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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1987
AND AND OVERALL
MR. DAVID GLEDHILL, HE WAS RECEIVED BY THE MTL CHAIRMAN, WAS BRIEFED ON THE OPERATIONS AND PLANS OF THE TERMINAL
THE CONTAINER PORT DEVELOPMENT. DURING HIS TOUR OF THE TERMINAL, VISITED THE CONTROL ROOM AND TOOK A PANORAMIC VIEN OF THE TERMINAL'S FACILITIES.
IB THE
HE ALSO Or LAYOUT
OF THE
OPERATE
SECOND LARGEST ESTABLISHED IN 1969, THE MTL THRER OPERATORS IN THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL, WITH 1,400 STAFF AND OPERATORS. IT COMPRISES TWO CONTIGUOUS TERMINALS WHICH ROUND-THE-CLOCK AND HAVE A CONTAINER STACKING CAPACITY OF ABOUT 18,000 TEUS (20-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS).
TO INVEST WITH ABOUT 1,800 CONTAINER SHIPS CALLING AT THE
HAVE PLANS
FURTHER A YEAR, THE COMPANY WAS SAID TO MILLION ON MODERN CONTAINER HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND OF THE TERMINAL COMPLEX.
THERE ARE NOW ALTOGETHER FIVE TERMINALS THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS LIMITED AND MTL.
MTL TERMINALS SOME $220 EXPANSION
LIMITED,
CHUNG KWAI IN
THE SEA-LAND
UNDER ORIENT
TAC ENDORSES KMB FRANCHISE EXTENSION
LTD
31,
MOTOR BUS
(1933) COMPANY
AUGUST AN APPLICATION BY THE KOWLOON
(TAC) TODAY (KMB) TO EXTEND ITS FRANCHISE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO
ADVISORY COMMITTEE TRANSPORT 1997 WAS ENDORSED BY THE (TUESDAY).
IN ΤΟ THE COMPANY KMB'S CURRENT FRANCHISE WAS FIRST GRANTED
HAS SINCE BEEN. EXTENDED BY THE OF TWO A PERIOD
IN MARCH 1975 FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. IT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON FIVE OCCASIONS EACH TIME FOR YEARS. THE LAST EXTENSION, TO AUGUST 31, 1995, WAS APPROVED 1986.
SINCE THE KMB'S PERFORMANCE TAC REVIEWED MEMBERS OF EXTENSION OF ITS FRANCHISE AND WERE SATISFIED THAT KMB WAS CAPABLE MAINTAINING A PROPER AND EFFICIENT SERVICE.
LAST
OF
EXTENSION FURTHER A THEY CONSIDERED THAT
PLANNING WOULD FACILITATE THE COMPANY'S FORWARD ITS BUS SERVICES.
OF ITS FRANCHISE AND
DEVELOPMENT
OF
THE TAC ...