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155. Reclamation Works at Kun Tong and North Point:- A negotiated contract, estimated to cost $5,600,000 to be completed in two years, was signed on 8th January, 1949, with Messrs. Netherlands Harbour Works Co. By the end of the year under review, 60% of the whole of the work was completed, progressing smoothly to schedule. A total of 5,300 lineal feet of foundation trench for sea walls at Kun Tong and North Point and a 100 feet wide nullah at Kun Tong had been completed for a total quantity of dredging of 445,000 cubic yards. The dumping of washed dredged sand in the trenches for foundations of the same three sections was also completed for a further total of 523,000 cubic yards. For the protection of the sand sub-foundation, a total of 49,000 cubic yards of granite rubble was quarried and placed under water.
156. Staging on Kowloon Naval Yard Camber:- Under the terms of the Encroachment on Admiralty Property, the work of rehabilitation of the staging was let on contract and completed in August.
157. Guniting:- Guniting repairs to the reinforced concrete superstructures of Queen's Pier and Jubilee Street Ferry Pier were carried out departmentally.
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158. Repairs to Marine Department and King Shan Piers: These two piers, sited within the area of a projected reclamation scheme, were reconstructed in timber and the work was completed in November.
159. Construction of New Hardstandings at Kai Tak Airport: The Airport traffic has increased over the past three years and the problem of dispersal has become more and more acute. This contract, providing some 34,000 square yards of additional temporary hardstanding, was awarded to Messrs. Wan Hin & Co. Work commenced at the end of the year.
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160. Beacons:- Three concrete beacons at Rambler Channel and two navigational beacons on the north foreshore of Shamshuipo anchorage to determine the limits of the proposed Fairway through Yaumati Bay were erected at the request of Marine Department.
161. Testing Laboratory:- This office instituted and developed a laboratory on a limited scale for the carrying out of tests on aggregates, cement, concrete, bitumen and soil as used by the various offices of the department.
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