5.05. Better than average progress was achieved due to the exceptionally dry summer months.
Kwun Tong New Town
5.06. Approval was given to form an additional area in Sau Mau Ping for community purposes and contract documents are now being prepared. During the year a total of 71.9 acres were formed in level building sites and in the reclamation. Approximately 21.5 acres of the reclamation remain to be completed and further progress is dependent upon the removal of boat squatters and a temporary salt-water pump house. An adjacent section of Kowloon Bay reclamation was approved and dumping commenced in this area.
Kowloon
5.07. The Military Hospital site at King's Park was completed and handed over in May. Other schemes at Waterloo Road Hill Stage II and Valley Road were also completed in July and September respectively.
5.08. Good progress was maintained at Ho Man Tin where two contracts were in progress throughout the year. Construction of a 110-foot-span reinforced-concrete arch bridge across Chatham Road commenced under one of these contracts. Approval to proceed with further stages of the development was given and contract documents were in hand.
5.09. At Lung Cheung Road Development Area No. 3 two site formation contracts were in progress. The sites being formed command a fine view of the Kowloon peninsula and will be used for medium-density housing
Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan
5.10. One site formation contract was completed and two new ones were let during the year. Work was well advanced on the formation of sites for resettlement housing and private development. Surplus excavated material was utilized for filling in the reclamation areas in Tsuen Wan and Gin Drinkers Bay.
5.11. Under the supervision of Consulting Engineers, a contract for the second stage of the 500-acre Kwai Chung Development Scheme, was awarded in May. Good progress was made and by the end of the year an area of 16 acres was ready for handing over to Government.
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