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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1990
NEW AIR CARGO TERMINAL TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR
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AIR
THE COMPLETION OF THE $1.3 BILLION AIR CARGO TERMINAL PROJECT AT KAI TAK LATER NEXT YEAR IS A SIGNIFICANT VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, ONLY IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE GENERALLY BUT ALSO IN ITS FUTURE AS AN CARGO CENTRE OF WORLD IMPORTANCE, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE TOPPING OUT CEREMONY OF TERMINAL TWO OF HACTL
EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF AIR THIS MORNING, MRS CHAN SAID THE
CARGO WAS VITAL IN SUPPORTING HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC GROWTH.
"ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF OUR EXPORT, 20 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT OF OUR RE-EXPORTS WERE CARRIED BY AIR SAID.
OF OUR IMPORTS IN 1989, SHE
SHE NOTED THAT $36.5 BILLION WORTH OF FASHION WEAR AND AND CLOCKS ALONE WERE EXPORTED THROUGH TERMINAL ONE LAST YEAR.
WATCHES
"TERMINAL ONE IS ALREADY OPERATING BEYOND ITS DESIGN CAPACITY. TO A STAGGERING THE SECOND TERMINAL WOULD ENABLE HACTL TO HANDLE UP 1.4 MILLION TONNES OF AIR CARGO PER YEAR.
ROLE IN THE
TAK AS
"WITH TERMINAL TWO OPERATING, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR KAI
MORE EVEN TO TAKE ON AN
BOOKS RECORD
REGARDS AIR CARGO.
PROMINENT
RELATIVELY "THIS PROMINENCE HAS BEEN WON OVER A
OF TIME," SHE SAID, ADDING THAT IN PASSED THROUGH KAI TAK AND IN 1976, 163,000 TONNES WERE HANDLED.
SHORT PERIOD 1947, 846 TONNES OF AIR CARGO WHEN HACTL COMMENCED OPERATION
DOUBLED
SEVEN YEARS LATER THAT
"BY 1983, ONLY SEVEN YEARS LATER, THE CARGO THROUGHPUT
AND TONNES.
TODAY, ANOTHER 368,000 THROUGHPUT HAS ONCE MORE DOUBLED, SHE SAID.
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COMING YEARS, UNTIL THE
ENORMOUS FACE
PRESSURES
THE MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT OVER
WOULD OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT, KAI TAK RESULTING FROM A STEADY INCREASE IN TRAFFIC GROWTH.
OF KAI "THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO ENHANCING THE CAPACITY
MUST GO HAND IN TAK IN THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY BUT OUR EFFORTS
ΚΑΙ TAK IF WE HAND WITH THE ENDEAVOURS OF THE PRIVATE OPERATORS AT
SHE SAID. ARE TO MEET SUCCESSFULLY THE CHALLENGES IN THE YEARS AHEAD,
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