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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1992
PROPOSED ENGINEERING WORKS FOR CENTRAL RECLAMATION
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THE
GAZETTE
TODAY (FRIDAY)
PUBLISHED A
NOTICE OUTLINING FORM PART OF THE
PROPOSED ROAD WORKS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS THAT PHASE I CENTRAL RECLAMATION PROJECT.
THE REPROVISIONED
THE WORKS ARE FOR THE OPERATION OF WATERFRONT FACILITIES, THE AIRPORT RAILWAY HONG KONG STATION AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE NEW RECLAMATION AREA.
THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF DISTRICT ROADS, HIGHWAY STRUCTURES AND THE ASSOCIATED ROAD WORKS.
ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE CONSTRUCTION FOUL SEWERS AND THE UPGRADING OF EXISTING CATCHMENT AREA BEHIND THE NEW RECLAMATION.
AND
OF STORMWATER DRAINS AND STORMWATER DRAINS IN THE
OTHER WORKS COMPRISE THE REPROVISIONING OF COOLING WATER MAINS ASSOCIATED FACILITIES
THE NEW RECLAMATION,
LANDSCAPING AND UTILITIES.
AFFECTED BY
THE PLAN AND SCHEME MAY BE INSPECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC: AT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG AND AT THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, HONG KONG WEST, 19TH FLOOR, SOUTHORN CENTRE, 130 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG,
ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO OBJECT TO THE WORKS SHOULD SENT HIS OBJECTION IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, EAST WING, SECOND FLOOR, LOWER ALBERT
ROAD, HONG KONG NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 27, DESCRIBING HIS INTEREST AND THE IN WHICH HE ALLEGES HE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE WORKS.
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MANNER
CONTAINER THROUGHPUT CONTINUES TO GROW
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HONG KONG'S TOTAL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT REACHED 3.567 MILLION TEUS (20-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS) IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS THIS YEAR, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE BY 26.4 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
RELEASING THE STATISTICS TODAY (FRIDAY), THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARINE (PORT, PLANNING AND LOCAL SERVICES} MR REGGIE KENT, SAID: "IF THIS TREND CONTINUES, [T SHOULD PUT HONG KONG'S THROUGHPUT OVER THE SEVEN MILLION MARK THIS YEAR.
OF HONG
"THE GROWTH RATE FOR CONTAINER THROUGHPUT IN THE PORT KONG REMAINS HEALTHY. THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT HAS SHOWN A STEADY INCREASE BY ABOUT 10 PER CENT IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS THIS YEAR," MR KENT SAID.
/"THIS SHOULD
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