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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1988
FOREIGN SECRETARY VISITS CONTAINER TERMINAL
AFFAIRS,
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH GEOFFREY HOWE, THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED THE MODERN TERMINALS LIMITED (MTL) AT THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL.
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HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DERICK HALL,
AND THE COMPANY'S CHAIRMAN, MR DAVID GLEDHILL.
SIR GEOFFREY WAS TOLD THAT IN 1987 HONG KONG SURPASSED ROTTERDAM TO BECOME THE NUMBER ONE PORT IN TERMS OF CONTAINER THROUGHPUT.
THIS EQUATED TO 3.46 MILLION TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS (TEU'S) WITH 2.61 MILLION TEU'S BEING HANDLED AT KWAI CHUNG.
SIR GEOFFREY LEARNT THAT THE KWAI CHƯNG CONTAINER TERMINAL COMPRISED SEVEN BERTHS OPERATED BY THREE COMPANIES
MTL, SEA-LAND ORIENT LIMITED AND HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS LIMITED.
HE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AT KWAI CHUNG INCLUDING THE RECENT OPENING OF THE FIRST BERTH OF TERMINAL 6 AND THE RESULT OF THE OPEN TENDER EXERCISE CONDUCTED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR TERMINAL 7.
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MR HALL EXPLAINED THAT THE FULL COMPLETION OF TERMINAL YEAR AND TERMINAL 7 BY 1991 WOULD PRACTICALLY DOUBLE KWAI CHUNG'S CONTAINER HANDLING CAPACITY TO ALMOST FIVE MILLION TEU'S WHICH SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET HONG KONG'S DEMAND UP TO 1993-94.
OWING TO SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH RATES IN 1986 AND 1987, THE GOVERNMENT HAD COMMISSIONED CONSULTANTS ΤΟ UNDERTAKE A PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY STUDY (PADS) TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE NEW PORT AND AIRPORT FACILITIES.
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"THIS IS A MAJOR STUDY TO PROVIDE FOR EXPECTED GROWTH UP YEAR 2011 AND ALSO INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE, CROSS-HARBOUR CONNECTIONS, HOUSING CONSIDERATIONS AND SO ON," MR HALL ADDED.
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