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Hong Kong Chinese
Guest
Here is the notice which was copied exactly by me at one of the piers in Hong Kong.
Notice
A vessel operating a ferry service without a franchise or licence may invalidate its third party insurance. The public are reminded not to use these unauthorized ferry services or they have to take their own risk.
Transport Department
There are three questions I want to raise.
1. A vessel operating a ferry service – Does a vessel sail itself? That means it sails itself ( not necessary to have any crew). If I change it to “An operated vessel as a ferry service”, will it be better?
2. without a franchise or licence may invalidate its third party insurance –I think, “may” is not the correct modular verb to use. If the vessel has no franchise or licence, the third party insurance must be invalidated by the insurance company. So is it better to use “shall” instead?
3. the public – Should it use in singular form?
Notice
A vessel operating a ferry service without a franchise or licence may invalidate its third party insurance. The public are reminded not to use these unauthorized ferry services or they have to take their own risk.
Transport Department
There are three questions I want to raise.
1. A vessel operating a ferry service – Does a vessel sail itself? That means it sails itself ( not necessary to have any crew). If I change it to “An operated vessel as a ferry service”, will it be better?
2. without a franchise or licence may invalidate its third party insurance –I think, “may” is not the correct modular verb to use. If the vessel has no franchise or licence, the third party insurance must be invalidated by the insurance company. So is it better to use “shall” instead?
3. the public – Should it use in singular form?