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THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1992

"FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TWO UNIVERSITIES AND THE UMDA, WE AGREE IN PRINCIPLE THAT THERE IS A CASE FOR RESTRUCTURING THE REMUNERATION PACKAGE OF UNIVERSITY CLINICAL MUSICAL DOCTORS TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH THAT OF HA DOCTORS.

"THE OPTION WILL BE OFFERED ΤΟ ALREADY EMPLOYED BY THE UNIVERSITIES.

CLINICAL MEDICAL DOCTORS

TERMS ONLY. THIS WOULD TERMS WITH THE HA IN

"ALL NEW STAFF WOULD BE OFFERED HA ENABLE THE UNIVERSITIES TO COMPETE ON EQUAL RECRUITING DOCTORS FOR THE TWO MEDICAL SCHOOLS.

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MR CHAN SAID UNIVERSITY DOCTORS WHO OPT FOR HA TERMS WILL HAVE TO GIVE UP THEIR QUARTERS AND ACCEPT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REDUCED LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS.

THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE AND THE TWO UNIVERSITIES WILL NOW WORK OUT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROPOSAL (INCLUDING ANY OFFSETTING SAVINGS) AND OTHER DETAILS OF

IMPLEMENTATION.

"A FINAL DECISION ON IMPLEMENTATION WILL STILL HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE NECESSARY FUNDS BEING AVAILABLE," MR CHAN SAID, ADDING THAT ON THE BASIS OF PRESENT INFORMATION, HE WAS HOPEFUL THAT THIS COULD BE RESOLVED.

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SHIPPING STATISTICS FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 1992

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IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, 5,708 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 31.3 MILLION NET REGISTERED TONS (NRT) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 1,066 (OR 23%) IN NUMBER AND OF 4.5 MILLION NRT (OR 17%) IN CAPACITY OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.

THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT, JANUARY MARCH 1992" PUBLISHED TODAY (THURSDAY) THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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IN THE QUARTER, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS WAS 13.0 MILLION TONNES, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 21% OVER THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR.

ANALYSING INCOMING SHIPS BY SHIP TYPE, MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+597) AND OIL TANKERS (+291); WHILE A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF DRY BULK CARRIERS (-36).

ANALYSING INCOMING SHIPS BY FLAG OF VESSELS, MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA PANAMA (+93) AND LIBERIA (+90).

(+466),

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