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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1985
MAJOR NEW PROJECTS UNDER PLANNING INCLUDE THE REPROVISIONING OF THE RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE SECTION OF ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOME, AND THE RE-DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN'S CENTRE IN KOWLOON.
IN ADDITION, THE SHA KOK CHILDREN'S HOME, WITH A CAPACITY FOR 40 YOUNG CHILDREN, WAS DUE TO OPEN THIS SUMMER.
THE DEPARTMENT AND SUBVENTED WELFARE AGENCIES FACED FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES IN THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE SERVICES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
+BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SHE SAID.
STRADDLE CARRIERS COMMISSIONED
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THE DELIVERY OF THREE VAST MOBILE STRADDLE CARRIERS TODAY (THURSDAY) DEMONSTRATED THE DETERMINATION IN KEEPING OUR CONTAINER PORT AT THE FOREFRONT OF EFFICIENCY, WITHOUT WHICH OUR COMMERCE CANNOT FLOURISH.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR ERIC HO, AT THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF THE STRADDLE CARRIERS.
STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF AN EFFICIENT PORT, MR HO POINTED CUT THAT HONG KONG CAME INTO BEING AS AN ENTREPOT AND, WITH INDUSTRIAL ISATION, QUICKLY CLIMBED WITHIN THE TOP 20 IN THE WORLD TABLE OF TRADING ENTITIES.
+NOW WE ARE RE-EMERGING AS AN ENTREPOT FOR THE REGION IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING OUR OWN COMMERCE.
+NEEDLESS TO SAY, MODERN TRADE MEANS CONTAINERS, AND OUR CONTAINER PORT IS RIGHTLY RENOWNED FOR THE GROWTH AND SPEED OF ITS THROUGHPUT, HE SAID,
MR HO PRAISED THE FORESIGHT OF MODERN TERMINAL'S MANAGEMENT IN PLACING THE ORDERS FOR THE STRADDLE CARRIERS +WHEN FAINTER HEARTS MAY HAVE THOUGHT THE FUTURE UNCERTAIN+.
HE SAID HE WAS ALSO PLEASED THAT THESE MARVELS OF MODERN ENGINEER ING+ HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN PEINER AND HONG KONG UNITED DOCKYARD, REPRESENTING A FIRST FOR BOTH PARTNERS - AND FOR HONG KONG IN THIS FIELD.
+LOCATED AS WE ARE AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DYNAMIC AREA OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, THIS SUCCESS MUST AUGUR WELL FOR THE FUTURE FOR ALL CONCERNED - NOT LEAST BECAUSE OF THE WORK ALREADY UNDER WAY ON THE RECLAMATION OF THE ADJACENT CREEK FOR TERMINAL 6 OF THIS CONTAINER PORT, TO CATER FOR THE EXPECTED GROWTH IN OUR CONTAINER THROUGHPUT. +
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