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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1986

KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER TO BE REDEVELOPED

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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO REDEVELOP KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT THE WATERFRONT IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE EXISTING PIER.

THE PROPOSED NEW PIER WILL BE BUILT WITHIN AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 1.85 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEA-BED.

THE WORK WILL PROVIDE A PILED DECK WITH A NEW WATER FRONTAGE WHICH WILL BECOME THE NEW KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER WITH A TOTAL OF SIX BERTHS.

THE REMAINDER OF THE DECK WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR CIRCULATION SERVING BOTH THE NEW PIER AND THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE.

AN ELEVATED PROMENADE WILL ALSO BE BUILT ABOVE THE ROOF OF THE PIER TO FORM A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY LINKING THE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE TO THE FUTURE MUSEUM OF ART AND THE EXISTING TSIM SHA TSUI EAST PROMENADE.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY AND BE COMPLETED ABOUT THE END OF 1988.

A NOTICE ON THE PROPOSED WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST GAZETTE.

WRITTEN OBJECTIONS SHOULD REACH THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS BEFORE JANUARY 6, 1987.

SURVEY TO IDENTIFY SEWERAGE BLACKSPOTS IN MONG KOK

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A SURVEY IS BEING CONDUCTED IN MONG KOK TO STUDY THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY BLOCKED UNDERGROUND DRAINS AND LEAKING PIPES OF BUILDINGS.

THE SURVEY IS PART OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN WHICH HAS SELECTED THE SEWERAGE PROBLEM AS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS YEAR'S PUBLICITY DRIVE.

QUESTIONNAIRES ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO MORE THAN 600 RESIDENTS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF AREA COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, SCHOOL HEADS, SHOPS AND RESTAURANT OPERATORS IN THE DISTRICT.

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