during the year, one was completed while the other was nearing completion. A further 10.2 acres of hillside terraces were completed and three building platforms handed over for resettlement and low-cost housing, a clinic, and resettlement staff quarters.
5.19. Reclamation continued in Gin Drinkers Bay, bringing the total area reclaimed to 235 acres, a substantial part of which was being used for the construction of low-cost housing.
5.20. Investigations were carried out for the Port Works Division in connection with the preparation of a report on the feasibility of establishing a container terminal at Kwai Chung.
Sha Tin New Town
5.21. Owing to reduced demand for land, it was decided to divide the scheme for development of Sha Tin into smaller sections, and a design was prepared for the development of approximately 93 acres of formed land for residential, commercial, industrial, and community use.
Castle Peak New Town
5.22. Stage IA of the Castle Peak development, which is due for completion in 1972, will provide formed land, roads, and services for private residential purposes, government housing, industrial sites, areas for Government institutional and community use, as well as open space for recreation; it will accommodate about 100,000 persons.
5.23. Site-formation continued satisfactorily; about 30 acres of land were formed in the excavation areas, and 60 acres were reclaimed. In the river channel, the extension of the training wall seawards was completed, and work started on the upstream section and on two major stormwater drains discharging into the main channel.
5.24. Construction of the main primary distributor road in the formation area was also started, together with the associated main drainage works.
5.25. Preliminary consideration was given to the next stage of development at Castle Peak.
Railway Section
5.26. The new railway workshops at Ho Tung Lau, north of Sha Tin, were completed and are now in full operation, the machinery having been transferred from the old workshops at Hung Hom.
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