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+CONTAINERISED CARGOES FROM THE US AND EUROPE ARE BROKEN DOWN HERE AND TRANSHIPPED TO DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE REGION BY THE FEEDER SHIPS.
+CONVERSELY, GOODS FROM ASIA ARE BROUGHT BY THESE SHIPS TO HONG KONG WHERE THEY ARE CONSOLIDATED IN CONTAINERS FOR BULK AND SPEEDY TRANSHIPMENT TO THE WEST, + MR FRAWLEY SAID.
+ IT IS DIFFICULT FOR OTHER PORTS TO BREAK INTO THIS ESTABLISHED TRADE PATTERN, HE ADDED.
UNLIKE MANY OTHER PORTS IN THE REGION, HONG KONG IS A NATURALLY DEEP PORT THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE LARGEST CONTAINER SHIPS IN THE WORLD. THIRD GENERATION CONTAINER SHIPS OF 59 000 GROSS TONS HAVE BEEN CALLING AT KWAI CHUNG REGULARLY.
THE THIRD FACTOR CITED BY MR FRAWLEY IS THE SHEER SIZE OF HONG KONG'S EXPORTS AND IMPORTS WHICH CREATE A NATURAL DOMESTIC DEMAND FOR CONTAINER SERVICES.
NEW RANK FOR SENIOR OFFICERS
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IN ITS EIGHTH REPORT DATED APRIL 1982, THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DIRECTORATE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE RECOMMENDED THAT LONG-SERVING AND MERITORIOUS DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS AT THE LEVEL OF HEAD. OF DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE, EXCEPTIONALLY, FOR SUBSTANTIVE APPOINTMENT TO A HIGHER RANK ON A PERSONAL BASIS.
THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND APPROVAL HAS NOW BEEN GIVEN FOR THREE SENIOR OFFICERS TO BE APPOINTED TO THE NEXT HIGHER RANK ON A PERSONAL BASIS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE. THEY ARE:
(A) MR T.G. GARNER, WHO HAS BEEN COMMISSIONER OF
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES (FORMER COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS) SINCE JANUARY 1972;
(B)
MR R.A. FRY, COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION SINCE SEPTEMBER 1971:
(C) DR A.J. NUTTEN, GOVERNMENT CHEMIST SINCE MARCH 1969.
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