APPENDIX N
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
GENERAL STATISTICS
Hong Kong Kowloon
New Territories
Total
(A) Length of Road Works Carried Out (Miles)
Hong Kong Kowloon New Territories Total New Roads Completed 2.50 6 6 14.50 Existing Roads Reconstructed 1 2.50 2 5.50 Existing Roads Resurfaced 6.50 9 18 33.50(B) Drainage Works Carried Out
Hong Kong Kowloon New Territories Total New Drains Laid (Feet) 27,257 105,087 74,900 207,244 Defective Drains Replaced (Feet) ... 14,422 4,804 19,246 Connections Provided (Nos.) 998 1,890 254 3,142 Chokes Clearance (Nos.) 9,550 ... ... 8,386 680 18,616 Sand cleared from Culverts (cu. yd.) 17,000 169,000 25,000 211,000(C) Road Opening Permits Issued
Hong Kong Kowloon New Territories Total Utilities, service departments 1,857 2,528 202 4,587 Government Sub-departments 1,657 645 98 2,400(D) Work carried out in New Resettlement and L.C.H. Estates
Hong Kong Kowloon New Territories Total Length of roads constructed (Miles) .90 5.05 .80 6.75 Length of drains laid (Miles) 1.30 11.00 2.70 15.00(E) Production in Government Quarries
Mainland Island Total Total Crushed Stone (Ton) 1962-63 ... 98,074 ... 1963-64 95,698 67,979 84,650 103,297 87,357 1964-65 78,858 69,886 ... 201,371 183,055 146,837 1965-66 154,536 Bitumen Coated Materials (Ton) 1962-63 70,186 ... 85,277 65,708 36,130 1963-64 81,050 33,674 ... ... 29,633 40,361 1964-65 ... ... 106,316 118,951 95,341 1965-66 121,411(F) Materials Testing Laboratory
Physical tests on soil and building materials carried out during the year totalled 48,026 and comprised the following:
- Concrete tests
- Cement tests
- Metal tests
- Aggregate tests
- Bitumen and Bituminous materials tests
- Soil tests
- Miscellaneous tests