Kennedy Town Incinerator Plant
6.23. Piling was completed and civil engineering on the substructure including the loading quay and the two 200-ft. chimneys progressed. A contract was let for the erection of the steel superstructure. All the civil engineering work is managed by the Port Works Office. Related design for the plant services was finalized and estimates prepared. Indents were placed for those items of plant not provided by the incinerator manufacturer, such as pumps and valves for the seawater system, a travelling crane for the alternator room, a 90-KVAR reactor and cabling. Details of the 1,200-K.W. alternator were finalized with the manufacturer. Permission was obtained to order a further incinerator unit making a total of four units, each capable of burning 250 tons of refuse per day. The working capacity of the plant is thus 750 T.P.D., since it is usual to allow one unit shut down for maintenance.
6.24. Materials for the plant arrived in sufficient quantity to start erection, but an attempt to let a lump sum contract for this work was unsuccessful and negotiations for a contract based on labour costs were started.
Lai Chi Kok Incinerator, Composting & Distillation Plant
6.25. Planning and design for the civil engineering work was completed by consultants and a piling contract let. Detailed consideration of the related services for the incinerator plant was held over pending the final outcome of the proposal for a seawater distillation scheme. In connection with this proposal a specification was drawn up and three firms were invited to submit tenders for seawater distillation plants of alternatively two or three million gallons per day capacity. Shipments of material for the incinerator plant started to arrive during the year.
Central Reclamation Passenger Pier
6.26. A specification was prepared and a contract let for the complete electrical installation in the new pier being built by Port Works Office. The work was completed and the installation handed over to the H.K. & Yaumati Ferry Co. in November. This installation comprises wiring for general lighting and power for the two ramp lifts, air conditioning plant, includes the provision of a main switchboard of 200-KW capacity.
Lion Rock Tunnel
6.27. An order was placed for the ventilating equipment and discussions took place with the manufacturers' representative. The design
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