SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1983
BASEMENT AND FOUNDATION WORKS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMPLEX WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN STAGES.
WORK ON TWO MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THE $290-MILLION TSUEN WAN BYPASS STAGE TWO AND THE $608-
MILLION SHA TIN-TAI PO COASTAL ROAD - IS PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE READY IN 1985.
FINISHING TOUCHES ARE BEING PUT TO THE $776 MILLION PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, BUILDING WORKS WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE $700-MILLION STAGE OF A 12-YEAR CONSTRUCTION SCHEME TO HANDLE ADDITIONAL WATER FROM CHINA IS WELL IN ADVANCE AND WILL BE READY IN 1985.
WORK ON STAGE 11 OF THE SCHEME, COSTING $725 MILLION, BEGAN EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT FOUR YEARS TO COMPLETE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE THIS FINANCIAL YEAR ON THE NEW PROJECTS AND ON THOSE ALREADY UNDERWAY WOULD COME TO $7.6 BILLION.
REPORT ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO PUBLISHED
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THE FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT ON +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ COVERING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MARCH 1983, HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
IT CONTAINS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS SYSTEM, TERMS AND CLASSIFICATION, A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1983, AND 14 STATISTICAL TABLES ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS.
THE HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS SYSTEM WAS SET UP IN EARL 1983, BASED ON THE UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING ECONOMIC STATISTICS OF SHIPPING+ RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC.
STATISTICS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIP MASTERS OR SHIPPING AGENTS. AND FROM CARGO MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A 20 PER CENT SAMPLE OF ALL CONSIGNMENTS LISTED IN THE MANIFESTS IS USED FOR COMPILING PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS. HOWEVER, THE SHIPPING STATISTICS COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT, ON A FULL ENUMERATION BASIS.
THE REPORT CONTAINS SEVEN TABLES ON SHIPPING STATISTICS SUCH AS NUMBER OF SHIPS ENTERING/LEAVING HONG KONG, TONNAGE, CARGO LOADED/DISCHARGED AND NUMBER OF CONTAINERS (MEASURED IN TWENTY- FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS) LOADED/DISCHARGED, ANALYSED BY PORT, BY TYPE OF SHIPPING SERVICE, BY SHIP TYPE, BY FLAG, BY CAPACITY CLASS, AND BY LENGTH OF TIME IN PORT.
THE REPORT