}
144
-47-
position on the west side of the Kowloon
Peninsula to some other suitable site.
(Paragraph 92).
(17) In due time, when the ocean-going trade of the Port
expands to such an extent as to require further
accommodation, the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf &
Godown Company to be encouraged to provide more
pier and godown accommodation to the northward
of their present premises on the west side of
the Kowloon Peninsula, the Naval Depôt having,
it is assumed, been by then removed. The
question should also be considered of providing
transit sheds, passenger cocommodation and railway sidings on any new piers constructed.
The railway connections would necessitate taking
over the Military lands south of Austin Road
and moving the Military elsewhere. (Paragraphs
92-93). A tentative scheme of new piers in
that locality is shown on the attached plan.
(18) That the work of reclaiming land from the waters of
the Harbour be undertaken by the Government and
not by the proposed Harbour Trust. (Paragraph
96).
(19) That it is desirable for the Government to carry out
the following works of reclamation as soon as
practicable:-
(a)
Filling in the present Typhoon refuge harbour
at Mong Kok Tsui (167 acres) and filling in
about 1,3 sores at Cheung Sha Wan, together
with the formation at the latter place of a
new Typhoon refuge in lieu of the former.
(Paragraph 97(a)).
(b) A small reclamation at Yau Tong Wan in order to
accommodate ship and boat building yards that