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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1991

PLANS FOR PORT DEVELOPMENT OUTLINED

* * *

HONG

KONG'S

LONGER

TERM PORT DEVELOPMENT

PLAN

ENVISAGES A MAN-MADE INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CONTAINER TERMINALS ALONG

INTO PENINSULA TO BE BUILT AT NORTH EAST LANTAU, EXTENDING SOUTHEAST

MRS ANSON THE WESTERN HARBOUR, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

WOULD BE

RECOMMENDED

SPEAKING AT A LUNCH MEETING OF THE FRENCH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, MRS CHAN

APPOINTING LATER THIS YEAR THE GOVERNMENT SAID CONSULTANTS ΤΟ UNDERTAKE A STUDY TO PRODUCE A

OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME FOR THE PORT PENINSULA.

"THE

PORT

THERE

POTENTIAL

EXISTING OF THIS AREA COULD WELL TREBLE CAPACITY, SO WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE RESERVE ENOUGH LAND FOR TO BE A FREIGHT RAIL ACCESS, SHE SAID.

"IN

PARALLEL,

17

ON

THE

i

NAVIGATION

STUDIES WE PLAN TO COMMISSION FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE WESTERN HARBOUR, TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR ANCHORAGES, A BREAKWATER BETWEEN LAMMA AND CHEUNG CHAU AND CHANNELS FROM THE SOUTHERN APPROACHES.

"THESE STUDIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF YEAR, PROVIDING US WITH THE DETAILED PLANS TO TAKE OUR PORT WELL THE NEXT CENTURY."

NEXT

INTO

PLAN

REGARDING RECENT PORT DEVELOPMENTS, MRS CHAN SAID

PROVIDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF

FOUR-BERTH TWO NEW CONTAINER TERMINAL 8 AT STONECUTTERS ISLAND AND

THE

GOVERNMENT'S

CONTAINER TERMINALS TERMINAL 9 AT TSING YI.

"THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR TERMINAL 8 HAVE JUST BEEN TO A CONSORTIUM OF EXISTING PORT OPERATORS.

**THESE OPERATORS WILL INCLUDE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, PARTICIPATION FROM CHINESE INTERESTS. THIS REFLECTS THE VOLUME OF CHINESE CARGOES USING OUR PORT AND THE GREAT THE CHINESE MERCHANT FLEET OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

GRANTED

SIGNIFICANT INCREASING

EXPANSION OF

"WE EXPECT THE FIRST BERTH OF TERMINAL 8 TO BE IN OPERATION THE END OF 1993," SHE SAID.

BY

"BY

THE END

AT OF TERMINAL

ITS

9

GROW OF 1995, SHOULD CARGO CONTINUE TO RATE WE WILL NEED TO HAVE THE FIRST BERTH READY FOR USE, SHE ADDED.

FORECAST

**

FACILITIES

WHEN TERMINAL

SHE SAID TOGETHER WITH TERMINAL 8, THESE NEW COMPLETED WOULD ALMOST DOUBLE HONG KONG'S EXISTING CONTAINER CAPACITY.

IT HAD

TURNING ΤΟ THE PORT DEVELOPMENT BOARD, MRS CHAN SAID ALREADY CONDUCTED REVIEWS OF THE PORT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SHIP REPAIR INDUSTRY AND THE FACILITIES REQUIRED TO SUPPORT RIVER TRADE CARGO ACTIVITIES.

/"IT WILL