about 32 acres of land had been reclaimed. Satisfactory progress was maintained on two contracts let during the year for the construction of 3,400 ft. of river training wall and road embankment and for some roads and drainage works. Excavated material from these contracts was used to reclaim five acres of land.
General
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
A. H. WILKINS, B.Sc.(Eng.), F.E.D.I., A.M.I.C.E.
G. B. O'RORKE, B.A.(Cantab.), A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)
5.11. Where the formation and servicing of undeveloped areas in Kowloon and the New Territories for urban use involve major engineering works, the Development Division is responsible firstly for investigating the engineering feasibility of such development and secondly, in those schemes which are approved, for the formation of the land and the provision of services.
Planning and Investigation
5.12. A feasibility report on Development at Kowloon Bay was circulated to all interested departments and comments were being considered. The report showed that 580 acres north of the Airport runway could be reclaimed at a cost of $120 million and would provide land for the extension of the Airport and for industrial, open storage and other uses.
5.13. Investigations were being carried out on the feasibility of providing land for a first phase of development at Sha Tin New Town for a population of 30,000.
5.14. Increasing use was made by all offices of the Department of the annual contract for site investigation, which is supervised by this Division. The total depth of probes, drills and open trial pits was 24,923 ft.
Projects under Construction
5.15. Statistical details of land formation projects under construction are given at Appendix Q and details of other projects at Appendix P.
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