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(b)
(c)
(ii)
a covered way 100 feet long was constructed, leading to the departure hall of the Immigration Offices; (iii) the platform canopy was extended by 200 feet.
Power-operated barriers were installed at level crossings at Mile 7, 9, 132, 18, 19 and Sheung Shui to replace manual-operated crossing gates. The new barriers started functioning on 1st March, 1976.
At Tai Po Market Station, the northern point and loop line was extended 62 feet and the Home Signal re-sited.
(a) The former main line track at Ho Man Tin was re-aligned to
form a new siding for unloading livestock.
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(e)
Site investigations were completed at Hong Lok Yuen for a borrow area to facilitate the construction at Lo Wu of a Marshalling Yard. Land resumption for this project was in hand. The total cost of the project was estimated to be $10.71 million.
(f) Site formation work for the construction of Fo Tan oil
and dry goods sidings started. The total cost of the project was estimated to be $2.5 million.
In consultation with the Chinese Authorities, the Hong Kong section of the railway bridge over Shum Chun River at the border between Hong Kong and China was overhauled and strengthened during the year. In addition, a movable gantry for inspecting the underside of the bridge was installed under the British section. The Chinese Authorities took similar appropriate action on the section of the bridge under their control.
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Typhoon and Rainstorm Damage
As the result of typhoons and rainstorms during the year, the following remedial works were carried out :-
(a) At Mile 13 a concrete retaining wall was built after a
landslide.
A collapsed section of a concrete sleeper wall about 50 feet long was re-built at Mile 16.
Collapsed fencing at Sha Tin Station was re-erected.
A slope of cracked stone pitching at Tai Po Kau Station was repaired.
(b)
(c)
(a)
(e)
The roof of waiting shelters at University and Tai Po Market Stations were repaired.
(f)
Leaky roof of new staff quarters at Mong Kok Station was repaired.
(g)
Minor damage to windows and doors of gang huts, staff quarters etc. were made good.
Works Undertaken for Outside Parties
(a)
Drainage and site formation works for carriage washing facilities for the Public Works Departmen at Ho Man Tin.
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