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Hydrography.
The joining up of Stonecutters with the mainland
will have the effect of closing the waterway immediately West
of the Kowloon Peninsula towards Sham Shui Po and Lai Chi Kok
and will thus alter the flow of tides through the harbour,
especially the ebb tide now coming through this gap from the
Rambler Channel. This waterway is used mainly by small craft
which could easily go round the West end of Stonecutters
Island. The area thus cut off, already shallow will gradually
tend to silt up, and should over a period of years form added
territory.
The Stonecutters project has the advantage of being
able to cater both for land and marine craft, sufficient depth
of water being available all around the area, while to the
West of the island a large expanse of water free from shipping
can be used as the alighting area. It does however provide
only one single runway.
Conclusion.
This project has many advantages over Deep Bay.
It is only one and a half miles from the main railway station
and ferry piers. No expensive approach roads would have to
be constructed as for Deep Bay. Water is readily available from
the mains, whilst at Deep Bay a large catchment system would
have to be constructed with reservoirs for the storage of
water. Hotel accommodation would not have to be provided as
at Deep Bay, and local labour is readily available in Kowloon.
sd. A.J.R. Moss
D. of A.S.
28th November, 1946.
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