Mine Bay reclamation, stage II, and some was for the enlargement of Sai Kung anchorage.
8.20. Contract dredging work was commenced in Sai O creek at Kat O Island in order to provide a typhoon shelter with at least 4 feet of water at low tide.
8.21. Port Works divers carried out underwater inspections of foundations, block work and piling of seawalls and piers under construction, and others in connexion with the maintenance of port works and underwater pipelines. They also carried out surveys of the seabed at Lamma Patch and for proposed pipelines at Hei Ling Chau and Peng Chau, and inspected the vessel s.s. 'Cronulla', sunk in the harbour during typhoon 'Wanda', for the Marine Department. A total of 286 hours were spent under water.
MINOR WORKS
8.22. Minor works and miscellaneous duties included:
(1) The checking of calculations and drawings of marine structures submitted by private architects under the Buildings Ordinance,
(2) The repainting of leading and mooring marks and beacons for the Marine Department.
(3) Demolition of the pier V.P.P. 6, extensively damaged by typhoon 'Wanda'.
(4) Construction of a new slipway for the Army at Sham Shui Po.
(5) Construction of new light beacons on Channel Rock, including laying a submarine cable from Kai Tak runway and on Laan Pai, Ma Wan Island.
(6) Fitting, in co-operation with the Marine Department, new battery-operated flashing lights on all Government piers where mains electricity was not available.
(7) Installation of a new automatic recording tide gauge at the end of Tai Po Kau pier.
(8) The construction of various outfalls and washouts through existing seawalls for the Drainage and Waterworks Offices.
(9) The construction of a 40-ton concrete mooring block for the Marine Department.
(10) In order to reduce the navigation hazards of Tathong Channel in the eastern harbour approaches, beacons were constructed for installation at Ngai Ying Pai and Tai Long Pai, being the limits of this channel. The beacon at Ngai Ying Pai was installed but access to the rock at Tai Long Pai is difficult, and it is hoped to set the precast reinforced concrete structure weighing 45 tons within the months May/June when the weather should be calmer.
(11) A pumphouse to provide salt water for Western Magistracy was under construction and will be completed in June 1963.
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