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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1994

HEAVY TRAFFIC AT CONTAINER PORT AREA EASES

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS REPORTS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS ON HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT AREA, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE SITUATION HAD EASED.

HOWEVER, CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON THE SITUATION, HE STRESSED.

THE HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE PAST FEW DAYS WAS DUE TO FREIGHT OPERATORS HURRYING TO COMPLETE DELIVERY AND COLLECTION TASKS AT THE FREIGHT STATIONS AND THE CONTAINER TERMINALS BEFORE THE LUNAR YEAR HOLIDAYS.

NEW

HOWEVER, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS DURING LAST WEEKEND WERE NOT AS SERIOUS AS THAT AFTER TYPHOONS, AND CONGESTIONS WERE MAINLY LOCAL.

HAVING APPRAISED THE SITUATION, THE CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS DID NOT CONSIDER THE ACTIVATION OF THE EMERGENCY CONTROL CENTRE NECESSARY, THOUGH CLOSE LIAISON WAS MAINTAINED.

WITH ADEQUATE DEPLOYMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS ON-SITE TO DIRECT TRAFFIC, IMPACT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WAS KEPT TO A MINIMUM.

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COMPETITION HELPS GROWTH OF TELECOMS INDUSTRY

AS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET IN HONG DEVELOP

A MAJOR COMMUNICATIONS HUB GOVERNMENT'S UNABATED EFFORT IN PROMOTING EFFICIENCY.

KONG WOULD

CONTINUE

TO

IN THE WORLD WITH THE COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MR ALEX ARENA, MADE THE REMARK TODAY (MONDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF LIMITED'S NEW OFFICE.

TELECOM SERVICE

HE SAID RADIO PAGING INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR HAD BEST PROVEN THE EFFECTIVENESS AND DESIRABILITY OF THE PRO-COMPETITION POLICY GOVERNMENT.

OF THE

MARKET AND

THE PAST DECADE HAS SEEN THE SEVEN-FOLD GROWTH OF

ITS SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST RATE IN THE WORLD.

THE

PAGING PAGING PENETRATIVE

OTHER

"IT IS BASED ON SUCH PROVEN RECORD IN PAGING AS WELL AS MOBILE SERVICES THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY DECIDED TO EXTEND THE BENEFITS OF COMPETITION TO ANOTHER MAJOR SECTOR OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, THE LOCAL FIXED TELEPHONE SERVICES," MR ARENA SAID.

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