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Wednesday, October 3, 1973
HARBOUR BORING TESTS FOR TUBE SYSTEM
Boring tests in connection with the construction of the Mass
Transit Pailway tunnel between Kowloon Point, Tsim Sha Tsui, and the
western end of the Wan Chai Reclamation will begin on Saturday (October 6).
The main objective of the tests is to investigate the formation
of seabed and the bed rock levels. This will give the necessary information
for the design and construction of the tunnel.
The work, to be carried out from two staging rigs, will involve
the drilling of 15 holes along the line of the tunnel. It will take about
three months to complete.
To reduce marine traffic in the work areas, vessels arriving
at or departing from Hong Kong should use the Western Approaches.
A notice to this effect has been issued by the Marine Department
to shipmasters, owners, agents, charterers and pilots.
The notice stipulates that all vessels with a draught of not
more than 28 feet should use the western entrance when arriving at or
leaving from a berth in the western sector of the harbour.
For those entering port by way of Lei Yue Mun and intending to
proceed to a berth in the western sector of the harbour without the assistance
of a pilot, they will have to go by way of Lei Yue Mun, Tathong Channel,
and the East or West Lamma Channel.
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