10.19. Appendix BB gives full details of works under construction and works completed during the year.
Hong Kong Island
10.20. The six million gallons Shau Kei Wan service reservoir and its inlet and outlet mains were completed and commissioned.
10.21. The two and a half million gallon service reservoir at Red Hill and its supply mains between Red Hill and Repulse Bay were completed. Minor works to complete the whole scheme were in hand.
10.22. The three-quarter million gallon service reservoir at Mount Nicholson was completed. Minor mechanical and electrical works necessary to complete the project were in hand.
10.23. The Shek O Water Supply Scheme comprising a small pumping station at Sai Wan, a treatment works and a storage tank at Big Wave Bay was completed and commissioned.
10.24. Construction work started on a scheme to provide a water supply to high level villages in the Shau Kei Wan area. The works included a fresh water pumping station, a twelve thousand gallon storage tank and fifteen standpipes.
Kowloon and New Kowloon
10.25. Due to a rapid increase in the demand for flushing water in the urban areas of Kowloon, major extensions to pumping capacity became necessary. At Kwun Tong a new salt water pumping station supplying low level areas in Kwun Tong and Choi Hung and with a capacity of 18 million gallons per day was completed. At Sau Mau Ping a salt water pumping station supplying high level areas in Kwun Tong and with a capacity of 2.5 million gallons per day was also completed. Reclamation works were completed on a site for a new salt water pumping station at Tai Wan to supply all areas north of Kai Tak. Tenders were called for the construction of this pumping station which will have a capacity of 24 million gallons per day. Work progressed satisfactorily on increasing the capacity of the Cheung Sha Wan salt water pumping station from 8 million gallons per day to 18.5 million gallons per day. This pumping station supplies flushing water to all areas in west Kowloon between Lung Cheung Road and Argyle Street.
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