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Thursday, July 12, 1973

MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT FOR SHAM SHUI PO

A $30 million programme is to be launched later this year to improve

communication facilities in the crowded Sham Shui Po district.

The first stage of the project involves reclaiming some 30 acres

of land off the Sham Shui Po waterfront along Tung Chau Street to provide

more space for a combined new modern ferry and bus concourse and other

community facilities.

Construction work on the 1,400-foot retaining seawall for the

reclamation is expected to start within a few months and should be completed

by September next year.

The new seawall will be 1,000 feet off the existing wall along

Tung Chau Street.

When part of the reclamation is completed, a new ferry pier will

be built off the new seawall about 1,100 feet north of the existing pier,

The new pier will be similar in design to the Tai Kok Tsui Ferry

Pier and will be bigger and better equipped than the existing one at Shan

Shui Po to cope with the increasing number of commuters.

It will be a double-deck structure with two ferry berths, incorporating

upper floor waiting areas for first class passengers and separate on/off

ramps for second class passengers.

Work on the new pier, which will cost an estimated $7.25 million,

is expected to start in October next year for completion by January 1976. During

construction work the old pier will be kept in service to maintain traffic

flow until the new one is completed.

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