TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1978
$40 MILLION TYPHOON SHELTER FOR CHEUNG CHAU
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CONTRACTORS WILL BEGIN WORK SHORTLY ON THE $40 MILLION, NEW CHEUNG CHAU TYPHOON SHELTER, IT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN TWO STAGES,
MR. HOWARD CHAMBERLAIN, P.W.D.'S CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PORT WORKS DIVISION, SAID THAT WORK OK STAGE ONE OF THE PROJECT. WOULD BEGIN IN JUNE AND TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
IT WOULD INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF THREE BREAKWATERS AT CHEUNG CHAU WAN AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND.
+THESE BREAKLATER FOUNDATIONS WILL BE ABOUT 600 METRES, 320 METRES AND 230 METRES LONG RESPECTIVELY AND WILL SUPPORT THE FUTURE RUBBLE BREAKWATERS WHICH, ON COMPLETION, WILL PROVIDE
OM A GROSS TYPHOON SHELTER AREA OF ADOUT 63 HECTARES,+ MR. CHAMBERLAIN SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE POSITION OF THESE BREAKWATERS HAD BEEN DETERMINED AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE AND WAS AGREEABLE TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE FISHERMEN BASED ON CHEUNG CHAU.
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE PROJECT, INVOLVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RUBBLE BREAKWATERS, CULD BEGIN FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN SAID THAT THE TYPHOON SHELTER, WHEN COMPLETED, WOULD MEET THE DEMAND FOR SHELTERED ANCHORAGE IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN APPROACHES TO HONG KONG HARBOUR.
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