CO129-592-10 Future Policy in Hong Kong- Port Administration 10-4-1946 - 15-4-1947 — Page 256

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(4) This Body of Harbour Trustees to remain in being for three years as an

experiment. (Paragraph 83 (d)).

(5) The matters over which the Trust would have control to be:-

Leasing or letting of piers.

Construction of new piers as and when necessary, and the charges

therefor.

Lights and buoys (Navigational), and the charges therefor.

Mooring buoys, and the charges therefor.

Ferries, and the royalties, etc., therefor.

Dredging the Harbour as required from time to time.

Licensing of Pilots.

Regulation of Harbour traffic and the promulgation of the necessary

by-laws for this purpose.

The general policy of the Harbour. (Paragraph 83 (e)).

(6) The rents of the piers, the charges for the use of mooring buoys, the charges levied upon the ferry owners in the form of royalties, etc., and the light dues to be paid to the Trust. (Paragraph 83 (ƒ)).

(7) No charges or rents to be levied by the Trust without the consent of the

Governor thereto having been first obtained. (Paragraph 83 (g)).

(8) The necessary staff for the working of the Trust to be supplied by the Government from their official establishment, for the experimental period of three years. (Paragraph 83 (h)).

(9) The Trust to regulate its own procedure with the proviso that a quorum at any meeting should be four, and no Trustee to be allowed to vote on any question directly affecting his own or his firm's business. (Paragraph 83 (i)).

(10) The policy to be adopted by the Trust to be that of seeing that adequate and proper facilities are available in the Harbour for ships and their cargoes, but to allow approved private enterprise to provide these facilities as far as possible and also to let private enterprise do its own operating. (Paragraph 83 (j)). This would involve the renewal of the piers leases which expire in 1949, (except in those cases where new piers would be provided, which would require special treatment as mentioned in paragraph 89), and the issue of new leases as occasion arose.

(11) Every future lease should stipulate that the lessee is to use the pier only for the purpose of his own business, and that no sub-letting is to be allowed. (Paragraph 83 ()).

(12) A statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Trust to be published

annually. (Paragraph 83 (k)).

(13) During the experimental period of three years, any surplus of revenue over receipts to be paid over to the Government and any shortage to be recouped by the Government. (Paragraph 83 (1)).

(14) At the end of the experimental period of three years, if the Harbour Trust is found to function satisfactorily, it should be established on a per- manent basis, with the same constitution and duties, subject to any modification that may be deemed to be desirable in the light of the experience gained. (Paragraph 83 (m)).

(15) That Connaught Road from its junction with Queen Victoria Street to its junction with Queen Street be widened by reclamation and 13 new piers constructed in lieu of the existing piers which would be demolished; and that a reclamation, with new piers in front, be made from the junction of Connaught Road with Queen Victoria Street to the junction

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