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Referring to permitting street-side parking of containers for
the purpose of 'stuffing' and 'unstuffing', Mr. Robson said that the
streets of Hong Kong must be reserved primarily to serve the needs of
moving traffic.
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"The larger manufacturer, who has sufficient goods to fill
complete containers, should do his stuffing within his own premises,'
he continued, "the smaller manufacturer should make use of godowns which
have been specifically designed to provide this service."
Nevertheless, he was prepared to discuss the matter further
with representatives of the Container Lines Committee, the General
Chamber of Commerce and other bodies primarily affected provided that
there were some alternative proposals on how to deal with the problem
of road congestion.
Turning to the movement of containers, he assured that forward
planning and present construction of roadworks have taken full account
of the needs of container traffic.
"We have in hand over $71 million worth of roadworks in northern
Kowloon which will help to provide speedy access to and from the Kwai
Chung container terminals."
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