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In Castle Peak Bay, a start was made on the construction of a 1,000 feet long seawall foundation and the dredging of a 4,500 feet long approach channel to the future cargo handling basin which forms part of the Castle Peak New Town project.
Near Sai Kung, the first stage in the construction of a typhoon shelter at Yim Tin Tsai was commenced. This typhoon shelter, when completed, will provide a sheltered area of approximately 28 acres for craft based in the Sai Kung area.
The construction of a new pier for use by the islanders started at Ap Chau, Crooked Harbour and further navigational beacons were erected at Tai O Creek and Northwest Tsing Yi Island.
The materials testing laboratory, operated by the Port Works Division of the Public Works Department, carried out approximately 49,180 tests on building materials. About 3,465 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 66.5 acres of land and 15 acres of reclamation. At Kwun Tong, 37.5 acres of terraced sites were formed while 12 acres were also reclaimed from the adjacent Kowloon Bay for industrial development. At Tsuen Wan- Kwai Chung, 32 acres of land were formed, comprising 29 acres of formed hillside sites and adjacent roads for government low-cost housing at Kwai Chung North and three acres of reclamation at Gin Drinker's Bay.
In Kowloon, development of land for housing, schools, govern- ment and institutional uses included about 5 acres, 3.5 acres and 6.7 acres of terraced sites formed at Ho Man Tin, Lung Cheung Road and Pak Tin areas respectively. 0.7 acres of land were reclaimed at Cheung Sha Wan for light industries, 1.6 acres were reclaimed at Tai Wan for an open space and one acre was reclaimed at Cha Kwo Ling for the coastal road.
On Hong Kong Island, the Wan Chai reclamation continued with 16 acres being formed as part of the priority areas between Arsenal Street and Percival Street for the waterfront road and cross-harbour tunnel schemes. In connection with the waterfront