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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1990

"TO DO THIS EFFECTIVELY, SOME OF THE BLACK HOLES IN OF KNOWLEDGE WILL HAVE TO BE ILLUMINATED.

OUR STORE

THUS HAVE

ΤΟ DEVELOP

CAN

AND LAND, MARINE

"THE BOARD WILL

WHICH A SYSTEM

MANY COMPONENT PROVIDE A DETAILED IDENTIFICATION OF THE NEEDS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PORT, THEIR INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PORT THEIR SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF THE AND TRANSPORT ASPECTS, MR CLARK SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD WOULD DO THIS THROUGH SPECIALIST COMMITTEES DEALING WITH THE VARIOUS AREAS OF

PORT

ACTIVITY, AT THE

AGREED то

ESTABLISH

THREE SUCH

THE BOARD'S FIRST MEETING,

BOARD COMMITTEES TO DEAL WITH MID STREAM OPERATIONS, SHIP REPAIR FACILITIES, AND RIVER TRADE CARGO ACTIVITIES.

-

FOR

"THESE COMMITTEES ARE MERELY A START EXPECTED TO ADVISE ON ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THE PORT.

THE

PDB

WILL

BE

PDB. IT HAS STARTED ΤΟ BECOME A KEY DEVELOPMENT,' MR

"WE ARE EXPECTING RATHER A LOT FROM THE WITH VERY CONSIDERABLE ENERGY AND IS LIKELY WELL ELEMENT IN ENSURING HONG KONG'S CONTINUING ECONOMIC CLARK SAID.

H

HONG KONG HAS BY THE PORTS OF

ON THE FUTURE FOR THE PORT, HE SAID AS A PORT, LITTLE DIRECT COMPETITION IN THE SENSE EXPERIENCED NORTH AMERICA, OR WESTERN EUROPE.

WINDING UP ON HIS ADDRESS, MR

WAS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE

CLARK STRESSED THE

CHEK ON

NEW AIRPORT

INCREMENTAL PORT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH STONECUTTERS, ABOUT 1996, ON LANTAU.

GOVERNMENT LAP KOK AND TO TSING YI AND, BY

"IN THE PORT, OUR GENERAL AIM WILL INCREMENTALLY TO ENSURE THAT

BE ΤΟ DEVELOP THEIR SUPPLY MATCHES THE

FACILITIES DEMAND FOR

tr

THEM, HE SAID.

HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORT TRADE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 1990

* *

KONG'S HONG

LAST

RE-EXPORTS AMOUNTED TO $183,096 MILLION IN THE WITH FIRST HALF OF 1990, A GROWTH OF 14 PER CENT IN VALUE AS COMPARED THE SAME PERIOD

BY

THE CENSUS

AND

YEAR, IT WAS ANNOUNCED STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE

KONG'S

DEPARTMENT RELEASES THE SUMMARY STATISTICS ON HONG RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 ANALYSED BY MARKET AND BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

/RE-EXPORTS BY