WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1990
MINISTER CONTINUES BUSY SCHEDULE
THE
MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND
COMMONWEALTH LORD CAITHNESS, CONTINUED HIS BUSY SCHEDULE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
AFFAIRS,
LORD CAITHNESS
IN CHINA BUILDING FIRST VISITED THE BANK OF CENTRAL WHICH IS THE TALLEST BUILDING IN HONG KONG. ACCOMPANIED BY THE GENERAL
KONG BRANCH, MR ZHANG MANAGER, HONG
XUEYAO, SPECTACULAR VIEW OF THE TERRITORY FROM THE TOP FLOOR OF THE SKYSCRAPER.
HE
HAD A 70-STOREY
AND
BACH
THE HONG FAIRS IN
KONG
HONG
LATER THE MINISTER VISITED THE HONG KONG CONVENTION EXHIBITION CENTRE IN WAN CHAI WHICH PLAY HOST TO UP TO 60 EVENTS MONTH SINCE ITS
IN 1988. HE OPENING
ALSO TOURED JEWELRY AND WATCH FAIR, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST KONG.
IN THE AFTERNOON, LORD CAITHNESS WAS BRIEFED ON HONG KONG'S NEW FOR AIRPORT PROJECT AND
SECRETARY OTHER PORT DEVELOPMENTS BY THE WORKS, MR KENNETH KWOK; THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN; THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, MR HAMISH SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG.
MACLEOD;
AND THE
FOR A THE MINISTER LATER BOARDED THE MARINE LAUNCH "TIN HAU"
BRIEFED ON THE CRUISE OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE HARBOUR AND WAS SHIPPING THROUGHPUT BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR MICHAEL SZE.
HE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE VARIOUS OPERATIONS OF THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT, WHICH HAS BECOME THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONTAINER PORT IN 1987, AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO IN 1988 AND 89.
WAS
ARRIVING AT KWAI CHUNG, LORD CAITHNESS VISITED MODERN TERMINALS LIMITED WHICH HANDLED MORE THAN 1.27 MILLION TEU'S LAST YEAR, AND ONE OF THE FIRST CONTAINER PORT OPERATORS IN HONG KONG.
LORD CAITHNESS WAS BRIEFED ON THE TERMINAL OPERATIONS CONTROL ROOM BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MTL, MR MARK LEESE, GENERAL MANAGER, MR ANDREW MILLIKEN.
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