CO129-542-3 Foreshore and Sea-bed Works Bill- correspondence 9-1-1933 - 16-8-1933 — Page 55

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(6) Diverting, raising, lowering or otherwise altering permanently or temporarily, tram lines, water mains, gas mains and overhead and underground or submarine electric lines and cables.

(c) Obtaining materials such as stone, sand and filling material for the works, and conveying such material to the works in any manner what-

ever.

(d) Constructing, maintaining and running tempo- rary constructional tramways, whether aerial or on the ground level, or on staging or otherwise, and constructing, maintaining and running such tramways over, under or across the lines of the Hong Kong Tramway Company Limited or of any other Company authorized to lay tram lines. (e) Erecting temporary buildings and piers, and set- ting up and running mechanical contrivances of all kinds for the purpose of constructing the said works.

(ƒ) The constructing of temporary and permanent roadways incluling kerbing, channelling and surfacing.

(g) Removing and permanently or temporarily alter-

ing piers and landing places.

(h) Any other works whatsoever which the Governor in his discretion may consider to be, or to have been, necessary or desirable for the purpose of affecting the general intention of this Ordinance. (4) In connection with any such works it shall be lawful for the Governor to remove, destroy, divert, stop up, raise, lower, inclose, or otherwise alter such streets, drains, sewers, vacant ground, wharves, piers, landing places, rails and other things as may, in the discretion of the Governor, be necessary or desirable for the purpose of effecting the works authorized by this Ordinance.

3.-(1) Notification of provisional approval of any Approval of such works by the Governor in Council, with a description future works. thereof and of the area intended to be occupied in connec- tion therewith shall be inserted in every ordinary issue of the Gazette during a period of three months and shall be published by proclamation in the Chinese language, which proclamation shall be publicly posted in some suitable place on or near the said area. Every such notification and proclamation shall contain a notice calling upon all persons having objections to the said works to send in their objections in writing to the Director of Public Works before the expiration of the said period of three months.

(2) All such objections shall be duly considered by the Governor in Council who shall afford to every person, who has so sent in his objection in writing, an opportunity of being heard in person or by counsel or solicitor. On such consideration the Governor in Council shall have regard to the objections and also to the public benefit that would accrue by over-ruling them.

(3) After affording the objectors an opportunity of being heard, or if no objections are sent in as aforesaid, the Governor in Council may give definitive approval to the works in question or any modification thereof or may cancel his provisional approval.

(4) Notification of such definitive approval with a des- cription thereof and of the area intended to be occupied in connection therewith, or notification of such cancellation shall be published in the Gazette.

(5) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any works the construction and maintenance of which are validated by section 4.

4. So far as any such works have heretofore been Past works constructed and maintained such construction and main- legalised. tenance are hereby validated.

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