Works Contingent on Development
85. An intercepting sewer was laid in the future Cheung Sha Wan Road to provide sewerage facilities for the nearby industrial area and to serve future development.
86. A short length of sewer was laid in Stanley Village and preparations made for further extensions to provide modern sewerage for the considerable development now taking place.
87. A contract was placed and work commenced on the diversion from Arsenal Yard of a large stormwater culvert and a foul sewer in order to clear the site of the proposed new Police Headquarters.
88. The re-inverting of a number of old culverts with granite setts was carried out.
89. Drainage services were laid in readiness for the further development of the upper Blue Pool Road area.
90. Preliminary investigations were made concerning the formation of recreation areas at Sookunpoo and Hau Pui Loong.
91. Over 9,000 feet of new public sewers and stormwater drains were laid in connexion with land development.
Miscellaneous
92. An interesting project was carried out in the New Territories near Tai Wai Village where the bed of the Shing Mun River had become filled with debris from mining operations, mostly carried out during the Japanese occupation, and the river had flooded the adjoining paddy fields depositing quantities of debris and rendering many fields useless. A new channel was cut along the original line of the river, involving the excavation of over 30,000 cubic yards of gravel and boulders, and protective embankments were formed with the excavated materials.
93. Site formation for a Pilot housing scheme for workers at Sheung Li Uk was carried out by direct labour using the
PRIVREMEN
21