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SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1976
THE CHARGES FOR THE USE OF THE AREA WILL BE THE SAME AS THOSE OF WAN CHAI. FOR LORRIES A PARKING FEE OF $4 PER HOUR OR PART THEREOF IS CHARGED BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 7 P.M. AND $1 BETWEEN 7 P.M. AND 7 A.M. FOR VESSELS USING THE WORKING AREA, A CARGO WORK ING PERMIT WHICH COSTS $10 EACH DAY IS REQUIRED.
MR. TANG SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO YAU MA TEI, CARGO WORKING AT CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST AND AT HOI BUN ROAD IN KWUN TONG WOULD SOON COME UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
SINCE THESE TWO PLACES WOULD NOT BE FENCED OFF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD ONLY CONTROL THE BERTHING OF VESSELS.
HOWEVER, IT IS HOPED THAT THESE TWO PLACES WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO STANDARD CARGO HANDLING AREAS SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN WAN CHAI WHEN THE WESTERN RECLAMATION AND THE WIDENING OF HOI BUN ROAD ARE COMPLETED.
MR. TANG REVEALED THAT IT WAS THE HOPE OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREAS ON HONG KONG ISLAND,
IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
TWO NEW AREAS HAVE BEEN PLANNED FOR TSUEN WAN AND RAMBLER CHANNEL AND THAT SITES HAVE ALREADY BEEN EARMARKED FOR TWO MORE IN TUEN MUN AND CHAI WAN.
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, MR. TANG SAID, WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH JUST INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CARGO WORKING AREA BUT WAS ANXIOUS TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICES, THIS WAS WHY THE DEPARTMENT WAS PLANNING TO INTRODUCE A SERVICE WHEREBY CONSIGNEES COULD RING UP FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING BERTHING SITUATION IN ALL CARGO WORK ING AREAS.
+THIS WILL ENABLE CARGO OPERATORS TO DECIDE WHERE TO SEND THEIR
VESSELS SO AS TO AVOID WASTING TIME,+ HE SAID.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING LIGHTERS AND LORRIES WORK ING IN THE WAN CHAI CARGO WORK ING AREA ARE AVAILABLE AT GIS PRESS ROOM, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, 6TH FLOOR.
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