2
FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1991
CONTAINERISATION,
UP TO
2006,
TEU'S
GIVEN THAT THERE WOULD BE INCREASING
BE NEEDED BY THE YEAR 20 ADDITIONAL CONTAINER BERTHS WOULD INCREASING OUR LAND-BASED CONTAINER CAPACITY TO SOME 13 MILLION (20-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNIT. THIS CAPACITY MAY NEED TO REACH 26 MILLION TEU'S BY 2011.
IN ACCEPTING THE REPORT, ALL THREE OF THE COMMITTEES SET UP BY THE MID STREAM THE BOARD AT ITS FIRST MEETING -IN AUGUST LAST YEAR
AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, THE RIVER TRADE CARGO ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE
COMPLETED THEIR THE SHIP REPAIR FACILITIES TASKS.
HAVE
NOW
TO PROVIDE PROPER IMPETUS
ONE STANDING COMMITTEES MATTERS AND ONE WITH CONTAINERS
ΤΟ DEALING
THE BOARD'S FUTURE WITH PORT
AND LAND HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
WORK,
TRANSPORT
TWO
THE
MAIN FINDINGS
OF THE RIVER
CARGO TRADE
ACTIVITIES
ARE FACILITIES
OF THE CORRECT
COMMITTEE WERE THAT:
*
PRESENT RIVER TRADE CARGO
TYPE FOR THE TRADE, AND SOME SPARE CAPACITY IS PRESENT;
WATERFRONTS, FACILITIES FOR AREAS WILL NEED 1994 AND 1995 RESPECTIVELY;
PRIVATE WHARVES AND TEMPORARY SAND/AGGREGATES, AND PUBLIC CARGO WORKING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT BY 1993, AND
A RIVER TRADE TERMINAL IN TURN MUN IS DESIRABLE.
REAFFIRMED THAT BOTH OCEAN
AS REGARDS SHIP REPAIR, THE BOARD'S COMMITTEE THE PORT OF HONG KONG REQUIRES SHIP REPAIR FACILITIES FOR GOING SHIPS AND LOCAL CRAFT.
PRIORITIES FOR LAND AND AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF COMPETING
SCALE THE
OF
SHIP EXISTING CONCLUDED THAT LABOUR, THE COMMITTEE
TO MEET FUTURE DEMAND REPAIR FACILITIES IS LIKELY TO BE INADEQUATE AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONSIDER THE NEED:
TO PROVIDE IN ITS INFRASTRUCTURAL INDUSTRY TO EXPAND;
PLAN, FOR THE DOCKYARD
*
TO IDENTIFY SITES FOR ADDITIONAL SHIPYARDS; AND
*
TO ENSURE THAT BOATYARDS.
THERE
SITES SUFFICIENT ARE
PROVIDED
FOR
THE COMMITTEE ADVISED
THAT THE POSSIBLE
OF
SHIP
NEED
MOST
HEPAIR CAPACITY IN CHINA IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE AN
EXPANSION IMPACT ON THE THAT THE NOTED IN HONG KONG, CAPACITY FOR ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT CONSTRAINT IS AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF TRAINED LABOUR.
BUT
JOHN
OPERATIONS, MR
GRAY SAID BOARD AS REGARDS MID STREAM MEMBERS AGREED THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO ARTIFICIAL RESTRAINTS IMPOSED.
IT
OF THE VIEW THAT HE SAID THE MAJORITY OF BOARD MEMBERS WERE
ON TO PLACE RESTRAINTS NOR DESIRABLE NEITHER WAS
NECESSARY
ΤΟ THE CONTAINER HANDLING IN THE STREAM SO AS TO DIVERT MORE VESSELS CONTAINER TERMINALS.
/IN THE