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causeways or breakwaters and seven beacons or dolphins was $1 million. As a result other port works were held up.
On Hong Kong Island, work has continued on the Central Reclamation scheme. The new pier for the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company's Inner Harbour Services and the General Post Office piers were completed and brought into use, while the new public pier to replace Blake Pier is near completion. Work began on the new Outer Harbour Services Ferry Pier, the Government Pier and the final sections of the seawalls with the provision of 40 pumphouses. Restricted reclamation continued and about five acres in all were reclaimed. The new vehicle ferry piers at North Point and Ma Tau Kok were completed.
The first stage of the large development scheme for Aberdeen continued at the western end of Aberdeen Harbour and included the construction of a seawall with subsequent reclamation of about six acres and the construction of a breakwater to provide pro- tection against typhoons. At Brick Hill, the construction of a Marine Police pier incorporating a salt-water pumphouse and a 1,600 foot-long access road was commenced. The pumping station will provide salt water for flushing purposes to the proposed develop- ment in the Aberdeen area.
Foundation and building works of the Colony's first large scale refuse disposal incinerator were started at Kennedy Town early in the year and it is expected that the plant will be in operation in 1965. The completed plant will consist of four units each with a capacity of 250 tons of refuse a day. There is provision for utilizing the waste heat to produce electricity and steam for an adjacent abattoir. Work also started nearby on the construction of a pump- house which will provide a cooling system for the incinerator plant and a salt-water flushing supply for the Western District of Hong Kong.
Major reclamations in progress on the Island include the rec- lamation of approximately 41 acres at Sandy Bay, of which about half has been completed. About 52 acres of a planned figure of about 85 acres have already been reclaimed of the main public dump on the Island at Chai Wan. Restricted dumping was begun at Wan Chai pending approval of an overall scheme involving the reclamation of some 90 acres off Gloucester Road.
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