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THE INSPECTORS HAVE AGREED WITH THE SECURITIES COMMISSION TO PREPARE, WITHIN THE REMAINING BALANCE OF APPROVED FUNDS, A PAPER SUMMÁRISING WHAT WENT WRONG, WHY, AND WHAT LESSONS CÁN BE LEARNT.
HAVING CONSIDERED THE ADVICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS DECIDED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PUBLISH THE STATUTORY REPORT ON THE COMPLETED EDA GROUP INVESTIGATION (+THE EDA REPORT+) AT THIS STAGE. HOWEVER,
THE THE EDA REPORT IS NOW BEING STUDIED, THE COMMISSIONER SAID. ATTORNEY GENERAL IS ACTIVELY CONSIDERING, IN THE LIGHT OF THE INSPECTORS' FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS, WHETHER CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS SHOULD BE INSTITUTED AGAINST ANY PERSON. CONSIDERATION IS ALSO BEING GIVEN TO THE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST OTHER PERSONS WHOSE CONDUCT HAS BEEN CRITICISED BY THE INSPECTORS IN THE EDA REPORT.
SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS RELEASED
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IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986, 3 478 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 21.2 MILLION NRT (NET REGISTERED TONS) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 137 (OR 4 PER CENT) IN NUMBER AND OF 8 PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985.
THESE FIGURES ARE CONTAINED IN THE HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT+ PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM A SAMPLE OF MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT.
WHEN ANALYSED BY SHIP TYPE, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+173) AND OIL TANKERS (+45), WHILE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SEMI-CONTAINER VESSELS (-52), ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF VESSELS (-50) AND DRY BULK CARRIERS (-15).
INCREASES IN NUMBER WERE RECORDED FOR SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+167) AND PANAMA (+59), BUT DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THOSE REGISTERED IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (-28), TAIWAN (-23) AND JAPAN (-12).
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