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is well advanced including a new 3-kilometre section of Clear Water Bay Road. Off Nam Cheong Street, 3.2 hectares of park area were formed. In Kwun Tong, reclama- tion continued at Kowloon Bay, where 9.0 hectares were formed for public roads and industrial development. At Kai Tak 2.8 hectares were formed for the extension of airport facilities, and at Sham Shui Po 7.4 hectares were reclaimed for a ferry con- course and community uses.
On Hong Kong Island, reclamation continued with the formation of 0.3 hectares of land at Kennedy Town, 1.6 hectares in Central for roads and community uses, and 3.3 hectares at Chai Wan for housing, industrial and cargo-handling uses. Reclama- tion began in Aldrich Bay, where 0.7 hectares were formed for roads, boatyards and a ferry concourse.
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In the first stage of the new town at Tuen Mun, the construction of Pillar Point Road from Pak Kok to Pillar Point was completed.
Water Supplies
There was a continuous water supply throughout the year-the three weeks of restrictions in late 1974 involving the only break in supplies in more than seven years.
At the beginning of 1975 there were 54,507 million gallons in storage, compared with 51,941 million gallons at the start of the previous year. Rainfall during 1975 was substantially more than the average of 85.41 inches, a total of 119.24 inches being recorded for the year. Overflow occurred in all reservoirs by mid-June and the begin- ning of the dry season in October saw reservoirs more than 95 per cent-full. There were 64,104 million gallons in storage on October 1, compared with 34,438 million gallons the previous year.
At Plover Cove, there were 39,942 million gallons of water stored at the begin- ning of 1975, compared with 40,665 million gallons the previous year. The inflow during the summer months reduced the salinity of the impounded water from 94 ppm. to 79 ppm. by the end of the year. Thermal and chemical stratification was not marked and the quality of the abstracted water remained satisfactory throughout the
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By a supplementary agreement with the People's Council of Kwangtung Pro- vince, an extra 2,500 million gallons of water were piped to Hong Kong in addition to the agreed annual supply of 18,500 million gallons. To enable this, the supply period was extended to September 10.
Demand for water varied only slightly from the previous year, due mainly to a reduction in the trade sector because of the worldwide recession. Average consumption throughout the year was 217.4 million gallons a day, compared with 210.5 million gallons a day in 1974. A total of 79,341 million gallons of potable water was consumed, compared with 76,841 million gallons in 1974. In addition, 14,834 million gallons of salt water for flushing were supplied 4.9 per cent more than in 1974.
All outstanding work was completed on the installation of pumping plant at Tai Po Tau and Tai Mei Tuk pumping stations and an order was placed for an additional