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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1994

MR PATTEN

NOTED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GREATLY

THEIR ORIGINAL FROM

LIVING CONDITIONS AFTER MOVING VILLAGE, SHAU KEI WAN, TO THEIR PRESENT UNITS IN 1990.

IMPROVE THEIR HUT AT ALRDICH

COMMERCIAL CENTRE WHERE THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED THE ESTATE

UNITS. AT

IN THE 37 SHOP TENANTS WERE SHOPPING AND EATING-OUT

WITH MARKET CENTRE ALSO CONTAINED

48 ADDITION, THE COMMERCIAL STALLS SELLING FOOD AND DAILY NECESSITIES.

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HE WAS TOLD

THAT OTHER

FACILITIES

PROVIDED IN THE ESTATE INCLUDED A YOUTH CENTRE, AN ELDERLY CENTRE, A CARE AND ATTENTION HOME, SHELTERED HOUSING, A NURSERY AND THREE KINDERGARTENS, A BUS ABOUT 600 PARKING SPACES, AS WELL AS BADMINTON, BASKETBALL AND BALL COURTS AND A MINI SOCCER FIELD.

TERMINAL,

VOLLEY

CONTAINER THROUGHPUT GETS OFF TO A FLYING START

THIS

LAN

CONTAINER THROUGHPUT IN HONG KONG GOT OFF TO A GOOD START YEAR WHEN THE TERRITORY HANDLED 40 PER CENT MORE CONTAINERS IN JANUARY OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DALE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

ANNOUNCING THE CONTAINER THROUGHPUT

STATISTICS

FOR JANUARY

THE FIRST

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1994, MR DALE SAID THE TOTAL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT DURING MONTH WAS 857,372 TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS (TEUS), REPRESENTING 42.1 PER CENT INCREASE AGAINST 603,350 TEUS IN JANUARY 1993.

REALISTIC

MR DALE SAID THE ONE MONTH COMPARISON BASE WAS NOT A FORECAST FOR THE ANNUAL GROWTH, BUT NEVERTHELESS WAS VERY ENCOURAGING.

"THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS IN JANUARY THERE WERE FEWER WORKING DAYS IN THE MONTH,

1993 MEANS THAT

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HE SAID.

TWO

·

PERCENTAGE HE ADDED.

"ASIDE FROM THIS SEASONAL FACTOR, THE COMMISSIONING OF THE

AND NUMBER 8 TERMINAL

THE LARGE BERTHS AT CONTAINER INCREASE IN THE RIVER TRADE SECTOR ARE THE LIKELY CAUSES,

IN

CONTAINER THROUGHPUT AT THE MONTH-TO-MONTH COMPARISON OF THE KWAI CHUNG TERMINALS INCREASED BY 45.8 PER CENT, FROM 385,644 TEUS JANUARY 1993 TO 562,126 TEUS IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

THE HEAVY DEMAND IN THE RIVER TRADE SECTOR BOOSTED THE TO 67,585 TEUS AND ACHIEVED A HUGE 99.6 PER CENT INCREASE.

FIGURES

PICTURE.

THE

"NEVERTHELESS, THIS EXPLAINS ONLY PART OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IS A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN DEMAND AND THE PORT'S

MR DALE SAID. CURRENT ABILITY TO SERVICE THAT DEMAND,

"

IN

KONG IS THE BUSIEST IN TERMS OF CONTAINER THROUGHPUT, HONG CONTAINER PORT IN THE WORLD. IT HANDLED 9.3 MILLION TEUS IN 1993. 1994 WELL IN EXCESS OF 10 MILLION TEUS ARE EXPECTED.

PHONG KONG