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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1983

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AVIATION BOARD MEMBERS VISIT CARGO TERMINAL

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MEMBERS OF THE AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED THE AIR CARGO COMPLEX AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO SEE THE OPERATION OF THE CARGO TERMINAL AND THE EXPANSION WORK WHICH IS FORGING AHEAD.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR BRIAN KEEP, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, AND MR A.C. CHARTER, GENERAL MANAGER OF HONG KONG AIR CARGO TERMINALS LTD., THE MEMBERS MR ALEX WU, MR JOHN PAIN, MR MARTIN BARROW, MR H.M.P. MILES AND MRS MAXINE KWOK SAW HOW CONSIGNMENTS OF PREPACKED CARGO WERE LOADED AND UNLOADED AT THE TRUCK DOCK AND PROCESSED IN THE CARGO TERMINAL.

THEY ALSO VISITED THE CONSTRUCTION SITE WHERE A THREE-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING CARGO COMPLEX IS TAKING SHAPE.

THIS NEW EXTENSION WILL BE COMMISSIONED IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS, PROVIDING ABOUT 32 000 SQUARE METRES OF ACCOMMODATION FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.

OPERATED BY HACTL, THE CARGO TERMINAL HANDLES OVER 350 000 TONNES OF FREIGHT ANNUALLY, OR NEARLY 1 000 TONNES A DAY, WHICH RANKS IT ONE OF THE BUSIEST TERMINALS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DEVELOPED TO A THROUGHPUT CAPACITY OF 700 000 TONNES OF CARGO ANNUALLY, BRINGING IT TO PAR WITH THE LARGEST SINGLE TERMINALS IN THE WORLD.

FOLLOWING THE VISIT, THE AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD HELD ITS QUARTERLY MEETING AT THE AIRPORT'S PASSENGER TERMINAL, WHERE THE CHAIRMAN, MR KEEP WELCOMED MR BARROW, MR MILES AND MRS KWOK TO THE IR FIRST REGULAR BOAD MEETING.

LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR SITES AUCTIONED

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MOST OF THE 209 STALL SITES TAKEN UP BY TRADERS FOR THE FORTHCOMING YUEN LONG LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR FETCHED HIGHER THAN THE UPSET PRICE AT A PUBLIC AUCTION TODAY (MONDAY).

THE HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR A FLOWER STALL WAS $1 450 WHILE THE LOWEST WAS $100, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR A DRY GOODS STALL WAS $180 AND THE LOWEST WAS ALSO $100.

THE AUCTION CONDUCTED BY THE STAFF OF YUEN, LONG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE, WAS HELD AT THE OFFICE OF PING SHAN RURAL COMMITTEE.

/TRADERS WHO