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9.

I have moreover been largely

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influenced to this conclusion by the undeniable fact that

the site assigned to the Station is by no means a satis-

-factory one. It was placed in the extreme South-East

corner of the Kowloon Peninsula, and consisted of one long

platform to which access from the South (viz.:- the heavy

passenger traffic to and from Hongkong) could only be

gained by a single avenue of approach. If the traffic

attains the dimensions which are anticipated, and for

which foresight dictates that provision should be made

since this Station will eventually become the terminal of

the line from Peking to Canton and Hongkong, and indeed

from Europe via Siberia to South China, it is inevitable

that in a Station so situated there must be much hustling,

inconvenience and congestion, for approach by land can only

be gained from the West.

10.

The Director of Public Works

submitted a suggestion that the line should curve round to

the West, and the Terminal Station should be placed on the

site shown in the enclosed plan, which is partly Crown Land

and partly land which would have to be acquired (Kowloon

Inland Lot 1140). This scheme involved the reduction of

Salisbury Road from a breadth of 100 feet to 35 feet on

each

tonclosure 2.