WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1990
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HK: A MAJOR TRANS-SHIPMENT CENTRE FOR EAST ASIA IN 2000
MAJOR TRANS- SIR GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE NOT ONLY THE MAJOR EXPORT OUTLET FOR HONG KONG AND SOUTHERN CHINA, BUT ALSO THE
FOR EAST ASIA IN THE YEAR 2000, SHIPMENT CENTRE DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE
FOCUS OF
POINTED
THE OUT THAT BY THE END OF THE DECADE, HE ACTIVITY IN OUR PORT WOULD HAVE SHIFTED TO THE WESTERN HARBOUR.
"NEW CONTAINER AND MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINALS WILL BE DEVELOPED ON
A PORT PENINSULA EXTENDING FROM NORTH-EAST LANTAU.
KONG'S
"IN THE YEAR 2000, THE BEST ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT HONG PORT WILL HANDLE NEARLY 200 MILLION TONNES OF CARGO PER YEAR, THAT IS, WELL OVER TWICE THE PRESENT LEVEL, HE SAID.
THE
GOVERNOR SAID
即新
NEW
AIRPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE,
BUT
THAT SEPARATE FROM THE CLOSELY LINKED TO IT AS PART OF HONG KONG'S ESSENTIAL WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PORT FACILITIES.
"AS
WITH THE AIRPORT, THIS PROJECT IS VITAL TO
OUR CONTINUED
PROSPERITY.
PORT,
WE
KEY
HE
"WITH
AND MORE OCEAN-GOING SHIPS ENTERING the MORE MUST PLAN AHEAD TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG KEEPS ITS POSITION AS A COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE FOR BOTH SOUTHERN CHINA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA,' SAID.
BY
SIR DAVID SAID MOST OF THE PORT EXPANSION WOULD BE FINANCED THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THIS WAS A WELL PROVEN APPROACH IN HONG KONG.
"THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN MAKE A FIRST-RATE JOB OF FINANCING, CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING THE MAJOR FACILITIES OUR PORT, " HE SAID.
HE SAID PROGRESS ON TERMINAL SEVEN AT KWAI CHUNG WAS
EXAMPLE.
IN
A GOOD
THE FIRST PHASE WAS COMPLETED IN THE RECORD TIME OF 19 MONTHS TWO YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND IT WOULD BE FULLY OPERATIONAL IN TWO WEEKS' TIME.
-
HAVE
PRIVATE SECTOR THE SITE FOR TERMINAL EIGHT WOULD BE LET FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR AND THE AIM WAS TO IT READY FOR USE DURING 1993, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT, TOO, HAD AN IMPORTANT PLAY IN PORT DEVELOPMENT.
ROLE то
PART
OF THIS WAS TO PROVIDE BREAKWATERS, TYPHOON SHELTERS ADDITIONAL LAND FOR CARGO HANDLING AND CONTAINER STORAGE.
AND
/ANOTHER, CRUCIAL,