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In Kowloon, work was started on the construction of 1,700 feet of seawall and 500 feet of breakwater for the Sam Ka Tsuen Rec- lamation; this project will provide an area of about 19 acres for light industry and offensive trades as well as a temporary anchorage for minor craft. Work was started on the first stage of reclamation of Kowloon Bay, which comprises the construction of a 3,100-foot- long seawall and the reclamation of about 68 acres of land from the sea to the north-east of Kai Tak runway. At To Kwa Wan the construction of the 1,800-foot-long seawall and reclamation of 17 acres, enclosing Hoi Sam Island and its temple, were completed. At Hung Hom another 2,000 feet of seawall was completed and work on a further extension of 1,200 feet of seawall closing the gap on the south of the reclamation was started; on completion, the land reclaimed will be available for the new railway station and marshalling yards.
In the New Territories three dolphins and six cat-walks were built at Gin Drinker's Bay to enable barges to unload refuse from outside the rock bund surrounding the refuse dump. A new concrete pier for police launches was built at Tsim Bei Tsui. Navigation beacons were installed at Bush Reef, Shek Kok Tsui and Cheung Chau and were under construction at Silver Mine Bay, Douglas Rock, Datum Rock, Yau Tau, Loo Foo Fat, Nga Ying Pai and Cha Am Pai. Work began on dredging Tai O Creek to provide a much needed typhoon shelter in the western Colony waters for the fishing fleet based at Lantau Island.
The Material Testing Laboratory, operated by the Port Works Division of the Public Works Department, carried out approximately 34,000 tests on various building materials, about 12,300 of them for private firms.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Progress at the two new towns at Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan/ Kwai Chung included site formation of a further 83 acres, including 16 acres of reclamation at Kwun Tong. The reclamation there is now finished apart from two small areas which cannot be filled until a salt-water pump house has been rebuilt and other engineering works completed. Filling has commenced in the adjacent Kowloon Bay, where further sites for industry are being formed. The number of established factories at Kwun Tong increased to 194 whilst the