XN000022-1991-02-07 — Page 4

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1991

3

NO. 9 AT TSING YI ISLAND OPPOSITE THE PRESENT TERMINALS AT KWAI CHUNG WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 1.5 MILLION TRU'S AND FIRST BERTH AVAILABLE IN JULY 1995;

CHAU TSAI

NO. 10 AND BEYOND WILL BE BUILT AT TSING PENINSULA ON NORTHEAST LANTAU ISLAND AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING IN 1996.

MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINALS (MPT'S)

THEIR SPECIFIC

THE

FUNCTIONS ARB

NON-AVAILABILITY OF LAND IN THAT THE FIRST MPT WILL BE

THE ACTUAL NEED FOR MPT'

'S AND BRING INVESTIGATED. HOWEVER GIVEN SUITABLE LOCATIONS IT 18 UNLIKELY COMMISSIONED BEFORE 1996.

RIVER TRADE TERMINAL (RTT)

THIS IS PLANNED FOR TUEN MUN, THE IDEA IS THAT RIVER TRADE VESSELS FROM THE PEARL RIVER DELTA WILL USE THE RTT AND THUS SAVE THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE MA WAN CHANNEL TO CARGO HANDLING AREAS AROUND MAIN HARBOUR. THIS WOULD RELIEVE CONGESTION IN THE MA WAN CHANNEL THE HARBOUR.

DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN HARBOUR

THE

AND

THE CONTAINER TERMINALS PROPOSED FOR THE TSING CHAU PENINSULA WILL REQUIRE SHELTER FROM THE SWELL.

TSAI

THIS CAN DE PROVIDED BY CONSTRUCTING A FIVE KILOMETRE BREAKWATER BETWEEN LAMMA ISLAND AND CHEUNG CHAU. THIS BREAKWATER WILL ALSO PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT AREA FOR ANCHORAGES LOST TO RECLAMATION IN THE MAIN HARBOUR.

THE CENTRE OF SPACE. A NEW LAMMA ISLAND

THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALSO COMPLETE THE SHIFT OF ACTIVITY OF THE PORT TO THE WEST WHERE THERE IS MORE DREDGED CHANNEL WILL ALSO BE ESTABLISHED TO THE WEST OF TO SERVE THE NEW PORT FACILITIES ON THE TSING CHAU THAI PENINSULA.

MR SZE SAID MANY OF THE NEW PORT FACILITIES WERE VERY THE FUTURE.

"INDEED THE TIME FRAME FOR A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS IS 2001 OR 2001 TO 2006.

MUCH IN

1996 TO

HAVE ΤΟ

"WHILST THE FUTURE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WILL DECIDE FOR ITSELF WHETHER AND, IF SO, HOW TO PROCEED WITH MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, PLANNING FOR THEM MUST HOWEVER BR PUT IN HAND NOW," HE SAID.

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WITH ITS RESPONSIBILITY OF ENSURING THAT HONG KONG MAINTAINED ITS POSITION AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PORTS IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE PLANNING OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, HE ADDED.

/4