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(5).
It provides unlimited room for
future expansion without purchase of private property.
(6).
It enables the Railway Administra-
-tion to control the Kowloon Terminus of the Ferry Service
in connection with the Railway, and to obtain a share in
the profits of the traffic either by a toll on the pass-
-engers or otherwise.
(7).
It provides a cheap and satis-
-factory means of laying a siding to the premises of the
Wharf and Godown Company and to Messrs. Butterfield and
Swire's Warehouses, without unduly cutting up Salisbury
Road and other adjacent Roads with crossings or sacrific-
-ing very valuable building sites.
7.
(1).
The objections to the scheme are:-
The lengthening of the Ferry
Service. It is true that the crossing from Victoria will be
4 minutes longer, but this is discounted by the saving of
time in getting a train alongside the Ferry Pier.
(2).
Exposed site for the Ferry Pier
and possible need for protecting it. The site will be more
exposed than is the pier of the Star Ferry Company at
Tsim Sha Tsui and the pier that under Scheme II would have
to be built at Nathan Road; but it is not anticipated that
protection
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.