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FRI, AUGUST 17, 1984

THREE NEW MEMBERS HAVE ALSO BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BOARD FOR THE SAME PERIOD. THEY ARE THE HON RITA FAN, PROFESSOR B.L. COOKE AND MR TAM MAN-KWAN, WHO HAVE REPLACED DR KEITH LEGG, PROFESSUK M.A. BRIMER AND MR HENRY LIM.

TODAY.

THESE APPOINTMENTS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

THE TERMS OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE ALSO BEEN EXTENDED FOR ONE YEAR.

THEY ARE THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WHO IS ALSO THE VICE-CHAIRMAN; DR DANIEL S.H. LAM; THE HON CHAN YING-LUN;

MR CHARLES CHEUNG WAI-BUN; MRS MABEL CHOW; MISS DEBRA CHOW MEI-NGOR; MR TIMOTHY HA; MRS PEGGY LAM; MR ALBERT LI SZE-BAY MRS ELEANOR C.M. LING: MR B.H. TISDALL; PROFESSOR TO CHO-YEE REV FR JOSEPH G. FOLEY; AND A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER.

MORE SHIPS CALL AT HONG KONG

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IN THE FIRST QUARTER THIS YEAR, 2 832 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 16.8 MILLION NRT (NET RÉGISTERED TONS) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 194 SHIPS AND FOUR PER CENT

IN CAPACITY OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1983.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM THE INCOMING OCEAN-GOING SHIPS INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD, AND THE NUMBER OF CONTAINERS (MEASURED IN TEU'S) DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT.

WHEN ANALYSED BY SHIP TYPE, NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+73) AND SEMI-CONTAINER VESSELS (+59), WHILE THE NUMBER OF CONVENTIONAL VESSELS DROPPED (-44).

CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN NUMBER WERE ALSO NOTED FOR SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+95) AND IN PANAMA (+66), BUT A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN LIBERIAN SHIPS (-32).

THE NUMBER OF SHIPS OF CAPACITY UNDER 10 000 DWT (DEADWEIGHT TONS) INCREASED CONSIDERABLY (+162).

IN THE SAME QUARTER, THERE WERE 2 871 DEPARTING SHIPS, WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 16.95 MILLION NRT REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 221 IN NUMBER AND FIVE PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1983.

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