THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1986
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DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT. INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE (+72 PER CENT), INDONESIA (+36 PER CENT) AND SOUTH KOREA (+30 PER CENT) BUT DECREASES WERE NOTED FOR THOSE TO CHINA (-47 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (-4 PER CENT).
AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (+199 PER CENT), CEMENT AND CEMENT CLINKER (+166 PER CENT) AND GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS, N.E.S. (+106 PER CENT), BUT SEABORNE EXPORTS OF COTTON GARMENTS DROPPED (-3 PER CENT).
SHIPPING STATISTICS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIPOWNERS OR AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT.
PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS ARE COMPILED FROM OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A SAMPLE OF ALL CONSIGNMENTS LISTED IN THE MANIFESTS IS USED FOR COMPILING THE STATISTICS. THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE REPORT.
MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986 ARE CONTAINED IN THE +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT+ FOR JANUARY TO MARCH 1986, WHICH IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $14 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED ON THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT 5-455422.
MORE STAGES IN TRAFFIC DIVERSION SCHEME BEING IMPLEMENTED
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STAGES TWO AND THREE OF THE TRAFFIC DIVERSION SCHEME RELATING TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM NEXT THURSDAY (AUGUST 14) AND FROM THE END OF AUGUST RESPECTIVELY.
DETAILS WERE OUTLINED BY MR WAN MAN-LEUNG, ACTING SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERING KOWLOON DIVISION, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH WILL TAKE THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE, WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LANE TO THE FLYOVER ON WHICH THE FLOW IS REACHING SATURATION LEVEL.