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Wednesday, November 15, 1972

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Referring to permitting street-side parking of containers for

the purpose of 'stuffing' and 'unstuffing', Mr. Robson said that the

streets of Hong Kong must be reserved primarily to serve the needs of

moving traffic.

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"The larger manufacturer, who has sufficient goods to fill

complete containers, should do his stuffing within his own premises,'

he continued, "the smaller manufacturer should make use of godowns which

have been specifically designed to provide this service."

Nevertheless, he was prepared to discuss the matter further

with representatives of the Container Lines Committee, the General

Chamber of Commerce and other bodies primarily affected provided that

there were some alternative proposals on how to deal with the problem

of road congestion.

Turning to the movement of containers, he assured that forward

planning and present construction of roadworks have taken full account

of the needs of container traffic.

"We have in hand over $71 million worth of roadworks in northern

Kowloon which will help to provide speedy access to and from the Kwai

Chung container terminals."

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