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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1994
GROWTH
OF
SOME 60 PER CENT
THE BIG RISE IN THROUGHPUT IS BECAUSE OF THE RAPID THE CHINESE ECONOMY, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN CHINA. OF HONG KONG'S THROUGHPUT IS DESTINED FOR, OR COMES FROM, CHINA.
THE PORT
IN
TRAFFIC
GROWTH BEEN ABLE TO COPE WITH THE HAS VOLUME, THANKS, IN PART, TO THE EARLY COMPLETION OF CONTAINER TERMINAL TERMINAL 8 ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND. THE FOURTH BERTH OF THE CONTAINER
NEXT FEBRUARY, BEGAN TAKING 8, ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION VESSELS IN JULY.
HUNG TERMINALS TO
INCREASE IN THE
THIS HAS ENABLED THE KWAI THROUGHPUT BY 29.4 PER CENT TO A TOTAL OF 3.34 MILLION TEUS FIRST SIX MONTHS. BY CONTRAST, MID-STREAM OPERATIONS ROSE BY ONLY ONE PER CENT DURING THE PERIOD TO TOTAL 1.35 MILLION TEUS.
HANDLED BY
THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE WAS IN CONTAINERS RIVER TRADE. THESE INCREASED BY 65.5 PER CENT TO 424,585 TEUS IN FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
THE
USE
THE
THIS CONFIRMS THE INCREASING TREND AMONG SHIPPERS TO PEARL RIVER AS A "HIGHWAY" BETWEEN CHINESE CENTRES AND HONG KONG.
CALL
TO COPE WITH INCREASED RIVER TRADE, THE GOVERNMENT
TO COMPANIES
BUILD PRIVATE
AND TENDERS FROM TERRITORY'S FIRST DEDICATED RIVER TRADE TERMINAL.
PLANS ΤΟ
OPERATE THE
EXPECTED
IT WILL BE SITED AT TUEN MUN, AND THE FIRST PHASE IS TO BE IN OPERATION IN 1997.
THE BIG RISE IN THROUGHPUT FOR THE WHOLE PORT MEANS THAT
THE KONG WILL HANDLE MORE THAN 10 MILLION TEUS THIS YEAR. IS, HOW CLOSE WILL THE TOTAL APPROACH 11 MILLION?
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HONG QUESTION
BEDSPACE APARTMENT OPERATORS URGED TO REGISTER
THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) HAS URGED ALL OPERATORS OF EXISTING BEDSPACE APARTMENTS ΤΟ APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION BEFORE THE REGISTRATION PERIOD ENDS IN A MONTH'S TIME.
AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CNTA, MR TIM STEPHENSON, SAID OPERATORS WERE REQUIRED TO REGISTER WITH THE OFFICE OF THE LICENSING AUTHORITY (OLA) BEFORE NOVEMBER 30 OR FACE A FINE OR IMPRISONMENT.
HE SAID ANY PERSON WHO OPERATED A BEDSPACE APARTMENT WITHOUT A VALID CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION OR A LICENCE WOULD BE LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $100,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS.
THE PERSON WILL ALSO BE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $20,000 FOR EACH DAY DURING WHICH THE OFFENCE CONTINUES.
HE SAID A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION WOULD INITIALLY EXEMPT A BEDSPACE APARTMENT FROM OBTAINING A LICENCE.
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