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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1978
OPENING OF TSUEN WAN PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA
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THE TSUEN WAN PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA - THE FOURTH TO BE OPERATED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL BE OPENED TOMORROW (FRIDAY) BY THE CHAIRMAN OF TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. PETER YEUNG.
THE NEW PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA IN YEUNG UK ROAD HAS A FRONTAGE OF MORE THAN 300 METRES CONSISTING OF 40 UNIT BERTHS AND 38 LORRY PARKING SPACES.
IN ADDITION, WASH ROOM FACILITIES, A PANTRY AND THREE REST SHELTERS ARE ALSO PROVIDED FOR CARGO OPERATORS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY CONTROL MEASURES FOR THE AREA WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE NOW OPERATING IN CARGO WORKING AREAS IN WAN CHAI, YAU MA TEI AND KWUN TONG.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THERE HAD BEEN A TENDENCY FOR WAREHOUSES AND GODOWNS TO MOVE FROM THE URBAN AREAS TO TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
+THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA IN THE DISTRICT WILL FACILITATE THE ORDERLY AND RAPID FLOW OF BREAKBULK CARGO AND WILL BE PROVIDING A SERVICE OF IMMENSE BENEFIT TO THE PORT IN GENERAL, AND THE TSUEN WAN CARGO OPERATORS IN PARTICULAR, + HE ADDED.
HE SAID THAT FIVE MORE PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREAS ARE PLANNED FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT, CHAI WAN, RAMBLER CHANNEL TYPHOON SHELTER, CHEUNG SHA WAN AND TUEN MUN.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE TSUEN WAN PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA IN YEUNG UK ROAD AT 13.30 A.M. TOMORROW. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN (AM 2082) WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT TSIM SHA TSUI AT 9.45 A.M.
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