artificial harbour by the construction of three breakwaters between the nearby islands of Tsing Yi and Nga Ying Chau.
Minor Works
MISCELLANEOUS
228. Minor works completed or in hand, included:
(1) The inspection of private piers prior to the renewal of permits and leases.
(2) The checking of calculations and drawings submitted by private architects for various marine structures.
(3) A concrete ramp at Cherry Street, Yau Ma Tei, for lorry traffic.
(4) A wave deflector at Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island, to protect the foreshore.
(5) Four additional sets of landing steps at the Kellet Island causeway.
(6) Five 50-ton mooring blocks for the Marine Department.
(7) The demolition of the remaining portions of Victoria Permanent Pier No. 18 and New Kowloon Permanent Pier No. 6.
(8) The reconstruction of part of the Stanley Public Pier and the provision of landing steps.
Surveys
229. Progress and check surveys were made at regular intervals at public and refuse dumps to control the dumping.
230. Other miscellaneous surveys carried out included:
(1) Soundings before and after dredging at various storm water drain and nullah outfalls inside the harbour.
(2) A survey of the shoreline and seabed at Hoi Ha in Tolo Harbour for the Sand Monopoly prior to removal of sand.
(3) Tidal stream observations and detailed survey of foreshore and seabed for tentative positions of breakwaters to transform Aberdeen Harbour into a typhoon shelter.
(4) A shoreline survey from Ngau Tau Kok to Kwun Tong and a hydrographic survey of the whole area to be reclaimed.
(5) Soundings surveys at Rambler Channel for re-siting beacons, and in the Southern Fairway of Hong Kong Harbour before and after the demolition of underwater rocks.
(6) A survey of the seabed before the dredging of a trench for the 66-inch diameter submarine outfall of the Wan Chai Sewerage Scheme.
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