5.05. As well as survey work for site investigation, this section provided the necessary control points (triangulation and traversing), the day to day 'setting out' work, contour plans and cross sections for earthwork quantity calculations and all the necessary interim, final and miscellaneous surveys demanded by the contract work.
SITE FORMATION
5.06. At the end of the year 13 contracts were in hand, excluding the work undertaken by Consulting Engineers at Kwai Chung. The following table summarizes the development schemes under construction:
Full scheme Area Expen-diture ($M) to 31.3.63 Location Área to be formed (Acres) Estimated Cost ($M) Com-pleted (Acres) Remarks Kwun Tong New Town 588.6 100.0 456.8 52.5 Area completed included 230 acres of reclamation out of a total of 270 acres. Valley Road 11.5 4.5 9.9 3.2 8.4 acres for low cost housing. 3.1 acres for sale for private development. Waterloo Road Hill 9.2 5.0 9.2 2.4 Sites for hotels, housing and schools. Ho Man Tin Development Area 110.4 25.6 0.7 Sites for residential & community use. No. 3, Lung Cheung Road 43.0 7.6 0.4 Site for low density residential use. Kwai Chung North Development Area 9 90.0 22.0 0.1 Sites for resettlement, low cost housing and workers housing. Total 852.7 164.7 475.9 59.15.07. As a result of the exceptionally dry summer, good progress was maintained on all contracts.
Kwun Tong New Town
5.08. The development of Kwun Tong New Town which started in 1955 is due for completion by 1968. During the year, with six formation contracts in progress, a total of 34.7 acres of reclamation and 55.5 acres of levelled building sites were formed.
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