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SIR DENYS PAID WARM TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE CONCERNED IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMPLEX. IN PARTICULAR, HE COMPLIMENTED THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND ITS CONSULTANTS, THE CONTRACTORS, AND THE MANAGER AND STAFF OF THE KCR.
EARLIER, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID CDONALD, GAVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTORY SPEECH IN WHICH HE GAVE AN IDEA OF THE EXTENT OF WORK INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL ITEMS OF (CONSTRUCTION.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDATIONS, HE SAID, INVOLVED THE SINKING OF 374 CAISSONS TO A TOTAL LENGTH OF 32,000 FT. AND THE DRIVING OF 2,200 PILES. THE CONSTRUCTION ALSO INVOLVED THE PREPARATION AND ASSEMBLING OF 14,000 TONS OF STEEL REINFORCEMENT, THE PLACING OF 144,000 CUBIC YARDS OF CONCRETE AND THE LAYING OF 9-1/2 MILES OF RAILWAY TRACK.
+THESE FIGURES WILL SERVE TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNOLOGICAL KNOW-HOW, TECHNICAL SKILLS, AND HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION,+ MR. MCDONALD SAID.
THE COMPLEX ITSELF STANDS ALMOST ENTIRELY ON RECLAIMED LAND AND AN IMPORTANT FEATURE IS THAT IT ENABLES BETTER LAND UTILISATION BY RELEASING FOR REDEVELOPMENT A LARGE TRACT OF .LAND NOW TAKEN UP BY THE PRESENT ALIGNMENT OF THE RAILWAY
ALONG THE CHATHAM ROAD AREA TO THE OLD TSIM SHA TSUI STATION.
THE MAIN STRUCTURAL FEATURE OF THE TERMINUS IS A . MASSIVE PODIUM ON WHICH STAND THE PASSENGER STATION BUILDING, A SEVEN-DECK CAR PARK AND THE BUS STATION. BELOW ARE THE TRACKS AND PLATFORMS. THE CENTRE OF THE PODIUM CONTAINS A PASSENGER CIRCULATING AREA, BOOKING OFFICES, WAITING ROOMS, SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND RAILWAY OFFICES.
THE CIRCULATING AREA IS CONNECTED TO THE PLATFORMS BELOW BY ESCALATORS AND STAIRS FOR PASSENGERS AND BY LIFTS FOR LUGGAGE. PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR ESCALATOR CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PASSENGER STATION AND AN UNDERGROUND RAILWAY PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE.
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