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PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
to augment the existing salt-water airport pumphouse and the final stage of the sea- wall and reclamation for the extension of Tong Mi Road. At Sham Shui Po the completion of 1,200 feet of seawall permitted work to concentrate on reclamation to provide land for a ferry concourse and for the West Kowloon corridor road project.
In the New Territories a public pier at Pak Sha Wan, Hebe Haven, was completed. This pier provides better access to the swimming beaches in the Sai Kung Peninsula. Other works completed were a tide gauge house and the installation of tide recording equipment at Tsim Bei Tsui, Deep Bay, and 2,100 feet of rubble mound at Shuen Wan, Tolo Harbour, for enclosing a controlled tipping site for refuse. This will eventually provide additional recreational space.
Land Development
In Kowloon, development of land for housing, commercial and community uses and for road improvement included about 3.2 acres of terraced sites at Pak Tin and 42 acres at the Clear Water Bay Road development. Off Cornwall Street, three acres of park area were formed. In Kwun Tong, progress was made in the reclamation of 21 acres of land at Kowloon Bay for public roads and industrial de- velopment. At Kai Tak, 17 acres were formed for the extension of airport facilities. At Sham Shui Po 8.2 acres were reclaimed and at the Tong Mi Road extension, 3.9 acres.
On Hong Kong Island, reclamation continued with the formation of 4.2 acres of land at Chai Wan, 2.5 acres at Kennedy Town and 4.5 acres in Central. At Ap Lei Chau 6.6 acres of terraced sites were formed for government housing estates.
In the New Territories, progress was made in the reclamation of six acres at Gin Drinker's Bay for industrial purposes. Also reclaimed were three acres at Shuen Wan and 0.9 of an acre at the Kwai Chung incinerator site. In the first stage of the new town at Tuen Mun, the remaining site formation, roads and drains including the trunk road between San Hui and Fu Tei were completed. Construction of Pillar Point Road from Pak Kok to Pillar Point started. In the first stage of the new town at Sha Tin, a further 50 acres of land were reclaimed for housing and community uses.
Quarries
Two new long-term contracts for the operation of quarries were let during the year, one of which combined two of the existing sites. So, although the number of contracts remained the same, the total output capacity has been substantially increased.
Supplies of crushed rock products continued adequately to meet demand although the cost, particularly of bituminous materials, rose considerably due to the inter- national oil situation.
Development and modernisation at the two government quarries at Mount Butler on Hong Kong Island and Diamond Hill on the mainland continued, special attention being paid to the suppression of air pollution from dust emission. A new asphalt mixing plant to meet the increasing demand from government road construc- tion projects was being installed at Diamond Hill.