WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1988
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SHIPPING POLICY SHOULD MEET CHANGES: SES
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GOVERNMENT'S SHIPPING POLICY MUST EVOLVE IN THE LIGHT
CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND ADVICE FROM
SECRETARY (WEDNESDAY).
FOR ECONOMIC
SERVICES,
OF BOTH
THE THE SHIPPING COMMUNITY,
CHAN, SAID TODAY
ANSON MRS
MEETING LUNCH A
OF THE BALTIC AND HOW SKIPPING
SHB WAS SPEAKING AT INTERNATIONAL MARITIME COUNCIL ON HONG KONG'S SHIPPING POLICY AND
INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL
MEMBERS
THE OF
IT AFFECTED
COMMUNITIES.
MRS CHAN
DEVELOPMENT
STUDY
CURRENT
PORT
AND AIRPORT
INFORMATION
AND
AND EXTENT OF
COULD CAPACITY
STAY
FUTURE
AHEAD
PORT
OF
THAT THE OUT POINTED
WOULD PROVIDE ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE LOCATION, NATURE FACILITIES SO THAT HONG KONG'S TRADE DEMANDS.
PER
PORT
YEARS OF "GIVEN HONG KONG'S GDP GROWTH KATES FOR THE LAST TWO
MORE MODERATE 6
CENT AND EVEN ASSUMING 11.2 PER CENT AND 13.
THIS IS A 'CHANGING FUTURE, GROWTH RATES
FORESEEABLE IN THE
WOULD CIRCUMSTANCE' OF VERY CONSIDERABLE PROPORTIONS, AND ONE THAT WE IGNORE ONLY AT OUR PERIL," SHE SAID.
REVIEW
ITS
THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ THE OTHER FACTOR WHICH CAUSED POLICIES WAS ADVICE FROM THE SHIPPING COMMUNITY, MRS CHAN SAID, NOTING THAT A NETWORK OF PORT ADVISORY COMMITTEES WAS PROVIDING SUCH ADVICE.
INCLUDING
OF
SHIPOWNERS
THESE COMMITTEES COMPRISED REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL ASPECTS
HONG KONG THE THE SHIPPING COMMUNITY, ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG LINER SITPPING ASSOCIATION, THE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE HONG KONG SHIPPERS COUNCIL.
CONTAINER
THE OPERATORS, HONG KONG CONTAINER LEASING COMPANIES
TERMINAL THREE THE CONTAINER TRACTORS ASSOCIATION, THE REPAIRER ASSOCIATION AND THE CONTAINER REPRESENTED, MRS CHAN SAID.
HONG KONG
HONG KONG AND DFPCT WERE ALSO
DEVELOPED SHE SAID
GOVERNMENT THE THAT SHIPPING STRATEGY AIMED AT CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TRADE COULD BEST PROSPER.
HAD
A
FIVE-POINT
HONG
KONG
AMONG THESE
COMPONENTS
OF CO-ORDINATION THE PROVISION OF MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL WATERS, FACILITIES FOR THE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF SEABORNE FREIGHT PROVISION OF SHIPPING SUPPORT SERVICES.
WERE THE
SHIPPIN ADEQUATE AND THE
THE
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN EFFICIENT SERVICE FOR
NECESSARY TC FACILITATE REGISTRY OF SHIPS IN HONG KONG, MODIFIED AS THE TRANSITION IN 1997 WITH A MINIMUM OF CHANGE.
MEANWHILE,
GOVERNMENT
WOULD
STIPULATF
AND
ENFORC EQUIPMENT, MANNING FOR LOCAL OPERATIONS
THE INTERNATIONALLY AGREED STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF VESSELS LICENSED IN HONG KONG OR REGISTERED IN HONG KONG FOR WORLD-WIDE WERATIONS, SIR ADDED.
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