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road scheme, a further four acres were reclaimed between Percival Street and Victoria Park at the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter. Work is near completion on a site formation above Tin Hau Temple Road to create 11 acres of level sites for schools and private residential development, and to provide earth and rock for filling the Causeway Bay and Wan Chai reclamations.
Central reclamation stage II between Star Ferry and Jubilee Street was completed.
At Wong Chuk Hang, 12 acres of terraced sites were formed for government low-cost housing, while at Chai Wan, six acres of terraced sites were formed for a resettlement estate.
On the first stage of the new town at Castle Peak a further 16 acres were reclaimed and nine acres were formed to levels in excava- tion areas. 2,400 feet of river wall and 2,000 feet of new road were completed. Work is in progress on the remainder of the site formation work, main drainage, river training walls, roads and a new bridge over the river channel.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
China Light and Power Company Limited supplies electricity to Kowloon and the New Territories, including Lantau and a number of outlying islands. The demand for power has risen considerably over the years; in 1968 the peak load was 536 MW, which was 18 per cent more than in 1967, and 117 per cent more than in 1963.
The generating station at Hok Yuen, Kowloon Bay, has reached its ultimate capacity of 662 MW. During 1968, one 60 MW set was commissioned the fourth such unit owned by Peninsula Electric Power Company Limited, the generating enterprise owned and financed by Esso and China Light.
China Light's construction team is now erecting, on behalf of Peninsula Electric, a new power station on the southern shore of Tsing Yi Island. Two 120 MW units being built for it are due to provide electricity in 1969. Two additional 120 MW units have been ordered for commissioning in 1971, whilst a further two 120 MW units will follow in later years.
China Light's main transmission and distribution system is growing in line with additional load requirements. The highest