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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1988
KWAI TSING DMC'S REPORT ON CONTAINER TRADE COMPLETED
A
WORKING GROUP OF THE
MANAGEMENT KWAI TSING DISTRICT
SHORT-TERM POSITION OF THE COMMITTEE HAS COMPLETED A REPORT ON THE
WERE OFF-TERMINAL CONTAINER TRADE IN THE DISTRICT, MEMBERS OF THE DMC THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN AND INFORMED AT A RECENT MEETING BY
KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK.
THE
REPORT'S
FINDINGS
THE CONFIRMED
INCREASE
REMARKABLE AND RAPID GROWTH IN THE THROUGHPUT OF CONTAINERS AND THE UNPRECEDENTED IN THE NUMBER OF TRACTORS AND TRAILERS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
PEOPLE
CREDIT
THE TO
TRADE AND ALL MR COAK SAID IT WAS A CONCERNED THAT HONG KONG HAD MANAGED TO GO, WITHOUT ANY MAJOR HICCUPS, FROM THE WORLD'S THIRD BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT IN 1986 TO IN 1987, DESPITE MUCH PRESSURE ON THE TRADE.
THE BUSIEST
THIS DEMONSTRATED ONCE AGAIN THE
SAID.
TERRITORY'S
FLEXIBILITY, HE
APPOINTED THIS
то CONSIDER THE MR COAK SAID CONSULTANTS HAD BEEN
WOULD BE DONE UNDER LONGER TERM NEEDS OF THE CONTAINER TRADE.
BY THE THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY STUDY BEING MANAGED STRATEGIC PLANNING UNIT OF THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCIL,
GROUP, IT'S CONTAINER TRADE.
AS FOR THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE'S WORKING NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO DISCUSS ITS FINDINGS WITH THE THIS WOULD BE DONE SHORTLY, MR COAK ADDED.
SHAM SHUI PO SUPPORTS COMMUNITY CHEST
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PO DISTRICT'S
FOR
MILLION DOLLARS IN
THE SHAM SHUL
"ORGANISING COMMITTEE COMMUNITY CHEST CAMPAIGN" HAS RAISED OVER HALF A THE PAST YEAR THROUGH VARIOUS FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES
FOR
THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN, MR LAM CHING, PRESENTED A CHEQUE
AT A CEREMONY TONIGHT $602,074 TO A COMMUNITY CHEST REPRESENTATIVE (WEDNESDAY).
"P
TUR VARIOUS FUND-RAISING PROJECTS HELD INCLUDED
A
LANTERNS SALE DURING SPECIAL AND BAZAARS,
'WALK FOR MILLION" FESTIVAL AND THE POPULAR 30 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PROCEEDS.
THE
WHICH RAISED
CHARITY SALES LANTERN SPRING
MORE THAN
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