CO129-608-7 Future policy- Report on Port Administration by Sir David Owen 24-2-1941 - 24-2-1941 — Page 78

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(16) That negotiations be entered into for the removal of the

Royal Naval Depot from its present position on the west side of the Kowloon Peninsula to some other

suitable site. (Paragraph 92.)

(17) In due time, when the ocean-going trade of the Port

expands to such an extent as to require further accommodation, the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company to be encouraged to provide more pier and godown accommodation to the northward of their present premises on the west side of the Kowloon Peninsula, the Naval Depot having, it is assumed, been by then removed. The question should also be considered of providing transit sheds, passenger accommodation and railway sidings on any new piers constructed. The railway connexions would necessitate taking over the Military lands south of Austin Road and moving the Military elsewhere, (Paragraphs 92-93.) A tentative scheme of new piers in that locality is shown on the attached plan.

(18) That the work of reclaiming land from the waters of the Harbour be undertaken by the Government and not by the proposed Harbour Trust. (Paragraph 96.)

(49) That it is desirable for the Government to carry out the

following works of reclamation as soon as practicable:

(a) Filling in the present Typhoon refuge harbour at Mang

Kok Tsui (167 acres) and filling in about 143 acres at Cheung Sha Wan, together with the formation at the latter place of a new Typhoon refuge in lieu of the former. (Paragraph 97 (a).)

(b) A small reclamation at Yau Tong Wan in order to

accommodate ship and boat building yards that would be displaced at Cheung Sha Wan. (Paragraph 97 (b).) (c) About 214 acres at Tsun Wan. (Paragraph 97 (o).) (20) That a reclamation at Ngau Tau Kok, adjacent to the area at

Kun Tong now being slowly reclaimed by the dumping of town refuse, be included in the programme of development for carrying out at such time as oircumstances indicate, with road and rail connexions as required.

(21) That consideration be given to the possibility of removing

the Air Port to some other place say in the New Territories, in order to avoid so costly a reclamation soheme as would be necessary to enable the Air Services to develop at their present site.

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That the removal of the railway station at Kowloon from its present site, to a more suitable site, as shown on the attached plan, be considered at some suitable future time.

That in due time when the traffic increases to such an extent as to justify it, a new vehicular ferry service be established with a pier opposite Marsh Road, Hong Kong, and another pier opposite Gillies Avenue, Kowloon.