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from the adjacent Kowloon Bay for industrial development. At Tsuen Wan-Kwai Chung, 100 acres of land were formed including 70 acres which completed the consulting engineers' $70 million scheme there. Other contracts under the direct control of the Public Works Department produced 30 acres of formed hillside sites and adjacent roads.
In Kowloon, site formation and road works for schools and medium-density housing at Ho Man Tin, and for government and institutional use near Lung Cheung Road, progressed satisfactorily; in all, 12 and 18 acres of land respectively were formed. Work continued on site formation and road works on land intended for heavy industry at Sam Ka Tsuen, south-east of Kwun Tong, where 15 acres were formed. The reclamation at Hung Hom was completed and 60 acres, were reclaimed at Cheung Sha Wan for resettlement housing and light industry. On Hong Kong Island, five acres of the central reclamation scheme were formed as part of the scheme to produce valuable land between Rumsey Street and the Star Ferry Pier.
A start was made on the satellite town of Castle Peak, with eight acres being formed at Tuen Mun San Hui, while design work commenced for the first stage of development for the satellite town of Sha Tin.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
The Hongkong Electric Company Limited supplies electricity to Hong Kong Island and the neighbouring islands of Ap Lei Chau and Lamma. With the commissioning of the 120 MW exten- sion during the year, the generating station at North Point now has an installed capacity of 345 MW. A new generating station is planned for Ap Lei Chau where site formation has advanced so far as to permit civil works on the initial stage to commence. This initial stage consists of two 60 MW sets which are expected to be commissioned during 1968 and 1969. Further stages are being planned which will increase the installed plant to a maximum capacity of 840 MW.
The transmission voltages of the company are 66 kV, 33 kV and 22 kV with primary distribution at 11 kV. In conjunction with the construction of the Ap Lei Chau generating station the company