Silver Mine Bay Reclamation
8.07. Stage I, comprising 61 acres of reclamation and 270 feet of seawall, was completed. Landing facilities were provided at the seawall, which has a minimum depth alongside of 8 feet of water.
Chai Wan Reclamation
8.08. A further area planned for reclamation at Chai Wan was opened for public dumping in November 1961. A total of 205,000 cubic yards of earth and building debris was dumped and 7.7 acres of land reclaimed.
Stanley Seawall
8.09. The old seawall of about 400 feet in length, which had been damaged by bad weather, was replaced by a pitched slope and the waterfront road reconstructed and widened to 40 feet.
PIERS
8.10. Precast prestressed concrete piles and deck units were used in pier construction for the first time. This considerably reduced the cost and almost halved the time required for the construction of the following four piers.
Kwun Tong Public Pier
8.11. This is a straight pier 175 feet in length and 45 feet wide, with four sets of landing steps for the use of the public.
Sha Tau Kok Public Pier
8.12. This has a pierhead of 80 feet by 30 feet with a 12 feet wide approach catwalk 900 feet in length. At extreme low tide there is a depth of 6 feet of water at the pierhead, and this will be adequate for Police patrol boats which call at Sha Tau Kok.
Lai Chi Chong and Sham Chung Piers
8.13. These two piers were constructed to serve villages on the south-east coast of Tolo Harbour. They have pierheads of 80 feet by 30 feet with 12 feet wide approach catwalks of 160 and 70 feet in length respectively. They provide a depth of 12 feet of water at all states of the tide and can accommodate the largest ferries.
Lam Tong Pier
8.14. This pier comprised a piled reinforced concrete pierhead with a narrow approach catwalk 180 feet long. It was built for the Civil
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