15
by
a grant of £48,883 for the construction of two piers, in the
New Territories, is the outcomes
2. A large part of the New Territories consists of islands
and broken country with a deeply indented coastline where road
communication is difficult and in most places non-existent.
Over
many of these areas the natural element of communication is water and the small
d the rural communities living in these outlying parts are, in many 92505,
entirely dependent upon ferries and other small craft for bringing
their produce to the principal markets in Hong Kong and Kowloon. The
construction of piers at focal points in the islands and the less
accessible portions of the mainland is therefore of great importance.
3. Cheung Chau is the most important fishing port in the
Leains Colony, and contains the densest population (probably 20,000) of
any island in the New Territories. Normally hundreds of boats are
based there. There are two piers, one used almost exclusively by
the ferries and Police, and the other by the general public. The
latter was built by local-
many years ago, is out of
date and inadequate, and is se rickety as to be unlikely to stand
another typhoon season. It would be uneconomical to repair. It
which, is therefore necessary to build a new modern pier. The new pier,
besides filling a long-standing need of the general public, would
be regularly used by the launches of the Fish Marketing organiza-
With the increased amount of shipping which can be expected to
use the new pier it will be necessary to widen the waterfront
roadway in the immediate neighbourhood of the pier, This roadway
is narrow and totally inadequate in view of the amount of fish
tion.
make it
and cargo loaded and off-loaded here. It is therefore proposed to
Mextend
extend the existing bund 30 feet seawards in the area of the pier;
would
the reclamation be continued further along the shore at
Government expense when the ferry pier is rebuilt.
45 Tai O is the largest centre (about 8,000) of population
His proposed to extend the
on Lantao Island, and the fourth fishing port of the Colony. The h
what this
present pier provides depth of water sufficient only for sampans, so