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香港政府

GIS 新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1976

A SECOND CARGO WORKING AREA FOR KK

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HONG KONG IS TO HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA IN EARLY AUGUST WITH THE OPENING OF A NEW ONE AT YAU MA TEI.

IT IS SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING ONE IN WAN CHAI WHICH HAS PROVED TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS.

THE YAU MA TEI PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA, SITUATED AT FERRY STREET, HAS A FRONTAGE OF 2,000 FEET AND IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING MORE THAN 45 MOTOR CARGO BOATS AND EIGHT DUMB STEEL LIGHTERS SIMULTANEOUSLY. IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE PARKING SPACES FOR ABOUT 100 LORRIES.

MR. BERNARD TANG, SENIOR MARINE OFFICER (CARGO HANDLING), SAID THAT NEARLY ONE THIRD OF THE CARGO FOR HONG KONG ISLAND WAS AT PRESENT HANDLED AT THE WAN CHAI PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA.

+IT USED TO HANDLE AN AVERAGE OF 33,000 TONS OF CARGO PER MONTH BUT SINCE APRIL THIS YEAR THE AMOUNT HAS RISEN TO 50,000 TONS, HE SAID. THIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH MAKES FAST HANDLING POSSIBLE AND ALSO THE RECOVERY OF THE ECONOMY.+

ON AN AVERAGE DAY, SOME 80 VESSELS AND OVER 300 LORRIES, USE THE AREA WHICH BRINGS IN A REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY $600,000 EACH YEAR.

MR. TANG NOTED THAT PEOPLE PREFERRED THE CARGO WORKING AREA WHICH WAS MANAGED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TO OTHER PUBLIC SEAWALLS CHIEFLY FOR SPEED AND SECURITY IT PROVIDED.

+ INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SCRAMBLE FOR BERTHS AT THE PUBLIC SEAWALLS, EVERYTHING IS CARRIED OUT IN AN ORDERLY WAY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A MARINE ASSISTANT I, WHO ENSURES THAT THE BERTHING OF LIGHTERS AND CARGO BOATS IS ON FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS, + HE EXPLAINED. +FURTHERMORE, THERE ARE ATTENDANTS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECTING LORRIES TO THE RIGHT BERTHS.+

+SINCE WE KEEP RECORD OF EACH INCOMING LORRY, A CONSIGNEE CAN CHECK EASILY WHETHER HIS GOODS HAS BEEN PICKED UP OR NOT SHOULD HE LOSE TRACK OF THEM, MR. TANG SAID.

THE OPENING OF THE YAU MA TEI PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA IS TO CATER FOR THE INCREASED ACTIVITIES OF CARGO HANDLING IN KOWLOON,

/THE CHARGES

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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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