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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1988

KWAI TSING DMC'S REPORT ON CONTAINER TRADE COMPLETED

A

WORKING GROUP OF THE

MANAGEMENT KWAI TSING DISTRICT

SHORT-TERM POSITION OF THE COMMITTEE HAS COMPLETED A REPORT ON THE

WERE OFF-TERMINAL CONTAINER TRADE IN THE DISTRICT, MEMBERS OF THE DMC THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN AND INFORMED AT A RECENT MEETING BY

KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK.

THE

REPORT'S

FINDINGS

THE CONFIRMED

INCREASE

REMARKABLE AND RAPID GROWTH IN THE THROUGHPUT OF CONTAINERS AND THE UNPRECEDENTED IN THE NUMBER OF TRACTORS AND TRAILERS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

PEOPLE

CREDIT

THE TO

TRADE AND ALL MR COAK SAID IT WAS A CONCERNED THAT HONG KONG HAD MANAGED TO GO, WITHOUT ANY MAJOR HICCUPS, FROM THE WORLD'S THIRD BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT IN 1986 TO IN 1987, DESPITE MUCH PRESSURE ON THE TRADE.

THE BUSIEST

THIS DEMONSTRATED ONCE AGAIN THE

SAID.

TERRITORY'S

FLEXIBILITY, HE

APPOINTED THIS

то CONSIDER THE MR COAK SAID CONSULTANTS HAD BEEN

WOULD BE DONE UNDER LONGER TERM NEEDS OF THE CONTAINER TRADE.

BY THE THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY STUDY BEING MANAGED STRATEGIC PLANNING UNIT OF THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCIL,

GROUP, IT'S CONTAINER TRADE.

AS FOR THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE'S WORKING NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO DISCUSS ITS FINDINGS WITH THE THIS WOULD BE DONE SHORTLY, MR COAK ADDED.

SHAM SHUI PO SUPPORTS COMMUNITY CHEST

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PO DISTRICT'S

FOR

MILLION DOLLARS IN

THE SHAM SHUL

"ORGANISING COMMITTEE COMMUNITY CHEST CAMPAIGN" HAS RAISED OVER HALF A THE PAST YEAR THROUGH VARIOUS FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES

FOR

THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN, MR LAM CHING, PRESENTED A CHEQUE

AT A CEREMONY TONIGHT $602,074 TO A COMMUNITY CHEST REPRESENTATIVE (WEDNESDAY).

"P

TUR VARIOUS FUND-RAISING PROJECTS HELD INCLUDED

A

LANTERNS SALE DURING SPECIAL AND BAZAARS,

'WALK FOR MILLION" FESTIVAL AND THE POPULAR 30 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PROCEEDS.

THE

WHICH RAISED

CHARITY SALES LANTERN SPRING

MORE THAN

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