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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1986

+INDEED, IT APPEARS LOGICAL TO ME THAT THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT MUST TAKE THE LEAD IN THIS RESPECT, AS WE CONTROL ALL LAND RELATED RECORDS AND PRODUCE ALL OFFICIAL MAPPING IN HONG KONG.+

HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S PROJECT DEFINITION STUDY OF THE SYSTEM WAS NEARING COMPLETION, AND HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD BE FOUND TO BE TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE AND FINANCIALLY JUSTIFIABLE.

SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS RELEASED

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IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986, 3 411 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 20.1 MILLION NRT (NET REGISTERED TONS) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 79 (OR 2 PER CENT) IN NUMBER AND OF 5 PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1985.

THESE FIGURES ARE CONTAINED IN THE +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT+ PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM SAMPLED MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT. WHEN ANALYSED BY SHIP ΤΥΡΕ A NOTABLE INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+212), WHILE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF VESSELS (-74), SEMI-CONTAINER VESSELS (-63) AND CONVENTIONAL CARGO VESSELS (-46).

A NOTABLE INCREASE IN NUMBER WAS RECORDED FOR SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+174) BUT DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR

THOSE REGISTERED IN LIBERIA (-37), JAPAN (-33) AND THE PHILIPPINES (-19). THE NUMBER OF SHIPS WITH A CAPACITY OF LESS THAN 10 000 DWT (DEADWEIGHT TONS) INCREASED (+17).

IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986, THERE WERE 3 387 OUTGOING SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 20.0 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 83 (OR 3 PER CENT) IN NUMBER AND OF 6 PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1985.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM SAMPLED MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) ROSE BY 26 PER CENT, ABOUT 65 PER CENT OF THE DEPARTING SHIPS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN TWO DAYS.

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