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Container traffic continues to grow

Hong Kong's container port continues to set new records. Official figures for the first quarter of 1995 show that the port handled 2.68 million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEUs) in the first quarter of 1995. This was a 16.2 percent increase over the same period last year.

The throughput figures for March showed a massive 21.5 percent increase to total 998,000 TEUS for the month.

Unofficial figures for the eight container terminals (this does not include mid- stream and river trade traffic) show the 16 per cent increase in throughput continuing for the first five months of this year. The eight terminals moved 3.2 million TEUs over their wharves up to the end of May just 16 per cent more than they handled in the first five months of 1994.

If the 16 per cent increase continues throughout the year Hong Kong should handle more than 12.8 million TEUS in 1995.

Although improve efficiency has enabled the existing eight containers terminals to handle the growth so far, the increase throughput underlined the urgently for containers terminals 9, 10 & 11 to come into operation as soon as possible.

End/Monday, July 10, 1995

Keep dogs under proper control

The Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) today (Monday) reminded dog owners to keep their dogs under proper control to prevent them from attacking people. Members of the public are also reminded to take proper measures to protect children from attacks.

The advice came from the AFD's Senior Veterinary Officer, Dr Liu Kwei-kin, following a number of dog bite incidents over the weekend,

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