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HE SAID THE CARGO CENTRE,
WHOSE HEIGHT WILL EARN ITSELF AN ENTRY IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, WAS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED NEAR THE NEW CONTAINER TERMINALS AT STONECUTTERS, TSING YI AND LANTAU ISLAND AND THE FUTURE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT.
"IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE INVESTORS OF THIS CARGO CENTRE DO NOT ONLY HAVE EYES ON THE PRESENT DEMANDS OF HONG KONG, BUT ALSO HAVE VERY GOOD FORESIGHT ABOUT WHAT THE CITY NEEDS AND WHERE THESE NEEDS LIE," HE SAID.
MR WONG ALSO NOTED THAT HONG KONG IS THE WORLD'S 11TH LARGEST TRADING ECONOMY.
"IT IS A GATEWAY TO CHINA AS WELL AS A REGIONAL CENTRE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURING, FINANCE AND COMMUNICATIONS. A RAPIDLY GROWING AMOUNT OF TRADE INCLUDING TRANSHIPMENT AND OUTWARD PROCESSING IS HANDLED HERE.
"THE PORT OF HONG KONG HANDLED 5.04 MILLION EQUIVALENT UNITS) OF CONTAINERISED CARGO IN 1990.
TEU'S (20-FEET
"AS SUCH WELL-EQUIPPED WAREHOUSES WITH MODERN CARGO-HANDLING FACILITIES, LIKE THE KWAI CHUNG INTERNATIONAL CARGO CENTRE, WILL PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT TO HONG KONG'S CONTINUED SUCCESS AS A WORLD TRADING ECONOMY, " MR WONG ADDED.
PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF MOON ON SATURDAY
IF WEATHER PERMITS, A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON WILL BE OBSERVABLE IN HONG KONG ON SATURDAY (JULY 27).
DETAILS OF THE ECLIPSE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
HONG KONG TIME
AZIMUTH DIRECTION
ELEVATION (DEGREES)
MOONRISE
6.48 PM (FRIDAY)
EAST-SOUTHEAST
0
MOON ENTERS PENUMBRA
0.48 AM (SATURDAY)
SOUTH
49
MIDDLE OF ECLIPSE
2.08 AM
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
43
MOON LEAVES PENUMBRA
3.28 AM
SOUTHWEST
31
MOONSET
6.05 AM
WEST-SOUTHWEST
0
THE ECLIPSE WOULD BEST ВЕ OBSERVED OBSTRUCTION OF SIGHT TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.
IN PLACES
WITH NO
THE NEXT LUNAR ECLIPSE OBSERVABLE IN HONG KONG WILL UNTIL DECEMBER 21 THIS YEAR.
NOT OCCUR
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