an application will be made to increase the staff for this purpose.
91.
In connection with the development of Sha Tin New Town, civil engineering works were carried out adjacent to, over, and under the railway at a number of locations in Sha Tin. Close liaison was maintained with the consulting engineers, Maunsell Consultants (Asia) Ltd. regarding safety measures to be taken to safeguard the railway. On 4th March 1977 at about 5.08 hours the formwork for the construction of an abutment of an overhead Road Bridge No. 2 collapsed and obstructed the railway near Level Crossing Mile 9 while a railbus approached the section. It caused derailment and damaged the railbus. Train services between University and Sha Tin Railway Stations could not commence until 9.10 hours when the railbus had been re- moved from the site.
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Close liaison was also maintained with the Mass Transit Railway Corporation's engineers regarding safety measures to be taken for the cons- truction of M.T.R.C. tunnels underneath the railway at Kowloon Tong.
93.
New Works and Improvements
Site formation work for the construction of the Marshalling Yard at Lo Wu started. Excavated materials were transported from Hong Lok Yuen Borrow area to the filling area at Lo Wu. Up to the end of March, 1977, some 142,000 cu. yd. of filling had been dumped.
Construction work for Fo Tan Oil Sidings was carried out and the oil track was substantially completed while the dry goods track and yard building construction was in progress at the end of the year.
A new platform shelter was erected at Tai Po Kau Station.
Two new latrines were constructed at Tai Po Market and Fanling Stations by the Public Works Department. Two new latrines at Tai Po Kau and University were under construction at the end of the year.
Fifteen new platform benches were constructed at Lo Wu Station; the old 3rd class restaurant was demolished and reconstructed as a Store room, the toilets in the 1st class waiting hall were reconstructed and enlarged.
A lorry holding area adjacent to Kowloon Station was under construction at the end of the year.
The windows facing the mainline in the Erecting and Painting Shops at Ho Tung Lau Workshops were protected with wire mesh. As an improvement to the Railway Workshops, the following items were constructed :
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washing pit 85 feet long; sand blasting room; and spray painting room.
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