do
H
'Sri Rompin'
315088
1
1961
Not
Hong Kong
1960
~*~ do
'LS. 87'
315089
157
1961
Not
Hong Kong
1961
do
20. 'LS. 88'
315090
157
1961
Not
Hong Kong
1961
do
21. 'LS. 74'
315091
164
1961
Not
Hong Kong
1961
'LS. 75'
315092
164
1961
Not
Hong Kong
1961
do
'LS. 89'
315110
331
1961
Not
Hong Kong
1961
do
'Sri Kuantan'
315070
2
1962
Not
Australia
1945
do
T
25.
'LS. 90'
317275
157
1964
Not
Hong Kong
1964
do
'LS. 91.'
317276
157
1964
Not
Hong Kong
1964
do
27.
'Fortunate Treasure'
317300
51
1965
Not
Hong Kong
28.
29.
30.
ཚུ མ ཙ མཐ
"Taikoo Lo'
191495
6
1950
Not
Hong Kong
'High Tea'
315049
1959
Three Junk
Hong Kong
Type Sails
'Taipoohong'
164037
2004
1938
Not
Glasgow
1955 | Registry of vessel transferred to the port of Port Moresby, Papua.
1950 Vessel sold to foreigner (a Chinese subject).
1959 Vessel sold to foreigner (an American subject).
1934 Vessel sold to foreigners (Panamanians).
31. 'Perola'
152024
1750
1960
Not
Copenhagen
1926
32.
'Pacific Breeze'
180963
4313
1962
Not
Dumbarton
1946
do
do
33.
'Joan Moller'
191451
356
1949
Not
U.S.A.
1942
Digitized by
Vessel was reported involved in an accident and sunk in China after her delivery to the char- terers in Shanghai on 8.1.1951. 1950 | Registry of vessel transferred to the Port of Singapore.
1938 Vessel sold to foreigners (Panamanians).
1925 Vessel sold to foreigners (Egyptians).
34.
'H-1A'
196072
280
1953
Not
Hong Kong
35.
'Straits Breeze'
159573
1762
1958
Schooner
Dundee
36.
'Bou Regreg'
153733
182
1937
Pole mast
Dartmouth
APPENDIX 2 (A)-Contd.
Official
No.
Name of Vessel
Number
Register
Tonnage
Year of
Registry
Rig
Where and When Built
Reason for cancellation
37.
'Suva Breeze'
123106
2779
1959
Not
Burntisland
38.
'Asia Enterprises'
169729
4229
1961
Not
(ex 'Shaukiwan')
Sorel, Que, Canada
39.
'Ardmore'
167336
2682
1961
Not
Haverton
Hill-on-Tees
40.
'Karzakkan'
191434
2
1949
Not
Tampa Florida
U.S.A.
41.
'Cronulla'
159574
2241
1964
Schooner
Dundee
42.
'Chiat Soon'
140183
124
1965
Ketch
Fremantle
43.
'Kuniang'
180039
4399
1962
Not
Baltimore,
1944
Maryland, U.S.A.
1943 | Vessel sold to foreigners
(Panamanians),
1943 Vessel sold to foreigner (a Chinese subject).
1939 | Registry of vessel transferred to the Port of Gibraltar.
1945 Vessel sold to foreigners
(Bahrainis).
1938 | Vessel sold to foreigners (Panamanians).
1938 Registry of vessel transferred to the Port of Singapore. Vessel sold to foreigners (Liberians).
44.
'Eastern Fir*
184349
2816
1963
Not
Port Glasgow
1950
do
www
45.
"Yau Wing No. 23'
168789
28
1965
Not
Selby
1942
Vessel sold to foreigners (Panamanians).
46.
'Yau Wing No. 25'
180297
28
1963
Not
Selby
1944
-do-
47.
'Yau Lok'
315037
10
1958
Not
Holland
1952
Vessel sold to foreigners (Portuguese).
48.
"Atlas Sembilan*
315063
1960
Not
Hong Kong
1960 | Vessel sold to foreigners
(Philippines).
49.
'Atlas 18'
196854
172
1957
Not
Hong Kong
1957
do
50.
'Atlas 19'
196868
172
1958
Not
Hong Kong
1958
do
51.
'Oceanis'
317283
8
1964
Sloop
Hong Kong
1964
Vessel sold to foreigner (a Dutch subject).
$2.
'Speedwell of Hong
196080
3
1952
Bermudian
Hong Kong
Kong'
Sloop
53.
'Yau Tung'
315034
350
1958
Not
Macao
$4.
'Pacific Mariner'
142917
2465
1965
Not
1952❘ Vessel sold to foreigner (a South African subject).
1948 Vessel sold to foreigners (Portuguese).
Hebburn-on-tyne 1938 Vessel sold to foreigners
(ex 'Waipori')
(Panamanians).
55.
'Sunda Breeze'
196119
1612
1954
Not
Sweden
1929
S
do
56.
'Inchleana'
168992
4973
1955
Not
Port Glasgow
1943
Registry of vessel transferred to
the Port of Karachi.
74
Digitized by
APPENDIX 3
REVENUE
1965-1966
Estimate
Actual Collection
$
REVENUE HEAD 4-LICENCES AND FRANCHISES
Sub-head 1-Licences:-
Item: 11-Boats
Item: 12-Junks
Item: 13-Steam launches
Item: 25-Miscellaneous
+
Item: 24-Hawkers
...
REVENUE Head 5-Fines AND FORFEITURES
Sub-head 2-Forfeitures
REVENUE HEAD 6-FEES Of Court or OFFICE
Sub-head 1-Fees:-
Item: 11-Anchorage dues
Item: 12-Buoy
Item: 13-Examination and registration
:
340,000.00
415,796.50
145,000.00
228,405.75
90,000.00
128,468.00
60,000.00
51,836.00
12,100.00
11,277.00
1,000.00
8,711.00
30,000.00
25,601.90
800,000.00
1,123,720.00
192,000.00
306,641.25
Item: 14-Light dues
...
1,150,000.00
1,402,375.09
Item: 15-Sunday cargo working permits
600,000.00
637,690.00
Item: 16-Survey
***
375,000.00
769,930.04
Item: 37-Official signatures
3,000.00
3,885.00
Item: 38-Other
...
6,000.00
21,950.00
Sub-head 2-Receipts:-
Item: 18-Departmental services and supervi-
sion
298.20
Item: 21-Other
15,200.00
50,451.86
Sub-head 3-Reimbursements:-
Item: 17-Loss of, or damage to Government
property
Item: 18-Officials and others for light, fuel,
etc. in Government buildings
Sub-head 4-Sales:-
Item: 8-Publications
REVENUE Head 7-Water Revenue
Sub-head 1-Chargeable water
***
1,491.00
500.00
511.60
12,000.00
21,608.50
100,000.00
75,904.50
REVENUE HEAD 8-Post Office
Sub-head 1-Marine wireless fees
8,000.00
13,961.00
REVENUE HEAD 11-RevenUE FROM LANDS,
INTEREST, RENTS, ETC.
Sub-head 6-Gunpowder storage
60,000.00
90,292.50
Sub-head 16--Transport
500.00
19,316.31
Total
4,000,300.00
5,410,123.00
75
Digitized by
Sub-head
1 Personal emoluments
Actual Expenditure 1965-66
69
$
$
$
$
9,810,000
9,741,116.83
APPENDIX 3-Contd.
Head 46 - MARINE DEPARTMENT
Estimate 1965-66
OTHER CHARGES
1
· ANNUALLY RECURRENT
2 Administration:
(1) Advertising
40,000
50,703.20
(2) Cleaning of offices
12,000
16,927.93
(3) Fuel, light and power
72,000
67,901.60
Incidental expenses
9,000
4,095.89
Marine exhibitions..
5,000
5,711.26
(6) Publications
9,000
7,387.40
(7) Rent
10,200
10,164.00|
(8) Subsistence allowances
110,000
110,675.00
(9) Uniforms
100,000
75,394.62
(10) Maintenance of equipment for Seamen's Recruiting
Office
27,000
3,224.55
5
3 Coal and fuel oil
4 Harbour cleansing
Maintenance:
...
***
(1) Harbour moorings (2) Major overhauls and improvements
***
394,200
1,100,000
400,000
352,185.45
588,246.78
341,158.82
$ 250,000
143,985.00
...
:
529,000
465,262.95|
76
Digitized by
Digitized by
APPENDIX 3-Contd.
Estimate 1965-66
Actual Expenditure 1965-66
$
$
$
$
102,059.37 4,248,315.63
$
6,505,000
2,782.00
4,962,404.95
1,500
1,438.85
2,500
1,212.35]
85,000
74,292.25
$ 3,000
35,000
741.88
35,214.92
:
::
38,000
1,000
35,956.80
29,200.00
8,527,200
6,386,096.25
Sub-head
(3) Marine navigational aids...
(4) Minor alterations and repairs (5) Numbering of boats
...
$ 122,000
5,600,000
4,000
6 Membership of the International Association
of Ports & Harbours.
7 Official entertainment
8 Stores and equipment
40
***
(1) Running expenses of vehicles
Transport:
(2) Travelling expenses
...
77
10 Typhoon damage
33 Minor salvage
7
Total Annually Recurrent
II
SPECIAL EXPENDITURE
Fire Services Department
11 One light fireboat
Marine Department
614,000
163,500.00
12 Cargo handling survey 13 Green Island Explosive Depot
36,000
5,554.19
36,000
23,924.63
14 Harbour moorings....
806,800
678,305.61
***
15
Hire of launches
...
***
100,000
8,600.00
APPENDIX 3-Contd.
Estimate 1965-66
Actual Expenditure 1965-66
$
$
$
$
$
17
Sub-head
16 Lighthouse equipment
Motor vehicles
191,200
12,800
118,551.10
9,236.64
18 North Point Signal Station
7,000
6,966.52
19 Office and workshop equipment
124,000
72,932.63
20 One 'Pool' launch (Tolo Harbour)
165,000
63,600.00
21 Private automatic branch telephone exchange
54,000
49,357,92
22 Replacement and spare marine engines
366,600
315,922.20
23 Replacement high speed diesel engines
170,000
4,563.88
24 Seamen's Recruiting Office equipment
47,000
54,804,62
40,800
370,000
207,171.35
24,917.86
78
Digitized by
25 Spare gas turbine powered pump 26 Waglan Island power supply 31 Navigational equipment 34 Radar for Marine No. 45
New Territories Administration
27 One 40 ft. craft
28
Police Force
Additional new Police launches 32 New Police launches
...
Public Works Department
29 Dredger and dredging plant 30 One diving boat
::
:
Total Special Expenditure
Total Expenditure
200,000
100
894,125.00
3,000,000
1,301,150.00
500,000
86,072.50
6,841,300
4,089,256.65
25,178,500
20,216,469.73
APPENDIX 4
MARINE AND OTHER CASUALTIES AND DEPARTMENTAL ENQUIRIES (1.4.65-31.3.66)
The total number of marine casualties reported in the year was as follows:
Stranding & Founder- Miscel-
Collision Fire
Grounding
ing
laneous
Total
Ocean-going Ships
Government Vessels...
14
6
15
1
15
51
9
11
1
93
115
Non-Govt.
1 Craft
67
11
11
90
***
90
8
37
2
119
256
N.B. The above figures do not include the sinking of two pleasure craft and one squatter boat during Typhoon 'Freda' and 17 instances of damage to Govern- ment vessels caused by refuse in the harbour.
2.
Details of several of the marine casualties tabulated above which were not subject to Preliminary Inquiries or Formal Investigations and incidents concerning aircraft are appended below:
(a) On 4th April, 1965, the ship 'NAN AN' of Panamanian registry reported herself aground on Single Island. This original position was later amended to Tai Long Wan. In conditions of thick fog, two minesweepers of the Hong Kong Royal Naval Reserve were detailed to search for the 'NAN ANʼ and she was eventually located aground at Tai Yu Ngaam near Tai Long Wan and the tug 'GOLDEN CAPE' was dispatched to render aid. Attempts were made by the tug to refloat the vessel without success. Early in the morning of the 5th April, the weather deteriorated, and the 'NAN AN' swung beam onto the rocks and was in danger of breaking up. Attempts to rescue its crew members by the 'GOLDEN CĂPE' being unsuccessful, a helicopter of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force was dispatched to take them off. This was successfully carried out under difficult weather conditions, 43 men, 1 woman and a dog being picked off the stricken freighter and landed ashore. On the 9th April, 1965, fire broke out in the accommodation of the 'NAN AN' but burnt itself out by next day.
(b) On the 10th April, 1965 the Dutch ship 'SCHIREKERK' inadvertently dropped
her anchor in the Central Cable Reserve, damaging telephone cables.
(c) On the 11th April, 1965 the British ship 'TAI POO HONG' broke adrift and
collided with the French ship 'TABOA'.
(d) On the 3rd May, 1965, the Danish ship 'SLENSVIK' whilst manoeuvring along- side Kowloon Wharf No. 2 (South) collided with craft secured to the wharf, badly damaging two lighters.
(e) On the 3rd May, 1965, a report was received that the British ship 'TAILUNG- SHAN' was on fire in No. 3 hold on passage from Bangkok to Hong Kong. On 5th May, the 'TAILUNGSHAN' having arrived in port still on fire, the ship was boarded by Port Control and Fire Services personnel. It was necessary to discharge several head of cattle from the main and between decks before entry to the seat of the fire could be gained. The fire was finally extinguished on 6th May.
79
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APPENDIX 4-Contd.
(f) On the 19th May, 1965, a message was received that the British vessel "TIEN- TSIN' was on fire in No. 2 hold proceeding to Hong Kong from Manila. The ship arrived on 20th May, and was boarded on by Port Control and Fire Services personnel. The fire was found to be deep-seated in No. 2 lower tween deck. The lower hold had been flooded to a depth of 6 feet and the fire contained by C02 and steam. After a period of time the hatches were opened but the fire flared up again and it was decided to extinguish the fire by flooding_the_hold to the level of the upper between deck coaming in dry-dock on the 21st May, when the fire-float 'ALEXANDER GRANTHAM' then flooded No. 2 hold of the vessel and the fire was extinguished.
(g) Typhoon 'Freda' affected the Colony on 14th and 15th July, and during the passage of the storm the British ship 'ARDBRAE' broke loose from A-37 buoy and collided with the Panamanian ship 'KWONG CHEUNG' at A-39 and the New Zealand ship 'MAORI' at A-39, in both cases doing only superficial damage. A slight collision also occurred between the British ships 'RAJAH' and 'JIN AN'.
(h) In the early hours of the 22nd July, 1965 the ship "TAISHIKAN' was reported on fire at Ngau Tau Kok. Port Control Officers, Ship Surveyors and Fire Services personnel boarded and attempts were made to extinguish the blaze. The fire was of serious proportions, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 holds being affected. After flooding the holds, the ship developed a dangerous starboard list and it was decided, in view of the fact that the vessel was under demolition, to allow the fire to burn itself out which occurred on 30th July.
(i) On 24th August, 1965, a United States Marine Corps C-130 transport aircraft crashed whilst taking off from Kai Tak with heavy loss of life. The plane left the runway and fell into the water near the new reclamation on the eastern side to Kowloon Bay. Survivors in the water were rescued at considerable risk by the crew of lighters near the area and by 'Fireboat No. 4'. All available marine launches were directed to the scene to assist in the rescue operation which was made extremely difficult by the presence of blazing fuel on the surface of the water. Two crane barges were despatched to lift the aircraft, all available tugs equipped with monitors were sent to the scene to cordon off the danger area and a message was broadcast to all ships warning of the danger from the large spillage of fuel. The wreckage of the aircraft was landed on the reclamation later in the evening and the next day.
(j) Tropical storm 'Agnes' affected the Colony on 26th, 27th and 28th of September. The only reported casualty was the Panamanian ship 'GLORIA' which broke adrift from B-9 buoy.
(k) On 31st October, 1965 the 'TOKEI MARU' caught fire some 400 miles from Hong Kong. A message was sent to all ships in the vicinity and the 'OHMINE- SAN MARU' rescued 36 crew members.
(1) On 5th November, 1965, the Polish ship 'GENERAL SIKORSKI' lying at A26 buoy caught fire. The fire, situated in No. 4 tween deck in a cargo of jute, was easily contained by C02 gas and cooling jets, and was finally extinguished the following day.
(m) On 11th November, 1965, the 'KUDA MAS' was reported in difficulties in rough seas with immobilized engines some 250 miles from Hong Kong. The tug 'GOLDEN CAPE' was standing by, but could not assist owing to the state of the sea. The 'KUDA MAS' requested assistance from the Royal Navy and a destroyer was dispatched, but developing engine trouble, had to return to Hong Kong. The 'GOLDEN CAPE' resumed towing the 'KUDA MAS" when the weather moderated and both vessels arrived safely on 15th November.
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(n) on 22nd November, 1965, the British ship 'TONG HONG' reported picking up 15 survivors from the wrecked Formosan fishing vessel 'HAI LOONG HENG'.
(0) On 26th November, 1965, the Japanese vessel 'SANPO MARU No. 10' was reported sinking in the vicinity of Balintang Channel. Ships in the area were asked to render assistance and sixteen survivors and one body were eventually picked up leaving four missing from the crew of twenty-one.
(p) On 1st December, 1965, a large oil rig under tow by the Dutch tug 'WILLEM BARENDSZ' from Japan to Brunei split in two and capsized with the loss of thirteen men. One survivor was picked up by the 'WILLEM BARENDSZ' and a message was sent to all ships that the two sections of the oil rig were still floating and constituted a danger to navigation. Ships were also requested to keep a look-out for survivors. The 'WILLEM BARENDSZ' asked for aircraft to search for survivors on 2nd December and this was arranged by the Com- modore-in-Charge, Hong Kong. An aircraft took off from Clarke Field in the Philippines and another from Hong Kong on 2nd December. Unfortunately, the search revealed no further survivors. On 3rd December the tug 'TAIKOO' sailed from Hong Kong to assist, and after encountering adverse weather, took in tow one of the floating sections. The other section was taken in tow by the 'WILLEM BARENDSZ' and safely secured at Manila. The "TAIKOO' encountered problems in towing the other section owing to a large portion of decking being suspended below the water line, and it was only after consider- able difficulty and enlisting the aid of the Dutch tug 'CLYDE' that the remains were towed to Merriveles in the Philippines, arriving on 26th December. During the entire operation, frequent navigation warnings were broadcast to shipping giving the position and drift of the capsized sections.
(9) On 12th December, 1965, a steel barge under tow in Mirs Bay capsized but remained afloat. Shipping was warned and also requested to keep â look-out for three missing men. The capsized lighter eventually grounded at Tai Long Wan, but no trace was found of the missing men.
(r) On 14th January, 1966, the Panamanian vessel, 'BALI MARINER', whilst outward bound, ran aground on Tung Lung Island, Tathong Channel. The vessel was eventually refloated, with the aid of tugs, on 17th January.
(s) On 10th February, 1966 the Liberian tanker 'THOMAS P' ran aground on Wong Chu Kok, Lamma Island, while proceeding inwards. The ship was badly damaged in several tanks and quantities of the cargo, consisting of aviation fuel, kerosene and petroleum solvents, escaped into the sea. Assistance was rendered by Kowloon Docks Tugs, Marine Department and the Fire Services Department. All ships using the East Lamma Channel were warned to keep well clear and advised of the leakage of fuel. The 'ALEXANDER GRANTHAM' stood by using foam to disperse the escaping fuel on the surface. On the 12th February, the weather deteriorated and the crew abandoned ship, the master and a small party remaining alongside in a lifeboat. By the next morning the weather had abated, and some of the crew re-boarded the ship. Lightening of the cargo into lighters commenced on the 14th February, and the following day the ship was refloated by tugs and towed to Ha Mei Wan. The remainder of the cargo was discharged into the tanker 'GANESELLA', gas-freeing was completed and the vessel entered dock on 12th March.
(1) On 17th February, the Panamanian vessel 'PACIFIC LADY' struck Fury Rocks in the Po Toi Group while entering Hong Kong from the east. Damage was slight and the vessel was able to enter harbour.
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(u) On 3rd March, a collision occurred in the vicinity of the Lye Mun Turning Buoy involving the Panamanian vessel 'CATTLE' and the Greek vessel 'IRENË XILOS', damage was slight.
(v) On 21st March, the Norwegian vessel 'DUKAT' grounded on North East Head in the Lema Islands. The tug 'Taikoo' was despatched to render assistance, and on 24th February, due to the weather deteriorating, the crew of the 'DUKAT' abandoned the vessel. Salvage operations were still continuing at the end of the year.
(w) The German steamer, 'HAVELSTEIN', on 23rd March, sighted an upturned junk while passing through the Taiwan Strait en route from Kobe to Hong Kong. Crew members were observed clinging to the junk and after a life-boat from the 'HAVELSTEIN' had approached the junk, it was discovered that others were trapped inside. Holes were cut in the hull to enable these survivors to escape and a total of 18 rescued persons were landed in Hong Kong. (x) On 30th March, the British ship 'SANTA GRANDA' broke loose from A26 buoy and collided with the British ship 'WEST BREEZE' at A16 buoy. Both vessels suffered only superficial damage.
(y) The British vessel 'PHOENICIAN DAWN' reported engine trouble on 31st March some 70 miles south of Hong Kong. The tug 'TAIKOO' was sent to take the disabled vessel in tow back to Hong Kong.
Preliminary Inquiries
3. Four Preliminary Inquiries were held during the period under review, in ac- cordance with the provisions of Section 49(A)(1) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1953, as follows:-
(I) M.V. 'ANKING' (Preliminary Inquiry No. 1 of 1965)
On 11th August, 1965. M.V. 'ANKING' stranded at the entrance to the Port of Keelung, Taiwan. No further formal investigation into this casualty was recommended.
(II) Collision of M.V. 'ANGELINA' with dumb lighter 'OLYMPIA No. 1' (Pre-
liminary Inquiry No. 2 of 1965)
On 13th November, 1965, a collision occurred in Hong Kong Harbour between the British Registered Ship 'ANGELINA' and the lighter 'OLYMPIA No. 1' whereby two lives were lost and the lighter sank. On 16th November, 1965, a Preliminary Inquiry was conducted into this casualty and it was recommended that a Marine Court should enquire further into the circumstances attending the collision.
(III) Stranding_of S.S. 'MARINE BOUNTY' (Preliminary Inquiry No. 1 of 1966) On 26th February, 1966, the British ship 'MARINE BOUNTY' stranded in the Hai Tan Straits at Pintan Island off the Chinese Mainland. The crew aban- doned ship and were rescued by local craft. The British ships 'EASTERN MOON' and 'CARDROSS' stood by during the rescue operations. At the end of the year, the inquiry was still proceeding.
(IV) Stranding of S.S. 'EASTERN ARGOSY' (Preliminary Inquiry No. 2 of 1966) On 9th January, 1966, the British Ship S.S. 'EASTERN ARGOSY' was stranded on Clack Reef in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. At the time of stranding, the vessel was carrying a general cargo and was on passage from Hong Kong to Sydney. There were on board a total crew of 70 and 12 passengers and no loss of life or personal injury resulted from the accident. With the assistance of the tug 'CARLOCK' the ship was refloated on 4th February, 1966. At the end of the year, the inquiry was still proceeding.
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Formal Investigations
4. One formal investigation was held during 1965-66, in accordance with the provisions of Section 50(1) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1953, as follows:-
M.V. 'ANGELINA' (Formal Investigation No. 1 of 1966)
Mr. M. D. CONS, LL.B., Principal Magistrate, assisted by Capt. C. P. PARISH and Capt. C. INGLEDEW sat on 7th and 8th March, 1966 and found that the sinking of 'OLYMPIA No. 1' and the loss of two lives as the result of a collision with the 'ANGELINA' was contributed to by the wrongful act or default of the master of the 'ANGELINA', Leo Ignaty Ovsiannikoff, and the court ordered that his Certificate of Competency as a Master Mariner be suspended for a period of nine months, during which time he was to be issued with a First Mate's Certificate.
Local Marine Inquiries
5. The list of local marine inquiries held during 1965-66, in accordance with the provision of Section 97(3) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1953, is as follows:-
(a) M.B. 'Yuet Loy 1' and P.B. 'Shing Star'
(Local Marine Inquiry No. 7 of 1965)
Collision
(b) Loss of Sampan from Post Works No. 7
(Local Marine Inquiry No. 8 of 1965)
Negligence
(c) Motor Ferry 'Man Ton' and fishing sampan 'Kwok Kan' 70195
(Local Marine Inquiry No. 9 1965)
Collision
(d) 'Hearts Content' and 'Sui Yiu' l' speed boats
(Local Marine Inquiry No. 10 of 1965)
Collision
Accident
Collision
(e) C. & L. No. 4
(Local Marine Inquiry No. 11 of 1965)
(f) 'Man Yui' and fishing junk M. 62102V (Local Marine Inquiry No. 12 of 1965) (g) 'Yui Tong' and Police Launch No. 10
(Local Marine Inquiry No. 13 of 1965)
(h) Dangerous handling of M. D. No. 27
(Local Marine Inquiry No. 14 of 1965)
(i) F.V. 'Man Wah' and M.D. No. 31
(Local Marine Inquiry No. 15 of 1965)
(j) Ferry Vessel 'Man Wah' and Sham Shui Po Pier
(Local Marine Inquiry No. 1 of 1966)
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:
:
:
(k) Ferry Vessel 'Man Chi' and Ferry Vessel 'Man Shun'
(Local Marine Inquiry No. 2 of 1966)
Departmental and Disciplinary Inquiry
6. LI Loi, E.33, Assistant Dredger Master-Exceeding authority.
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Collision
Negligence
Collision
Collision
Collision
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APPENDIX 5
VESSELS ENTERED 1.4.65 TO 31.3.66
Class and Nationality
of Vessels
Number
Tons
of Vessels
Net
Passengers Landed
Cargo Landed Tons Deadweight
British ...
Ocean-going
Foreign Trade
1,610
4,978,157
14,228
2,231,535
Bulgarian
Burmese
8
28,406
2,340
Cambodian
6
***
3,342
4,227
Chinese
62.5
...
382,510
30
525,848
Cyprus...
1
4,365
787
Czechoslovakian
Danish...
3,720
1,692
223
806,810
108
246,034
Dutch
347
1,543,603
5,216
449,330
Finnish
2
9,175
7,397
French...
95
442,089
1,923
56,027
German
101
474,204
381
89,024
Greek
112
334,135
100
127,700
Indian
15
65,701
935
Indonesian
32
63,551
6
28,528
Italian ...
28
156,641
2,545
32,398
Israeli
33
121,031
7
14,761
Japanese
892
2,710,633
33
711,496
Korean
14
30,211
8
6,992
Kuwait
1
5,391
24
Lebanese
18
Liberian
151
67,702 685,603
30,358 571,794
Mexican
Mark
Moroccan
1
6,077
2,000
New Zealand
Norwegian
586
***
1,832,055
2,616
872,760
Pakistan
12
...
45,440
8,036
Panamanian
357
649,550
40
508,588
Philippine
83
414,363
22
50,789
Polish
39
151,530
2
56,044
Portuguese
Swedish
6
*
25,162
21
9
South Africa
93
372,181
75
100,003
Swiss
J
Thailand
3
5,916
444
U.S.A.
307
2,035,389
5,803
129,790
U.S.S.R.
12
34,185
9,066
Viet-Namese
53
27,715
53,423
Yugoslavian
45
156,603
23
12,227
5,912
18,673,146
33,196
6,942,406
Carried forward
***
5,912 18,673,146
33,196
6,942,406
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APPENDIX 5-Contd.
VESSELS ENTERED-Contd.
Class and Nationality of Vessels
Number of
Net
Landed
Tons Passengers Landed Tons
Cargo
Vessels
Deadweight
Foreign Trade
Brought forward
5,912
18,673,146
33,196
6,942,406
Ocean-going (In ballast)
British ...
128
560,949
46
Bulgarian
1
4,649
Burmese
1
4,359
Cambodian
Chinese
8
25,810
Cyprus...
Czechoslovakian
Danish...
12
54,018
Dutch
13
105,954
128
Finnish
French...
1
6,039
German
2
13,839
Greek
30
155,153
Indian
4,074
Indonesian
Italian ...
Israeli
Japanese
Korean
~ | | | | | | |
2
14,416
3
1
5,846
60
258,174
Kuwait
Lebanese
7
***
32,344
Liberian
Mexican
Moroccan
33
171,953
...
New Zealand
Norwegian
2
asa
•
2,740
51
***
200,899
26
Pakistan
2
15,077
Panamanian
91
188,328
1
Philippine
Polish
7
6,138
Portuguese
South Africa
Swedish
1
7,263
2
17,746
Swiss
•
...
5,135
Thailand
U.S.A.
U.S.S.R.
657
27,385 2,061
USUT
37
Viet-Namese
***
Yugoslavian
Total Ocean-going
6,378
20,564,152
33,439
6,942,406
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APPENDIX 5-Contd.
VESSELS ENTERED-Contd.
Class and Nationality of Vessels
Number of Vessels
Tons
Net
Passengers Landed
Cargo Landed Tons Deadweight
River Steamers
Foreign Trade
British...
1,183
1,652,091
531,394
5,917
River Steamers
(In ballast)
British ...
770
1,138,161
300,759
Hydrofoils
British ...
7,517
408,203
387,994
Totals River Steamers and Hydrofoils
9,470 3,198,455 1,220,147
5,917
Total Junks
12,440 2,010,154
1,786,885
Power-driven vessels of 60 tons
net and under
5,679
312,741
233,548
Totals Foreign Trade
1965-66
33,967 26,085,502
1,253,586
8,968,756
1964-65
Comparison
:
:
27,967
27,271,746
971,798
8,841,846
+ 6,000
- 1,186,244
+ 281,788
+ 126,910
+ 21.45%
4.35%
+ 29.00%
+ 1.44%
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APPENDIX 5 (A)
VESSELS CLEARED 1.4.65 TO 31.3.66
Class and Nationality
of Vessels
Number of Vessels
Tons Net
Pass- engers grants Em- Em-
Emi-
Cargo Loaded Tons
Bunkers
Tons
Dead-
Dead-
weight
barked barked
weight
Fuel-Oil
Ocean-going
Foreign Trade
British
1,179 4,420,171)
13,394 1,701
556,495 98,728
Bulgarian
Burmese
8
28,406
8,945
Cambodian
5
2,785
4,495
633
Chinese
369
255,011
18
79,212
8,181
Cyprus
1
4,365
Transit
60
Czechoslovakian
3,720
Transit
Danish
208
754,507
68
81,881
7,908
Dutch
311
1,443,192
2,607
354
135,712
7,327
Finnish
1
2,902
317
French
94
440,434
2,619
46,227
1,155
German
99
465,550
310
42,959
650
Greek
103
333,472
47
46,124
11,308
Indian
15
65,701
7,810
Indonesian
17
39,994
16,451
822
Italian
25
141,792
2,395
6,590
595
Israeli
341
115,507
11
17,307
215
Japanese
751
2,654,531
68
332,313
7,559
Korean
14
30,211
8,020
Kuwait
1
5,391
637
Lebanese
16
61,639
4,518
2,461
Liberian
123
483,287
116,777
7,650
Mexican
Moroccan
6,077
903
370
New Zealand
Norwegian
546
1,639,846
2,094
700
277,027
19,146
Pakistan
131
56,219
2
1,820
525
Panamanian
316
545,867
45
264,289
38,907
Philippine
82
412,000
48
22,773
9,170
Polish
39
151,530
7
13,581
410
Portuguese
6
25,162
2
712
South Africa
Swedish
91
356,007
88
32,475
3,926
Swiss
1
5,135
600
Thailand
5,916
4
800
250
U.S.A.
309
2,043,092
7,678
132,160
44,662
U.S.S.R.
9
28,238
Transit
Viet-Namese
231
11,438
2,943
Yugoslavian
45
156,603
8
27,275
4,859 17,195,698
31,530
2,755
2,290,148 272,618
Carried
forward
4,859 17,195,698
31,530
2,755 2,290,148 272,618
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APPENDIX 5(A)-Contd.
VESSELS CLEARED-Contd.
Pass-
Emi-
Cargo
Bunkers
Class and Nationality
Number
Loaded
Tons
Tons
of Vessels
of Vessels
engers
grants
Tons
Dead-
Net
Em-
Em-
Dead-
weight
barked barked
weight Fuel-Oil
Brought
forward...
4,859 17,195,698
Foreign Trade 31,530
2,755 2,290,148||||272,618
Ocean-going
(In ballast)
British
548
1,085,717
174
39,550
Bulgarian
1
4,649
400
Burinese
4,359
Cambodian
557
308
Chinese
267
159,893
1,360
Cyprus
***
4,454
300
Czechoslovakian
Danish
26
101,186
1,505
Dutch
47
195,516
3,351
Finnish
12,546
120
French
9,345
200
German
22,300
689
Greek
35
137,778
11,722
Indian
4,074
88
Indonesian
15
23,557
2,549
Italian
22,680
1,680
Israeli
Japanese
Korean
Kuwait Lebanese
Liberian
Mexican
***
Moroccan ... New Zealand Norwegian
801191
305,980
5
7,491
62
38,407 387,804
2,290
12,581
1
6,225
1,200
**
79
341,959
6,340
Pakistan
1
4,298
350
Panamanian
147
313,616
15
25,990
Philippine.
12
8,807
792
Polish
Portuguese
1
750
South Africa
Swedish
5
36,334
27
398
Swiss
Thailand
1
657
30
...
U.S.A.
14,193
160
U.S.S.R.
8,008
400
Viet-Namese
Yugoslavian
30
16,277
Total Ocean-
going
6,370 20,467,624|
31,766
2,755 2,290,148 394,462
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APPENDIX 5(A)-Contd.
VESSELS CLEARED-Contd.
Pass-
Emi-
Cargo
Bunkers
Class and Nationality
Number
Loaded
Tons
Tons
of
engers
grants
Tons
Dead-
Net
Em-
Em-
of Vessels
Vessels
Dead-
weight
barked
barked
weight
Fuel-Oil
Foreign Trade
River Steamers
British
1,364
1,935,651
519,334)
8,741
15,870
British
River Steamers (In ballast)
590 856,521 236,940
4,548
Hydrofoils
British
7,518
408,602 453,675
3,520
Totals River
Steamers and Hydrofoils
9,472
3,200,774| 1,209,949
8,741
23,938
Total Junks
12,445 2,014,775
152,344
Power-driven vessels
of 60 tons net and under
5,668
312,533
3,458
Totals Foreign Trade
1965-66
1964-65
Comparison
33,955 25,995,706 1,421,715
27,921 27,360,525| 957,025
+ 6,034-1,364,819|+284,690||
2,755 2,454,691| 418,400
2,982 2,430,890 395,070
227+ 23,801+ 23,330
+21.61%
4.99% +29.75%
7.61% + 0.98% + 5.91%
Note: These figures exclude bunkers consumed by power-driven
vessels of 60 tons net and under.
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APPENDIX 5(B)
SUMMARY OF FOREIGN TRADE
Number
Cargo Bunkers
of all
Passen-
loaded
Tons
YEAR
Emi-
classes of
1st April
Tons
vessels
gers landed
grants
to 31st March
Net
Em-
and discharged
Dead-
weight
entered
and
and embarked
Tons
barked
Dead-
Fuel-Oil
cleared
weight
1965-66
1964-65
67,922 52,081,208 2,495,301
55,888 54,632,271| 1,928,823
Comparison.+ 12,034 - 2,551,063 + 566,478 -
418,400*
2,755 11,423,447
2,982 11,272,736| 395,070
227+ 150,711 + 23,330
+ 21.53% 4.67% 29.37% - 7.61%+
1.34% + 5.91%
* These figures exclude bunkers consumed by power-driven vessels
of 60 tons net and under.
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(3000]
11000
9000
NUMBER
OF
VESSELS
5000
3000
2000
7000
NUMBER OF VESSELS
APPENDIX 5(C)
ARRIVALS OF ALL VESSELS, HONG KONG. 1965-1966
(FOREIGN TRADE)
TONNAGE
NI
MILLION
TONS
TONNAGE OF VESSELS
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APPENDIX 5 (D)
NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF FOREIGN GOING VESSELS OF EACH NATION ENTERED AT PORTS IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG IN THE YEAR FROM 1st. APRIL, 1965 TO 31st. MARCH, 1966
TOTAL VESSELS
24,497
BRITISH
7%
TOTAL TONNAGE 22,887,043 (NET)
BRITISH 24%
CHINESE 3%
NORWEGIAN 3%
JAPANESE 4%
CHINESE
JUNKS
31%
CHINESE JUNKS
9%
PANAMANIAN 4%
U. S. A. 9%
DANISH 4%
DUTCH 7%
JAPANESE 13%
ALL OTHERS AND
POWER DRIVEN VESSELS
UNDER 60 TONS
19%
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·U. S. A. 1%-
DANISH 1% DUTCH 1%
POWER DRIVEN VESSELS UNDER 60 TONS
23%
PANAMANIAN 2%
ALL OTHERS 4%
NORWEGIAN 9%
CHINESE 2%
1800
1700
1600
1500
1400L
1300L
1200
a 1100L
SHIPS
6
1000L
900L
No.
800
700
6000
SOOL
400
300L
2001
100
APPENDIX 5(E)
NATIONALITIES of OCEAN-GOING VESSELS
ENTERING THE PORT BETWEEN 1956-1966
BRITISH (27.3%)
JAPANESE (14·9%)-
CHINESE (10.0%)7
NORWEGIAN (10·0%)¬
PANAMA (7·0%) ·
DUTCH (5-6%)
U.S.A. (4·9%)
DANISH (3-7%),
(3·7%)7
OTHERS (16·6%)
56-57
57-58 58-59 59-60 60-61
61-62 62-63 63-64 64-65
65-66
YEAR
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APPENDIX 5(F)
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE YEAR 1964-65 AND 1965-66
VESSELS ENTERING AND CLEARING THE PORT OF HONG KONG
YEAR 1964-65
1.4.64-31.3.65
YEAR 1965-66 1.4.65-31.3.66
INCREASE
DECREASE
CLASS OF VESSELS AND CARGOES
Number
Tonnage
Number
Tonnage
Num-
ber
% Tonnage %
Num-
ber
%
Tonnage
%
1. Ocean-going Vessels
12,552 39,754,695
River Steamers and Hydrofoils
10,267 9,699,790
12,748) 41,031,776| 196 1.56 1,277,081 3.21 18,942 6,399,229 | 8,675 84.49
Total
22,819 49,454,485
31,690 47,431,005
8,871 38.88
1
T
2. Cargo (Import) Ocean
Cargo (Import) River
Total
3. Cargo (Export) Ocean
Cargo (Export) River
Total
4. River Passengers
5. Cargo (Import) Junks and Launches
Cargo (Export) Junks and Launches
7,159,761
6,942,406
I
8,659|
3,9171
1
7,168,420|
6,948,323
1
1
3,300,561*| 34.03
2,023,480 4.09
217,355 3.04
2,742 | 31.67
220,097 3.07
2,290,138
2,290,148
10 0.00
I
11,316
8.741
}
2,575 | 22.76
2,301,454 |
2,298,889
2,565
0.11
1,860,390
2,430,096
569,706 30.62
|
...
1,673,426
2,020,433
―
―
347,007 20.74|
129,436
155,802
26,366 20.37
.37
94
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N.B.
* Due to Water Tankers ceased on operation on 14th June, 1964.
APPENDIX 5(G)
LIGHT DUES COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1965-66
OLD
NEW
of Net Tons Rate per Net Ton | Rate per Net Ton |Fees Collected Trips
(From 1.4.65 to (From 13.11.65
12.11.65)
to 31.3.66)
Number
Class of Vessels
Ocean-going Ocean-going
3,921 12,539,366 2,457
5 cts.
8,024,786]
8 cts.
626,968.30 641,982.88*
1,268,951.18
Total Ocean-going Vessels
Motor Junks and Launches Motor Junks and Launches
6,378 20,564,152
8,571 1,228,485 7,805 907,294
$ cts.
3 cts., 8 cts.,
$24.00 per annum, $48.00 per annum
and
$72.00 per annum.
61,424,25 84,915.17†
Total Motor Junks and
Launches
River Steamers
1,143
River Steamers
16,376 2,135,779|
1,625,402 810 1,164,850
146,339.42
2 cts.
3 cts.
32,508.04 34,945.50$
Total River Steamers
1,953) 2,790,252|
Hydrofoils
4,364 246,392
2 cts.
Hydrofoils
2,953 161,811
Total Hydrofoils
7,517
408,203
32,224||25,898,386|
3 cts.
67,453.54
4,927.84 4,854.33*
9,782.17
1,492,326.31
68,409.97
Totals:-
Add Collection in respect of
1964-65 accounts
Less Accounts outstanding as
at 31.3.66.
...
Actual total collection during
1965-66.
1
1,560,936.28
158,561.19
1,402,375.09
Note: The fees for Light Dues were revised with effect from 13th November, 1965 as prescribed by the
Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations, 1965 as follows:
Old Fees
New Fees
(Per N.R. Ton)
* Ocean-going
↑ Motor Junks and Launches
5 cts. 5 cts.
8 cts. 8 cts.
† Vessels exceeding 20 tons and plying exclusively within the river
trade limits
5 cts.
3 cts.
Mechanized fishing vessels
† (i) Exceeding 20 tons but not exceeding 40 tons
† (ii) of 40 tons but not exceeding 60 tons
† (iii) of 60 tons or over
+ River Steamers
$24.00 per annum. $48.00 per annum. $72.00 per annum,
2 cts.
3 cts.
5565
95
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APPENDIX 6
TOTAL NET REGISTER TONNAGE OF ALL CLASSES OF VESSELS ANNUALLY ENTERED AND CLEARED SINCE 1946-47
OCEAN GOING
YEAR
British
Foreign
Total
River Steamers
Junks and Launches
TOTAL
1946-47
5,398,611
5,107,467
10,506,078
1,212,284
2,151,128
13,869,490
1947-48
6,050,383
8,714,464
14,764,847
2,075,340
3,129,365
19,969,552
1948-49
5,828,496
10,507,477
16,335,973
3,105,453
3,598,700 23,040,126
1949-50
7,179,280
12,767,597
19,946,877
4,454,664
2,948,979
27,350,520
1950-51
7,139,910
10,613,452
17,773,362
4,655,428
4,415,556
26,844,346
1951-52
7,394,700
8,269,578
15,664,278
3,354,075
4,941,854
23,960,207
1952-53
8,328,109
9,869,654
18,197,763
2,593,268
1953-54
8,727,614
12,385,691
21,113,305
2,258,283
2,834,280 23,625,311 2,474,422 25,846,010
1954-55
8,799,212
13,080,530
21,879,742
2,418,006
3,047,311 27,345,059
1955-56
8,259,203
13,548,387
21,807,590
2,585,760
4,108,235
28,501,585
1956-57
8,098,367 13,883,481
21,981,848
2,291,376
4,440,554
28,713,778
1957-58
8,536,751 16,225,448
24,762,199
2,574,326
5,305,317
32,641,842
1958-59
9,184,578 19,015,548
28,200,126
2,721,021
6,095,626
37,016,773
1959-60
9,598,805
20,604,313
30,203,118
2,287,287
5,975,000
38,465,405
1960-61
10,004,858
22,840,189
32,845,047
2,285,370
6,066,471
41,196,888
1961-62
10,594,878
24,734,644
35,329,522
2,314,737
2,404,501
40,048,760
1962-63
10,817,008 27,435,691
38,252,699
3,498,453
3,048,700
44,799,852
1963-64
10,725,893
27,704,036
38,429,929
18,200,542*
3,904,636 60,535,107
1964-65
11,106,090
28,648,605
39,754,695
9,699,790**
5,177,786
54,632,271
1965-66
11,044,994
29,986,782
41,031,776
6,399,229***
4,650,203
52,081,208
Notes: (i) Includes Water Tankers (14,657,682 net tons)* (ii) Includes Water Tankers (5,668,282 net tons)** (iii) Includes Hydrofoils (816,805 net tons)***
APPENDIX 6(A)
CARGO
EXTERNAL-TRade (Deadweight Tons)
IMPORT
EXPORT
TOTAL
YEAR
River
Ocean Going
Steam-
ers
Launches & Junks
Total
Ocean Going
River Steam-
ers
Launches & Junks
Total
Import & Export
4,689,394
5,019,175
5,194,107
5,648,651
5,743,036
6,441,962
7,309,542
1949-50 3,649,758|95,656 1950-51 3,578,031 84,036 1951-52 2,979,874|| 34,841| 1952-53 3,043,990 | 25,663 1953-54 2,799,945|21,559 1954-55 3,408,963 | 24,045 1955-56| 3,426,583 | 12,379 1956-57 3,571,332 14,383 1,103,679 1957-58 3,575,876 | 16,917 1,426,382 1958-59| 3,794,281 | 12,553 1,387,273 1959-60| 4,577,276 | 14,095| 1,057,280 1960-61] 4,729,630 | 13,035 1,000,371 1961-62 5,377,828 | 11,726 1,052,408 1962-63| 5,901,668 | 15,762 1,392,112 1963-64 6,783,178 | 15,468 1,659,771 8,458,417 1964-65 7,159,761 8,659 1,673,426 8,841,846 1965-66 6,942,406 5,917 2,020,433 | 8,968,756 | 2,290,148
221,1091 3,966,5231| 1,729,475 168,248 169,997|| 2,067,7201 435,382 4,097,449 2,298,137 89,410 167,461 2,555,008 510,100 3,524,8151| 1,481,900 75,870 123,341 1,681,111 379,568 3,449,221 1,372,669 34,519 115,610 354,885 | 3,176,389 1,324,073 34,840 96,551 411,977 3,844,985 782,675 4,221,637
6,034,2431 6,652,457
5,205,9261
1,522,798
4,972,019
1,455,464
4,631,853
1,367,208 14,056 132,398
1,513,662
5,358,647
1,628,181 18,291| 74,403
1,720,875
5,942,512
1,751,092 19,942 118,283
1,889,317
6,578,711
1,504,721| 22,858) 108,029
1,635,608
6,654,783
1,814,109 16,416 155,443
1,985,968
7,180,075
1,932,635 16,329 127,591 2,076,555
7,725,206
1,920,932 18,188 133,526 | 2,072,646 1,887,461 17,662 203,282 2,108,405 1,928,775) 18,070 171,460 | 2,118,305 2,048,743 14,029 225,057 2,287,829 2,290,138 11,316) 129,436 2,430,890 8,741 155,802 | 2,454,691
7,815,682
8,550,367
9,427,847
10,746,246
11,272,736
11,423,447
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APPENDIX 7
NAVIGATIONAL AIDS IN THE WATERS OF THE COLONY
31st March, 1966
Lat. N.
Characteristics
Eleva-
No.
NAME-position
Long. E.
Intensity
tion
Range
Structure
Remarks
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
SOKO ISLANDS
(1)
3512.5
-Tai A Chau
(U)
22 09.5
113 54.1
Gp. Fl. (4) W. 15.0 sec. 200
Tripod, white
12
(2)
3521.6
Chau Kung Island (U) 0.15 M.N.
22 16.1
114 03.0
Gp FL. (3) R. 15.0 sec. 100
16
3
15
LANTAU
(3)
3521.8
-Ngang Kwong
22 15.8
Qk. Fl. R.
11
Wan
(U)
114 00.2
fl 0.35, ecl 1.0, fl 0.35, ecl 1.0, fi 0.35, ecl 1.0, f 0.35, ecl 10.6.
Column, red and white fl 0.5, ecl 1.5, fl 0.5, ecl chequered
Column, red and white chequered
1.5, fl 0.5, ecl 10.5.
10
(4)
3522
-Adamanster
(U)
22 13.5
Beacon On a rock
144 01.2
Fl. W. 5.0 sec. 200
16
Black structure, red
Al 0.5
between Cheung
and white bands
8
Chau and Lantau
(5)
3523
Cheung Chau
(U)
22 12.4
Rock Beacon
114 02.7
Gp. Fl. (2) W. 10.0 sec. 200
21
9
Pillar, white
21
fl 0.5, ecl 1.0, fl 0.5, ecl 8.0
(6)
3524
S.W. Point
(U)
22 11.8
Fl. W. 6.0 sec.
70
8
Pillar, white
Al 0.5
113 50.6
68
vis. 260°-154° (235°)
(7)
3525
-Tai O Bay
(U)
22 15.3
113 51.5
F. G.
Fishing stakes
Occasl.
(8)
3526
Lung Kwu Chau (U)
22 22.8
113 52.9
Fl. W. 5.0 sec.
430
280
12
Square tower, white
A 0.5
(9)
3529
E. of Brothers
point
(U)
22 21.4
114 01.7
F1. W. 3.0 sec.
200
29
28
8
Column, white
£ 0.3
12
MA WAN
(10)
3530
-W. point
(U)
22 21.0
Fl. R. 3.0 sec.
50
Lattice tower, white
A 0.5
114 03.1
68
25
97
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APPENDIX 7-Contd.
Lat. N.
Characteristics
Eleva-
No.
NAME-position
Long. E.
Intensity
tion
Range
Structure
Remarks
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(11)
3531
-off NE. point
(U)
22 21.5
114 03.9
Gp. Fl. (2) W. 10.0 sec. 100
28
7
Pillar, red and white chequered
A 0.5, ecl 1.0,
fil 0.5, ecl 8.0.
25
(12)
3532
Tang Lung Chau, S. Summit
22 20.5
FL. W. 5.0 sec.
120
17
114 03.6
2200
Lattice tower with
A 1.0.
lantern on top, white | vis. 224°-099° (235°)
Bell (1) 15.0 sec.
(13)
3534
Rambler Channel. (U)
22 21.6
Fl. W. 5.0 sec.
13
39
Beacon, black and
A 1.0
On Channel Rocks
114 06.6
68
white
13
(14)
3535
Tsing Yi Bay
(U)
22 21.35
114 06.35
Gp. Fl. (3) W. 10.0 sec. 68
14
8
Beacon, black and
white chequered
Al 0.5, ecl 1.5, fl 0.5, ecl 1.5, 0.5, ecl 5.5.
14
NGAN YING CHAU
(15)
3536
-S. end. Break- (U) water Head
22 21.8
Qk. Fl. W.
22
1
Column, white
114 06.1
14
(16)* 3536.4
-N. Breakwater (U) W. end.
22 21.8
F. W.
22
0.5
Column, white
Oil lamp
114 06.1
(17)*
3536.6
-S. Breakwater
(U)
F. R.
22
0.5
Column, white
Oil lamp
E. end.
(18)* 3537
Prohibited
(U)
anchorage
22 20.25
114 08.08
F. R.
Beacon, white
Marks cable area
HONG KONG
HARBOUR
(19)
3538
-Green Island
(U)
(Tsing Chau)
22 17.1
114 06.5
Fl. W. 10.0 sec. 38,000
121
16
Round tower, white 58
fi 0.4
vis. 277°-186° (269°) Sig. Stn. Storm Signals. R. and G. lights mark the piers in Hong Kong Harbour
886
98
Digitized by
Column, black and white chequered
(20)
3539.4 --Sandy Bay
(U)
22 16.4
114 07.0
Qk. Fl. W.
11
12
APPENDIX 7-Contd.
Signal Tower, white
Radio mast, white
Remarks
(8)
Sig. Stn. Storm Signals.
A 1.0, ecl 1.5, f 1.0, ecl 1.5, 1.0, ecl 1.5, A 1.0 ecl 1.5, fl 1.0, ecl 4.0. R. 285°-301° (16°) W. 301*-141° (200°)
With 2 similar light 0.8 M.E. marks the cable area F.R. lights mark 3 radio masts on Stone- cutters Island
Lat. N.
No.
NAME-position
Long. E.
Characteristics Intensity
Eleva-
tion Range
Structure
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(21)
3540
-Marine Office
22 17.3
114 09.1
Gp. Fl. (4) W. 15.0 sec. 100
120
3
(22)
3540.4
Stone Cutters
Island
(U)
22 19.2
114 07.8
Gp. Fl. (5) W.R. 15. sec 18,000
74
W. 14
R. 6
Beacon, white
10
(23)* 3541
---Prohibited
(U)
anchorage
22 19.3
114 08.5
F. R.
99
Digitized by
(24)
3542
-Tai Kok Tsui
(U)
Sewer outfall
(25)*
3546
---Typhoon Refuge(U)
22 19.3
114 09.2
22 19.1
Fl. W. 5.0 sec.
68
13
3
Tripod, white
A 0.5
13
F. R.
28
2
Column, red and white
harbour
114 09.5
18
N. entrance, N. side
(26)
3546.4
-S. side
(U)
22 19.0
114 09.5
FI. W. 4.0 sec. 68
2235
28
2
Column, black and
A 0.5
white chequered
18
(27)
3547
-S. entrance,
(U)
22 18.6
Fl. R. 4.0 sec.
28
2
Column, red and white f 0.5
W. side
114 09.7
28
12
(28)
3547.4
--E. side
(U)
22 18.6
Fl. W. 4.0 sec.
20
2
Column, black and
A 0.5
114 09.8
68
white
12
(29)
3547.7 | --Kowloon.
(U)
22 18.2
Occ 3.0
22
2
Column, alum.
ecl 0.75
N. Camber S. side
114 09.8
10
(30)*
3548
-Prohibited area (U)
22 17.7
114 09.9
F. R.
Column, black and white
(31)*
3549
-Police Barracks (U)
22 17.8
114 10.1
F. R.
S. E. corner of building
Similar lights mark the other corners of the cable area.
APPENDIX 7-Contd.
Lat. N.
Characteristics
Eleva-
No.
› NAME-position
Long, E.
Intensity
tion
Range
Structure
Remarks
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(32)
3550
---Blackhead Hill (U)
22 17.9
144 10.3
Gp. Fl. (3) W. R. 15.0
138
sec.
W. 14
R. 6
18,000
Tower and dwellings, white
31
fl 1.0, ecl 2.0, Al 1.0, ecl 2.0, fl 1.0, ecl 8.0 R. 247°- 260° (13°) W. 260°- 042° (142°)
F. R. on radio mast on Kowloon Observatory 0.37 M.N.
Digitized by
100
3 ft in 3.75, ecl 2.5, 3 fl in 3.75, ecl 5.0. Sig. Stn. Night Storm Signals.
Similar lights mark the other corners of the area.
Air F. R. (Occasl) Lights are shown from 7 dol- phins within 0.23 M. NW.
vis. 142°-112° (330°) Al 0.5
(33)
3552
Tung Lo Wan (U)
(34)*
3533
22 17.2 North Arm. W. end. 114 10.8 -East Arm Head (U) || 22 17.4
Fl. R. 4.0 sec.
28
225
24
2
Column, white 12
Al 0.5
F. R.
24
2
Column, white
114 11.1
12
(35)
3555
---North Point Sig. Stn.
22 17.7
114 11.9
Gp. Fl. (3) W. 15.0 sec. 900
60
5
Column on building, white
(36)* 3556
--Prohibited anchorage
(U)
22 17.7
114 11.8
F. R.
Beacon
(37)
3562
-Channel Rock (U)
22 18.4
114 12.8
Gp. Fl. (3) W. 10.0 sec. 5,000
31
10
Pillar, black and white chequered
20
fl 0.8, ecl 1.5, fl 0.8, ecl 6.9 W. 156.5°-337° (180.5°) R. 337-156.5° (179.5°)
(38)
3565
-Lei Yue Mun: (U)
Siu Chau Wan. N. side
22 17.4
114 14.1
Fl. W. 5.0 sec. 200
29
3
Pillar, black and white chequered
Al 0.5
10
(39)
3570
-S. side. Kung
(U)
Arm.
22 17.2
114 13.9
Fl, R. 5.0 sec.
4,000
37
11
Hut inside tripod, red and white
Al 0.4
30
(40)
3572
Hak Kok Tau
22 15.8
Gp. Fl. (2) W. R. 10.0
163
114 15.3
Sec.
W. 12
R. 5
Dwelling, white
20
18,000
APPENDIX 7-Contd.
No.
Lat. N.
NAME-position
Long, E.
Characteristics Intensity
Eleva-
Range
Structure
Remarks
tion
(1)
(2)
(3)
(5)
(6)
(7)
8)
TUNG LUNG
(41)
3576.6
-NGAI YING PAI
(U)
22 14.6
Fl. W. 1.5 sec.
40.5
10
114 16.7
200
Square tower, white 12
A 0.3
(42)
3574
-Tathong Point
22 14.4
Fl. W. 5.0 sec.
53
9
Beacon, white
114 17.1
200
25
Nauto (3) 60.0 sec.
(43)
3575
Lam Tong Jetty Head
22 15.4
Qk. Fl. W.
22
1
114 17.2
Tubular column, alum. 12
(44)
3575.4
Tai Long Pai
(U)
22 14.2
114 15.8
Gp. Fl. (4) R. 15.0 sec. 80
45
5
Tripod, red and white chequered
40
Nauto. (2) 30.0 sec.
A 0.5
vis. 306"-141° (195°) bl 3.0, sil 5.0, bl 5.0, sil 5.0, bl 5.0, sil 35.0.
On pier head.
Ra. reff.
A 1.35, ecl 1.0, f 0.35, ecl 1.0, A 0.35, ecl 1.0, 8 0.35, ecl 10.6.
bl 1.0, sil 5.0,
bl 1.0, sil 23.0.
(45)
3577
Taitam Peninsula (U) Bluff point
22 11.8
114 12.7
Gp. Fl. (5) W. 30.0 sec. 19,000
20
Beacon, white 12
A 0.4
LAMMA ISLAND
(46) 3577.2
---Un Kok.
(U)
Yuen Kok
22 11.0
114 08.8
Fl. W. 5.0 sec.
5
200
Lattice tower, white 10
A 0.5
(47)
3577.4
Wong Chu Kok (U)
22 12.6
Gp. Fl. (2) R. 10.0 sec.
5
Beacon, white
114 09.5
50
20
(48)
3577.46 -Shek Kok Tsui (U)
22 14.1
114 06.2
Gp. Fl. (3) W. 15.0 sec. 200
60
5
Pillar, white
6
Al 0.5, ecl 1.0, f 0.5, ecl 8.0
Ra. refl.
Al 0.325, ecl 2.675, A 0.325, ect 6.275, A 0.325, ecl 8.675.
101
Digitized by
(49)
3577.5
e-Otsi Pai
(U)
22 13.4
114 06.3
Qk. Fl. W.
11
11
Pillar, white
11
(50)
Aberdeen Break- (U) water
Fl. W. 3.0 sec.
21
3
(51)
3577.6
Chu Kwu Chau
(U)
22 14.7
114 08.2
Fl. W. 1.5 sec.
5
CA
Tubular column, alum, A 0.3
Stone Building, white
A 0.5
35
APPENDIX 7-Contd.
Lat. N.
Characteristics
Eleva-
No.
NAME-position
Range
Structure
Remarks
Long. E.
Intensity
tion
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(52)
3578
WANG LAN -Waglan
22 11.0
114 18.1
Gp. Fl. (2) W. 30.0 sec. 1,000,000
225
21
Round tower, white
Dia. (2) 60.0 sec.
(53)
3579.2
(54)
3579.4
Gau Tau (Mirs Bay)
Fung Wong Fat (U) (Tolo Channel)
(U)
22 28.0
114 25.5
FL. W. 4.0 sec.
60
90
6
with red central band| 32
White dwellings
fl 0.6, ecl 3.4, fi 0.6, ecl 25.4
Visible in all directions except where obscured by land
Shown also by day when the fog signal is being sounded telegraph to Hong Kong
Ro. Bn. Sig. Stn. Storm Signals.
bl 2.0, sil 4.0, bl 2.0, sil 52.0
Square structure, white fl 0.4 sec.
10
22 29.2
Qk. Fl. W.
25
1.25 Tubular column, white
114 18.3
(55)
3579.6
Loo Foo Fat (U)
22 28.2
Qk. Fl. R.
20
(Tolo Channel)
114 16.3
2 Tubular column, white 10
(56)
3580
Bush Reef
(U)
22 26.9
(Tolo Harbour)
114 15.3
Gp. Fl. (3) W. 9.0 sec. 300
22
+
(57)
Unnum- Tsing Yi NE
(U)
22 21.8
Qk. Fl. W.
50
Beacon, white
fi 0.4, ecl 1.3, fil 0.4, ecl 1.3, fl 0.4, ecl 5.0
1.25 Tubular column, alum. To be made permanent
bered
114 05.9
(58)
3531.4
Tsing Yi NW
(U)
22 21.35
Fl. W. 1.5 sec.
15
Beacon, white
A 0.33
114 04.35
6
(59)
Unnum- Tsim Bei Tsui Pier (U)
22 28.7
Qk. Fl. W.
18
1
bered
(Deep Bay)
114 00.5
Tubular column, alum. 12
On pier head
(60)
Unnum- Ping Chau Pier
(U)
22 32.7
Qk. Fl. W.
18
1
bered
(Mirs Bay)
114 26.5
(61)
Unnum- Kat-O Pier,
(U))
22 33.1
Qk. Fl. W.
18
Tubular column, alum. | On pier head 12
Tubular column, alum. On pier head
bered
Crooked Island
114 17.25
12
(Mirs Bay)
102
Digitized by
APPENDIX 7-Contd.
Lat. N.
No.
NAME-position
Long. E.
Characteristics Intensity
Eleva-
tion
Range
Structure
Remarks
(1)
(2)
(3)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(62)
Unnum- Tap Mun Chau
(U)
22 28.16
Qk. Fl. W.
18
bered
Pier
114 21.4
Tubular column, alum. 12
On pier head
(63)
Unnum- Lie Chi Chong
(U)
22 27.5
Qk. Fl. W.
18
bered
Pier Tolo Channel
114 17.8
Tubular column, alum. 12
On pier head
(64)
Unnum- Sham Chung Pier (U)
22 26.5
Qk. Fl. W.
18
bered
Tolo Channel
114 16.8
Tubular column, alum. On pier head 12
(65)
Unnum- Kei Ling Ha Hoi (U)
22 26.0
Qk. Fl. W.
18
bered
Pier Tolo Channel
114 16.0
Tubular column, alum. 12
On pier head
(66)
Unnum-Sok Kwu Wan Pier(U)
22 12.4
Qk. Fl. W.
18
1
bered
Lamma Island
114 07.7
Tubular column, alum. 12
On pier head
(67)
Unnum- Mawan Pier
(U)
22 20.9
Qk. Fl. W.
18
1
bered
114 03.2
Tubular column, alum. 12
On pier head
(68)
Unnum-Shek Kwu Chau (U)
22 11.8
Qk. Fl. W.
18
1
bered
Pier
113 59.5
Tubular column, alum. 12
On pier head
(69)
Unnum- Tung Chung Pier (U)
22 17.1
Qk. Fl, W.
18
1
bered
Lantao Island
113 55.7
Tubular column, alum. 12
On pier head
(70)
Unnum- Lei-Yue-Mun Turning
22 16.39
Fl. W. 1.5 sec.
10
3
bered
Buoy (Lei-Yue-Mun Channel)
114 15.28
60
Pillar, black and white vertical stripes
Ra, refi
Al 0.25
(71)
Unnum- Kowloon Bay Buoy
22 17.99
Fl. W. 5.0 sec.
10
3
bered
(Eastern Harbour)
114 12.96
Conical, black and white chequered
A 0.5
(72)
Unnum- Cust Rock Buoy
22 17.97
Qk. Fl. W.
3
0.75 Small marker buoy
bered
144 10.82
(73)
bered
Unnum- Hung Hom Fairway Entrance South
22 17.82
Gp. Fl. (2) R.
10
114 12.09
6.0 sec.
(74)
bered
Unnum- Hung Hom Fairway Entrance North
22 18.07
Fl. (1) W. 3.0 sec.
10
3
114 12.1
(75)
Unnum- Hung Hom Mid
22 17.94
Gp. Fl. (6) W.
10
3
bered
Channel East
144 11.39
12.0 sec.
Pillar, red and white vertical stripes
Pillar, black and white vertical stripes Pillar, red and white vertical stripes
Very low on water and very low power
Ra. ref.
Al 0.3, ecl 2.0, fl 0.3 ecl 3.4.
Ra, refl.
A 0.4 sec.
Ra, refl.
Al 0.25, ecl 1.25, Al 0.25, ecl 1.25, ft 0.25, ecl 1.25, fl 0.25, ecl 1.25, fl 0.25, ecl 4.25.
103
Digitized by
APPENDIX 7-Contd.
Lat. N.
Characteristics
Eleva-
No.
NAME-position
Long. E.
Intensity
tion
Range
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(76)
bered
(77)
bered
Unnum- Hung Hom Mid
Unnum- South Fairway Buoy
(Western Harbour)
22 17.25
Gp. Fl. (6) W. 12.0
10
3
Channel West
114 10.3
sec.
22 17.25
Gp. Fl. (3) W. 10.0
10
3
114 07.1
sec.
(78)
Unnum- Dangerous Goods
22 19.3
bered
anchorage buoy (Western Harbour)
114 06.81
Gp. Fl. (2) R. 10.0 sec. 60
10
(79)
Unnum- Quarantine anchorage
bered
Buoy (Western Harbour)
22 19.6
114 06.65
FI. W. 5.0 sec. 60
12
3
Conical, black and white chequered
Structure
(7)
Pillar, red and white vertical stripes
Conical, black and chequered
Can, red and white chequered
Remarks
(8)
Scheduled to be layed mid 1966.
fl 0.4, ecl 0.6, Al 0.4, ec10.6, Al 0.4, ecl 7.6.
Al 0.5, ecl 1.5, Al 0.5, ecl 7.5.
Al 0.5 sec.
(80)
Unnum-Yaumati Anchorage
bered
Buoy East
22 18.4
114 09.36
Gp. Fl. (4) R. 20.0 sec, 60
12
Can, red and white chequered
Digitized by
104
Pillar, red and white vertical stripes
Ra. refi.
Al 0.325, ecl 2.675, fil 0.325, ecl 2.675, Al 0.325, ecí 2.675, A 0.325, ecl 10.675.
Ra. refl.
fl 0.325, ecl 2.675, A 0.325, ecl 2.675, Al 0.325, eci 8.675.
Ra. refl.
Al 0.25, ecl 1.25, fl 0.25, ecl 1.25, f 0.25, ecl 1.25, fi 0.25, ecl. 1.25, A 0.25, ecl 4.25.
(81)
Unnum Yaumati Anchorage
22 18.6
bered
Buoy West
114 08.6
Gp. Fl. (3) R. 15.0 sec. 60
12
Can, red and white chequered
(82)
Unnum- Mid Central Fairway bered
Buoy
22 17,96
114 08.32
Gp. Fl. (6) W. 12.0 sec. 60
12
5
(83)
Unnum- West Central Fairway
22 19.0
bered
Buoy
114 07.47
Gp. Fl. (6) W. 12.0 sec. 60
12
6
Pillar, red and white vertical stripes
Ra. refl.
(84)
bered
Unnum- Central Fairway
Approach Buoy
22 19.35
Fl. R. 5.0 sec. 60
12
114 06.3
Can, red and white chequered
Ra. refi.
(85)
Unnum- A 30 Mooring Buoy
22 18.92
Qk. Fl. W.
bered
114 07.7
(86)
Unnum De Guassing Range
22 19.0
Fl. W. 3.0 sec. 35
00
N
bered
Buoy
144 07.9
light
Conical, blue and white vertical stripes
fl 0.5
L & G Mooring buoy | Trial, Mooring location
Marking the De Guas- sing range
APPENDIX 7-Contd.
No.
NAME-position
Lat. N.
Long. E.
Characteristics
Eleva-
Intensity
tion Range
Structure
Remarks
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(87)
bered
Unnum- Lamma Patch Buoy
(East Lamma Channel)
22 14.9
114 07.2
Qk. Fl. R.
12
2.5
Spherical wide black and red Horizontal Bands separated by
Ra. refl.
a 12"white band.
(88)
Unnum- Tsuen Wan Fairway
22 21.98
10
3
bered
Buoy Port Hand East
114 05.78
Pillar, red and white chequered
Ra. refi,
(89)
Unnum- Tsuen Wan Fairway
22 21.85
10
3
bered
Buoy Port Hand West
114 05.0
Pillar, red and white chequered
Ra. refl.
(90)
Unnum- Tsuen Wan Fairway
22 22.02
10
3
bered
Buoy Starboard
114 05.55
Pillar, black and white chequered
Ra. refl.
Hand East
(91)
Unnum- Tsuen Wan Fairway
22 21.93
10
3
bered
Buoy Starboard
114 04.92
Pillar, black and white chequered
Ra. refi.
Hand West
(92)
Unnum- Tsuen Wan Southern
22 21.9
Qk. Fl. W.
12
bered
Buoy Entrance
114 06.45
1.25 Can, red and white chequered
(93)
Unnum- Bunsansiah Buoy
22 19.4
Fl. R. 3.0 sec. 35
12
2
bered
114 03.97
Can, red and white chequered
Al 0.4
(94)
Unnum- Tung Kwu Wreck Buoy
22 24.7
bered
113 52.4
Gp. Fl. (2) G. 10.0 sec. 35
12
Can, Green.
fl 0.4
(95)
Wan Chai Spoil Ground
22 17.0
114 10.52
Qk. Fl. R.
10
1
Pillar, white
10
Marking
'SHIRAGANE MARU'
Marking edge of Reclamation
Piers Lighting:
105
Digitized by
(1) Regualtion 17 of Merchant Shipping (Control of Ports) Regulations, 1953:
Piers, jetties and wharves belonging to Government or to the Naval, Military or Air-force authorities shall be lighted between sunset and sunrise by a red light at a height of not less than 10 nor more than 20 feet and within 6 feet of the outer end thereof. Other piers, jetties and wharves shall be lighted by the owners with a green light similarly placed.
Such lights shall be constructed and of a type to be visible from seaward in clear weather at a distance of one mile.
Note: (1) Several pier lights situated outside of the harbour limits may not conform to the above regulation.
(2) The abbreviation '(U)' used throughout the above table means "Unwatched'.
The boundaries of the Cable Reserves within the harbour area are marked by means of fixed red lights situated on the above.
APPENDIX 7(A)
OPERATIONAL STAFF & NO. OF NAVIGATIONAL AIDS IN SERVICE
NO. OF LIGHTS|
OR STAFF
NO. OF LIGHTS
90
80
NO. OF STAFF
WORKSHOP STAFF INCREASED FROM 12 TO 19-58% NAVIGATIONAL AIDS INCREASED FROM 28 TO 86-290%
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
O
46/47
61/62 62/63 63/64 64/65 65/66
Digitized by
APPENDIX 8
GOVERNMENT EXPLOSIVES DEPOT
ANNUAL RETURNS OF EXPLOSIVES, ACCESSORIES and REVENUE FOR 1965-66
Stored for Government
Stored for General Public
Total
No. of
Cases
Weight
in lbs.
No. of
Cases
Weight
in lbs.
No. of
Weight
Cases
in lbs.
Quantity in Depot on 1.4.65
10
888
9,687
607,206
9,697
608,094
Quantity received into Depot
74
4,086
54,551
3,420,470
54,625
3,424,556
Quantity exported, re-exported and transhipment
...
2,578
200,363
2,578
200,363
Quantity withdrawn for local
consumption
Balance in Depot 31.3.66
Revenue from Storage Fees
33
2,711
51
2,263
:
:
:
49,966 3,101,074*
11,694 726,239
49,999 3,103,785
11,745
728,502
N.B.
Accounts rendered during 1965-66. Accounts outstanding from 1964-65
Accounts collected during 1965-66... $ 90,292.50 Accounts outstanding on 31.3.66
* Including 20,172 lbs. supplied to Government.
Total
19,361.50
$109,654.00
$108,353.50
616.00
Total
$108,969.50
107
Digitized by
APPENDIX 9
JUNKS AND POWER DRIVEN VESSEL OF 60 TONS NET AND UNDER ENTERED AND CLEARED 1ST APRIL, 1965-31ST MARCH 1966
VESSELS ENTERED
Vessels Entered
Junks
No. of Vessels
Tons Net
Cargo Dead Weight Tons
Canton
***
3,055
888,663.00
949,127.00
West River & Canton River Delta
6,803
782,284.00 769,941.00
Macau
...
2,246
315,469.00
44,194.00
East Coast
247
12,566.00 17,406.00
West Coast
89
11,172.00
6,217.00
Total 1965-66
Total 1964-65
Comparison (Foreign)
POWER-DRIVEN VESSELS OF 60 TONS
NET AND UNDER
Canton
West River & Canton River Delta
Macau
East Coast
...
West Coast
+
12,440 | 2,010,154.00 1,786,885.00 11,515 | 2,289,781.49| 1,509,582.19
925
- 279,627.00 + 277,303.00
**
2,061 1,909
105,812.00
77,568.00
75,703.00 48,682.00
212
11,474.00
899
71,476.00
72,373.00
598
48,276.00 34,925.00
Total 1965-66
Total 1964-65
Comparison (Foreign)
TOTAL ENTERED Junks
***
...
***
***
...
Power-Driven Vessels of 60 Tons & Under
Total 1965-66 Total 1964-65
Comparison (Foreign)
:
5,679 312,741.00 233,548.00 5,052 273,683.00 163,844.00
+ 627 + 39,058.00+ 69,704.00
12,440 | 2,010,154.00 1,786,885.00 5,679 312,741.00 233,548.00
18,119
2,322,895.00 2,020,433.00 16,567 2,563,464.00 1,673,426.00
+ 1,552
-
- 240,569.00 + 347,007.00
108
Digitized by
APPENDIX 9 (A)
JUNKS AND POWER DRIVEN VESSEL OF 60 TONS NET AND UNDER ENTERED AND CLEARED 1ST APRIL, 1965-31ST MARCH, 1966
Junks
VESSELS CLEARED
Canton
...
West River and Canton River Delta
Macau
East Coast
West Coast
Total 1965-66
Total 1964-65
***
::
Vessels Cleared
No. of
Tons Net
Vessels
Cargo Dead Weight Tons
3,233
896,434.00
38,782.00
6,623
780,868.00
26,124.00
2,242
311,977.00
86,633.00
258
15,180.00
169.00
89
--
10,316.00
636.00
12,445 2,014,775.00
152,344.00
11,432 2,340,551.36
128,724.04
+ 1,013
· 325,776.00 + 23,620.00
Comparison (Foreign)
POWER-DRIVEN VESSELS OF 60 TONS
NET AND UNDER
Canton
West River and Canton River Delta
Macau
East Coast
West Coast
2,275
132,926.00
1,861
72,883.00
226
12,007.00
709
46,240.00 3,222.00
597
48,477.00
236.00
5,070
5,668 312,533.00 273,772.00
3,458.00
712.00
+
598 + 38,761.00 +
2,746.00
Total 1965-66
Total 1964-65
Comparison (Foreign)
TOTAL ENTERED Junks
...
::
:
Power-Driven Vessels of 60 Tons and Under...
Total 1965-66 Total 1964-65
Comparison (Foreign)
:
109
12,445
2,014,775.00
152,344.00
5,668
312,533.00
3,458.00
18,113 2,327,308.00 16,502 2,614,323.36
155,802,00
129,436.00
+ 1,611
- 287,015.00 + 26,366.00
Digitized by
APPENDIX 9 (B)
LICENCES AND PERMITS ISSUED AND FEES COLLECTED BY THE
SMALL CRAFT LICENSING SECTION 1965-1966
Description
Licence and Franchises
Licences:
Boat
Cl. I Passenger Lic. Receipt (1st Class)
(Valid Lic. 37 Non-valid Lic. 11)
Cl. I Passenger Lic. Receipt (2nd Class)
(Valid Lic. 1856 Non-valid Lic. 462).......
Total
Fee
Fee Receipt Collected Collected Increase Issued 1965-1966 1964-1965
Decrease
38
745.00 1,037.50
292.50
2,073
20,760.00 19,740.00 1,020.00
Cl. II Lic. Receipt (Valid Lic. 2235
Non-valid Lic. 202)
2,331| 247,597.50| 220,192.50| 27,405.00
CI. III Lic. Receipt (Valid Lic. 319
Non-valid Lic. 127)
704
56,340.00 39,670.00 16,670.00
Cl. IV Lic. Receipt (Valid Lic. 6616
Non-valid Lic. 2309)
8,104
73,401.00
43,893.75
29,507.23
Duplicate Lic. Book
74
617.00
680.00
63.00
Repainting No. (Cl. I to IV)
18
10.00
Voyage Permit (Table 14)
2,801
2,801.00
31.00
2,254.00
21.00
547.00
Indorsement Fee Receipt (Table 14)
1,237
4,639.00
5,523.00
884.00
Monthly Permit (Table 14)
683
8,730.00 7,330.00
1,400.00
Inspection Fee Pre-licence etc.
20
400.00
400.00
11 81 8
Junks
CI. V Mechanised Trading Junk Lic.
Receipt (Valid Lic. 278 Non-valid Lic. 71)
358
18,467.25 16,238.75
2,228.50
CI. VI Mechanised Fishing Junk Lic. Receipt (Valid Lic. 2646 Non-valid Lic. 823)
6,308
Duplicate Book
65
Repainting No. (Cl. V to VI)
24
Monthly Permit (Table 14)
582
198,551.50) 118,576.25
823.00 1,425.00
24.00
140.00
7,760.00 5,720.00
79,975.25
602.00
116.00
2,040.00
Indorsement Fee Receipt (Table 14)
565
2,245.00
1,608.00
637.00
Voyage Permit (Table 14)
667
667.00
589.00
78.00
Inspection Fee Pre-licence etc.
21
420.00
420.00
Steam Launches
Lic. Receipt (Valid Lic. 545 Non-valid
Lic. 117)
1,005
38,215.00
29,300.00
8,915.00
Lic. Book
43
Duplicate Lic. Book
11
129.00
135.00
Day Clearance
2,724
2,724.00
357.00
300.00
2,588.00
228.00
165.00
136.00
Anchorage Permit
3,087
15,453.00 2,585.00 12,868.00
T
110
Digitized by Google
!
Description
Special Anchorage Permit
Night Clearance
Monthly Permit
J
Monthly Clearance 'Ferries*
Plying Permit, Motor Boats Temporary Licence
APPENDIX 9 (B)-Contd.
Total
Fee
Fee
Receipt Collected Collected Increase Decrease
Issued 1965-1966 1964-1965
$
3,478
34,780.00
33,990.00
790,00
4931
988.00 1,022.00
34.00
745
4,374.00
869.00
3,505.00
180
9,000.00 8,950.00
50.00
1,670
21,580.00
16,950.00
4,630.00
52
520.00
520.00
24
120.00
120.00
Indorsement Fee Receipt
Marine Hawkers
Lic. Receipt (Steamship)
789
47,340.00
48,480.00
Lic. Receipt (Native Craft)
127
4,445.00
4,445.00
Duplicate Lic. Book
9
45.00
45.00
Duplicate Lapel Card
6.00
4.00
2.00
Tally Clerks
Lic. Receipt
2,075
10,380.00
9,820.00
560.00
Duplicate Lic. Book
5
Duplicate Lapel Card
7
25.00
7.00
15.00
10.00
7.00
Fishing Stakes & Nets
Seine Net Lic.
74
345.00
460.00
Line of Stake Net Lic.
Off Shore Stake Net. Lic.
Inshore Stake Net Lic.
Fees of Court or Office
•
114.00
115.00
Fees:
Private Mooring in Typhoon Shelters
Engagement of Masters and Engineers...
6,318.00 4,400.00
Examination of Masters
Examination of Engineers
4,531
2,118.00 2,867 38,200.00 27,070.00 11,130.00 1,261 21,265.00 11,330.00 9,935.00
Light Dues
Survey Fee
Official Signature ...
Miscellaneous Permits
16,376) 146,339.42 130,791.00
42,547.62
4,058 216,663.12| 99,853.12
327 1,635.00
116,810.00
1,635.00
584
Exemption from Regulations
471
2,920.00 3,110.00 9,420,00
190.00
9,420.00
Dangerous Goods Permits
1,566] 7,830.00 5,430.00
2,400.00
Duplicate Certificate of Competency as
Master
82
410.00
410.00
Water Revenue
Chargeable Water $0.15 Ticket
$3.00 Ticket
Over Collection
TOTAL
+
80,470
21,278
12,070.50 14,728.50 63,834.00
98,709.00
2,658.00 34,875.00
1
15.00
15.00
177,082 1,362,729.29|1,013,258.17 390,854.62
41,383.50
Net Increase: $349,471.12
111
Digitized by
NUMBER OF VESSELS
00
8 8 8
CLASS I PASSENGER SAMPANS.
CLASSII LIGHTER CARGO BOATS.
CLASS III HULKS AND
STATIONARY VESSELS.
CLASS IV MISCELLANEOUS
VESSELS.
CLASS V TRADING JUNKS.
CLASS VI FISHING JUNKS.
LAUNCHES & FERRY VESSELS.
LICENCES ISSUED TO VESSELS BY
SMALL CRAFT LICENSING SECTION
NEW LICENCES
1965 - 1966
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
NUMBER OF VESSELS
CLASS I PASSENGER SAMPANS.
CLASS II LIGHTER CARGO BOATS
CLASS III HULKS AND STATIONARY VESSELS.
CLASS IV MISCELLANEOUS VESSELS.
CLASS V TRADING JUNKS.
CLASS VI FISHING JUNKS.
LAUNCHES & FERRY VESSELS.
Digitized by
RENEWALS
APPENDIX 9(C)
3000
2750
2500
2250
T
PASSED
2000
1750
1500
Digitized by
Goog
e
1250
1000
750
500
250
FAILED
LOCAL MASTERS CERTIFICATES
TOTAL CANDIDATES EXAMINED ANNUALLY
APPENDIX 9 D
52-53
53.54 | 54-55 | 55-56 56-57 | 57-58 58-59 | 59-60 | 60-61
61-62 | 62-63 63-64 | 64-65 | 65-66
Station
APPENDIX 9 (E)
LICENCE ISSUED AND FEES COLLECTED AT
MARINE LICENSING OFFICE
1964-65
1965-66
Increased
Decreased
$
$
$
151,651.05
208,422.35
56,771.30
8,203.75
7,777.00
426.75
42,711.60
60,677.99
17,966.39
60,401.82
94,404.31
34,002.49
33,362.15
36,262.30
2,900.15
198,591.75
543,910.57
345,318.82
518,336.05
411,274.77
107,061.28
:
:.
:
:
:..
...
...
:
:
Aberdeen
Cheung Chau
Shau Kei Wan
Tai Po
:
:
:
Tai O or Castle Peak
Yau Ma Tei
Victoria
114
Digitized by
1,013,258.17
1,362,729.29
456,959.15
107,488.03
Net Increase: $349,471.12
N.B. Special licensing party duties were conducted by outstations during the year from which $124,887.52 of revenue was collected. This revenue has been included in the above tabulation of revenue.
Total
2000
1900
1800
1700
1600
1500
1400
1300
1200
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
Digitized by
Est PeVERLAG.
L
ALIEN LA I ZR X EC has
SMALL CRAFT
CLASS II CARGO WORKING CRAFT
APPENDIX 9(F)
LEGEND:-
DUMB WOODEN LIGHTERS. MOTOR CARGO BOATS. DUMB STEEL LIGHTERS.
SAILING CARGO BOATS.
TOTAL.
NO.
1958-1959
1959-1960
1960-1961
1961-1962 1962-1963
YEAR
1963-1964
1964-1965 1965-1966
APPENDIX 10
GOVERNMENT CRAFT DISPOSITION
Department
Name of Vessel
Type
Length
Speed
Plying Limit
Remarks
Agriculture and Fisheries
Marine No. 44
Fibreglass Jet Boat
18'
36
Cape St. Mary
Fisheries Research
105.4'
11
Knots
Knots CIV
Trawler
Alister Hardy
Trawler
66'
9.16 Knots
CL. IV
Commerce & Industry Marine No. 22
Harbour Launch
27'
Knots
CI. I
Marine No. 34
-do-
55'
Knots
CI. II
C. & L. No. 3
Patrol Launch
Knots
Cl. I
C. & I. No. 4
-do-
42'
19
Knots
Cl. I
C. & I. No. 9
Fibreglass Jet Boat
18'
37
Knots
CL. I
Fire Services
Alexander Grantham
Fire Float
127' 8*
11.7 Knots
CI. III
No. 1 Fire Boat
Fire Float
45'
16
Knots
CI. I
No. 2 Fire Boat
Fire Float
82*
11.2
Knots
CI. II
No. 3 Fire Boat
Fire Float
40'
8.4
Knots
Cl. I
No. 4 Fire Boat
Crush Tender
60'
13
Knots
CL. III
Fitted with Radar & Echo Sounder
Fitted with R/T & Echo Sounder
Fitted with R/T
-do-
Fitted with R/T & Echo Sounder Fitted with R/T
-do-
Formerly C.A. No. 1
Government House
Immigration
H.E.'s Barge Lady Maurine
Immigration No. 1 Immigration No. 2 Immigration No. 3
Launch
48′ 6′′
10
Motor Yacht
91'
10.4
Knots
Knots C. III
Fitted with R/T
Fitted with R/T
T.B.
45'
T.B.
45'
Harbour Launch
Marine No. 10
T.B.
45'
Marine
Marine No. 1
Harbour Launch
57'
Marine No. 4
-do-
62'
Marine No. 6 Marine No. 7
T.B.
45*
Tanac/Patrol
64' 3*
Marine No. 15
T.B.
Marine No. 16
T.B.
aafa saadaa
Knots
CL. II
Fitted with R/T
Knots
Cl. II
Fitted with R/T
17.56 Knots
Cl. I
Fitted with R/T
Knots
CL. II
9.66 Knots
Cl. II
Knots
CI. II
Fitted with R/T & Echo Sounder Fitted with R/T
Knots
CI. II
9.5
Knots
Cl. III
Fitted with R/T
Knots
CL. II
Knots
CI. II
Fitted with R/T
Marine No. 20
Barge
Knots
CL. I
Marine No. 21
Harbour Launch
53'
6.5
Knots
CL. II
Fitted with R/T
Marine No. 23
-------do---
27'
Knots
Cl. I
Marine No. 25
Powered Dory
15′ 6′′
Knots
CI. I
Marine No. 33
T.B.
45'
Knots
CL. II
M.L.O. & D.C.N.T./Tai Po
Marine No. 38 Marine No. 46
Harbour Launch
21'
5.5
Knots
CI. I
Marine No. 47
do...
-do
27*
7.38
Knots
CI, I
27
7.38
Knots CL. I
Marine No. 48 Lighter No. 58 Lighter No. 11
Refuse Collector
30'
4
Knots
CL. I
Lighter
95′ 1′′
Embarkation Lighter
70′ 4′′
||
||
116
Digitized by
APPENDIX 10-Contd.
Length
Department
Medical & Health
Name of Vessel
Type
Speed
Plying Limit
Chee Hong
Launch
Chee Wan
Launch
77
11
Knots
10.68 Knots
CL. III
Port Health No. 1
Port Health No. 3
Port Health No. 4 Port Health No. 5
Harbour Launch do......
62"
9.98
Knots
CI. II
70′ 8′′
9.5
Knots
CL. III
Remarks
Fitted with R/T; Floating Clinic Fitted with R/T; Floating Clinic Fitted with R/T
--do-
-do...
62′ 41′′
9.25
Knots
CI. II
-do-
T.S. Lighter
8.4
Knots
N.T.A.
Marine No. 19
Twin Screw Lighter
71′ 6′′
Knots
CL. III
Marine No. 42
Fibreglass Jet Boat
18'
37
Knots
C. I
Marine No. 43
-do
18'
37
Knots
CI. I
Sir Cecil Clementi
Launch
77' 81′′
10.6
Knots
CI. III
Fitted with R/T & Radar
Police
Police No. 1
Patrol Launch
111'
12
Knots
Fitted with R/T & Radar
Police No. 2
Patrol Launch
111'
12
Knots
-------do-
Police No. 3
Patrol Launch
58.15'
17.6
Knots
CL. III
-do-
Police No. 4
---do---
78'
17.75 Knots
CI. III
-do-
Police No. 5
T.B.
45'
Knots
Cl. II
Fitted with R/T
Police No. 6
Patrol Launch
65'
10.5 Knots
CL. III
Police No. 8
T.B.
Knots
Cl. II
Fitted with R/T & Radar
Fitted with R/T
Police No. 9
T.B.
Knots
CI. II
Police No. 10
T.B.
45'
Knots
CI. II
-do-
-do
Police No. 11.
T.B.
Knots
CI. II
Police No. 12
T.B.
45'
Knots
CI, II
Police No. 13
T.B.
45'
Knots
Cl. II
Police No. 14
T.B.
45'
Knots
CI. II
do
Police No. 15
T.B.
45'
Knots
CI. II
Police No. 16
T.B.
Knots
CI, II
-do
Police No. 17
Harbour Launch
43'
Knots
CL. II
-do-
Police No. 18
-do-
47′ 6′′
6.8
Knots
CI. II
-do-
Police No. 19
Fibreglass Jet Boat
18'
Knots
CI. I
-do-
Police No. 20 Police No. 21 Police No. 22
Police No. 23 Police No. 24 Police No. 25 Police No. 26 Police No. 27
Powered Dory
17'
5.45
Knots
CI. I
------do-----
17'
5.45
Knots
CL. I
-do-
17'
5.45 Knots
CI. I
Fibreglass Jet Boat
18'
37
Knots
CL. I
Fitted with R/T
Patrol Launch
42'
19
Knots
CI. I
Dory
20.15'
7
Knots
CI.
Patrol Launch
70'
10.75 Knots
CL. III
-do-
70'
10.75 Knots
CL. III
Police No. 28
Police No. 29
Police No. 30
Police No. 31
Police No. 32
Police No. 33
Police No. 34
-do-
70'
10.75 Knots
Cl. III
-do-
Fitted with R/T & Radar
-do-
-do
do-
70'
10.75 Knots
CI. III
70'
10.75 Knots
CI. III
70'
10.75 Knots
Cl. III
70'
10.75 Knots
CI. III
70'
10.75 Knots CI. III
70'
10.75 Knots
III
117
Digitized by
APPENDIX 10-Contd.
Department
Police (Cont'd)
Name of Vessel
Police No. 35 Marine No. 29 Marine No. 31 Marine No. 35
C. & L. No. 1
Thornycroft Patrol Launch
78'
19.96 Knots
C. & I. No. 2
78'
C. & I. No. 5
58'
C. & I. No. 6
-do-
45' 6*
19.96 Knots 18.82 Knots 20.88 Knots
Plying Limit
Remarks
These Vessels will
Fitted with R/T Fitted
with R/T
Type
Length
Speed
Fibreglass Jet Boat
18'
37
Knots
CL. I
Patrol Launch
67'
10.25 Knots
CI. III
Tanac/Patrol
64' 3"
9.5 Knots
CI. III
Patrol Launch
82′ 9′′
11.1 Knots
CI. III
Fitted
with R/T
& Radar
be returned to the Launch Pool so long as they are not required by 'Haslemere
the
Operations'
On loan from C. & I. Dept. for 'Haslemere Operations'
Fitted with R/T & Radar
-do---
-do-
On Loan from C. & I. Dept. for "Haslemere Operations' Fitted with R/T
CI. III
CI. III
C. & L. No. 7 C. & I. No. 8 Police No. 46 Police No. 47
-do
45′ 6′′
21.42 Knots
-do-
45' 6"
21.17 Knots
C1. II
Mech. Junk
27'
Knots
Mech. Junk
38'
Knots
Post Office
Marine No. 14 Marine No. 24
Marine No. 13
Twin Screw Lighter
71′ 6′′
Knots
III
-do
71′ 6′′
Knots
-do-
71' 6"
8.88
Knots
CI. III
Marine No. 26
Despatch Launch
35'
7.57
Knots
Cl. I
Marine No. 27
-do-
35'
7.57
Knots
CL, I
Marine No. 41
Twin Screw Lighter
71′ 6′′
8.5
Knots
CI. III
Marine No. 5
Prisons
Public Works
Port Works No. 1 Port Works No. 2 Port Works No. 3 Port Works No. 4 Port Works No. 5 Port Works No. 6 Port Works No. 7
Port Works No. 8
Diving Barge
Twin Screw Lighter
71.55'
8.5
Knots
CI. III
R.N.T.
75'
9.5
Knots
Cl. I, II & III
Harbour Launch R.N.T.
26'
Knots
CL I
75'
9.5
Knots
CL. I, II & III
$2'
5.7
Knots
C1. I & II
Survey Launch
47' 6"
8
Knots
CI, I & II
Harbour Launch
67'
Boring Barge
70′ 11′′
10.25 Knots
5.6
Knots
Cl. I, II & III
CL. I
Fitted with Echo Sounder
-do- Fitted with R/T
Dumb Boring Barge
71'
Dredging No. 1
Grab Dredger
70'
Dredging No. 2
-do---
70'
Dredging No. 3
Hopper Barge
97'
Dredging No. 4
-do-
97'
Dredging No. S
-do-
97'
Dredging No. 6
-do-
97'
Dredging No. 8
110′ 6′′
Dredging No. 9
110'
66
Marine No. 9
T.B.
9
Knots
CI, II
Plover Cove Scheme
118
Digitized by
APPENDIX 10-Contd.
Department
Name of Vessel
Type
Length
Speed
Plying Limit
Remarks
Stores
Marine No. 40
Twin Screw Lighter
71' 6"
8.5
Knots
CI. III
Urban Services
Marine No. 50
Tanac
64′ 3′′
9.5
Knots
III
Marine No. 51
Tanac
9.5
Knots
Marine No. 52
Tanac
64' 3"
9.5
Knots
CI.
Lighter No. 1
Refuse Barge
95′ 3′′
Lighter No. 2
འ་ག་da-
95′ 3′′
Lighter No. 3
-do-
95' 3"
Lighter No. 4
-do-
95' 3*
Lighter No. 55
Night Soil Barge
71'
Lighter No. 56
do......
71'
Lighter No. 68
-do-
71'
Lighter No. 71
Refuse Lighter
95' 1"
Lighter No. 72
-do-
95′ 1′′
Lighter No. 73
-do
95′ 11′′
Lighter No. 75
đo-
95′ 11*
Lighter No. 76
----do-
95′ 11′′
Lighter No. 77
do
95′ 11′′
Lighter No. 78
-do-
95′ 11′′
Lighter No. 79
-do
95' 1"
Lighter No. 80
-do-
95' 1"
Lighter No. 81
-do
95' 1"
Lighter No. 82
-do
95' 1"
Lighter No. 83
95' 1"
Launch Pool
Marine No. 2
T.B.
45'
Knots
CI. II
Marine No. 3
T.B.
45'
Knots
CL. II
Marine No. 8
T.B.
Knots
CI. II
Marine No. 11
Tanac
Marine No. 12
T.B.
45'
Marine No. 17
T.B.
45'
Marine No. 18
T.S. Lighter
71' 6"
Marine No. 28
R.N.T.
75'
Marine No. 30
Tanac
64' 3"
Marine No. 32
Tanac
Marine No. 36
Marine No. 39
T.S. Passenger Launch T.B.
45'
Marine No. 45
Marine No. 49
Marine No. 53
Marine No. 54 Lighter No. 70
T.S. Passenger Launch Powered Dinghy T.S. Passenger Launch
63'
19′ 6′′
4 ww aw
Knots CL. III
Knots
CL. II
Knots
CI. II
Knots
CL. III
9.5
Knots
CI. III
Fitted with R/T
9.5
Knots
CI. III
9.3
Knots
CI. III
16.5
Knots
CL. II
Fitted with R/T
Knots
CI. II
14.12 Knots
CL. IV
Fitted with R/T
6.18
Knots
CI. I
45'
8.75
Knots
CI. I
Formerly C.A. No. 2 Fitted with R/T
T.B.
Barge
45'
9
Knots
CI. II
Fitted with R/T
95' 1"
119
Digitized by
APPENDIX 11
SUMMARY OF WORK OF SHIP SURVEYS DIVISION 1965-66
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION SHIP SECTION
Merchant Shipping Safety Convention (Hong Kong) Orders, 1953 and 1965.
Survey of ships for safety and passenger certificates, inspection of miscel- laneous equipment and examination of masters and mates and engineers,
1964-65
65 Safety Equipment Certificates-British cargo ships
---Other Nationalities
:
1965-66
60
11
144
124
编辑
113
26
144
Safety Radio Certificates
-British cargo ships
151
-Other Nationalities
110
Direction finder calibration tests
時
•
Passenger and Safety Certificates:
14
P. & S. 1-International Voyage Certificates
11
5
10
P. & S. 2-International Voyage (Eastern Trades) P. & S. 3-Short International Voyage (Eastern Trades) P. & S. 4-River Trade Limit Certificates
14
11
6
16
4
Safety Certificates-Pilgrim Trade
6
***
15
Extensions to passenger certificates
3
30
24
Number of vessels surveyed for passenger and safety certificates Emigration Certificates
37
22
痛
4
International Load Line Certificates (existing ships).
11
8
Surveys for vessels clearing under tow ...
33
...
96
Plans examined for hulls, machinery and equipment of passenger and
cargo ships (other than new ships and small craft)
314
Navigation lanterns (oil and/or elec.) new, certified
74
442
34
Wooden life-boats, new, certified
23
54 Buoyant apparatus, new, certified
282
386
Inflatable life rafts with log sheets, re-survey
358
2,029
Life-buoys, new, inspected and stamped
3,085
3,549
Life-jackets, new, inspected and stamped
7,305
29
778
Certificates of Inspection issued, miscellaneous surveys Applications for Survey (Form S-6) received
76
880
1,771
47
Individual surveys made by Surveyors (existing ships) Surveys outside Hong Kong (Surveyor days) ...
2,172
35
120
Digitized by
APPENDIX 11-Contd.
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION SHIP SECTION-Contd.
Examinations for Certificates of Competency as Masters and Mates and Engineers:
(Merchant Shipping Ordinance No. 14 of 1953, Part II)
1964-65
96/36
Commonwealth Examinations:
Master (F. G.) ... First Mate (F.G.)
Second Mate (F.G.)
Totals
...
First Class Engineer, Part 'A' only First Class Engineer, Certificate First Class Engineer, Endorsement Second Class Engineer, Part 'A' only Second Class Engineer, Certificate Second Class Engineer, Endorsement
Totals
126/45
Other Examinations:
2-1
Trawling Master (Full)
6-1
Trawling Master (Limited)
福儡
25-15
M.N. Radar Observers Certificate
10-3
Radar Maintenance Certificate
275-180
Certified Lifeboatmen (L.S.A. Rules)
:.
1965-66
Examined
Passed
23
2
72
11
**
19
6
J
114
19
9
4
13
7
***
10
8
***
41
13
31
9
2
1
106
།*།
42
11
5
19
...
12
13
11
...
208
156
Exemption Candidates under Section 115(1) of M.S.O.
No. 14 of 1953:
5-5
Acting First Mate
Nil
Acting Trawling Master (Limited)
58-57
Acting First Class Engineer
197-194 Acting Second Class Engineer
Candidates
Examined
Passed
9
8
1
44
44
200
181
Note: Of the engineer exemptions 107 were re-validations upon renewal
of crew articles of agreement.
121
Digitized by
APPENDIX 11-Contd.
DESIGN AND NEW CONSTRUCTION SECTION
Merchant Shipping Ordinance and Merchant Shipping Safety Convention (H.K.) Orders
1953 and 1965.
1964-65
24
8
12
1
19
2-22 N
Surveys for British registry, new construction and/or major recon- struction of passenger and cargo vessels and Government craft.
British Registry, tonnage measurement and examination of crew
accommodation
British tonnage measurement only
...
British Registry and British tonnage measurement comprised:
(a) Ships over 1,000 tons net
...
(b) Ships over 500 tons and up to 1,000 tons net (c) Ships up to 500 tons net
Suez Canal, tonnage measurement
Panama Canal, tonnage measurement
...
...
Carving notes-change of ship's name, tonnage etc.
Plans examined and calculations made for hulls, machinery, crew accommodation and equipment of passenger and cargo ships Government craft under construction or completed Stability or strength investigations of foreign-going ships and
Government craft
***
21
261
2
26
9
244
International Loadline assignments (delivery voyages) Individual surveys made by surveyors on new vessels
LOCAL CRAFT SECTION
...
1965-66
14
00
14
...
1
7
3
4
37
337
8
19
18
182
Merchant Shipping Ordinance No. 14 of 1953 Parts 13 and 14:
Survey or inspection of passenger launches and ferry vessels, marine restaurants, mechanized junks, waterboats, etc. and examinations for launch mechanics.
1964-65
1965-66
927
Passenger launches-M.S.O. Part 13
966
5
Marine Restaurants-M.S.O. Part 14
4
1,217
Motorized cargo junks-M.S.O. Part 14
1,430
5,075
Mechanized fishing junks-M.S.O. Part 14
5,764
238
Carriage of dangerous goods-certificates of fitness
201
325
Plans examined for hull, machinery and equipment
248
51
British tonnage measurement only
31
14
British registry, tonnage measurement and certificates of survey
11
British registry and British tonnage measurement comprised:
1
64
(a) Craft over 200 tons and up to 300 tons net (b) Craft over 100 tons and up to 200 tons net (c) Craft up to 100 tons net
42
122
122
Digitized by
APPENDIX 11-Contd.
LOCAL CRAFT SECTION-Contd.
1964-65
11
Carving notes-inspection for
49
Stability investigations of Local Craft
7
100
Crane lighter boiler-certificate of inspection Chemical fire extinguisher tested and stamped
14
1965-66
10
47
...
41
7,673
New construction and/or conversions under survey Application for surveys Forms S. 6A received
9,692 Individual surveys by surveyors on small craft
Local Certificate of Competency:
Launch Mechanics, up to 150 B.H.P. Launch Mechanics, over 150 B.H.P.
59
8,290
9,923
Examined
Passed
516
270
149
132
Launch Mechanics, Fishing Vessels ... Launch Mechanics, Pleasure Craft Launch Mechanics, Endorsements etc.
419
232
240
210
163
75
1,113/622
Totals
:
1,488
920
Other Examinations:
5/4
Launch Mechanics, Aux. Marine Police
Examined
Passed
3
3
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
Plans registered and amendments entered
Machinery Plans:
Total Cases
296
{
New Construction Re-construction Launch Plans
M.S.O. 1953, Parts 1, 6, 7 & 12 M.S.O. 1953, Parts 1, 6, 7 & 12 M.S.O. 1953, Parts 13 and 14
108
44
279
127
Ship Plans:
New Construction
M.S.O. 1953, Parts 1, 6, 7 & 12
229
386
Re-construction
Launch Plans
M.S.O. 1953, Parts 1, 6, 7 & 12 M.S.O. 1953, Parts 13 and 14
30
380
121
48
2,326
Prints taken and developed (Governmental)
163
Prints taken and developed (Non-Governmental)
1,801
Drafting of various maps, plans, statistical graphs and diagrams
Examination scripts photostated
86
930
***
85
***
1,493
2,602
Office consultations with members of the public
2,865
123
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Digitized by
600
500
TYPICAL
APPENDIX || (A)
SHIP SURVEYS DIVISION
TRENDS OVER YEARS 1956/57 TO 1965/66.
TOTAL SURVEY FEES COLLECTED IN $ 1,000'S
SURVEY OF FERRIES & PASSENGER LAUNCHES
400
300
200
100
12
山
56/5757/5858/59|59/6060/61|61/62/62/6363/6464/6565/66
SURVEYS OF ALL TYPES
HEIGHT OF BARS INDICATES TOTAL NUMBER OF ALL SURVEYS CONDUCTED.
SCALE IN THOUSANDS
SHADED PORTIONS INDICATE NUMBER OF MECHANISED JUNKS INSPECTED.
10
8
1000
800
600
400
200
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
O
56/5757/5858/5959/6060/6161/6262/6363/6464/6565/66
|56/5757/5858/59|59/60|60/61/61/6262 / 63/63/64/64/63|65/66|
SURVEY OF FOREIGN GOING SHIPS
SAFETY EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES
EMIGRATION
CERTIFICATES
|56/57/57/5858/5959/6060/6161/6262/6363/6464/6563/66
150
100
30
1500
1000
300
APPENDIX ||(8)
SHIP SURVEYS DIVISION
BRITISH CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY-EXAMINATIONS
MASTERS & MATES
ENGINEERS
TRAWLER MASTERS
INTERNATIONAL VALIDITY
M. $.O. 1953 PAPT I
LOCAL VALIDITY
M. S. O. 1953 PART XI
HEIGHT OF BARS INDICATES TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHILE SHADED PORTIONS INDICATE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
56-57 57-58 58-59 59-60 60-61 61-62 62-63 63-64 64-65 65-66
LAUNCH
MECHANICS CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY
EXAMINATIONS
LOCAL LAUNCH MECHANICS
INCLUDES TRAWLER DRIVERS
LOCAL VALIDITY
M. S. O. 1953
PLEASURE CRAFT MECHANICS PARTS 1.27
HEIGHT OF BARS INDICATES TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHILE SHADED PORTIONS INDICATE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
56-57 57-58 58-59 59-60 60-61 61-62
62-63 63-64 64-65 65-66
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APPENDIX 11 (C)
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF WORK PERFORMED BY
THE SHIP SURVEYS DIVISION OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT
1963-64, 1964-65 AND 1.4.65-31.3.66
ITEM
YEARS
63-64 64-65
65-66
Safety Equipment Certificates-British cargo ships
Safety Equipment Certificates-Other nationalities
:
105
65
60
27
26
11
Safety Radio Certificates--British cargo ships
117
144
144
Safety Radio Certificates-Other nationalities
114
151
124
Direction Finder Calibration Tests
75
110
113
Number of Passenger and Safety Certificates issued (various)
71
48
55
Number of Vessels Surveyed for Passenger and Safety Certificates
27
30
37
Emigration Certificates
41
24
22
Navigation lanterns (oil and/or electric) new, certified
301
314
442
Wooden Life-boats, new, certified
11
34
23
Buoyant Apparatus, new, certified
120
54
282
Inflatable Liferafts with Log Sheets, re-survey
88
386
358
Life-buoys, new, inspected and stamped
3,413
2,029
3,085
Life-jackets, new, inspected and stamped
3,009
3,549
7,305
Certificates of Inspection issued, miscellaneous surveys
65
29
76
Masters and Mates examined for Commonwealth Certificates of
Competency
85
96
114
Engineers examined for Commonwealth Certificates of Competency Trawler Masters Certificates
131
126
106
27
8
11
Radar Observers Certificates; candidates examined for
18
25
19
Radar Maintenance Certificates; candidates examined for
12
10
13
Lifeboatmen examined for Certificates of Efficiency
Masters and Mates examined for Temporary Permits
Engineers examined for Temporary Permits
British Registry, Tonnage Measurement, etc.
British Tonnage, Measurement only
Suez Canal, Tonnage Measurement
...
Panama Canal, Tonnage Measurement
217
275
208
3
5
10
240
255
244
58
24
14
42
8
8
2
3
4
4
Carving Note Inspections
51
21
37
Stability Investigations
43
26
19
International Loadline Assignments (delivery voyages) Certificates of Survey (passenger launches and ferries)
10
9
18
927
927
966
Certificates of Inspection (motorized fishing junks/cargo-boats etc.)
6,092
6,297
7,198
Carriage of Dangerous Goods-Local Craft Inspected
288
238
201
Launch Mechanics examined for Local Certificates of Competency Machinery Plans examined
891
1,113
1,488
432
296
279
Ship Plans examined
Total Number of Applications for Survey received
659
386
380
8,743
8,451
9,170
Total Number of Visits and Inspections in connexion with Surveys Total Number of Office Consultations with Members of the Public
11,366
11,707
12,277
2,560
2,602
2,865
126
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APPENDIX 12
MARINE DEPARTMENT
ESTABLISHMENT ON 31.3.66
PENSIONABLE
Director of Marine
Assistant Directors of Marine Treasury Accountant
Senior Executive Officer, Class I Executive Officers, Class II Senior Surveyors of Ships Senior Surveyor (Land Boilers) Surveyors of Ships
Ship Inspectors, Class II
Inspector (Land Boilers)
Senior Marine Officers
Marine Officers
Assistant Marine Officers
Assistant Mechanical Engineer (Marine)
Mechanical Inspector, Class I
Mechanical Inspectors, Class II
Superintendent of Lights
Assistant Mechanical Inspector
Assistant Superintendent of Lights
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Lighthouse Keepers
-
•
1
4
...
3
1
12
6
1
5
***
12
16
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
***
•
Officers-in-Charge, Explosive Depot
Assistant Shipping Masters
Assistant Registrar of Shipping
Naval Architectural Draughtsman, Class I Naval Architectural Draughtsmen, Class II Foremen, Class I
Foremen, Class II
-
Launch Mechanics, Class I
Launch Mechanics, Class II Coxswains, Class I
Coxswains, Class II ...
Dredger Masters
Telegraphist Signalman, Class I Telegraphist Signalmen, Class II Telegraphist Signalmen, Class III Senior Personal Secretary Personal Secretary, Class II Shorthand/Audio Typist Typists
Stores Officer
Store Supervisors Interpreter/Translator Telephone Operator Clerks
***
...
127
6
2
3
1
1
20
43
a
31
25
2
1
2
9
Total
•
:.
:
:
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1
7
1
5
1
1
74
326
APPENDIX 12-Contd.
NON-PENSIONABLE
A
Assistant Dredger Masters ... Assistant Marine Officers Artisan, Class I Boatswains
Carpenters, Class I
Carpenters, Class II Clerical Assistants Coxswains, Class III Depot Attendants Electricians
Fitters
Foremen, Class III Ganger
Head Watchman
...
...
***
***
Launch Mechanics, Class III
Labourers
...
Leading Seamen
Lighthouse Mechanics
Messengers
Motor Drivers
Office Attendants
...
***
...
•
...
...
...
Painters, Class I
Painters, Class II Recruiting Assistants
Sailmaker Riggers, Class I ... Sailmaker Riggers, Class II Station Attendants, Class I Station Attendants, Class II
Stores Assistant
Stores Attendants
Stokers, Class I
Stokers, Class II
Seamen, Class I
Seamen, Class II Surveyor Attendants Watchmen
•
...
...
***
...
...
***
:
...
***
128
249
...
***
:
*
*
***
***
**
•
1
24-300
10
16
22
51
6
3
20
5
1
***
53
***
17
52
5
14
3
2
10
墨
10
6
4
12
20
1
...
2
57
46
112
222
2
8
Total
Pensionable Non-pensionable
:
:
:
812
326
812
Grand Total ...
1,138
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APPENDIX 13
A SELECTION OF HONG KONG PORT STATISTICS
Years
Item
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
(a) Number of ocean-
going vessels entered
++
5,986
5,959
6,276
6,378
(b) Number of ocean-
going vessels
cleared
5,913
5,938
6,276
6,370
(c) Tonnage of ocean-
going vessels
entered (net)
19,251,216
19,278,334
19,882,114
20,564,152
(d) Tonnage of ocean-
going vessels
cleared (net)
19,001,483
19,151,595
19,872,581
20,467,624
(e) Number of passengers disembarked
30,885
31,299
34,432
33,439
(f) Number of passengers
embarked (includ-
ing Emigrants)
37,843
35,862
36,983
34,521
(g) Quantity of cargo
discharged (dead-
weight)
5,901,668
6,783,178
7,159,761
6,942,406
(h) Quantity of cargo
loaded (dead-
weight)
1,928,775
2,048,743
2,290,138
2,290,148
(i) Quantity of bunkers
loaded (coal)
36
70
Nil
Nil
(/) Quantity of bunkers
loaded (fuel-oil)
317,884
334,171
365,770
394,462
(k) Number of marine
casualties reported
(all classes of
vessels)
200
311
*242
256
***
(1) Light dues collected... $1,099,273 $1,267,899.72 $1,194,051.58 $1,492,526.31
(m) Number of seamen
engaged
***
***
36,282
37,247
40,759
38,780
34,453
32,387
36,164
33,669
(n) Number of seamen
discharged...
(0) Number of ships on
the Hong Kong
Registry
480
517
524
508
129
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Item
(p) Tonnage of ships on
the Hong Kong Registry (Gross)
APPENDIX 13-Contd.
Years
1962-63
1963-64
1964--65
1965-66
...
806,243
832,960
843,841
917,650
(9) Number of visits and
inspections in
connexion with the
survey of ships
10,715
11,307
11,707
12,277
(r) Establishment of the
Marine Department
1,060
1,064
1,092
1,138
(s) Number of junks and
launches entered
14,049
17,066
16,567
18,119
(1) Tonnage of junks and
launches entered
(net)
1,525,508
1,956,358
2,563,464
2,322,895
(u) Quantity of cargo
discharged from
junks and launches
(dead-weight)
1,392,112
1,659,771
1,673,426
2,020,433
(v) Quantity of cargo
loaded by junks
and launches (dead-
weight)
...
171,460
225,057
129,435
155,802
(w) Number of licences
issued to small craft
(all classes)
18,117
18,309
20,726
19,654
(x) Number of passengers
transported by the
principal ferry
companies...
... 178,684,073
185,862,895 204,418,495 218,796,788
(y) Number of vehicles
transported by the
principal ferry
companies.
2,587,192
3,201,886 3,727,100 4,125,200
(z) Number of passengers transported by river
steamer to and
from Macau
1,335,989 1,364,412 1,860,390
2,430,096
* Excluding damage suffered in Typhoons.
130
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INDEX
(Reference is to paragraph numbers unless otherwise indicated)
Accidents to vessels, 57, 65, 88, 95,
Appendix 4.
Accounts and Stores Section, 50-52. Activity of the port and maritime
matters, 56. Administration-
Headquarters Division, 10, 16,
Appendices 1-4, 11, 13 Port, Chapter II (6-15) Port Control Division, 58-61,
Appendices 5-10.
Ship Surveys Division, 107-110,
Appendices 11, 11(C).
Advisory Committees, 9, 11, 20, 104-105,
130, 143.
Anchorage Dues, $2. Appreciations, 150.
Automatic telephone Exchange, 55.
Birth and deaths of passengers, 40. Birth and deaths of seamen, 40, 43. Blackhead Light-house, 78, 149. Boat Squatters, 19, 90, 96. British registry ships, 126. Buildings, 103, 149.
Buoys and Moorings, 62, 66-70, 72, 89.
Maintenance and use of harbour
moorings, 62, 68, 72. minor moorings, 62, 70. Navigation marks, 67, 69.
Canteen, 147.
Cargo Handling facilities, 5. Central harbour scheme, 67. Certificates of Competency, 38-39.
Commonwealth Certificates of
Competency, 38, 119, Appendix 11(B).
Local Certificate of Competency as launch mechanic, 134, Appendix 11(B).
Local Certificate of Competency as Master, 90, 94, 144, Appendix 9(D).
Committees----
Dangerous Goods Standing
Committee, 53, 58-59, 143. Departmental Standing Committee on replacement of launches, 145. Marine Department Headquarters
Canteen Committee, 53.
Marine Department Recreation
Club Committee, 53.
Mercantile Marine Assistant Fund
Committee, 9, 44, 53, 143.
Port Committee, 5, 9, 12, 13, 17, 143. Port Executive Committee, 5, 9,
11-15, 17, 61, 143.
Port Welfare Committee, 53, 143,
148.
Professional Sub-Committee of Port Executive Committee, 5, 15, 61, 143.
Public Cargo Handling Sub- Committee, 14, 61, 143. Seamen's Recruitment Advisory
Committee, 104, 105, 143. Seamen's Training Committee, 31. Cross-Harbour Tunnel, 13, 59.
Departmental Organization Chart, 10,
beginning of report.
Departmental Tender Board, 53, 89, 145. Development of Port, 5, 12.
Director of Marine, 8-9, 12, 16, 19, 25,
28, 31-32, 53, 57, 59, 104, 130, 144-145, 147-148, 150.
Distressed seamen, 36, Appendix 1.
Divisions
Headquarters, 10, Chapter III (16-57),
Appendices 1-4, 11, 13.
Port Control, 10, Chapter IV (58-102).
123, Appendices 5-10. Seamen's Recruiting Office, 10,
Chapter V (103-106).
Ship Surveys, 10, Chapter VI
(107-142), Appendices 11, 11(C).
Dockyard-
Government Dockyard, 83-89. Dry-docking Certificates, 115.
131
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Emigration Certificates, 117.
INDEX-Contd.
Emigration Inspections, 72. Engagement and Discharge of Crew 32-36, 41-42, Appendices 1, 1(A). Entry and Clearance Section, 149. Equipment Surveys, 139. Establishment (see Staff and
Establishment).
Examination Fees, 38.
Examination Board, Pilotage, 58, 60. Examinations, Masters, Mates and/or
Engineers, 14, 38-39, 110. Exemptions, 39.
Expenditure, 51, Appendix 3. Explosives Depot, 80-82.
Ferry Services, 3, 49, 90, 93. Floating Timber logs, 90, 97.
Gau Tau Beacon, 77.
General Review, Chapter 1 (1-5),
Appendix 13.
Government Dockyard, 50, 70, 83-89,
96, 144, 149.
Government Explosives Depot, 80-82,
Appendix 8.
Government vessels, 62, 70, 83, 109,
125, 128, Appendix 10.
Accident, 57, 88. Fuel Consumption, 86. Moorings, 62, 70.
New Vessels, Major Overhauls and
Improvements, 85, 109. Repairs and Maintenance, 84. Green Island Lighthouse, 74.
'Hague Plan' Port Operations R/T
Service, 14.
Harbour moorings, 13.
Harbour Pollution, 90, 98. Headquarters Division, Chapter III. Hong Kong to Macau Passenger Service,
49, 64, 116, 137.
Hung Hom Fairway, 67, 69.
Hydrofoils and Hovercrafts, 28, 46, 49,
64, 72, 109, 123, 137.
International Convention Ship Section,
111-121.
International Maritime Conventions, 7. International Safety Convention,
110-111, 150.
Junks, Appendices 9, 9(A).
Kap Sing Lighthouse, 77.
Laid-up shipping, 71.
Law Enactment & Revision, 18. Land Boilers Section, 107.
Licences, 91, Appendices 9(B)-9(C). Licensed crew department, 103, 105. Licensing Patrols, 91.
Licensing Stations, 90, 149.
Light buoys, 67, 69, 77, 89. Light dues, collected, appendix 5(G). Lighthouse Section, 75-79. Lion Rock Tunnel, 59.
Loadline and Safety Construction
Certificates, 116.
Local Certificate Examination
Procedures, 53.
Local Certificate of Competency as
launch machanics, 134, Appendix 11(B). Local Certificate of Competency as
Master, 90, 94, 144, Appendix 9(D).
Harbour buoys, maintenance and use of, Local Craft Section, 129-134, 138.
62.
Harbour dredging, 13, 14.
Local Trade: China and Macau, 92. Locally licensed craft, 91, 95, 109,
129-130.
Harbour Ferry Services, 49, 138.
132
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INDEX-Contd.
Maintenance and use of harbour buoys,
62, 68, 72.
Marine Casualties and inquiries, 57, 95,
Appendix 4.
Marine Department Secretariat, 53-57.
Marine Hawkers' Licences 91.
Marine Licensing Office, 129, 144, 149. Membership of Committees and
Working Parties, Chapter VII.
Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund, 9,
44, 53.
Mercantile Marine Office, 16, 32-44. Minor Moorings, 62, 70. Moorings and Fairways
Re-organization, 66-69.
Nautical Training School, 87, 149. Navigation marks, 67, 69.
Navigational aids, 78, Appendices, 7,
7(A).
Nga Ying Pai, 77.
North Point Signal Station, 74.
Ocean-going Shipping and Ships, 5, 57,
63, 73, 98, 111, 113, Appendices 5-5(E), 6-6(A), 9-9(A), 13.
Ocean Terminal, 67, 72.
Passenger and Cargo Ships Safety
Certificates, 113, 115, 142.
Passenger Launches and Ferries Surveys,
131.
Permits, 39, Appendix 9(B).
Sunday Cargo Working Permit, 14,
72.
Personnel and General Registry, 54-55. Pilotage, 14.
Pilotage Association, 60. Pilotage Examination Board, Membership, 58, 60, 143. Planning Office, 17-31.
Port-
Administration, Chapter II (6-15) Committee, 5, 9, 12-13, 143. Communication, 74.
Control Division, 10, Chapter IV
(58-102), 123, Appendices 5-10. Control Office, 62-74. Development, 5, 12.
Executive Committee, 5, 9, 11-15,
61, 143.
Operations R/T Service, 14. Statistics of Hong Kong, Appendices
5, 13.
Welfare Committee, 53, 143, 148. Principal Surveyor of Ships, 107, 109. Professional and Technical Staff, 141.
Professional Sub-Committe of Port
Executive Committee, 5, 15, 61, 143.
Recruitment of Seamen, 2, 22, 25, 27. Registrar of Ships, 8, 16, 45.
Registration of Seamen, 27, 104. Registry of Shipping, 45-49.
Resettlement of boat-squatters, 14, 96.
Revenue, 52, Appendix 3.
Revenue and Work Summary of
Shipping Surveys, 142, Appendices 11-11(C).
Review-
General review, chapter 1(1-5),
Appendix 13.
Of Shipyards and Passenger
Services, 135-138.
Of typhoon shelter programme, 13,
20.
Revision of legislation, 2, 19, 26, 32,
104, 110.
Safety equipment certificates, 132. Safety Radio Certificates, 114-115.
Seamen-
Births and deaths, 40, 43. Collections and disbursements on
behalf of other authorities, 37, Appendix 1.
133
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Seamen-Contd.
INDEX--Contd.
Desertion of seamen, 43. Discharge Books, 35, Appendix 1. Distressed, 36, Appendix 1. Employment of Asian Seamen, 25. Engagement and discharge, 32-36,
41-42, Appendices 1-1(A). Number of Seamen, 33-34. Registration, 27, 104.
Seamen's Recruiting Office, 2, 51, 104,
106, 149.
Seamen's Recruitment Advisory
Committee, 104-105, 143.
Seamen's Board of Reference, 53.
Seasonal Corrections to Port Figures,
14.
Sections and Offices-
Accounts and Stores Section, 50-52. Convention Ships Section, 137. Design and New Construction
Section, 124-128.
Entry and Clearance Section, 149. Government Dockyard, 50, 70,
83-89, 96, 144. International Convention Ship
Section, 111-121.
Land Boilers Section, 107. Lighthouse Section, 75-79.
Local Craft Section, 129-134, 138. Marine Department Secretariat,
53-57.
Marine Licensing Office, 129, 144,
149.
Mercantile Marine Office, 16, 32-44. Planning Office, 17-31. Port Control Office, 62-74. Registry of Shipping, 16, 45-49. Seamen's Indentity Book Office, 14. Seamen's Recruiting Office, 10, 51,
103-104, 106, 149.
Seamen's Registry Office, 41-44.
Shek Kok Tsui, 77.
Shipbreaking, 71.
Ship Repairing and Building, 135-136.
Ship Surveys Division, 10, Chapter VI.
Shipyards, 135-136.
Shipping Laid-up, 71.
Ocean-going Registration, 45-49. River and local, 64.
Statistics, 73, Appendices 4, 5-5(F),
6, 6A, 9, 9(A), 11, 11(A). Trends in Shipping Services, 108,
Appendix 11(A).
Ships for British Registry, 126. Signal Stations, 74, 149.
Staff and Establishment-
Changes, 146.
Departmental Secretary, 53. Establishment List, 10, Appendix
12.
Increase/Decrease in Staff Appendix
7(A).
Personnel and General Registry,
54-55.
Training, 2, 53, 87, 103, 141. Welfare, 147-148.
Statistics-
Government Explosives Depot,
Appendix 8.
Port Statistics of Hong Kong,
Appendices, 5, 13.
Shipping Statistics, 73, Appendices,
4, 5-5(F), 6, 6A, 9, 9(A), 11, 11(A).
Stonecutters Island lighthouse, 77. Storm signals, 74.
Sunday Cargo Working Permit, 14,
72(C).
Tai Long Pai,
77.
Tallyclerks' Licences, 91, Appendices,
9(B)-9(C).
Tathong Lighthouse, 77.
Timber Storage, 97.
Tsing Yi, 77.
Typhoon-
Berths, 14.
Casualties, 65, Appendix 4. Mooring, 70.
Shelters, 1, 13-14, 19-20, 70, 90, 99.
134
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Vessels under tow, 118.
Visitors from overseas, 56.
INDEX-Contd.
Waglan Lighthouse and Signal Station,
74-75.
Waglan Operations, 76.
Waterfront Cargo Working areas, 13.
Welfare-
Staff, 147.
Visiting seamen, 148.
Western Harbour Scheme, 66.
Working Parties, 144.
Condition's of service of
Government Marine Crews, 89. Drug Addiction in the Public
Service, 53.
Local Certificate Examination
Procedure, 53.
Navigation aids in the waters of the
Colony, 78, Appendices, 7, 7(A). Pollution in Navigable Waters, 90,
98.
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