Kowloon
5.07. At Wylie Road the sites for the Military Hospital buildings and the Railway quarters were handed over and the portal to carry Nairn Road extension over the Kowloon-Canton Railway was completed; work on the playing fields and Nairn Road continued. Site formation contracts were let at Valley Road for a low-cost housing estate and at Waterloo Road Hill (Stage 1) for land sales for high-class hotels and flats.
Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan
5.08. A contract was let to form new sites for two villages which have to be moved and to provide fill for reclamation. Consulting Engineers let the 1st Stage contract to form access roads to the cutting areas in preparation for the reclamation at Kwai Chung.
CO-ORDINATION
5.09. The office is responsible for co-ordinating works at Kwun Tong and Kwai Chung/Tsuen Wan and for liaison with the Consulting Engineers retained for the reclamation at Kwai Chung. The engineers of this office responsible for the works in the two areas are also secretaries of co-ordinating committees which meet monthly under the chairmanship of the Assistant Director/Development.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.10. A course of lectures for Assistant Engineering Surveyors of all the Engineering offices in the Public Works Department was continued and proposals for future training were submitted. An analysis was made of the various proposed methods of construction for a new road crossing of Lai Chi Kok Bay, and a hypothetical report was prepared on the development of an area near Castle Peak for the World Bank for comparison with the Kwai Chung scheme.
DRAINAGE OFFICE
Chief Engineer:
T. K. HUM, M.Eng., A.M.I.C.E., M.E.I.C.
GENERAL
6.01. The intensive redevelopment of the urban areas and the increase in water consumption during the past year have caused many
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