G.N. 1679 Lands Department Foreshore and Sea-bed (Reclamations) Ordinance (Chapter 127) (Notification under section 5) PROPOSED ASIA SUBMARINE-CABLE EXPRESS FROM TSEUNG KWAN O TO THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WATERS Notice is hereby given that the undertaking described in the Schedule below is proposed. A copy of the plan delineating and describing the proposed undertaking and the foreshore and sea-bed to be affected thereby has been prepared and may be inspected by the public free of charge on the Lands Department website (www.landsd.gov.hk) under Government Notices, at the Lands Department Survey and Mapping Office, 23rd Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong (where copies can be purchased on order); at the Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre, Ground Floor, Sai Kung Tseung Kwan O Government Complex, 38 Pui Shing Road, , Tseung Kwan O, New Territories; at the Eastern District Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre, Ground Floor, Eastern Law Courts Building, 29 Tai On Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong; and at the Southern District Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre, Ground Floor, Ocean Court, 3 Aberdeen Praya Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong during the following hours:— Lands Department Survey and Mapping Office Monday to Friday 8.45 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays closed Sai Kung District Office Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays closed Eastern District Office Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays closed Southern District Office Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays closed Further queries regarding the proposed works can be addressed to the District Lands Office, Sai Kung, 3rd Floor, Sai Kung Government Offices, 34 Chan Man Street, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong (Telephone No.: 3525 0781). Any person who considers that he has an interest, right or easement in or over the foreshore and sea-bed so described may, by notice in writing delivered to the Director of Lands, 20th Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong before the expiration of two months from the date of this notice, object to the proposed undertaking. The notice of objection shall describe the interest, right or easement of the objector and the manner in which he alleges he will be affected. SCHEDULE Description of the undertaking and the manner in which the foreshore and sea-bed will be Foreshore and sea-bed affected affected by the proposed undertaking Approximately 1.68 hectares of foreshore and (i) Installation of an optical fibre submarine sea-bed situated from Tseung Kwan O to the cable of approximately 33.5 kilometres eastern boundary of the Hong Kong Special in length and 100 millimetres in diameter Administrative Region waters as delineated by divers and jet ploughing technique, and shown as a bold red line on a plan, buried in a trench of approximately numbered SKM8022a, deposited in the Land 0.5 metre in width at a depth of Registry. approximately 5 metres below the sea-bed. (ii) Where the submarine cable crosses a sewage pipe of Drainage Services Department and a gas pipeline of Hongkong Electric Company, it will be surface laid and shallow buried for a distance of approximately 100 metres and 200 metres respectively at the crossing point. The surface laid section of the submarine cable will be protected by Uraduct. The existing sea-bed level will not be altered.

The area of foreshore and sea-bed affected is shown on the plan on the next page for identification purposes only. The area is more particularly shown on the plan numbered SKM8022a above referred to. 16 March 2012 G. M. ROSS Deputy Director/Specialist, Lands Department 127) details) ⋻捛 BOUNDARY OF REGION WATERS EXPRESS

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