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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1988

DR REED ALSO POINTED TO THE HUGE COSTS

INVOLVED IN PROVIDING FOR COST-EFFICIENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF LIQUID WASTES. HÉ CITED SHANGHAI, WHICH WAS SPENDING HK$ 15 BILLION TO DEAL WITH PART OF ITS SEWAGE PROBLEM, AND TAIPEI, WHICH WAS SPENDING HK$ 20 BILLION.

"IF WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THE SEWERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO ENSURE THE CONTINUING VIABILITY OF OUR EFFLUENT-PRODUCING INDUSTRIES, AND TO AVOID CREATING HEALTH HAZARDS AS A RESULT OF SEWAGE POLLUTION, MORE EMPHASIS WILL HAVE TO BE PLACED ON INVESTMENT IN SEWERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS WOULD INEVITABLY MEAN BOMB ADJUSTMENT OF SPENDING PRIORITIES," HE SAID.

DR REED POINTED TO THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN THE GOVERNOR'S

1987/88 SESSION SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE

OP LEGCO, THAT $10

WITH JUST BILLION WOULD BE NEEDED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO DEAL

A PART OF HONG KONG'S SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE PROBLEM, AS AN ENCOURAGING SIGN THAT THERE WOULD BE CONCRETE ACTION IN THIS AREA.

GOOD YEAR FOR PORT THROUGHPUT

THE PORT OF HONG KONG HAS CONTINUED TO ENJOY AN UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH IN THROUGHPUT, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR GERRY HIGGINSON, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) RVENING.

"IN 1987, TOTAL CARGO THROUGHPUT WAS 70 MILLION TONNES, INCREASE OF 13 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND TOTAL CONTAINER

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THROUGHPUT WAS UP BY OVER 24 PER CENT, HE SAID.

AN

MR HIGGINSON WAS SPEAKING AT THE 2ND ASIAN FREIGHT INDUSTRY AWARDS PRESENTATION DINNER HELD AT THE HONGKONG HOTEL.

"OUR ECONOMY IS GOOD AND PROSPECTS ARE ENCOURAGING," HE ADDED.

THOUGH THE PORT IN GENERAL COULD COPE WITH THESE GROWTH RATES, MR HIGGINSON ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS PRESSURE ON THE CONTAINER PORT.

IN THAT RESPECT, THE FIRST BERTH OF THE THREE-BERTH TERMINAL 6 WOULD OPEN IN MID-1988 AND THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR A FURTHER THREE- BERTH TERMINAL 7 WOULD BE AWARDED BY APRIL THIS YEAR.

"TERMINALS 6 AND 7 TOGETHER WILL, DOUBLE THE CHUNG," HE SAID.

CAPACITY AT KWAI

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