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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1994

TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA OFF EDINBURGH PLACE ESTABLISHED

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THE

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA IN THE APPROACHES TO STAR FERRY PIERS AT EDINBURGH PLACE, CENTRAL.

A MARINE

DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, NO VESSELS EXCEPT FRANCHISED FERRY VESSELS,

BAY DISCOVERY

FERRY VESSELS AND WORKS CRAFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRAL RECLAMATION WORKS AT THE EAST BUND SHOULD ENTER THE AREA BOUNDED BY STRAIGHT LINES JOINING THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:-

LATITUDE

LONGITUDE

22 DEGREE 17.117'N 22 DEGREE 17.157'N

22 DEGREE 17.219'N

22 DEGREE 17.276'N

22 DEGREE 17.376'N 22 DEGREE 17.290 N 22 DEGREE 17.086'N

114 DEGREE 09.441"E 114 DEGREE 09.454'E

114 DEGREE 09.516'B

114 DEGREE 09.569'E

114 DEGREE 09.614'E

114 DEGREE 09.670'E 114 DEGREE 09.512'E

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEMPORARY AREA WAS

THAT TO INCREASE MARINE SAFETY, AND TO ENSURE PUBLIC FERRIES USING THE AREA WERE NOT CONSTRAINED OR OBSTRUCTED OTHER VESSELS.

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AREA,

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ONLY WORKS BARGES AND CRAFT DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH CENTRAL RECLAMATION WORKS MIGHT, IF NECESSARY, PASS THROUGH RESTRICTED AREA IN ORDER TO GO TO THE ADJACENT WORKS SPOKESMAN SAID.

"ANY OTHER CRAFT, INCLUDING PLEASURE AND FISHING VESSLES, WHICH ENTER THE TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA MAY BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION, HE SAID.

FOOTBRIDGE IN TSUEN WAN TO BE WIDENED

THE GOVERNMENT IS PROPOSING TO WIDEN AND TO COVER THE EXISTING FOOTBRIDGE BETWEEN TSUEN WAN TOWN SQUARE AND TSUEN WAN STATION MULTI- STOREY CAR PARK BUILDING IN TSUEN WAN.

THE PROPOSED WORKS INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FOOTBRIDGE ADJOINING THE EXISTING FOOTBRIDGE, RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EXISTING FOOTBRIDGE DECK AND RAMP, AND THE PROVISION OF A COVER то THE FOOTBRIDGE DECK AND RAMP.

PEDESTRIAN FLOW ACROSS THE FOOTBRIDGE WILL BE MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES DURING CONSTRUCTION.

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