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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1993

"GIVEN OUR TRADITIONAL STRENGTH TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, Ι EXPECT HONG KONG WILL REMAIN NUMBER ONE," MR CLARK ADDED.

"EVEN THE DOUBLE COUNTING OF TRANSSHIPMENT BOXES, OF WHICH SINGAPORE HAS A FAR HIGHER LEVEL THAN HONG KONG, IS UNLIKELY

ΤΟ MAKE

A DIFFERENCE.

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EXPECTED TO BE

HONG KONG'S TOTAL THROUGHPUT FOR THIS YEAR IS 17 PER CENT MORE THAN LAST YEAR'S FIGURE AND TOTAL MORE THAN NINE MILLION TEUS.

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HK NEEDS MORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS: CS

THE GOVERNMENT HAS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLING AND ENCOURAGED SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

RECOGNISED THE GROWING

ITS

NEED

FOR

GROWTH,

THE

CHIEF

AND

"ALL THE SIGNS ARE THAT AS HONG KONG CONTINUES TO FLOURISH GROW INTO THE NEXT CENTURY WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NEED MORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PLACES," SIR DAVID SAID.

HE WAS DELIVERING A SPEECH AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDING FOR THE GERMAN SWISS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR THESE SCHOOL PLACES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WAS MAINLY DUE TO AN INCREASING NUMBER OF EXPATRIATES COMING TO WORK AND LIVE IN HONG KONG, IN ADDITION WITH THE RETURN OF LOCAL EMIGRANTS FROM OVERSEAS.

"IT IS IMPORTANT THAT GROWTH KEEPS PACE WITH DEMAND," HE SAID.

SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS NEEDED A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOLS.

AT PRESENT, THERE WERE MORE THAN 16,000 SUBVENTED AND OVER NON-SUBVENTED INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PLACES IN HONG KONG.

5,500

IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AN ADDITIONAL 3,600 SUBVENTED PLACES BE PROVIDED, REPRESENTING A 20 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE EXISTING CAPACITY.

WILL

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