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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1981
PLAN TO EXTEND CHEUNG CHAU PIER
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PROPOSALS TO EXTEND THE PIER AT CHEUNG CHAU AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE BERTHING OF LARGE FERRY VESSELS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PIER WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME SHORTLY, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THE HON DEREK JONES SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THERE ARE ALSO FIVE ITEMS NOW IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE, RESPECTIVELY, NEW FERRY BERTHING FACILITIES AT SOK KU WAN, YUNG SHUE WAN AND PO TOI, A NEW PIER AT PENG CHAU AND A COVERED CROWD MARSHALLING AREA NEXT TO THE NEW PIER AT SILVERMINE BAY.
MR JONES WAS REPLYING TO REV THE HON JOYCE BENNETT WHO ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER REGULATING THE BOARDING AND LEAVING OF FERRIES AT CHEUNG CHAU AND AT THE OUTLYING ISLANDS FERRY PIERS AT WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS TO BRING ORDER OUT OF THE PRESENT CHAOS.
HE SAID THE OLDER PIERS AT THE OUTLYING ISLANDS WERE NOT DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE VERY LARGE NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS WHO VISIT THE ISLANDS TODAY, PARTICULARLY AT WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
+ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL ARE, HOWEVER, DEPLOYED BY BOTH THE FERRY COMPANY AND THE POLICE AT THESE TIMES TO CONTROL CROWDS WAITING FOR FERRIES AND TO HELP ENSURE ORDERLY BEHAVIOUR, HE SAID.
MR JONES ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE FERRY COMPANIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING BY-LAWS GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF PASSENGERS BOARDING AND DISEMBARKING FROM THEIR FERRY VESSELS, AND PERSONS FOUND CONTRAVENING THE BY-LAWS ARE LIABLE TO A FINE OF
$2 000.
APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED
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THE APPROPRIATION BILL 1981 WAS PASSED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
OTHER BILLS PASSED WERE THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1981, THE EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT)(NO. 2) BILL 1981, THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES (AMENDMENT)(NO. 2) BILL 1981, AND THE CHATER MASONIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND (AMENDMENT)(NO. 2) BILL 1981.
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