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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1987

NOTING THAT A HIGH-RISE CARGO

DISTRIBUTION AND HANDLING CENTRE HAD RECENTLY OPENED, HE SAID THESE PROVIDED CARGO STORAGE AS WELL AS PARKING FOR 850 CONTAINER VEHICLES AND THE HANDLING OF THE HEAVIEST CATEGORIES OF CARGO,

GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY AND GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY OF THE NEIGHBOURS WHOSE CARGOES TRANSITTED HONG KONG HAD PLACED CREAT PRESSURE ON THE LOCAL FACILITIES, SIR DAVID SAID.

LAST YEAR THROUGHPUT OF TONNAGE THROUGH THE PORT INCREASED BY OVER 16 PER CENT, AND THE YEAR ON YEAR GROWTH THIS YEAR IS NEARLY 20 PER CENT.

TO MEET THIS DEMAND, HE SAID WORK WAS ALREADY IN HAND ΤΟ PROVIDE EXTRA CONTAINER HANDLING CAPACITY.

'IF WE CAN COMBINE EXTENDING THE PORT WITH THE WORK OF BUILDING A NEW AIRPORT THEN SO MUCH THE BETTER, HE ADDED.

THE ASIAN SEA TRANSPORT SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING

SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR CONFERENCE 1987, THE

DAVID SAID ECONOMY OF SCALE COULD BE AKERS-JONES,

IF THE ACHIEVED

AIRPORT COULD BE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEVELOPED TOGETHER.

SIR DAVID ALSO SAID HONG KONG SHOULD DO MORE PORT DEVELOPMENT BY ABOUT THE MID-1990'S,

IN THE AREA OF

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WITH

"SO IT'S NOT TOO SOON TO START PLANNING FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT

TO COPE PLANNING AND THEN CONSTRUCTING FOT THAT DEVELOPMENT

++ HE ADDED. THE EXTENSION OF THE PORT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS,

SAID EXTENDING HE ALSO

THE CONTAINER PORT AT KWAI CHUNG DEPEND ON THE WESTWARDS SEEMED TO BE THE BEST OPTION BUT MUCH WOULD CONFIGURATION OF THE PORT.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION ABOUT HOPEWELL'S SUGGESTIONS FOR AIRPORT, SIR DAVID SAID THEY WERE "VERY IMAGINATIVE PROPOSALS.'

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A NEW

DO.

DETAILED WORK "THEY SHOW HOW IT COULD BE DONE, BUT A LOT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE YOU CAN DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE DOING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND YEARS TRYING TO WORK OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY OF DOING IT, HE ADDED.

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