CONSTRUCTION DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
J. S. DON, B.Sc. (Hons.), A.M.I.C.E.
General
7.15. The division is responsible for the design and preparation of contracts and supervision of the construction of all new water supply works other than certain schemes being carried out by consulting engineers and also some minor works carried out by the Distribution Division.
7.16. The extensive construction programme continued throughout the year, with an expenditure by the Division of nearly $46 million compared with $55 million last year. Eight fresh water and three salt water service reservoirs were completed and construction finished on four fresh water and four salt water pumping stations. In addition, a further twelve miles of trunk main were laid ranging in diameter from 12 ins. to 54 ins.
7.17. Appendix P gives full details of works under construction and completed during the year.
Hong Kong Island
7.18. The June Rainstorm caused substantial damage to the Sandy Bay balance tank, through which all the water from Shek Pik passes, and inundated the Sandy Bay Pumping Station. A 24" diameter main was laid to bypass the balance tank and the pumping station was back in service within three days. The Division also undertook the emergency repair work to Shek Pai Wan Road and Victoria Road above Sandy Bay. The former had not only been blocked in one place by a large slip but an adjacent section had been completely washed away, carrying with it the Aberdeen-Elliot trunk main. By working 24 hours a day, the road was reconstructed above a new 40 feet high retaining wall and opened to the public exactly nine weeks after the storm. Repairs to Victoria Road above Sandy Bay were completed in November.
7.19. Remaining works on Hong Kong Island in connexion with the Shek Pik Scheme were substantially completed with the 6.5 million gallon Kennedy Town service reservoir becoming fully operational; only the staff quarters remain to be built at Sandy Bay.
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