pipeline 9,400 feet long on Lantao, the laying of 4,400 feet of 6 inch steel submarine pipeline in the channel between Lantao and Cheung Chau, the construction of roughing filters, the erection of a pumphouse, the installation of two diesel pumps, the construction of a 100,000 gallon service reservoir and the laying of approximately 5,000 feet of 6 inch diameter distribution pipes.
(b) Ping Chau Mirs Bay.
During the previous two years 9 wells approximately 40 feet deep were sunk on the island of Ping Chau. While these wells enabled the island to be self sufficient for the majority of the long dry season of 1954/55, water had to be conveyed there by boat during the month of April and it was evident that there was little hope of getting sufficient water during the dry months from wells. Work was accordingly commenced on the construction of a small dam to impound approximately 500,000 gallons which is the maximum possible storage which the configuration of the ground would permit.
Resettlement Areas.
313. The Commissioner for Resettlement effected a number of squatter clearances to enable roads to be widened and to permit pipelaying for the Tai Lam Chung Scheme. The people were accommodated in new low cost blocks of apartments at Li Cheng Uk, Tai Wo Ping, Tai Hang Tung, Shek Kip Mei and Tai Wo Hau. To provide these areas with a water supply, a large amount of mainlaying was done. An 8 inch cement asbestos pipe was laid from Cheung Sha Wan to provide salt water flushing at Li Cheng Uk and Shek Kip Mei and a 40,000 gallon service reservoir and a pumphouse constructed for Tai Wo Hau.
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