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Wednesday, May 23, 1973
DEVELOPMENT OF COVERED WALKWAYS
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Considerable thought has been given to future development at the
Star Ferry terminals on Hong Kong Island and Tsim Sha Tsui, the Director of
Public Works, the Hon. J.J. Robson, told the Legislative Council today,
Feasibility studies, he said, had already been carried out to
establish the alignment of a covered link between the Island terminal and
the City Hall as well as further extensions to the elevated pedestrian-ways
recently constructed as part of the Connaught Centre project.
"These studies form part of a general plan for the development of
pedestrian-ways through the waterfront and central areas which will be
implemented piecemeal as the opportunity presents itself," he said.
Mr. Robson explained that the elevated system would link the
Star Ferry piers to areas south of Connaught Road as far apart as the new
Hutchison Building to the east and the General Post Office to the west,
"Ideally, this system should be built with a modification to the
Star Ferry piers so as to provide first-class entrances and exits at the
elevated level," he said.
In the case of the Tsim Sha Tsui terminal, no extension of the
concourse to link the railway station had been considered since the railway
terminal would be moved to Hung Hom, probably in mid-1975.
"Nevertheless, a fairly elaborate and imaginative scheme is being
developed for the existing railway terminal site which envisages the provision
of two-level pedestrian links to the ferry terminal," Mr. Robson said.
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