General
74. Clearances delayed a start on the following estates for which schemes are ready and contract drawings in hand:
(1) Tai Wo Hau
(2) Chai Wan
(3) Tung Tau
Tsuen Wan, New Territories. Stage II. Stage 1.
(4) Cheung Sha Wan
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Second flatted factory.
75. Preliminary investigations and sketch schemes have been prepared for Estates in the following areas:
(1) Wong Tai Sin (2) Tsz Wan Shan.
(3) Cheung Sha Wan
(4) Tung Tau
Area 'C'.
Domestic.
Stage II.
(5) Wang Hom.
(6) Lo Fu Ngam
Stages III & IV.
76. In all 16 domestic blocks containing some 7,890 domestic rooms were completed. Site formation and piling work for the construction of blocks in the year 1959/60 is well in hand.
MISCELLANEOUS
77. Work was completed on a number of minor projects such as shelters for the Connaught Road subway; Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Concourse Covered Ways; a Port Health Office at Lo Wu and incinerators in the New Territories. Work is in progress for a Storm Warning Radar Station at Tate's Cairn on the Kowloon hills, alterations at the Castle Peak Boys' Home, a new roof for Ap Lei Chau Market and a number of other minor works.
Maintenance of Government Buildings
78. The amount spent on routine maintenance work on 349 Government and Government leased properties was $4,937,845 ($708,000 more than the previous year). Major items on the programme include:
(1) Education Office, Battery Path.
(2) Central Market.
(3) Belilios Girls' School.
(4) King George V School.
(5) Grantham Training College.
(6) Stanley Prison.
(7) Kowloon Fire Station.
(8) Sha Tau Kok School.
(9) Rewiring of remaining floors at Queen Mary Hospital was nearing completion.
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