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current where it is adequately dispersed. One treatment plant and outfall has been in use for a number of years, four outfalls are in partial operation, and planning is in hand for the construction of four further plants and outfalls.
In the New Territories sewerage systems are being constructed in the new towns now being developed and a preliminary investiga- tion has started into the sewage treatment facilities which will be required for some of the smaller inland centres of population in the northern New Territories. Progress has continued on a flood control scheme at Yuen Long and all works adjacent to the main town development area have been completed.
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PORT WORKS
On Hong Kong Island, work continued during the year on the central reclamation scheme. A new Blake Pier with a roof promenade was completed and the old one, built in 1901, was demolished. Its original cast iron structure will be used in a future public park in North Kowloon. Progress on a new pier for outlying ferry services and on a new government pier improved towards the end of the year. Construction of the remaining seawall between the Star Ferry piers and the Rumsey Street reclamation continued satisfactorily. The old King Shan Pier was demolished and reclamation contin- ued, but was limited by the amount of dumping material available.
At Wan Chai, work started on a new reclamation project covering some 90 acres. Filling of the area continued by public dumping and by depositing spoil obtained from various dredging works. Work started on two sections of seawall and a new passenger ferry pier to replace ferry service facilities which will eventually be absorbed in the reclamation. About six acres have so far been reclaimed.
On the south side of Hong Kong Island the first stage of a large development scheme at Aberdeen was completed. This stage com- prised the construction of a seawall, together with its contingent reclamation and a breakwater to provide a sheltered anchorage. A start was made on the second stage of the project by awarding a contract for the foundations of two breakwaters in Aberdeen channel. At Brick Hill, Wong Chuk Hang, also on the south side of the Island, construction of a pier and an access road to it was