Atlanta, For Immediate Release: Hong Kong’s container port is the top cargo-moving operation in recent history, noted futurist McKinley Conway contends in his new book, Global Super Projects: Mega Ventures That Are Shaping Our Future.

Hong Kong’s landmark facility, however, is only one of a host of mega-endeavors in which Conway has selected the most significant projects in recent history. The prolific author of more than two dozen books has also chosen the top projects in 19 other important categories, ranging from environmental and conservation undertakings, to new airports, highways and other infrastructure elements. (To access all of Conway’s selections, as well as the Conway Global Super Projects Registry, look for the online version of the entire book that will be available by Jan. 16, 2006, at www.sitenet.com/books/superprojects. To go directly to the Conway Global Super Projects Registry, go to www.sitenet.com/books/superprojects/registry.)

Conway, a pioneer in the economic development field, made his selections from what he calls “Super Projects, the billion-dollar babies that are changing the face of world development.” A Super Project, he explains, “represents a cost of US$1 billion or more and/or a represents a technological breakthrough of worldwide significance.” Conway’s Atlanta-based research firm, Conway Data Inc., maintains a global Super Project database that now includes some 2,000 ventures.

Just how did Conway, who has studied major global projects for decades and brought together leading Super Project experts in a series of historic worldwide conferences, choose the crème de la crème? The winners, he explains, “were those deemed to be most significant in improving the quality of life for large numbers of the world’s citizens.”

Here, for example, is how the author explained his choice for the world’s top container port:

“Hong Kong’s container port. More than two-thirds of the world’s freight moves by sea. Huge new container ships and highly sophisticated container ports provide world service considered impossible a few short years ago. Most of those who benefit from this service are totally unaware that it exists.

“Our files offer striking evidence of a fierce worldwide competition among container ports. Hong Kong leads in cargo moved and is adding large new terminals to try to maintain its lead. At a cost of $20 billion, Shanghai, China, is building what it says will be the world’s biggest facility.

“The busy sea route between the Suez and the Orient is attracting numerous super projects. Egypt is building a new container port at Suez City and Oman is building a port along its southern coast. Meanwhile, Dubai, U.A.E., is expanding its highly successful Jebel Ali port complex. The Singapore port, one of the world’s busiest, will soon be joined by two new facilities in nearby Johore, Malaysia, and Batam Island, Indonesia.”