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some factory sites in what is planned as a new smokeless industrial area have already been sold.
Reclamation schemes are in progress at Cheung Sha Wan in Kowloon and at Chai Wan in Hong Kong. At the latter a small typhoon harbour has been formed and protected by a rubble breakwater. Plans have been prepared for the develop- ment of the surrounding area as a light industrial area with residential suburbs.
During the year additional apparatus was installed at the Public Works Laboratory at North Point to widen the range of tests of building materials. These now include, for example, the testing of steel bars. This laboratory tests samples sub- mitted by private Architects and private firms as well as samples for Government works.
Good progress was made in the construction of new build- ings which included work for the Education Department, Police Force, Medical Department and the Resettlement Department. Reference to the new Airport will be found in Chapter 15.
Four new primary schools-at Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Mission Road, Kowloon, Perth Street, Kowloon, and Holly- wood Road, Hong Kong-were completed as were large extensions to the Grantham Teachers' Training College in order to meet the ever-increasing demand for teachers. A con- tract was let for the new Technical College in Kowloon, and piling was completed by the end of the year. Plans were also well advanced for the provision of a further four 24-classroom primary schools.
Further progress was made with the planned programme of housing for the uniformed staff of the Police Force with the completion of 40 flats and barrack accommodation for the Rank and File at Eastern Police Station, Rank and File barrack accommodation at Yaumati Police Station, 200 Rank and File flats and Pakistani barrack accommodation at Fan- ling Police Depot, and 112 Rank and File flats at Western