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A new cargo-handling area in Chai Wan will soon take over the cargo-handling activities of a cargo area in Wan Chai.

The 21,200-square-metre area at the Chai Wan Basin with 620 metres of usable seafront has been gazetted as Chai Wan Public Cargo Working Area (PCWA) for reprovisioning of the cargo-handling activities in the Wan Chai PCWA.

A Marine Department spokesman said today (July 7) that the reprovisioning of the Wan Chai PCWA, which is adjacent to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club was made for the development of two projects -- a helipad at the breakwater to replace the Central Helipad at Fenwick Street; and reclamation of the basin to build urban infrastructure.

The Chai Wan PCWA will begin operation on September 1.

The spokesman said the department managed eight PCWAs and in the past year the total cargo throughput amounted to 11.8 million tonnes.

End/Monday, July 7, 2003

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