11.   Patten also warned that if the Hong Airport project is delayed or its port activities constrained, it would directly hurt Hong Kong and China, not Britain itself.

12.   Port activity came to a standstill in Karachi where all business houses and industrial units were closed.

13.   Port activity was also affected.

14.   The authorities have still not come up with an estimate of the damage nor a date for resumption of port activity.

15.   The austerity budget has also sparked protests in other sectors, with seamen halting all port activity.

16.   The austerity budget also sparked protests in other sectors, with seamen temporarily halting all port activity.