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Wednesday, August 30, 1972

On the other hand, Dr. Chung said, Lai Chi Kok was very much

more centrally located than Tai Kok Tsui and also had ready built main

thoroughfares leading to Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung to the north, Cheung

Sha Wan and Sham Shui Po to the south and So Uk and Tai Wo Ping to the east.

Replying to Dr. Chung, the Chairman of the Transport Advisory

Committee, the Hon. Szeto Wai, said that the new ferry pier at Tai Kok

Tsui was chosen after careful study.

"It adheres closely to the future road system as recommended by

the consultants in their 'Hong Kong Long Term Road Study'," he said.

"In the long term, it is planned to link this ferry concourse with

the mainland's east-west and north-south traffic arteries respectively by

connecting it with Argyle Street and the new Tong Mi Road. This road is

designed to link Gascoign Road with the northern stretch of Lai Chi Kok

Road, Lai Chi Kok Bridge and Kwai Chung Road all the way as an elevated

structure along the Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter through the industrial area

of Tai Kok Tsui and on reclamation along the waterfront of Sham Shui Po

and passing close to the new industrial area of Cheung Sha Wan," he said.