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Reclamation unsuitable as a site for quay walls and other shipping facilities for the following reasons:-
(a) because, from a financial point of view, such work
might interfere with the full carrying out of the
Hung Hom Bay scheme;
(b) because, it being an extension of an existing
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promontory, they anticipate that the accentuation of tidal currents caused thereby would hamper
shipping at the proposed new quays; and (c) that wave-action caused by a strong N.E. wind,
particularly during the passage of a typhoon, would
be deflected so as to be detrimental to the quays at
Hung Hom Bay.
3. Objection (a) appears to be due to misunder-
standing, as there is, I am informed, no intention on the
part of the Hong Kong Government to postpone or curtail
the Hung Hom Bay Works on account of the North Point
Reclamation. Furthermore, the two schemes are, I
gather, designed to serve
different ends, the former
being to provide facilities for the loading and discharge
of deep-draft vessels from Europe and America, while the
latter primarily makes provision for coasting steamers
and for the light ers which land cargo intended for use
in the Colony.
I should be inclined to recommend, in the
interests of economy, that this distinction be borne in
mind when designing the North Point works.
4. The question then arises as to whether there is
& definite need for this accommodation for coasting and
local craft.
The Director of Public Works has shown very
clearly and convincingly in his Minute of 7/3/23 that
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