TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1986
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FOUR NEW BILLS FOR LEGCO
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FOUR BILLS, THREE SEEKING TO FACILITATE THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES INTO BEING ON APRIL 1, WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THEY ARE THE REGIONAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986, THE URBAN COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986, AND THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE BILL 1986.
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IN ADDITION, DEBATE WILL RESUME ON THREE BILLS THE FIRE SERVICES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1985, THE LABOUR TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986 AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (LAND RESUMPTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986.
OTHER BUSINESS WILL INCLUDE REPLIES BY OFFICIALS TO 16 QUESTIONS BY UNOFFICIALS AND A STATEMENT BY THE HON S.L. CHEN ON THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 8.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A MOTION BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON, FOR APPROVAL OF REGULATIONS CONTROLLING THE USE OF ASBESTOS IN FACTORIES.
SHIPPING, PORT, CARGO STATISTICS RELEASED ******
IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985, 3 341 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 19.6 MILLION NRT (NET REGISTERED TONNAGE) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG, AN INCREASE OF 404 IN NUMBER AND OF 13 PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984.
THESE FIGURES ARE CONTAINED IN THE HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ REPORT PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD. THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT. WHEN ANALYSED BY SHIP TYPE, NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+190), DRY BULK CARRIERS (+67), CONVENTIONAL CARGO VESSELS (+44) AND ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF VESSELS (+41), WHILE THE NUMBER OF OIL TANKERS DROPPED (-6). INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+147), PANAMA (+105), THE PHILIPPINES (+37) AND JAPAN (+22), BUT THERE WAS A DECLINE FOR SINGAPOREAN SHIPS (-13). THE NUMBER OF SHIPS WITH CAPACITY UNDER 10 000 DWT INCREASED (+316).
THERE WERE
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