WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1994
ON OTHER MAJOR PLANNING STUDIES COMMISSIONED BY THE DEPARTMENT, THE DIRECTOR DISCLOSED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT HAD RECENTLY LAUNCHED A JOINT STUDY WITH THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION TO REVIEW THE TERRITORY'S FUTURE NEEDS FOR VARIOUS TOURIST SERVICES AND FACILITIES WITHIN A REGIONAL CONTEXT.
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"MEANWHILE, WE HAVE ALSO CO-OPERATED WITH THE AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CO LTD AND CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS TO INVESTIGATE THE NEED FOR AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN AVIATION ACADEMY AND MUSEUM FOLLOWING THE RELOCATION OF THE AIRPORT FROM KAI TAK то CHEK LAP KOK.
"THIS STUDY FOLLOWS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST KOWLOON DEVFLOPMENT STATEMENT," THE DIRECTOR ADDED.
REVIEWING THE MAJOR WORK OF HIS DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR, DR PUN POINTED OUT THAT A SECOND REVIEW OF THE PORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PDS) HAD ALREADY BEGUN WITH A VIEW TO PROPOS ING A REVISED PORT DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND PROGRAMME BY MID-1994.
"WITH THE PORT CARGO FORECASTS UPDATED, IT IS PROJECTED THAT THE OVERALL. PORT TRAFFIC WILL INCREASE FROM 101 MILLION TONNES IN 1992 ΤΟ 349 MILLION TONNES IN 2011, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 6.7 PER CENT A YEAR.
"WE ARE NOW TRANSLATING THE PORT CARGO FORECASTS REQUIREMENTS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF PORT FACILITIES," HE SAID.
DR PUN ADDED THAT OTHER RELEVANT STUDIES ARE ALSO CARRIED
TO LOOK INTO INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS OF THE PDS.
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THESE INCLUDE A STUDY TO IDENTIFY LONG-TERM SITES FOR MID- STREAM OPERATIONS AND AN INTERIM STUDY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CONTAINER BACK-UP SITES.
DR PUN ALSO GAVE A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HIS DEPARTMENT'S TERRITORIAL PLANNING.
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HE DISCLOSED THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WOULD VISIT THE PLANNING AUTHORITIES IN THE GUANGDONG PROVINCE, GUANGZHOU, SHENZHEN AND ZHUHAI NEXT MONTH TO DISCUSS WITH THEM THE STRATEGIC PLANNING ISSUES RELATED TO THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
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EX-CHINA VIET ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SENT BACK
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TWENTY-THREE EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
WERE RETURNED MEN, SIX WOMEN, TWO BOYS AND ONE GIRL FUJIAN THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING ON A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT.
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ALSO, ANOTHER GROUP OF ABOUT 190 ECVII'S WILL BE NANNING, GUANGXI ON CHARTERED FLIGHTS ON TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS STARTING FROM TOMORROW.
DISCUSSIONS ARE CONTINUING WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ON REPATRIATION OF THE REMAINING 750 ECV11'S IN HONG KONG,
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