MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,
1993
FIRST SIX
FIRST SIX
PERCENTAGE
MONTHS OF 1992
MONTHS OF 1993
INCREASE
KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER
TERMINALS
2,285,123
2,584,398
+13.1%
STREAM AND ELSEWHERE
1,134,810
1,333,380
+17.5%
RIVER TRADE
155,780
262,100
+68.3%
TOTAL
3,567,664
4,177,908
+17.1%
ARE FIGURES
AND
1993
AJUSTED DOWNWARDS BY TEUS HANDLED BY
NOTE: TO AVOID DOUBLE COUNTING,
1992
IN
BEING 1,970 8,049 IN TERMINAL VESSELS CONTRACTED TO WORK IN THE STREAM.
HONG KONG IS THE BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT IN THE WORLD,
LAST YEAR. IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE
A RECORD OF 7.97 MILLION TEUS
IN TERMS
BUSIEST THROUGHPUT.
OF
VESSEL
ARRIVALS
AND
CARGO
AND
HANDLING
PASSENGER
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THREE NEW COINS PUT INTO CIRCULATION
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NEW-DESIGN $1, 50-CENT AND 20-CENT
COINS WILL BE INTRODUCED
INTO GENERAL CIRCULATION ON OCTOBER 11 TO REPLACE EXISTING COINS.
"THIS IS PART OF THE PHASED PROGRAMME TO REPLACE AND WITHDRAW FROM CIRCULATION EXISTING COINS BEARING REFERENCES THAT WILL BECOME INAPPROPRIATE TO THE STATUS OF HONG KONG AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
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LIKE THE NEW $5 AND $2 COINS INTRODUCED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, THE DESIGNS FEATURE A BACHINIA FLOWER, AND "HONG KONG" IN CHINESE CHARACTERS AND ENGLISH ON THE OBVERSE.
OF
THE REVERSE FEATURES THE DENOMINATION IN CHINESE CHARACTERS AND ENGLISH WITH A LARGE ARABIC NUMERAL IN THE CENTRE AND THE YEAR ISSUE IMMEDIATELY BELOW IT.
THE METAL COMPOSITIONS OF THE NEW COINS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF THE EXISTING ONES TO FACILITATE SORTING AND WITHDRAWAL OF THE EXISTING COINS BY MACHINE.
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