FINN (COM) DAILY RECORD: TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2004

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

THE PLANNING ORDINANCE 1991
NOTICE OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS RECEIVED

Notice is hereby given that the following applications for planning permission have been received:

Application No Address Description Developer

72/04/PB 19 Hansen Hill, Stanley Erection of dwelling Mr & Mrs S. Dent
73/04/PB Stone Cottage, Bypass Road, Stanley Erection of garage, replacing existing. Mr R. Fogerty 
74/04/PB 4 Murray Heights, Stanley Extension to dwelling Mr & Mrs G. Marsh 
76/04/P 1 King Street, Stanley Provision of off-street parking Mr K. Connolly 
77/04/PB 18 Hansen Hill, Stanley Erection of dwelling Miss S. Clarke 
78/04/PB Old BFFI Site, Stanley Erection of dwelling Foreign & Commonwealth Office
79/04/PB Bombilla House Paddock, East Falkland Siting of four Portakabins Mr D. Triggs & Miss A. Jonson 
80/04/P KEMH, St Mary's Walk, Stanley Alterations to existing building to form new maternity ward and care of the elderly unit. F.I.G   
81/04/PB Visitor Centre, Public Jetty, Stanley Security screening area F.I.G 
82/04/P Canache recreational area, Stanley Siting of container for storage of sailing equipment Stanley Sea Cadets


This application may be inspected during normal office hours at the office of the Secretary of the Planning & Building Committee, Environmental Planning Department, Malvina House Gardens, Stanley. Comments on the applications should be made in writing and should be sent to the Environmental Planning Officer, Environmental Planning Department, PO Box 611, Stanley, within 10 days of the date of this notice.

The next Planning & Building Committee meeting at which these applications will be considered is due to be held on Thursday, 3rd June 2004 in the Liberation , Secretariat, commencing at 9.00 a.m. Members of the Public may attend to observe the workings of the Committee.

The public are advised that the closing date for the meeting to be held on 1st July 2004 is 4.30pm Monday 15th June

Environmental Planning Department
P.O. Box 611
Stanley
Public Notice No: 05/04
                                                                                      Dated this 18th day of May 2004

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Snow, ice and 200km/h winds blast Scott Base in fierce storm

18.05.2004
8.00pm

The worst storm seen in the past decade by New Zealanders living in Antarctica hit Scott Base on Sunday afternoon, damaging buildings, and equipment.

Antarctica New Zealand chief executive Lou Sanson said today that everyone at Scott Base was safe, but after being hit by winds peaking at a maximum of 108 knots (200km/h) at times, parts of the base looked like a hurricane had gone through it.

He described the storm as the biggest to hit Scott Base in 10 years: "There was a sustained force of 80-90 knots for at least 15 hours.

"Scott Base took quite a battering and it will take a while to get everything back to normal".

The winter-over staff were carrying out a detailed damage assessment. Once that was complete repair work could begin, Mr Sanson said.

"A number of containers were blown over. The hangar door has blown in and iron removed from the roof. A number of windows are broken and several roofing sheets are flapping loose in the breeze with at least one lying on the ground.

A number of vehicles had also been damaged by the unusually strong southerly storm.

Scott Base Manager Dan Mathers said that the first priority had been to ensure the safety of personnel.

"Base staff now face considerable work in clearing all the summer field supplies and equipment of accumulated snow in minus-20degC and 24 hour darkness."

It was still blowing snow at 25 knots from the South Pole, and stable conditions were needed at Scott Base to rig lights to do the repair work.

Further 55 knot (101km/h) winds were forecast from the east shortly.

Scott Base, New Zealand's main scientific base at McMurdo Sound in the Ross Dependency, has a mean temperature of minus-20.2degC, and the lowest temperature ever recorded there was minus-57degC. At Scott Base, the sun sets at the end of April and is only seen rising again at the end of August.

The base is on Ross Island, over a ridge from the large US base at McMurdo , and accommodates up to 80 people over summer, dropping to a skeleton staff of as few as 10 over the winter. Most of its buildings are linked by all weather corridors.

Blizzards -- a combination of strong winds with blowing or falling snow which reduces visibility to a few metres -- are frequent in winter. Some storms come off the icecap in central Antarctica with katabatic (down-flowing) wind driven by dense cold air sliding down to the sea -- these winds can reach 320km/h.

 

FIBS NEWS DIRECT: 18 MAY 2004

 

FALKLANDS IN FOCUS OPENS IN THE UK:

 

The Falklands in Focus Exhibition, which opened in Hull last week, attracted a number of guests including former Director of Education, David Langerage and his wife, Pat, as well as other friends of the Falklands.  Lee Hazell (LH) caught up with FIGO Representative, Sukie Cameron (SC), to find out more about the opening and to find out what’s on display.

 

SC:  We had over 30 people there and the Lord Mayor actually conducted the formal opening, which was great.

 

LH:  He’s actually been to the Falklands but only very briefly, wasn’t it?

 

SC:  He was here for three hours in 1973 so he admittedly didn’t have enough time to look around.

 

LH:  What is actually in the exhibition this year?

 

SC:  We because the venue is “The Deep,” which is the only sub-marium, which is just a big aquarium basically, we decided to ask Dave Eynon if he would like to display some of his under water photos.  He put quite a few in there.  Also there are a couple of new photographers we haven’t featured before like Nancy Poole, Dave Tylor and people like that.  Though people wouldn’t have seen the photos before, it’s nice to have new ones in there.  Our collection is really growing.

 

LH:  Did you have much interest in the photos themselves?

 

SC:  Yes.  People are amazed, as they always are.  Hopefully, it will lead them to find out more and perhaps visit the Islands and take their own photographs some day.

 

AI MAN ON THE WAY:

 

The Falkland Islands Development Board met at the Chamber of Commerce this morning.  Members heard that Artificial insemination and embryo transfer expert, Adrian Beech, will arrive next week for two weeks of work with farmers.  Mr. Beech will Carry out sessions at four sites: Saladero, Goose Green, Cape Dolphin and West Lagoons.  Two thousand ewes will receive AI and 364 embryo transfers will take place – mostly Pollworths.  FIDB also looked at proposals for a new system of calculating the lending value of farmland in the Islands based on its historical profitability.  It was controversial with Members, who feared the new calculations could result in much lower lending valuations, which could, in turn, affect the market value of land.  Roger Spink said that it would at least avoid saddling farmers with levels of debt they couldn’t afford to repay.  Members agreed, that at this stage, they would only note the proposals and they asked to see some examples of loan applications that they have decided on in the past.

 

OTHER FIDB NEWS:

 

FIDB also agreed to transfer the National Beef Herd from FIDC to the Agriculture Department on 01 July, along with the Breeding Reindeer Herd.  Tenders for the castrated Reindeer Herd are due to close on Friday.  There was a paper on separating the boards of FIDC, FLH and the Department of Agriculture.  Members agreed that they would send the paper to EXCO with recommendations for the make-up of each board.  There was a heated debate about the new door locking system on the FIDC building, which has been installed since the introduction of private offices downstairs.  The argument is that the system is necessary to guarantee the security of clients’ confidential business information.  But many members felt it was over the top for a low crime community like the Falklands.  They suggested that General Manager, Julian Morris, might like to review the use of such heavy security when he returns from overseas.  FIDB Members also noted directions from the Government Secretary that matters arising from previous minutes could only be discussed in Committee Meetings if they were on the agenda.  Chairman, Cllr. Mike Summers said that many found it unnecessary, restrictive and overly-bureaucratic.  He understands the reason for this is that members of the public should be entitled to know what’s going to be raised at open meetings beforehand.  It was unfortunately the result of some knit-picking by some members of the public in the past as to how meetings are being run.  Chief Executive, Chris Simpkins, confirmed that an amendment to the current rules would go before LEGCO shortly.

 

FIRE SERVICE DANCE:

 

Tickets are on sale for the Fire Service Dance at £5.00 each.  The dance is in aid of the Stephen Jaffray Memorial Fund and will take place on 05 June.  Tickets are available from the Fire Station and all Fire Service Members.  Raffle tickets are for sale in various shops.

 

POWER CUT:

 

There was a power cut this afternoon at 1400 affecting Davis Street between Hebe Street and Villiers Street.  Hebe Street and Villiers Street weren’t affected but Dean Street between Fitzroy Road and Callaghan Road will.  The outage lasted for an hour in order to safely install a new pole.

 

YOUNG ATHLETES:

 

This November four young athletes from the Islands will be heading to Australia to represent the Falklands in the Commonwealth Youth Games.  I asked Recreation Manager, Steve Dent (SD) about assessing for the games.

 

SD:  The Games are held in Bendigo, a major town in my home State of Victoria.  It’s about 150 KM north of Melbourne.  It’s about 120,000 people.  They will be living on the University campus.  There will be quite a few events taking place: athletics, boxing, cycling, lawn bowls, gymnastics, Rugby, swimming, 10-Pin bowling and weight-lifting.  It’s really a privilege to be invited.  If you can imagine only 733 athletes went to the first Commonwealth Youth Games.  There are a bit over 1,000 this time and we have been offered six places.  Per head of population, that’s quite a big number.  We hope to send as many as we can.

 

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