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Planned expansion heralds new dawn for Asia's premier marine gateway Close proximity to mainland China, one of the world's largest markets, has encouraged the development of Hong Kong into a leading international port, and continued prosperity looks assured as major expansion plans get underway. SHIPPING and maritime activities beat at the heart of Hong Kong, accounting for more than 20 percent of the Special Administrative Region's gross domestic product (GDP). The not-so-secret reason for the success of the Port of Hong Kong is its natural deepwater harbour, which, when combined with its geographic proximity to the People's Republic of China, has allowed Hong Kong to blossom into a major international trade centre and gateway to Asia. Hong Kong has held the momentous title of 'world's largest container port' for the last six years, with 14.5 million TEUs being handled at the port in the calendar year 1997. This single achievement, however, should not overshadow the fact that it is also one of the world's leading maritime centres. Practically any service that the international maritime community could possibly require can be found in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), including: ship management, ship repair, finance, legal services, and much more. The reunification of Hong Kong with China from 1 July 1997 will see Hong Kong continuing to grow as the major port servicing the needs of Southern China's burgeoning Guangdong Province — cargoes to and from which accounted for 69 percent of Hong Kong's total container traffic in 1996. Backing up Hong Kong's bright future, the latest official outlook for the port indicates that container traffic will grow at an average rate of six percent a year over the next decade, to reach 24 million TEUs in 2006. Beyond this period, the estimates are for container volumes to grow at
overview Hong Kong's close proximity to mainland China has helped to create burgeoning trade links over the years. A world-class port - Hong Kong is undergoing major expansion of its facilities to prepare for the next millennium. an average of 3.1 percent a year between 2007 and 2016, to 33 million TEUs. Hong Kong continues to be a beacon of efficiency, setting standards which the rest of the world's container ports strive to emulate. The key to such efficiency is the laissez-faire approach adopted for the port's operation. In line with this philosophy, all of the for-profit facilities in the port, such as the impressive Kwai Chung container terminals, are privately owned and operated. To keep bureaucratic involvement in the operation of the port to a minimum, Hong Kong, unlike most ports in the world, does not have a port authority. The enormous task of ensuring the efficient and safe running of the Port of Hong Kong is the responsibility of the Government's Marine Department, which provides a broad range of services, including: vessel traffic regulation, maritime search and rescue, Port State Control inspection, and the provision of facilities such as mooring buoys and public cargo working areas. Expansion of the port facilities to keep pace with ever-growing demand continues in Hong Kong, with construction of the privatelyowned River Trade Terminal at Tuen Mun and the new Mid-Stream Terminal at Stonecutters Island, both of which are expected to be operating by the end of 1998. Construction of the new Container Terminal 9, to be located on reclaimed land at a site opposite the eight existing Kwai Chung terminals, began in 1998. Once construction is completed, CT9 will provide an additional 2.6 million TEUs of handling capacity at the port each year. In the longer term, plans are also in place for both Container Terminal 10 and 11 projects at a new greenfields site to be constructed on reclaimed land on Lantau Island. Complementing Hong Kong's world class port infrastructure is the new Hong Kong International Airport at Lantau Island's Chek Lap Kok. The HK$155 billion state-of-theart facility, opening for business on 6 July 1998, is one of the world's finest airports, incorporating the world's largest airfreight facility, SuperTerminal 1. It is with all of the above in place that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China prepares to enter the new millennium absolutely confident in retaining its status as of one of the world's truly great ports.
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