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Wednesday, October 3, 1973

HARBOUR BORING TESTS FOR TUBE SYSTEM

Boring tests in connection with the construction of the Mass

Transit Pailway tunnel between Kowloon Point, Tsim Sha Tsui, and the

western end of the Wan Chai Reclamation will begin on Saturday (October 6).

The main objective of the tests is to investigate the formation

of seabed and the bed rock levels. This will give the necessary information

for the design and construction of the tunnel.

The work, to be carried out from two staging rigs, will involve

the drilling of 15 holes along the line of the tunnel. It will take about

three months to complete.

To reduce marine traffic in the work areas, vessels arriving

at or departing from Hong Kong should use the Western Approaches.

A notice to this effect has been issued by the Marine Department

to shipmasters, owners, agents, charterers and pilots.

The notice stipulates that all vessels with a draught of not

more than 28 feet should use the western entrance when arriving at or

leaving from a berth in the western sector of the harbour.

For those entering port by way of Lei Yue Mun and intending to

proceed to a berth in the western sector of the harbour without the assistance

of a pilot, they will have to go by way of Lei Yue Mun, Tathong Channel,

and the East or West Lamma Channel.

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