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PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
The materials testing laboratory, operated by the port works division of the Public Works Department, carried out approxi- mately 39,000 tests on building materials. About 7,000 of these were for private firms.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Progress at the two new towns of Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan- Kwai Chung included the formation of 73 acres of land. At Kwun Tong, eight acres of terraced sites were formed while 43 acres were also reclaimed from the adjacent Kowloon Bay for industrial development. At Tsuen Wan-Kwai Chung, 22 acres of land were formed, comprising 12 acres of formed hillside sites and ad- jacent roads for government housing at Kwai Chung North and 10 acres of reclamation at Gin Drinker's Bay.
In Kowloon, progress was made with site formation and road works for schools and medium density housing at Ho Man Tin and also for government and institutional use near Lung Cheung Road; in all, nine and 10 acres of land respectively were formed. Work was completed on site formation and roads providing some 40 acres of formed sites at Sam Ka Tsuen, mostly for heavy industry, while five acres were reclaimed at Cha Kwo Ling for the coastal road. The formation of five acres at Cheung Sha Wan brought planned reclamation in north-west Kowloon to virtual completion. On Hong Kong Island, 19 acres were reclaimed at Wan Chai and Causeway Bay for the waterfront road and the cross-harbour tunnel. Site formation commenced for 11 acres of formed hillside sites above Tin Hau Temple Road for schools and low-density housing.
Site formation was also under way for government housing estates at Pak Tin and Yau Tong in Kowloon and at Wong Chuk Hang and Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island; up to the end of the year a total of 87 acres had been formed for these projects.
Work continued on the new town at Castle Peak where 29 acres were reclaimed near Tuen Mun San Hui and construction started on a 2,400-foot river wall. The planned first stage of development for the satellite town of Sha Tin was revised.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
The Hongkong Electric Company supplies power to Hong Kong Island and the neighbouring islands of Ap Lei Chau and Lamma.