Kwun Tong Reclamation
228. Three contracts for site formation, mentioned in the previous report, were completed in September, and as a result 16 acres of newly reclaimed land were provided for industrial development and 27 acres of formed land became available in the terraced foothills for workers' housing.
229. The formation of sites for a divisional police station and resettlement staff quarters, begun at the end of last financial year, was completed in December.
Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation
230. With the re-opening of this reclamation, which had been closed since October 1958, the dumping of 134,000 cubic yards of earth and building debris provided a further 157,000 square feet of reclaimed land.
Silver Mine Bay Reclamation
231. This began to receive excavated material from the new service reservoir site near Silver Mine Bay and a contract was let to construct a seawall to retain this reclamation and to provide landing facilities to replace the existing pier.
Reclamation at Naval Dockyard and Gloucester Road
232. The construction of approximately 1,000 feet of seawall and a reclamation of 3.5 acres progressed satisfactorily. Filling by public dumping began in September and by the end of the year the area for the new 120 feet wide waterfront road had been reclaimed. An underground salt water pumphouse incorporated into the seawall was put into use in early February.
Latrines at Kat O and Tap Mun
233. With the formation of sites by reclamation, these latrines were constructed and put into use.
Tung Chung Pier
PIERS
234. The pier structure, consisting of a 30 feet by 80 feet reinforced concrete pier head supported on concrete caissons and connected to a solid causeway 130 feet in length by a 12 feet wide catwalk, was completed in September. There still remained some dredging to be carried out in the approach channel.
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