TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1980
GO-AHEAD FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF JUBILEE STREET PIER
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD FOR THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY TO REDEVELOP THE JUBILEE STREET PIER INTO A MODERN, THREE-STOREY, FOUR-BERTH COMPLEX COMPLETE WITH COMMERCIAL KIOSKS AND SHOPS.
THE COMPANY ESTIMATES THAT THE NEW PIER COULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT THREE YEARS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE COMPANY PLANNED TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING PIER AND REPLACE IT WITH THE THREE-STOREY STRUCTURE WHICH WOULD INCLUDE WAITING AREAS AND PASSENGER FLOW FACILITIES.
PASSENGERS WOULD BE SEGREGATED FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC BY LINKING THE PIER STRUCTURE TO THE ADJACENT FOOTBRIDGE NETWORK.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROVISION OF AN ADDITIONAL BERTH WAS ESPECIALLY WELCOME +AS THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT BERTHING FACILITIES
IN CENTRAL IS A SIGNIFICANT CONSTRAINT ON THE PROVISION OF BOTH NEW AND IMPROVED FERRY SERVICES.+
THE GOVERNMENT ALSO WELCOMES THE IMPROVED WAITING AREAS AND PASSENGER FLOW IN A MODERN, MORE SPACIOUS PIER STRUCTURE AND THE FOOTBRIDGE LINK, HE SAID.
HE EXPLAINED THAT ABOUT 24 KIOSKS AND SHOPS WOULD BE PROVIDED ON THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOORS OF THE COMPLEX, AND THE TOP FLOOR WOULD BE SEPARATED FROM PASSENGER FLOW AND WOULD BE ENTIRELY FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE COMPLEX WOULD BE REGARDED AS REVENUE FROM FERRY SERVICES, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
+THIS IS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE, HE SAID. IT SHOULD HELP LIMIT FARE INCREASES AND TO CROSS-SUBSIDISE UNPROFITABLE BUT NECESSARY FERRY SERVICES.
*THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC SHOULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE BETTER FACILITIES AT THE PIER, AND THE IMPROVED FACILITIES HOPEFULLY WILL MAKE TRANSPORT BY FERRY MORE ATTRACTIVE AND HELP TO EASE DEMAND FOR ROAD SPACE.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD WELCOME FURTHER PROPOSALS OF THIS TYPE.
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