WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1983-
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TRANSPORT HAS BEEN ARRANGED TO TAKE THE PRESS PARTY OUT TO CITY ONE. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE CEREMONY ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE CARPARK OUTSIDE THE MAIN WING OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN CENTRAL NOT LATER THAN 1.30 PM TOMORROW.
AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY AT THE NGAN SHING COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, THE GOVERNOR WILL VISIT FOUR FLATS AT BLOCK 21 OF CITY ONE TO TALK TO ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE SCHEME.
BECAUSE OF SPACE LIMITATIONS, PRESS REPRESENTATIVES COVER ING THE VISITS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR GROUPS AND WILL BE POSITIONED
THEY INSIDE THE FOUR FLATS WELL BEFORE THE GOVERNOR'S ARRIVAL. WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO MOVE FROM ONE FLAT TO ANOTHER.
GIS OFFICERS WILL ASSIST.
MINISTER VISITS FACTORY, CONTAINER TERMINAL
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THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR RICHARD LUCE, TODAY VISITED AN ELECTRONICS FACTORY AND THE CONTAINER TERMINAL IN KWAI CHUNG.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR JOHN YAXLEY, AND THE ASSISTANT UNDER SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH. OFFICE, MR ALAN DONALD, MR LUCE VISITED G.P. ELECTRONICS LTD AT KWAI WING ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, AND WAS RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY'S CHAIRMAN, MR KEVIN LO.
THE COMPANY, ESTABLISHED IN 1974, IS A SUBSIDIARY OF GOLD PEAK INDUSTRIES (HOLDINGS) LTD., PRODUCING CAR STEREO AND FM INTERCOM FOR MARKETS IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE AND ASIA. THE COMPANY'S PRIVATE LABEL CUSTOMERS INCLUDE SOME OF THE LARGEST AND FOREMOST COMPANIES IN THE CAR AUDIO INDUSTRIES WORLD-WIDE, AND IS KNOWN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED MANUFACTURERS OF CAR AUDIO PRODUCTS IN ASIA OUTSIDE JAPAN.
MR LUCE ALSO VISITED THE PREMISES OF MODERN TERMINALS LTD., PART OF THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL WHICH RANKS AMONG THE TOP THREE CONTAINER TERMINALS IN THE WORLD. MR LUCE WAS MET BY THE COMPANY'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR MARK LEESE.
MODERN TERMINALS LTD., ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG IN 1969, EMPLOYS NEARLY 1 300 PERSONS. ITS TWO BERTHS, WITH LENGTHS OF 305 METRES AND 473 METRES, NOW ACCOMMODATE OVER 1 300 VESSELS A YEAR - OR BETWEEN THREE TO FOUR SHIPS A DAY.
A TOTAL OF 39 SHIPPING LINES ARE USING THE COMPANY'S FACILITIES, WHICH COMPRISE TWO GROUND-LEVEL CONTAINER FREIGHT STATIONS AND A TWO-STOREY FREIGHT STATION WHICH IS PART OF A TWELVE-STOREY COMPLEX. THIS COMPLEX INCLUDES TEN STOREYS OF WAREHOUSE AREA AND OFFICES, AS WELL AS THE TERMINAL CONTROL ROOM.
DURING 1982, MODERN TERMINAL LTD. HANDLED 664 360 TEUS (TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENTS, THE STANDARD MEASURE OF CONTAINER THROUGHPUT), AND ALSO 1 610 252 FREIGHT TONS THROUGH THE CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION. THE TERMINAL OPERATIONS ARE CONTROLLED BY AN ON-LINE 24-HOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN HONG KONG.
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