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  improving passenger boarding or disembarking facilities, re designing / constructing hard and soft landscapes to highlight the theme of a fishing village and providing additional plantings etc. ;
  

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  erecting additional signage and setting up kiosks for selling snacks and souvenirs, and providing visitors with tourist information;
  

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  carrying out landscape improvement works along the waterfront area of Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau, and setting up display boards to promote the temples of traditional fishing villages and to facilitate visits to these temples; and
  

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  enhancing the streetscapes of Ap Lei Chau Main Street and other adjacent streets.
  

The concerned department is carrying out the design for the above beautification works at an estimated cost of $1M. The design is expected to be completed within this year. In addition, we have set up an inter-departmental working group to explore how to enrich the Project, including :

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  examining the feasibility from planning, environment and transport perspectives of converting the works areas of South Island Line (East) and Harbour Area Treatment Scheme located under the Ap Lei Chau Bridge into a dining cum entertainment zone featuring seafood cuisine upon completion of the related works (expected to be around 2015);
  

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  exploring the feasibility of providing appropriate dining and tourism facilities at the Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market without affecting its daily operation and the traffic in the vicinity;
  

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  examining whether the “Class II Stationary Vessels” along the Aberdeen promenade can be preserved and revitalised with a view to turning them into tourist attractions; and
  

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  exploring how the transport setting near Ap Lei Chau Main Street can be improved so as to facilitate visitors and local residents to visit the area.
  

We will brief the Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development once the initial findings of the above study are available.

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Name in block letters	MISS YVONNE CHOI
Post Title	Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Commerce, Industry and Tourism)
Date	18.3.2010

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