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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992

CENTRAL RECLAMATION AUTHORISED

THE GOVERNOR IN

COUNCIL

HAS AUTHORISED THE

OF RECLAMATION WATERFRONT IN CENTRAL ΤΟ ABOUT 20 HECTARES OF LAND AT THE EXISTING ACCOMMODATE THE HONG KONG TERMINUS OF THE AIRPORT RAILWAY.

THE NOTICE OF AUTHORISATION FOR THE

TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE PROJECT IS KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI PACKAGE 1, PHASE 1, ENGINEERING WORKS (WESTERN SECTION}.

WAS RECLAMATION

GAZETTED

RECLAMATION,

RECLAMATION

BLAKE PIER,

DRAINS AND

OF IT WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION

SEAWALL AND

AND FOR ABOUT 20 HECTARES OF LAND BETWEEN RUMSEY STREET CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND STREET AMENITIES, THE LAYING OF SEWERS AND LANDSCAPING WORKS.

AND WATER BY THE

IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE REPROVISIONING OF GOVERNMENT PUBLIC FERRY PIERS AND ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENT OFFICES, COOLING PUMPING STATIONS AND OTHER

FACILITIES AFFECTED

PROPOSED WORKS.

EXISTING

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPROVED PROJECT WITHOUT

CONDITION MODIFICATION OR

AFTER TAKING CONSIDERATION THE OBJECTIONS RECEIVED.

THE INTO

A TOTAL OF SEVEN OBJECTIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED. WERE SUBSEQUENTLY WITHDRAWN.

OF WHICH, TWO

TWO OF THE SERVICES OPERATORS.

NOT OBJECTIONS

WITHDRAWN WERE LODGED

BY FERRY

THE OTHER THREE OBJECTIONS CAME COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON THE WATERFRONT.

FROM

INCORPORATED

OWNERS

OF

THE SPOKESMAN SAID WORKS FOR THE PHASED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY AND OPERATION LEVELS OF

TO INCONVENIENCE FERRIES WERE MAINTAINED AND

PASSENGERS MINIMISED

PROJECT WOULD BE

CAREFULLY

THE

THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

SEVERAL

BUILDINGS ARRANGING

REFERRING TO OBJECTIONS RAISED BY OWNERS OF ON THE WATERFRONT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING AND FLUSHING SYSTEM OF THE BUILDINGS, WHICH WERE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE RECLAMATION,

THE SPOKESMAN SAID

THE

BEGIN BY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

HE ADDED THAT ANY

RECLAMATION

WORK WAS

PROGRAMMED

то

CONSIDERED THAT HIS INTEREST

A DELIVER

AND

WRITTEN CLAIM FOR LANDS ON OR BEFORE

PERSON

WHO MAY BUILDINGS

WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE PROJECT COMPENSATION TO THE DIRECTOR OF APRIL 2, 1993.

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