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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1930.
A STEEL BRIDGE FOR CANTON.
FOUNDATION LAYING.
CEREMONY.
Canton, July 11,
few motor boat companies of their earnings from ferry services. It was, however, the duty of the Government to work for the wel fare of the general mass and to proceed with reconstruction works long promised..
With strong cement concrete A new era in communication be foundations on both the Canton tween Canton proper and the sou-and Honam sides the steel bridge thern suburb, Honam,the extends 600 feet, with a width of island opposite Canton Bund, is 60 feet. This will provide ample about to begin with the construc-space for motor vehicles and tion of a steel bridge crossing pedestrians. The construction from Canton Bund to Honam, the will take eighteen months to com- official foundation laying cereplete and when finished the bridge, mony of which took place yester-will stand as a monument to the day afternoon. A huge pat, lau present enterprising Canton Gov- was constructed at the junction erement.
of Wal Sun Road and the Canton
Although tens of thousands of Bund, where the ceremony was con- Canton residents cross this part ducted. Mr. Lam Wen-kai, (the of the Canton River on their Mayor of Canton, who acted as daily routine and although the] Chairman) and high officials-of river here is much narrower than the Kwangtung Provisional Coun-the harbour separating Hongkong cil, the Public Works Department, and Kowloon, there has been no the Ministries of Finance, Educa- regular steam boat forry operat- tion and Reconstruction, were ing with the exception, of a few present. A crowd of Interested motor launches and sampans. citizens, including the representa. tives of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and of the trade unions consisting of over 5,000 people, witnessed the proceedings.
în
Hongkong Pioneer,
In connexion with the construc- tion of the bridge it is of interest to note that the scheme wns aug- gested by a Hongkong merchant, Mr. Lam Wen-kai, in the course the late Mr. Lau Chin-ting. The of his speech, emphasised the great progress Canton had made late Mr. Lau and others formed à recent years. The develop-company in Canton with a huge capital for the construction of the ments now taking place would
Was steel bridge. This
Bome make Canton one of the leading twenty years ago. The company commercial and shipping centres proceeded with the work for some of South China. The Canton
time and went as far as to pur- Municipal Government should pay chase some valuable land on both the keenest attention towards the the Honam and Canton Bunds. communication between Canton The scheme collapsed owing to the and its suburbs, of which Honam conservative attitude and suspi-} is easily the most important on accion of the Chinese Government count of its nearness to the Can- and of the Canton residents. tou. Bund and Shameen, foreign settlement.
the
The company suffered a great loss. The Canton Government is to be Ferry Services Hit,
congratulated on proceeding with The construction of the bridge the plan despite continued civil would benefit millions of people in wars in Kwangtung and Kwangsi. Canton and suburbs. It was re- It is understood that the Canton Fretted that the bridge would Municipal Government has a affect the interests of a very small scheme in hand for the develop- minority of Canton residents. Itment of the Honam Band by the would deprive the sampan popula-f construction of godowns. and tion and the managements of 'wharves
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