WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1987
MR WU WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY WHICH MARKED THE OPENING OF THE NEW TSUEN WAN MARINE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
"THE OPENING OF THIS BUILDING MARKS THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION IN WHICH OF THE TSUEN WAN PUBLIC WORKING AREA RE-DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THE OLD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND THE PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA
TEXCO IN
ROAD WAS (PCWA)
REPROVISIONED HERE
GIVE TO
ΤΟ
RECLAMATION," HE SAID.
WAY
MR WU SAID THE WELL-SHELTERED TSUEN WAN BAY FORMED A NATURAL ANCHORAGE FOR COASTAL AND LOCAL VESSELS.
"THE CARGO WORKING SEAFRONTAGE FOR LIGHTERS ARE ESPECIALLY VALUABLE DUE TO THEIR CLOSENESS TO THE HIGHLY DEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL
THE AREAS IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI.
DEEP WATER BERTHS ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST COAST OF TSING YI ARE IDEAL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS, HE ADDED.
FOR
DEKP DRAFT
TOOK
PLACE IN INDUSTRIAL
FOR CARGO
MR WU POINTED OUT THAT PAST DEVELOPMENTS WHICH TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI AREAS, BOTH IN TERMS OF HEAVY DEMAND AND RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, HAD GENERATED WORKING BERTHS.
"THIS GENERAL NEED WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. WITH THIS IN MIND, IN THE THE GOVERNMENT HAD ESTABLISHED TWO PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREAS
AND RAMBLER DISTRICT, NAMELY THE TSUEN WAN PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA CHANNEL PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA, IN 1978 AND 1982 RESPECTIVELY, SAID.
10 HECTARES
HE
THE TWO PCWA'S HAVE A TOTAL OF OVER
OF SEA AND LAND AREA WITH A LINEAR SEAFRONTAGE OF OVER 1,600 METRES. DAILY
WHILE EXCEEDS 6,000 TONNES TONNAGE OF CARGO ACROSS THE SEAWALL
HANDLE
THE AVERAGE OF 130 VESSELS AND 1,200 VEHICLES
CARGO IN
PCWAS.
AN
TWO
ALL MARINE
MR WU SAID THE DISTRICT MARINE OFFICE ADMINISTERED RELATED MATTERS SUCH AS CONTROL OF LOCAL CRAFT, DWELLING VESSELS AND MARINE STRUCTURES IN RESPECT OF THEIR LICENSING, MOVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES AND MANAGEMENT OF PCWA'S.
"IT ALSO PROVIDES INPUTS AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MATTERS AFFECTING THE MARINE DISTRICT.
"THE EFFICIENT AND SMOOTH RUNNING OF MOST IMPORTANT TO THE PORT USERS.
THE
MARINE DISTRICT IS
"IT CAN