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of 408,000 square feet of working space in 1,594 units. In addi- tion, at the end of the year, a total of 33 Mark III (eight storeys) and 29 Mark IV (16 storeys) blocks were in the course of con- struction at seven estates in Kowloon, at the new developments round Kwun Tong and Kwai Chung, and on the Island.
In the government low-cost housing programme, work on three estates was finished with the completion of 19 more blocks. Work at another estate was still proceeding and 11 blocks were com- pleted there, making the total number of blocks finished during the year 30, which provided accommodation for about 30,000 people. At the end of the year, construction work was in progress at three Kowloon estates on a further 16 blocks.
Three secondary schools were completed, one on the Island, one in Kowloon, and one in Tsuen Wan in the New Territories. Each contained 24 classrooms, five special classrooms, four laboratories, assembly hall and ancillary accommodation while additional work- shops and a library were opened at the Technical College. Clinics were completed at Kwun Tong, Tai Kok Tsui and Kowloon City. Work for the Police Force included stations at Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong and 669 married quarters at North Point with an adjacent primary school. Two beach buildings were completed for the Urban Services Department at Stanley and Repulse Bay in addition to four latrines and bathhouses and a number of small parks and gardens, the largest being in Tsuen Wan. Other work finished during the year included the multi-storey car park at Tsim Sha Tsui, several small post offices and a sorting centre on the Central Reclamation, 207 quarters at Pipers Hill, Wylie Road and Ede Road for government officers and 90 quarters for the Preventive Service at Hung Hom.
New buildings under construction at the end of the year included an open prison for 1,000 at Tong Fuk on Lantau Island, three schools, major alterations to Kowloon Hospital, additional operat- ing theatres, professorial suites and quarters at Queen Mary Hos- pital, two clinics, a police station and a district office at Yuen Long, two depots for the Urban Services Department, fire stations at Shau Kei Wan and in Western District, Marine Police bases at Aberdeen, Tai Lam Chung and Tai Po Kau, Police rank and file married quarters at Wong Tai Sin and Kennedy Town, a new Central Post Office and departmental offices in Kowloon, a magistracy in the