FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1974
WANCHAI CARGO BASIN SUINGS INTO OPERATION
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THE INTRODUCTION OF THE WANCHAI CARGO BASIN -- FORERUNNER OF SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLEXES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG JS VIEWED AS AN ENCOURAGING START+ BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, MR. ANN TSE-KAI, UHO DECLARED IT OPEN THIS KORNING.
THE CARGO WORKING AREA, CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING TUENTY 70-FOOT DUMB STEEL LICHTERS AND 56 STANDARD NOTOR CARGO COATS AT ANY ONE TIME, VILL OPEN FOR EUSINESS THIS AFTERNOON.
WITH SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR 124 LORRIES ON LAND,
THE BASIN WILL BE UNDER THE FULL CONTROL OF MARINE DEPARTMENT STAFF ROUND THE CLOCK.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR. ANN SAID THE CARCO WORKING OPERATION WOULD COMPRISE DIRECT HOVERENTS FROM LORRIES TO LIGHTERS AND VICE VERSA WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO A MUCH FASTER TURN ROUND IN ALL RESPECTS.
HE NOTED THAT THE BASIN WOULD BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO SHIPPERS AND INPORTERS WHO WELCOMED THE SETTING ASIDE OF AN EXTENSIVE EMPTY SPACE FOR CARGO WORKING AND THE CONTROL OF TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
+THIS IS ESPECIALLY SO BECAUSE PART OF THE WATERFRONT AT THE VESTERN DISTRICT, WHERE INTENSIVE CARCOAHANDLING ACTIVITIES CO ON, WILL IN DUE COURSE CE OVERTAKEN BY RECLAMATION.
+PERHAPS ONE OR TWO OTHER ASPECTS RELATED TO INLAND MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC WILL HAVE TO CO THROUGH THE TEST OF TIME.+
WHILE DESCRIBING THE VANCHAI BASIN AS AN ENCOURAGING START, HR. ANN ADDED: IT IS HOPED THAT THE CO-ORDINATION BY THE HARINE DEPARTMENT OF CARCO OVERENTS WILL RESULT IN AN EFFICIENT SYSTEN BEING ESTABLISHED, THEREBY ASSISTING IN THE EFFORT TO MAINTIN HANDLING COSTS AT AN ACCEPTACLE LEVEL.+
INTRODUCING MR. ANN TO THE GATHERING WAS THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR. A. FLETCHER, WHO ALSO SPOKE AND EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THE OPERATION SHOULD GET OFF TO A GOOD START.
MR. FLETCHER POINTED OUT THAT EXTRA STAFFING REQUIREMENTS HAD BEEN MET FOR SOME TIME, ENABLING NEW OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAMMES TO BE COMPLETED AND MANY PRACTICAL ASPECTS TO BE STUDIED KORE THOROUGHLY.
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