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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1981

THE SPOKESMAN SAID TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS, THE EXISTING TERMINAL OPERATORS WOULD BE ASKED TO MAKE JOINT PROPOSALS REGARDING THE RECLAMATION AND DISPOSAL OF THE CREEK BEHIND THE TERMIN OF ONE OF THE NEW BERTHS.

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THE RECLAMATION FOR AND THE DISPOSAL AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE OTHER TWO NEW BERTHS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY PUBLIC TENDER.

THE RECIPIENTS OF ALL THREE BERTHS WILL BE REQUIRED TO RECLAIM THE BACK-UP LAND TO THE EAST OF THE TERMINALS AND HAND IT BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT AT COST.

TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR CONGESTION AT THE CONTAINER TERMINALS, SHORT-TERM TENANCIES BEHIND KWAI CHUNG LOT NO. 5 WILL BE TERMINATED AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AND THE ANCILLARY BUSINESSES OPERATING THERE, SUCH AS CONTAINER REPAIRERS AND TRANSPORT COMPANIES, RELOCATED FOR AN INTERIM PERIOD TO OTHER SITES NEARBY. THE VACATED LAND WILL BE PUT UNDER THE JOINT CONTROL OF THE EXISTING TERMINAL OPERATORS UNTIL A DECISION REGARDING ITS PERMANENT USE HAS BEEN MADE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID IN VIEW OF THE NEED FOR A BODY CAPABLE OF PLANNING THE EXPANSION OF THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT AND ITS COMPLEX_BACK-UP FACILITIES, A CONTAINER PORT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WOULD BE FORMED.

THE COMMITTEE WILL COMPRISE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TERM 'NAL OPERATORS, THE PORT'S USERS AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. IT WILL BE AN ADVISORY BODY ON CONTAINER PORT OPERATIONS IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AS THE PORT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS.

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE ARE:

(A) TO KEEP UNDER CONTINUOUS REVIEW THE DAY TO DAY OPERATION

OF THE CONTAINER PORT AT KWAI CHUNG AND TO ADVISE THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE AND THE TERMINAL OPERATORS ON ANY PROBLEMS ARISING=

(B) TO ADVISE THE PORT COMMITTEE ON ANY MATTER OF POLICY

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER PORT FACILITIES-

(C) TO CONSIDER ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO CONTAINER PORT

FACILITIES REFERRED TO IT BY THE DIRECTOR OR THE PORT COMMITTEE.

SPECIFICALLY THE COMMITTEE WILL ADVISE ON THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF BACK-UP FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED ON THE RECLAMATION BEHIND THE THREE NEW BERTHS AND ON THE PERMANENT USE OF THE SHORT- TERM TENANCY SITES BEHIND KWAI CHUNG LOT NO. 5.

IT WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE PRACTICALITIES OF CREATING ONE SELF-CONTAINED CONTAINER PORT AREA AND PROVIDING COMMON BACK-UP AREAS AND WHETHER A SEMI-AUTONOMOUS CONTAINER PORT AUTHORITY TO CO-ORDINATE THE USE OF COMMON FACILITIES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED.