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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1987

BEFORE HIS AFTERNOON VISITS, LORD GLENARTHUR MET A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN AT A LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

THEN, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, HE PAID A VISIT TO HONG KONG MILO'S KNITWEAR FACTORY LIMITED AT KWAI CHUNG.

MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE COMPANY'S MANAGING · DIRECTOR, MR FRANK LIN, THE MINISTER TOURED THE FACTORY TO SEE THE WHOLE PROCESS OF KNITTING AND FINISHING OF KNITTED GARMENTS.

THE NEXT STOP WAS THE MODERN TERMINALS LIMITED.

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DERICK HALL, BRIEFED THE MINISTER ON THE GROWTH OF PORT TRAFFIC IN HONG KONG WHICH, IN TERMS OF THROUGHPUT, WAS THE SECOND LARGEST CONTAINER PORT IN THE WORLD AFTER ROTTERDAM.

IN 1986, HONG KONG HANDLED A TOTAL OF 2.77 MILLION TEU'S (TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS), ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF WHICH WERE HANDLED AT THE KWAI CHUNG TERMINALS.

LORD GLENARTHUR WAS TOLD ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT IN PLANNING EXPANSION OF FACILITIES, CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIXTH CONTAINER TERMINAL AT INVITATION OF TENDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

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MR HALL ALSO TOLD THE MINISTER ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT HONG KONG SHIPPING REGISTER WHICH WAS SCHEDULED INTO OPERATION IN 1991.

LORD GLENARTHUR THEN TOURED THE COMPANY, WHICH IS THE SECOND LARGEST OF THE THREE OPERATORS AT KWAI CHUNG, AND LOOKED AT ITS OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES.

THE MINISTER LATER WENT TO TSUEN WAN TO ATTEND A TEA RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AT THE COUNCIL'S CHAMBERS.

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MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE COUNCIL'S CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, LORD GLENARTHUR WAS BRIEFED ON THE VARIOUS MUNICIPAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL FOR RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE RECEPTION, LORD GLENARTHUR SAID HE HAD A MOST INTERESTING BRIEFING BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ABOUT THEIR WORK.

HE SAID HE HAD SEEN TODAY MANY OF THE ELEMENTS OF LIFE THAT MADE UP THE NEW TOWNS THAT WERE OVERSEEN BY THE COUNCIL.

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