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HONG KONG PORT MORE ACTIVE
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HONG KONG'S PORT FIGURES ONCE AGAIN SHOW AN INCREASE IN REAL TERMS IN ALL SPHERES OF THE PORT'S ACTIVITIES IN 1981 WHEN COMPARED WITH THOSE OF 1980.
A TOTAL OF 10 667 OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ENTERED THE PORT DURING 1981 AND THEY DISCHARGED AND LOADED A TOTAL OF 31.9 MILLION TONNES OF CARGO WHICH IS A 4.2 PER CENT INCREASE ON 1980, OF THIS 6.97 MILLION TONNES CONSISTED OF FUEL OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.
KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL THROUGHPUT WAS 1.560 MILLION T.E.U.S; AN INCREASE OF 6.5 PER CENT ON THE 1980 THROUGHPUT OF 1,465 MILLION T.E.U.S WITH SOME 52.4 PER CENT OF ALL GENERAL CARGO HANDLED IN TERMS OF WEIGHT BEING CONTAINER ISED. TRANSHIPMENT T.E.U.S ACCOUNTED FOR 31.5 PER CENT OR 0.492 MILLION T.E.U.S OF THE TOTAL THROUGHPUT WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 2.9 PER CENT ON 1980.
THERE WAS AGAIN A MARKED INCREASE IN THE RIVER TRADE DURING 1981 WITH 103 525 VESSELS HAVING ENTERED AND CLEARED, A 14.8 PER CENT INCREASE ON 1980. THESE VESSELS DISCHARGED AND LOADED 3.65 MILLION TONNES OF CARGO, A 22.7 PER CENT INCREASE ON 1980, AND A TOTAL OF 7.71 MILLION PASSENGERS TRAVELLED TO AND FROM MACAU, COMPARED WITH 7 MILLION IN 1980 AN INCREASE OF 10.26 PER CENT.
SEMINAR ON TEACHING ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE
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A SEMINAR ON THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE WILL BE HELD BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON MARCH 25 FOR ALL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH.
PROFESSOR J. SINCLAIR, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, HAS BEEN INVITED TO TALK ON AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHER/STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM IT?+
THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON ON MARCH 25 AT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, 9A, BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG.
ALL NOMINATIONS FROM HEADS OF SCHOOLS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR, 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE BY CONTACTING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE ON 5-482537.
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