MONDAY, MAY 2, 1994
THE
THIS
"TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR MORE FLAT SUPPLY, WE WILL CONSIDER POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING DENSITIES ON SITES APPEARING LATER IN YEAR'S LAND DISPOSAL PROGRAMME AND USING THE FIVE-HECTARE SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAMME AGREED AT THE LAND COMMISSION FOR HIGH DENSITIES ALSO."
SAID
WITH REGARD TO POINTS RAISED BY UDBK ON URBAN RENEWAL, MR BASON
FOR ANY PROPOSAL
LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT IN
OF RESPECT
LAND RESUMPTION FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE HAS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT TASK-FORCE'S OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS.
OF
PEARL RIVER
+
A HIGHWAY TO HK
KONG'S BOARD.
TO HONG THE PEARL RIVER IS BECOMING ONE OF THE MAIN HIGHWAYS
PORT DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY THE PORT,
CONGESTED, AS THE BORDER CROSSING POINTS AND ROADS BECOME MORE SHIPPERS ARE INCREASINGLY LOOKING TO BARGES TO SHIP GOODS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND FEEDER PORTS IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE.
TOTAL RIVER CARGO TONNAGE INCREASED IN 1993 BY 30 PER CENT OVER
12.6 1992
MILLION ΤΟ
THIS COMPRISED JUST OVER 23 MILLION TONNES. TONNES OF INWARD AND 10.5 MILLION TONNES OF OUTWARD CARGO.
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TREND TOWARDS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WAS THE INCREASING CONTAINERISATION. TOTAL THROUGHPUT OF CONTAINERISED CARGO GREW BY PER CENT COMPARED WITH A 22 PER CENT INCREASE IN BREAK BULK CARGO.
TRADE NON-BULK
THIS MEANT THAT IN 1993, 40 PER CENT OF RIVER CARGOES WERE CONTAINERISED COMPARED WITH 36 PER CENT IN 1992.
IN
RIVER VESSELS LOADED AND DISCHARGED A TOTAL OF 612,000 EQUIVALENT UNITS AT PLACES OTHER THAN CONTAINER TERMINALS THIS WAS 6.7 PER CENT OF THE PORT'S TOTAL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT.
20-FOOT
1993.
ROAD
MANY SHIPPERS ARE REALISING THE ADVANTAGES OF RIVER OVER TRANSPORT. CONSOLIDATING SEVERAL CONTAINERS WITH A COMMON DESTINATION ON ΤΟ ONE BARGE IS MORE COST-EFFECTIVE.
IT IS ALSO BETTER FOR THE TERMINAL OPERATOR WHO CAN HANDLE
A ON CONSIGNMENT
RATHER THAN RECEIVING CONTAINERS TOGETHER BASIS FROM A LARGE NUMBER OF LORRIES.
THE
RANDOM
EACH HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT AND TRAFFIC BOTH BENEFIT BECAUSE
LESS ON THE CONTAINER
RIVER MEANS ONE CONTAINER TRUCK CARRIED BY ROADS. WITHOUT RIVER TRAFFIC, CONTAINER VEHICLES WOULD HAVE MADE THAN 400,000 EXTRA JOURNEYS ON HONG KONG ROADS IN 1993.
THE TOY INDUSTRY, PARTICULARLY, 1S EXPANDING ITS USE OF TRADE. MANUFACTURERS
STUFF
AT CAN
40-FOOT CONTAINERS FACTORIES, THEN SHIP THEM BY BARGE TO LINERS IN HONG KONG.
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