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PRIVATE LOT TO BE RESUMED FOR OPEN SPACE
A PRIVATE LOT IN WAN CHAI ON HONG KONG ISLAND IS TO BF RESUMED FOR A PUBLIC OPEN SPACE PROJECT.
THE LOT, WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 96.5 SQUARE METRES, IS LOCATED AT 12 KWONG MING STREET.
TOGETHER WITH THE LAND SURRENDERED BY THE OWNER OF AN ADJOINING DEVELOPMENT AND A LOT OWNED AND MANAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT, IT WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A PUBLIC OPEN SPACE FOR USE AS A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND SITTING OUT AREA.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN MID 1990.
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THE RESUMPTION NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY) AND POSTED ON THE PROPERTY WHICH WILL REVERT то GOVERNMENT ON THE EXPIRY OF THREE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF POSTING.
WAN CHAI TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY SERVICE TO BE WITHDRAWN
THE PASSENGER FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN WAN CHAI AND JORDAN ROAD OPERATED BY THE HONGKONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY (HYF) WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM JULY 16 (SATURDAY).
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE WITHDRAWAL OF THIS SERVICE WAS PART OF HYF'S PROGRAMME TO RATIONALISE ITS CROSS-HARBOUR SERVICES 90 THAT THE COMPANY CAN IMPROVE ITS SERVICES, ESPECIALLY ΤΟ THE OUTLYING DISTRICTS,
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SERVICE WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN 1986 AND ENDORSED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN JANUARY 1987 IN VIEW OF THE CONTINUOUS DECLINE IN PATRONAGE AND THE OVERALL IMPROVEMENT OF OTHFR CROSS-HARBOUR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL BUSES.
TO COINCIDE WITH THE CANCELLATION OF THE FERRY ROUTE, A NEW FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN WAN CHAI AND KOWLOON POINT STARTED OPERATION ΤΗ APRIL THIS YEAR AND IS OPERATING AT A BASIC FREQUENCY OF 10 MINUTES.
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