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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1994
SAFE LOADING OF GOODS VEHICLE MUST NOT BE NEGLECTED
DEVELOPMENT EMPHASIS ON
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE AND SAFETY OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY AND HAS PUT MUCH PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE LOADING OF GOODS VEHICLES, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, DR PANG HAU-CHUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
GOODS THE
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "SAFE LOADING OF VEHICLES" EXHIBITION AND CARNIVAL, DR PANG SAID THE OBJECTIVES OF EVENT ARE TO FOSTER THE CONCEPT OF SAFE LOADING AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOADING LEGISLATION AND CORRECT LOADING METHODS.
EFFICIENCY, IMPROVE
"WHILE
IS IT
IMPORTANT TU
OPERATIONAL ΤΟ SAFETY MUST NOT BE NEGLECTED. AS THE GOODS VEHICLES ALWAYS HAVE
WILL CARRY LARGE VOLUMES OF GOODS, THE CORRECTNESS OF LOADING METHODS DIRECTLY AFFECT THE SAFETY OF DRIVERS AND OTHER ROAD USERS," HE SAID.
DEVELOPMENT THUS, APART FROM ASSISTING THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY'S
GOVERNMENT PUTS MUCH THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVING THROUGH EMPHASIS ON PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE LOADING, DR PANG SAID.
MRS MIRIAM TRANSPORT; MR ANDREW
OTHER GUESTS OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY INCLUDED LAU KIN-YEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE LEGCO PANEL ON WELLS, KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER; MR H AITKEN, DISTRICT COMMANDER OF DAVID THOMAS, SENIOR SUPPORT KWAI TSING POLICE DISTRICT, AND MR OFFICER/TRAFFIC, NEW TERRITORIES/SOUTH.
AND
THE EXHIBITION
TRUCK MERCHANTS
CARNIVAL, WAS JOINTLY
BY ORGANISED
THE
GOODS VEHICLE FLEET OF A NUMBER OF OTHER
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG CONTAINER TRACTOR ASSOCIATION, THE KOWLOON
ASSOCIATION AND THE
ASSISTANCE THE WITH ASSOCIATION, OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS RELATED TO THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY.
THE MAIN THEMES OF THE EXHIBITION ARE TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF USING SAFE LOADING METHODS, TO EXPLAIN THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS REGARDING LOADING OF GOODS VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES ON HOW TO
HOW THE POLICE DEMONSTRATE AND TO LOAD GOODS SAFELY LEGISLATION RELATED TO LOADING OF VEHICLES.
ENFORCE
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT EXHIBITION TO ANSWER PUBLIC ENQUIRIES. WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED,
WERE AT
THE STAFF AND POLICE OFFICERS
PAMPHLETS AND CODE OF PRACTICE
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HONG KONG PORT MAINTAINS ITS LEAD
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WORLD'S BUSIEST THE FIRST
HONG KONG HAS MAINTAINED ITS POSITION AS THE CONTAINER PORT WITH A 22.6 PER CENT JUMP IN THROUGHPUT IN SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
THE PORT
FIGURES RELEASED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SHOW THAT HANDLED 5.11 MILLION TEUS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, COMPARED WITH 4.17 MILLION IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1993.
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