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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1986
THIS STUDY TOOK ACCOUNT OF PORT DEVELOPMENTS IN NEARBY AREAS OF CHINA AND CONCLUDED THAT THESE WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE COMPLEMENTARY TO HONG KONG RATHER THAN COMPETITIVE.
SIR EDWARD SAID THEY SHOULD INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF CHINA TO TRANSPORT ITS EXPORTS AND IMPORTS TO AND FROM HONG KONG AND THUS STRENGTHEN FURTHER HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL BASE.
IN THE SAME WAY, PROJECTS TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE CHINESE RAILWAY SYSTEM WOULD INEVITABLY INCREASE HONG KONG'S IMPORTANCE AS A LINK BETWEEN CHINA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD, HE ADDED.
SIR EDWARD ALSO NOTED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO EXPAND THE CONTAINER PORT AT KWAI CHUNG,
HE SAID THE CONTAINER PORT HANDLED WELL OVER TWO MILLION 20-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS LAST YEAR AND IT WAS EXPECTED THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO HANDLE TWO OR THREE TIMES THAT NUMBER BY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
SIR EDWARD CONCLUDED THAT WHAT HE HAD SAID +HAS DEMONSTRATED OUR DETERMINATION TO KEEP HONG KONG IN THE FOREFRONT OF WORLD MARITIME AFFAIRS AS A MAJOR PORT, AS A CENTRE FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY AND AS A PORT OF REGISTRY+.
DECISIONS ON SSPA MODIFICATIONS ANNOUNCED
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FOLLOWING RECENT PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS OF THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE SSPA SYSTEM, DETAILS OF WHICH WERE CIRCULARISED TO SCHOOLS IN JULY, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS, AS ENDORSED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION:
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THE NEW METHOD OF ALLOCATION BASED ON 25 GRADE POINTS WOULD BE DEFERRED TO PERMIT RECONSIDERATION OF THE ISSUE IN THE LIGHT OF THE FINDINGS OF THE REVIEW ON THE CURRICULUM AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION RELATING TO THE NINE YEARS OF FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
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