THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1978
KWUN TONG CARGO WORKING AREA OPENS
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THE THIRD TO BE
THE KWUN TONG PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA OPERATED AND MANAGED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT -- WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED TOMORROW (FRIDAY) BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR - MA JAMES WU.
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THE NEW CARGO WORKING AREA HAS A FRONTAGE OF 320 METRES CONSISTING OF 40 UNIT BERTHS AND 64 LORRY PARKING SPACES.
WITH THE OPENING OF THIS AREA, THE SECTION OF SEAWALL ALONG HOI BUN ROAD WHERE CARGO IS NOW HANDLED WILL BE CLOSED FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO FACILITATE ROAD WORKS BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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WHEN THE WORK IS COMPLETED, THE CARGO WORKING AREA WILL BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE WATERFRONT AND WILL HAVE A FRONTAGE OF 935 METRES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID MEASURES SIMILAR TO THOSE NOW IN OPERATION AT THE OTHER TWO PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREAS AT WAN CHAI AND YAU MA TEI WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEW AREA WHICH WOULD BE MANNED BY STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT ON A 24-HOUR BASIS ALL YEAR ROUND.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT KWUN TONG WAS ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR CARGO WORKING WATERFRONTS IN KOWLOON AND THE VOLUME OF CARGO HANDLED THERE REPRESENTED ABOUT 10 PER CENT OF THE PORT FREIGHT HANDLED BY LIGHTERS.
+EXPERIENCE GAINED FROM THE TWO EXISTING CARGO WORK ING AREAS SHOWS THAT CARGO THROUGHPUT AT CONTROLLED WORKING AREAS IS ABOUT 30 PER CENT BETTER THAN THE THROUGHPUT RATE AT CONTROLLED WATERFRONTS. THE OPENING OF THE NEW WORKING AREA WILL THEREFORE IMPROVE CARGO WORKING CONDITIONS IN KWUN TONG,+ HE ADDED.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE KWUN TONG PUBLIC CARGO WORK ING AREA AT THE WATERFRONT AT HOI BUN ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH WAI YIP STREET AT 10.30 A.M. TOMORROW.
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