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TUESDAY, SEPTENT 21 28, 1982

AFTER LUNCH AT CASTLE PEAK, MRS THATCHER FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO MODERN TERMINALS LTD IN KWAI CHUNG TO VIEW CONTAINER FACILITIES THERE.

SHE WAS MET BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR P.E.J. DAVY, MR DAVID GLEDHILL, CHAIRMAN OF MODERN TERMINALS LTD, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR MARK LEESE, AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, MR SCOTT PIRIE.

MR LEESE BRIEFED MRS THATCHER ON THE WORKINGS OF THE TERMINAL FROM THE ROOF OF THE COMPANY'S 12-STOREY WAREHOUSE. HE TOLD THE PRIME MINISTER THAT MTL BEGAN OPERATIONS 10 YEARS AGO WHEN IT HANDLED 18 000 CONTAINERS. LAST YEAR, THIS FIGURE REACHED 625 555 AND THE COMPANY EXPECTS THAT THIS YEAR 675 000 CONTAINERS WILL HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE TERMINAL.

MRS THATCHER WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE TERMINAL OPERATES AROUND THE CLOCK AND THAT THE THROUGHPUT OF CONTAINERS PER ACRE

IS THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.

FROM KWAI CHUNG, THE PRIME MINISTER FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO TSUEN WAN WHERE SHE TOURED SHEK WAI KOK HOUSING ESTATE AND VISITED A FAMILY IN ONE OF THE FLATS.

THE PRIME MINISTER THEN PROCEEDED BY CAR TO TSUEN WAN MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION WHERE SHE WAS MET AND BRIEFED ON MTR DEVELOPMENTS BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION, MR NORMAN THOMPSON.

MRS THATCHER RETURNED TO HONG KONG ISLAND ON THE MTR.

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