Nullah Decking and Reconstruction
4.76. The decking of Bowrington Canal between Yiu Wa Street and Gloucester Road, and Tong Shui Road Nullah was completed. The paved areas are to be used for hawker and cooked food stalls and for car parking. Decking of the nullah in Nullah Road, Mong Kok was also completed.
Resettlement Housing and Site Development
4.77. Road and drainage works were carried out at Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing estates in Aberdeen and Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island and throughout Kowloon.
Trenches
4.78. The rapid development of new areas and redevelopment of the urban district has continued to place a heavy workload on the Trenches Section.
4.79. Monthly co-ordinating meetings, where representatives of utility companies, Services, and Government departments meet to discuss mutual problems of common interest, continued during the year. Their object is to minimize the inconvenience and obstruction caused by trenching work and to reduce as much as possible the necessity of opening the same areas again and again. Regular inspections of all trenching activities were made, and corrective measures taken as required.
4.80. The number of Road Opening Permits issued was:
Utilities, service departments, etc. Government Sub-departments 3,330 2,6074.81. Whilst the utilities all continued with further development of their service mains, complaints arising from their activities were considerably reduced. This can be attributed to the more effective operation of the Trenches Section and better co-ordination between utility companies and Government sub-departments.
Private Works
4.82. Advice was given on various private development schemes and proposals for Crown Land sales. 2,836 plans for private development were dealt with; 2,459 demand notes were issued for the provision of drainage connections, run-ins, and other works for private development. Advice on 494 Crown Land sales and 195 public proposals was also given.
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