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New construction during 1958 consisted of one single-ended steel ferry vessel the 'Man Fat', which replaced an old wooden ferry vessel of the same name. In addition, the single-ended ferry vessel the 'Man King', launched in December 1957, joined the fleet in May 1958. The Company's Tai Kok Tsui Depot with its three slipways carried out continuous maintenance work on the fleet throughout the year.
PUBLIC WORKS
Port Works & Development. The reclamation of a strip of land 250 feet wide between Rumsey Street and Morrison Street in Central Victoria, an area of about five- acres, was completed during 1958. The sea wall retaining this reclamation will provide landing berths for the Macau ferries, and the reclaimed land, apart from providing valuable development lots, will permit Connaught Road Central to be widened.
The construction of the new piers in Hong Kong and Kowloon for the Star Ferry service was completed during 1958, making possible the simultaneous berthing of four ferries on each side of the Harbour.
At Hung Hom, in Kowloon, 1,400 feet of sea wall was com- pleted and permitted the reclamation of a further fourteen acres. Landing steps were incorporated into this sea wall in order to provide berthing facilities for small craft. The additional work necessary to complete this sea wall and reclamation was held in abeyance pending a decision on the ultimate reclamation line.
At Kwun Tong work in connexion with the reclamation of Industrial Zones I and II was continued so that by the end of 1958 a total of over sixty four acres had been reclaimed, the greater part being then sold for factory sites. Spoil for this reclamation is being obtained from an area of the neighbouring foothills known as Kwun Tong, Housing Zone III, where the sites are being so levelled as to provide an area of about twenty seven acres for housing and community use. Further mention of this scheme is made in Chapters 1, 3 and 6.
In November 1958 work commenced on the foundations of a 500 feet long sea wall adjacent to Tong Mi Road, Kowloon. The