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Hydrography.

The joining up of Stonecutters with the mainland

will have the effect of closing the waterway immediately West

of the Kowloon Peninsula towards Sham Shui Po and Lai Chi Kok

and will thus alter the flow of tides through the harbour,

especially the ebb tide now coming through this gap from the

Rambler Channel. This waterway is used mainly by small craft

which could easily go round the West end of Stonecutters

Island. The area thus cut off, already shallow will gradually

tend to silt up, and should over a period of years form added

territory.

The Stonecutters project has the advantage of being

able to cater both for land and marine craft, sufficient depth

of water being available all around the area, while to the

West of the island a large expanse of water free from shipping

can be used as the alighting area. It does however provide

only one single runway.

Conclusion.

This project has many advantages over Deep Bay.

It is only one and a half miles from the main railway station

and ferry piers. No expensive approach roads would have to

be constructed as for Deep Bay. Water is readily available from

the mains, whilst at Deep Bay a large catchment system would

have to be constructed with reservoirs for the storage of

water. Hotel accommodation would not have to be provided as

at Deep Bay, and local labour is readily available in Kowloon.

sd. A.J.R. Moss

D. of A.S.

28th November, 1946.

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