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that ferry boats, and all other craft necessarily using
are
this port are obliged to discharge and load passengers
and goods at sea. The sea here is frequently rough,
causing loss and discomfort, and seriously deterring the
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development of the port and the hinterland, By extending this pier so as to allow launches to come alongside-it,
the foregoing disadvantages will be remedied. Moreover
The pier world also wovide a the extra length will provide some kind of breakwater
against west winds and seasy to which this port is
(which particularly exposed. The hinterland has long attracted
Buddhist settlers, prepared to spend a good deal of money
in developing nunneries, monasteries, and gardens in the
mountains. This bring local employment and raise the
_local_standard of living. The kind of person attracted
to this kind of development is normally deterred by the
dangers of landing at Tai Q, and it is to be expected that
landing facilities of reasonable standard will lead to
accelerated development. The local market gardeners
and producers of salt from salt pans will also find it
easier to get their produce to the urban market unspoiled
by sea water. The bay here is so shallow that it has not
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bo possible to bring the pier any nearer to the little town. Expecting that the improved landing facilities will
and it expected
bring increased trade it has been thought desirable
to link the extension of the pier with the improvement of
the path between pier and town, for the use of tricycles
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and similar small vehicles, providing for easier carriage
of goods and persons between town and pier.
5.6. Thes scheme is part of a general plan for the
development of Lantao Island and Cheung Chau. Important
items of that plan which will be carried out at Government expense include a further piece of reclamation
at Cheung Chau and the reconstruction of the public pier
used by the ferries and launches;
Government is
/also