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a proprietor will be required to display a notice showing the proprietor's name and the particulars of the responsible safety officer or safety supervisor.
"Contractors or shipyard owners who fail to fulfil their legal obligations under the amended regulations will face a maximum fine of $50,000," Mr Chan said.
End/Friday, February 17, 1995
Hong Kong handles more than one million TEUS a month
Hong Kong, the world's busiest cóntainer port, handled more than one million TEUS (twenty-foot equivalent units) a month for three consecutive months from last July, according to the latest container throughput statistics released by the Marine Department.
The territory handled a total of 1.007 million TEUS last September; 1.031 million TEUS and 1.008 million TEUS in August 1994 and July 1994 respectively.
In the first nine months of 1994, Hong Kong's container throughput was at 8,166,281 TEUs, a 21.1 per cent increase over the corresponding period in 1993.
Commenting on the figures, the Deputy Director of Marine, Mr Ian Dale, said with these figures Hong Kong would probably be the first port in the world to handle more than 11 million TEUS in a year.
"The figures indicate sustained growth in demand and the port's ability to service that demand," he said.
"More importantly, they continue to underline the need for the development of further container terminals to stay on schedule to meet forecast demand," Mr Dale added.
The container terminals at Kwai Chung including terminal 8 on Stonecutters Island handled 5,373,558 TEUS in the first nine months of 1994, representing an increase of 27.3 per cent over the same period in 1993.
During the same period container throughput in the river trade sector rose by 57 per cent to 672,788 TEUs and mid-stream operators handled 2,120,757 TEUs, an increase of 1.1 per cent over the same period in 1993.