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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 31, 1939.

349

HONG KONG

No. 13 of 1939.

I assent.

L.S.

G. A. S. NORTHCOTE,

Governor.

31st March, 1939.

No. 40 of 1936.

An Ordinance to authorize an undertaking for the reclamation Ordinance

of an area of sea bed to abut the Jubilee Street Ferry Pier approaches and Connaught Road to the Eastward of such approaches between Queen Victoria Street and Pottinger Street and for construction of a pier extending seawards from such reclamation and also for the construc- tion of a temporary pier between the said reclamation and Douglas Wharf.

[31st March, 1939.]

WHEREAS it is provided by section 4 of the Public Reclamation Validation and Clauses Ordinance, 1936, that in any future Ordinance authorizing any undertaking for reclama- tion or other works of a public nature over and upon unleased Crown foreshore and sea bed, provisionally and subject to the definitive approval of the Governor in Council, the provisions of Part II of that Ordinance shall be deemed to be incorporated unless expressly varied or excepted by such Ordinance :

AND WHEREAS it is considered desirable to authorize provisionally and subject to such approval certain of such undertakings:---

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Queen Victoria Short title. Street Eastward Reclamation and Piers Ordinance, 1939.

of Public

2. The Director of Public Works is authorized, provision- Director ally and subject to the definitive approval of the Governor in Works Council, to construct the undertakings set out in the Schedule. given

provisional authority

to construct certain works.

Schedule.