District 18 News
Written by: District Licheng
2021-03-22 18:42
Last update date: 2021-03-22 18:42
The government’s 2017 policy address proposed to improve Hong Kong’s old public piers. It has been implemented to the second stage. The public pier of the Ma Wan Chung Fishing Village with a history of more than a thousand years was included in the plan. The Civil Engineering Department today (22nd) The Islands District Council document introduces the design of slope-style single-plank bridges, and the goal is to start the construction in 2022 after gazetted.
Ma Wan Chung used to be a prosperous small fishing village
The public pier of Ma Wan Chung Fishing Village is located in a village in the western part of Tung Chung, adjacent to Yat Tung Village. It is said to have been inhabited as early as 618 AD between the Sui Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period from 907 to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Crabs and fish, with a history of more than a thousand years, are one of the most prosperous fishing villages in Hong Kong.
The beautiful and peaceful Mawanyong Village retains the fishing village tradition. It is especially suitable for strolling to watch the sunset and watching the sea. You can also experience the old scenery from the village's sampans and fishing nets.
Villagers live in stilt houses and use the wharf to get on and off the catch. The wharf has become a berth for renting boats to go fishing, and tourists taking boats to the seafood restaurant in the village to eat seafood.
According to a document submitted by the Civil Engineering Department to the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Islands District Council, the Ma Wan Chung Public Pier is mainly used by villagers or fishermen. It was not originally constructed and maintained by the government. Due to the poor planning of the pier, the lack of water depth and mooring equipment The damage affects the safety of the berth and it is necessary to carry out improvement works. Therefore, it was included as one of the ten rebuilt public piers in the second phase of the "Improved Piers Plan".
The project will be launched next year
According to the preliminary design plan, the new wharf will be extended along the old wharf and extended to the seaside by means of slow descent and single-plank bridges in order to add more berths. The department stated that the project is not a designated project under the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance, but the construction During the period, the contractor will still carry out water quality monitoring based on the preliminary environmental assessment results, adopt low-noise equipment and mud curtains and other appropriate environmental mitigation measures. The detailed design and exploration of the project will be based on the "Foreshore and Seabed (Reclamation Project). The) Ordinance was gazetted, and the competition period started in 2022.
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Tung Chung Pier Fishing Outlying Islands Community 2017 Policy Address
