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5.3.3 At present, the developed water frontage is about 2km. There are 10 deep water berths, of which one is capable
5.3.4
of handling vessels of
of up to 20,000 tonnes, one for vessels of up to 15,000 tonnes, and 4 for oil
for oil supply
workboats and tankers. The berths for the oil supply
boats are located in the eastern part of the bay where
water is about -7ni in depth. Other supporting
facilities include one 40 tonnes gantry crane, three 10
toures gantry crane, one spiral discharger for bulk cement, one clamping bag ship loader and other bagging machinery. The total throughput in the first 6 months
of this year was 1.5m tonnes which is equivalent to the
total throughput in 1986.
Reclamation work for another 2 new deep water berths
capable of handling vessels of up to 35,000 tonnes is in progress. One is expected to be completed by the end of
this year and the other, early next year. Though the
target date for completior of the whole port has not yet been fixed, the port has adopted a policy of 'using
while constructing'. Expansion work
has been
progressing continuously. The rate of further expansion
will depend on the traffic demand.
5.4 Others
Apart from the above visits, the Hong Kong delegation was also
visited the following places:
Tianhe Sports Centre
5.4.1 Mr. Shi Anhai, Vice-Mayor of Guangzhou City gave a brief
introduction of the Tiarhe Sports Centre. This was
an
followed by a tour of the major facilities.
the north-east suburb of Guangzhou on
airport site, the Sports Centre has an
Located at
ex-military
area
of 54 ha.
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