(i) Forming
(ii) Developing
(iii) Equipping
3
Stage 2
million
Stage 3
million
24
16
25
|
lala a X
73
3.
Total:
65
The implementation of the container terminal
scheme as recommended in the Engineering Report would
require certain modifications to the Tsuen Wan and Kwai
Chung Outline Development Plan but it is considered that,
balanced against the growing need for container facilities
in Hong Kong, which is examined in the succeeding
paragraphs, none of these difficulties is of sufficient
moment to affect the proposals for the container terminal
as set out,
As a result of the developments that have taken
place in the container field over the last few months in
general and more particularly as they affect Hong Kong, it
has become clear that a decision must now be taken
urgently on whether or not the recomended scheme for a
container terminal at Kwai Chung should be implemented.
While no comprehensive up-to-date figures are available,
it is estimated that on a world-wide basis the volume of
goods carried by container ships, including converted or
partially converted conventional ships, grew by some 50%
in 1968 and that a similar order of increase will be
evidenced this year. There are an estimated 150 specialised
container ships, capable of moving some 120,000 20-foot
containers, in service or on order at the present time,
with another 96 converted conventional ships, capable
of carrying up to 25,000 20-foot containers as part of
their cargo, also in service or on order. The number of
non-self-sustaining container ships, (i.e. ships carrying
/no