HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1953
a Marine Police Station in Hong Kong and a new Police Headquarters with administrative offices.
Four new Government primary schools were completed. Three primary schools were commenced and also a secondary school in Kowloon. In addition, major extensions to the Hong Kong Technical College were completed.
For the Medical Department a start was made with the building of the new Tsan Yuk maternity hospital and a dispensary and maternity hospital at Tsun Wan, in the New Territories. A blood bank attached to the Queen Mary Hospital was completed and the Wanchai tuberculosis and dental clinic was nearing completion.
Other major Government buildings completed or under construction during the year included the first stage of the central Government offices in Hong Kong, new headquarters for the Civil Aid Services, and the new Kowloon fire station. A start was also made on site works in connection with the erection of 99 flats for expatriate staff. The programme of rebuilding markets and latrines throughout the Colony was continued.
Also in hand was the design of a new City Hall which is to be sited on the new central reclamation facing the harbour.
In some of the western areas of Kowloon unsatisfactory fouling conditions in the harbour exist at the sewer outfalls and no new installations are permitted. A scheme is now under consideration for laying an intercepting sewer and constructing a new outfall to deep water, where the tidal currents are conducive to the effective removal of the sewage from the harbour, so that the use of water borne sanitation can be extended without pollution of the harbour.
Several schemes for the improvement and extension of Kai Tak Airport were under consideration. Some of these schemes involve extensive reclamation work in the harbour.
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