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the Kowloon Hills. The Government part of the site formation work is in hand.
Local Public Works in the New Territories. The New Territories Administration supplies building materials and encourages villagers to use their own labour on village works which are too small for the Government's public works programme. Where villages cannot supply or hire labour from their own resources, district officers may let contracts for the entire work. Larger works may be handled by the New Territories engineering unit, which is under the super- vision of an engineer seconded from the Public Works Department. This self-help scheme has grown considerably in recent years and $2 million was provided for it in the financial year 1962-3.
During 1962 villagers completed many projects such as foot- paths, van tracks, drainage channels, bunds, dams, wells, bridges and playgrounds. One of the most popular schemes is the installa- tion of piped water to enable villages to obtain domestic supplies from unpolluted hill streams. During the past four years 121 miles of water piping have been supplied for this purpose. In addition, the New Territories engineering unit placed 12 contracts to a total value of $249,456 during 1962. Of these, five were for footpaths, five for aqua privy latrines, one for the repair of a seawall and one for construction of a water storage tank. Most of the works were for the benefit of remote communities.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Electricity. The generation of electricity for Hong Kong Island is carried out by the Hongkong Electric Co Ltd at their North Point 'A' and 'B' power stations. With the commissioning of a 315 klbs/hr boiler in November the total steam raising capacity is 2,296 klbs/hr while the total generating capacity is 170 MW. No new generating plant was commissioned during 1962. The primary and secondary transmission voltages are 22-kV, 11-kV and 6.6-kV, with 33-kV transmission to be established next year. Bulk supplies are given at 11-kV and 6.6-kV, with industrial and domestic supplies at 346 volts three phase four wire and 200 volts single phase respectively.
The 1962 maximum demand on the generating plant increased by 14.8 per cent to 130.9 MW and the maximum units sent out by the stations in a single day increased by 11.68 per cent to