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site formation for a sewage treatment works, was completed. A new pier for use by villagers at Chek Keng, Long Harbour, was started, further navigational beacons were erected at Siu A Chau, Po Toi and Lo Chau.
The materials testing laboratory operated by the Civil Engineer- ing Office of the Public Works Department carried out approximately 67,229 tests on building materials. About 4,969 of these were for private firms.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Progress at the two new towns of Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan included the formation of 47 acres of land and 18.3 acres of reclama- tion. At Kwun Tong, 15.7 acres of terraced sites were formed, completing the present planned development there, while 9.3 acres were reclaimed from the adjacent Kowloon Bay for industrial development. At Tsuen Wan-Kwai Chung, 31.3 acres of land were formed, comprising 22.3 acres of formed hillside sites and adjacent roads for government low-cost housing and 9.0 acres of reclamation at Gin Drinker's Bay.
In Kowloon, development of land for low-cost housing, schools, government and institutional uses included about 4.8 acres of terraced sites at Ho Man Tin, 10.6 acres at Lung Cheung Road and 4.5 acres at Pak Tin. One acre was formed at Tai Kok Tsui for a bus terminus, 3.5 acres at Tai Wan for an open space and 2.6 acres at Kai Tak for government use.
On Hong Kong Island, the Wan Chai reclamation continued with 20 acres being filled between Arsenal Street and Percival Street. In connection with the Waterfront Road project, a further acre was reclaimed between Percival Street and Victoria Park at the Causeway Bay typhoon shelter. Work was completed on a site formation above Tin Hau Temple Road, creating 11 acres of sites for schools and private residential development. This work provided additional filling material for the Causeway Bay and Wan Chai reclamations. At Wong Chuk Hang, 0.75 acres of terraced sites were formed for government low-cost housing, and at Hing Wah, 5.4 acres were formed for a resettlement estate.
In the first stage of the new town at Castle Peak, 28 acres of hill sites were formed and 60 acres of land reclaimed. 3,000 feet of river