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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1990

MINISTER CONTINUES BUSY SCHEDULE

THE

MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND

COMMONWEALTH LORD CAITHNESS, CONTINUED HIS BUSY SCHEDULE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AFFAIRS,

LORD CAITHNESS

IN CHINA BUILDING FIRST VISITED THE BANK OF CENTRAL WHICH IS THE TALLEST BUILDING IN HONG KONG. ACCOMPANIED BY THE GENERAL

KONG BRANCH, MR ZHANG MANAGER, HONG

XUEYAO, SPECTACULAR VIEW OF THE TERRITORY FROM THE TOP FLOOR OF THE SKYSCRAPER.

HE

HAD A 70-STOREY

AND

BACH

THE HONG FAIRS IN

KONG

HONG

LATER THE MINISTER VISITED THE HONG KONG CONVENTION EXHIBITION CENTRE IN WAN CHAI WHICH PLAY HOST TO UP TO 60 EVENTS MONTH SINCE ITS

IN 1988. HE OPENING

ALSO TOURED JEWELRY AND WATCH FAIR, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST KONG.

IN THE AFTERNOON, LORD CAITHNESS WAS BRIEFED ON HONG KONG'S NEW FOR AIRPORT PROJECT AND

SECRETARY OTHER PORT DEVELOPMENTS BY THE WORKS, MR KENNETH KWOK; THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN; THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, MR HAMISH SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG.

MACLEOD;

AND THE

FOR A THE MINISTER LATER BOARDED THE MARINE LAUNCH "TIN HAU"

BRIEFED ON THE CRUISE OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE HARBOUR AND WAS SHIPPING THROUGHPUT BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR MICHAEL SZE.

HE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE VARIOUS OPERATIONS OF THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT, WHICH HAS BECOME THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONTAINER PORT IN 1987, AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO IN 1988 AND 89.

WAS

ARRIVING AT KWAI CHUNG, LORD CAITHNESS VISITED MODERN TERMINALS LIMITED WHICH HANDLED MORE THAN 1.27 MILLION TEU'S LAST YEAR, AND ONE OF THE FIRST CONTAINER PORT OPERATORS IN HONG KONG.

LORD CAITHNESS WAS BRIEFED ON THE TERMINAL OPERATIONS CONTROL ROOM BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MTL, MR MARK LEESE, GENERAL MANAGER, MR ANDREW MILLIKEN.

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