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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1994
THE
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION INCLUDE THE CHAIRMAN OF SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR ERIC LI KA-CHEUNG; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, DR RAYMOND WU WAI-YUNG: AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL
SERVICE, MR HUI YIN-FAT.
THE DELEGATION WILL RETURN TO THE TERRITORY ON SEPTEMBER 17 (SATURDAY).
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HONG KONG IS NO. 1 CONTAINER PORT
HONG KONG HAS BECOME THE FIRST PORT IN THE WORLD TO HANDLE MORE THAN 900,000 CONTAINERS IN A SINGLE MONTH. IT HAS ALSO OVERTAKEN ITS NEAREST RIVAL, SINGAPORE, AS THE WORLD'S BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT.
ITS MAY THROUGHPUT TOTALLED 985,000 TEUS (20-FOOT-EQUIVALENT UNITS). THIS WAS A 26.8 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THE HUGE JUMP BROUGHT HONG KONG'S TOTAL THROUGHPUT FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO 4.167 MILLION TEUS, A 21.6 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993.
SINGAPORE'S TOTAL THROUGHPUT FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WAS 4.049 MILLION TEUS, AN INCREASE OF 16.9 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR'S FIGURES.
HONG KONG WAS THE WORLD'S BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT IN 1993, HANDLING 9.204 MILLION TEUS COMPARED WITH 9.047 MILLION HANDLED BY SINGAPORE FOR THE YEAR.
IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, SINGAPORE'S THROUGHPUT WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN HONG KONG'S. HOWEVER, PORT OFFICIALS POINTED OUT THAT WHILE SINGAPORE'S THROUGPUT WAS EVEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HONG KONG'S TENDED TO GROW IN THE LATER MONTHS.
SAY THAT
THE LATEST FIGURES BEAR THIS OUT AND PORT OPERATORS HONG KONG IS LIKELY TO MAINTAIN ITS LEAD POSITION FOR THE REST OF 1994.
THE BIG INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF CONTAINERS TO DEMAND FROM THE GROWING ECONOMY IN SOUTHERN CHINA.
HANDLED IS DUE
IT HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE LAST BERTH OF CONTAINER TERMINAL 8 ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND BEGINNING OPERATION SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
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