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FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1961..
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BENEFITS OF A CENTRAL BRIDGE OR TUNNEL NEGLIGIBLE-WATSON
dear sir
Harbour crossing
I understand that Bir K. A. Watson is giving a talk today entitled "The Bridge-Boon or Bugbear", "which presupposes | that decision on the type of road Bnk has been made. However, the Engineers' port gives equal prominence to both tunnel and bridge, with their advaniagra and disad vanlages, all of which must be
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carefully weighed with other factors before a final decision | can be made,
Unfortunately, I shall not be in the Colony when Mr Watson gives his talk, but no doubt he will continue to make great play on some of the traffic figures, especially that of 64,- 000 for the possible Average Dally Traffic (ADT) across the road link in 1976 (23,000 In 1960).
new ronda are proposed, such
Says not worth
trouble to traffic
worth cost,
as the East West Waterfront The benefits of a central bridge or tunnel would be negligible and would
road, which will have A capacity of over 6,000 vehicles an hour.
Traffle on reaching the terminals of the link will divide to go its various ways. thereby con- siderably reducing the number which any particular road has to carry to a few hundred an hour In each directlen.
Perhaps comparison of some of traltic figures obtained during the 1950 Survey will indicate the minor extent of the problemi.
From the Filos
25
`years -AGO-
August 1936
An interesting report has been issued for prosentation at the first annual general meet- ing of the Hongkong Travel Association, which will be held in the Urban Council Cham-
at 5.15 pm.
be overwhelmingly outweighed by the disadvantages to traffic and parking, and by the enormous cost, all of which must come out of the pockets of the public, said Mr K. A. Watson, in a talk to the Hong-bur on Friday, September 4 kong Lions Club this afternoon.
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† ing that if the anticipated Agures The meeting will consider Our bridge traffic materialised, and adopt the report of the this would create a demand In Board of Directors for the The central district for more year ending June 30, 1838; than twice the eventual total of elect two members to the 8.000 spaces which the Town Board of Directors; and dis- Planning Bourd sald was maximuni that could
Spenting on the subject "The had recorded its doubts of the Bridge: Boon or Bughour" Mr | wisdom of providing such Watson sald that Dr E. F. vehicular link, saying that as n Szczepanik, of the Hongkong turge number of persons were University after having made a brough; Into the City cheaply survey at the request at und eflciently without adding the consulting engineers, had
to the already crowded roads, concluded that for goods traffic, careful thought would have to the bridge would effect 371
provided. be given before deciding on a economic saving of only 81⁄2 per courge of action which might ADT in Queen's Road East cent, agruming that all vehicles result in those advantages being
(Dockyard) 52.000; ADT - could move freely. As this can- cluding the above with Gardendition could not be realised in
gayings, Road at Cricket Club Junction practice, the
round would be considerably less. If 77.000; ADT at Roxy
only) 38,000: there was little or no advantage about (2 tanes ADT at Salisbury Road/Na- to goods traffic, there would be than Road Junction 7,000; even less for ears, which have ADT at Nathan Road. Mong-
much shorter delays,
'tak 41,000: ADT at Waterloo 4 heavy
The dangerous. driving. Me Chine said, was not of a systema- 18 cause but a spontaneuns lapse on the part of the driver.
Mr Caine said defendant had wife and 2-month-old bulv for aut asked for
This line of allack needs to be pul in its true perspective ngainst the overall traße zilu- atlon, bearing in mind that it POSSIBLE Ggure only. whereas the 1976 PROBABLE figure Is 17,000 (17,000 its 1960). It is on the PROBABLE igures that the economies of the road link have been cal- culated.
Defendant had four previous the figure of 17,000 (or for
Me Morris Pointed out that it 10 provide Wars sagtended curing the course, intency, of the fil that the i sud- la da hed wruse the trad Lexles of oncoming trattle. But there was no evidenten 12 start this. he said,
"However," Mr Mortis Can- Tinned, will my that drivers mas. milice every allowance for etukdren who do, and will con- the tinue lo du,
R! unes the spur of pecte things tha rumen. withour thought of contrquences, bul thes shradd not be maliyed or per- Laps killed for so acting."
DUTY
Mr Morris went an to say that Rivers when approaching pedestrian erossing, were un it le to see whether anyone was * by reason of the trafle on
mar trae convictions come mitted from 1958 to 1955.
Thep M. I. Atkinson prosecut~ ed, and Mr 17. B. Gunsten held #watebing brief on behal The injured girl.
of
The magistrate exercked his dineretion by not disqualifying Weng run driving In the future,
Japanese Consul
Mr Musuo Takashina has 20+4'71 formally recognbed as Conşul for Japan in Hongkong,
this according
morning's Government Gazette.
that matter the higher figure) total daily crossings such a problem as envisaged? Wouhl Sir Willam Glanvill and his officers of the Road Research Laboratory, with
their nit years of experience in traffic engineering," have concludes In their report that the exist- ing and planned road network could cope with the traffle if this were not the case?
The Engineers naturally have designed the facility and the Haks to the existing network to handle this POSSIBLE trafite, and therefore, the problem is one af absorptina by our present roads, and those planned between now and 1978. Whether or not we have a cross harbour link, extensive
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Incidentally, it should be appre
clated that In many
солев quoted above trafle is held up in one direction by red lights or police for a total of many hours out of each day.
The Consultants further estimate that the effect of a cross lar- bour road link on most of the above junctions will reduce the above ADT Bgures, as trallio will be diverted to other roads with adequate capacity.
As the above roads can cope with the ADT's quoted without un- dur congestion, it is apparent the daily number of crossings in 1976 at 47,000 or bigher Is in reality not the problem crities would like to make it.
that
K. B. ALLPORT.
Belilios School
to have places for 920 girls
DOUBTS
if any.
Be thought that one of the nost serious
or the nspeets bridge seheme was the inten- tion to take over
a large part of the eross-harbour passenger traffic, and put it into buses and cors which woukl have to use our congested roads,
thrown away.
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He said: "The most serious effect of the bridge the 1 tunnel would be on trumc. was claimed that by 1870, a pussible 64,000 journeys a day
across
were
would be made
the bridge. This would be in addition to the normal traffic, which, if the views of the Rend Research Laboratory accepted would be by this date times greater than al eight present. The truffle jams at the Gascoigns-road-Chatham-road junction, and in Wanchai would be "the biggest in history",
He quoted the opinion of the
Mr Watson also dealt with, the Town Planning Bourd which I question of parking-spaces, day-
EUROPEAN BOUND OVER
FOR THROWING STONE
AT NOISY SCHOOLBOY
1n
LAND VALUE
the custs, the true
the be
value
the and
cuan any other business.
The report summarises Association's activities, gives cstimates and recom
the mendations for
programme, years shown that tourist traffic to the Colony last year increased materially.
of the land had been omitted, and no provision had been made for buying out the ferry com- panies. If these were inoluded, The true cost
to the bridge the public would be over $500 million and of the tunnel' $000 million. If the advantages to the public were negligible, this
was a lot of money improve the view.
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second It is
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A
married 29-year-old woman, who WAB
to pay to charged on Saturday with
having in her possession an He said that if it were de-automatic pistol and 200 elded not to build either
bridge or a tunnet, the alter-
a rounds of ammunition at the Luen Cheung Wharf, with-
native was gradual improve- ment of cross-harbour services out a licence from the un the lines of the multi-cross Inspector General of Police, ing system he advocated.
reappeared before Mr W. Eventually it would consist Schofield at the Central of three vehicle ferries in the Magistracy yesterday and centre of the harbour, two, fast
was sentenced to a fine of road links at the ends of the $1,000, or in default six
Western
Ap-
harbour, the proaches and a tunnel at Lye-montha' hard labour with an mun, and 1 ruilway tunnel, added three months' im- between Tsimshatsul and Cen-prisonment, the sentences
Hongkong, linked with to run consecutively.
trol
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_comprehensive underground
railway system. The report hus
Det.-Sergeant Guild, pro-
shown that the two road links secuting, said that at four were feasible, and detalls of a o'clock on Friday morning possible tunnel д1 Lyemun defendant was seen board- were given.
P. H. Roberts, of 33 Happy View Terrace, third central bridge and $400 million Central Police Station, who
floor, was bound over in $200 for two months by Mr A. J. Sanguinetti at Causeway Bay Magistracy this morning for assault causing bodily injury to a 12-year-old student.
Mr Sanguinetti also ordered | defendant himself who reported that no conviction be recorded the matter to the police. ugalast the defendant.
The defendant in mitigation The HOW Belilios Public
said he threw the stone on int School,
The Court was told that de- pulse, and had no intention of accommodating 920 girls in one
fendant lived to the rear of hitting any of the boys. daily school. At about 0.30 pm on・ "I looked out of my window, session, is to be built in August 12, the compjuinent was and Intended to throw the rock Tin Hau Temple-road, in walking along the school path in behing the boys." the Causeway Bay Dis- front of defendant's house with
some other students.
trict.
'DEEPLY SORRY' They were making quite some The defendant told the Court Work will start in a month's polse, The defendant, annoyed that he was deeply time up the formation of the by the disturbance, threw ค new school site.
large stone out of the third everything possible for the com- The old Belilios School build-floor window of his home.
school.
primary
Borry and since the incident, had done
ing In Hospital-road, of Calne- The stone hit the complain-plainant. He said that with the permission of the police, he had read, will be demolished to make an on the head, causing severe
arranged for the lacerations.
computinant way for the construction of a
30-ClassTOOIT. new
The complainant was brought to recuperate at his expense in to Queen Mary Hospital and the complainant
the Hongkong Sanatorium after was released detained for two days for ob-
from the Queen Mary Hospital. servation.
Mr Sanguinelul fold the de- fendant to control his impulses in the futuro, He said if de-. The Court was also told, in
fendant should again be dis- defendant's favour, that he took turbed by unnecessary
noises
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the boy to the Queen Mary made by school children, he Hospital Infmediately after the should report the matter to the Incident and that it was the school concerned.
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tunnel.
ing the steamer Po On at The combined cost of them the Luen Cheung Wharf, by bath would be about $300 mi)- Hon less the true cost of the female searcher from the
that of the central'accosted defendunt, less than
and searched her, finding the pistol tied by CONGESTION
a stocking around her right leg, while These ve vehicular routes, the ammunition was tied sprend out through the whole around her waist. length of the harbour, would disperse traffic instead of con- centrating it, and so reduce congestion by enabling the busy centres on the north shore of During the week, the finals the island and the Kowloon of two Open Bowls competi peninsula to be by-passed. tions were decided. Congratu
lations are due to A., Coates He concluded be saying that who won the Singles by beat- if 'Government discarded the idea of a central road link, it ng LA. Gutierrez by 21-19 in could da so safely knowing that the final after an exciting much cheaper, more con-match, and to R. Duncan and venlent, more flexible and al-S. Randle for winning the together more logical system | Patre by beating J.E. Noronha was available.
and FX.M. da Silva by 18-12.
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