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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1992

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CONTAINER THROUGHPUT INCREASE INDICATES STEADY GROWTH

THE TOTAL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR OF 5.8 MILLION TEUS (TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS) MAINTAINS HONG KONG POSITION AS THE WORLD'S LEADING CONTAINER PORT, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

BY

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARINE (PLANNING AND LOCAL SERVICES DIVISION), MR IAN DALE SAID: "THE OVERALL THROUGHPUT FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS IN 1992 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991 IS UP 1.3 MILLION TEUS, ALMOST A 28 PER CENT INCREASE, INDICATING CONTINUING STRONG GROWTH.

THIS AVERAGE INCREASE HAS REMAINED STEADY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MR DALE SAID.

"IN PARTICULAR, THE TOTAL THROUGHPUT OF LOADED EXPORT AND/OR RE-EXPORT CARGO, SHOWS THE SAME GROWTH ALSO 28 PER CENT, AND CLEARLY REFLECTS SUSTAINED CONFIDENCE IN THE FACE OF CONTINUING WORLD RECESSION,

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TEUS, THAT IS

RATE WHICH IS

LOCAL BUSINESS HE ADDED.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE TABLE FOR THE COMPARATIVE CONTAINER STATISTICS FOR JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1992:

FIRST NINE-MONTH

1991

FIRST NINE-MONTH

1992

CHANGE IN PERCENTAGE

KWAI CHUNG TERMINALS

TOTAL TEUS

3,352,835

3,714,958

10.8

STREAM AND ELSEWHERE

TOTAL TEUS

RIVER TRADE

TOTAL TEUS

THROUGHPUT

(KWAI CHUNG TERMINALS STREAM & ELSEWHERE +

RIVER TRADE)

TOTAL TEUS

1,151,433

1,863,749

61.9

54,412

244,302

349.0

4,540,664

5,808,563

27.9

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