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WR NA JOINS THE 24-MEMBER PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL WHICH CAME INTO BEING ON APRIL 1, TO ADVISE THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON THE PROVISION OF AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS.
THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING AT THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE ROOM ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 8), WHEN THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM BARNES AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN- LUNG, WILL DELIVER THEIR INAUGURAL SPEECHES.
UNTIL THE COUNCIL'S OWN CHAMBER IN TSUEN WAN IS COMPLETED IN AUGUST, ALL ITS MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT THE CNTA CONFERENCE ROOM AT THE WORLD SHIPPING CENTRE, 12/F, 7 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI AKOWLOON.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 8).
FOURTH QUARTER SHIPPING STATISTICS RELEASED
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IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1984, 3 003 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 17.7 MILLION NRT (NET REGISTERED TONNAGE) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 81 IN NUMBER AND 1.2 PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1983, ACCORDING TO THE +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ REPORT PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS DROPPED BY FIVE PER CENT WHILST THE NUMBER OF CONTAINERS (MEASURED IN TEUS) DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG ROSE BY 14 PER CENT. WHEN ANALYSED BY SHIP TYPE, NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+61) AND ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF VESSELS (+44), WHILE THE NUMBER OF CONVENTIONAL VESSELS DROPPED (-123). INCREASES IN NUMBER WERE NOTED FOR SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+30) AND IN TAIWAN (+18), BUT
SINGAPOREAN DECLINES WERE RECORDED FOR PANAMANIAN SHIPS (-36) SHIPS (-28) AND LIBERIAN SHIPS (-16). THE NUMBER OF SHIPS WITH CAPACITY UNDER 10 000 DWT INCREASED (+57).
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