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Wednesday, August 30, 1972
To relieve road traffic congestion on both sides of
the harbour by providing more vehicular ferry landing
points, thus spreading the traffic out.
Mr. Haddon-Cave said the Government believed that a re-routing
of the North Point-Kowloon City service would play a part in easing
road congestion by relieving the traffic load along the north-east corridor
of the Kowloon Peninsula, especially in San Po Kong and Wong Tai Sin.
The proposed Jubilee Street-Tai Kok Tsui service should better
meet the needs of lorries which at present crowded onto Nathan Road and
Shanghai Street in Kowloon, he said.
The Financial Secretary said the terms offered by the Company to
Government for the proposed changes were considered to be reasonable and
equitable.
Speaking on the motion, Dr. the Hon. S.Y. Chung urged the Government
to reconsider the siting of the Kowloon pier for the proposed Jubilee Street-
Tai Kok Tsui service.
He said Tai Kok Tsui did not seem to be the best location on the
north-west coast of Kowloon for this new vehicular ferry route.
"First, Tai Kok Tsui is not much further away from the existing
route between Jubilee Street and Jordan Road,
"Secondly, since the bulk of vehicular traffic for this new route
is presumably and increasingly coming from Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Cheung
Sha Wan, the heavy road traffic along the built-up areas such as Cheung
Sha Wan and Sham Shui Po will not be relieved," he said.
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