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the extension of Lugard Road; the first section of the road from Taitam Gap to Shek O, about one mile in length, was also completed, and good progress was made with the second section thereof, and a contract for the third section was let; the two latter sections are also each about a mile in length.
A twenty-foot road from Wanchai Gap to Magazine Gap and from thence to Chamberlain Road was under construction; one, from Bowen Road to Wongneichong Gap, being the first part of the new road to Repulse Bay, was completed; and good progress was also made with the twenty-foot road from Bowen Road contouring the hill towards Sookunpoo Valley, passing over the ridge where it will be joined by Broadwood Road.
A further section of the scheme for widening Kennedy Road was completed and progress was also made with the scheme for widening Queen's Road, East, as opportunity afforded, though there still remains a considerable portion to be dealt with before the widening can be accomplished. Work on the scheme for the diversion of a certain portion of the Shankiwan Road through Quarry Bay Village and the improvement of the alignment and levels of a considerable section of the same road on either side of the diversion was commenced.
In Kowloon, further progress was attained with the extension of the Coronation Road to the North West of Mong-kok Village.
The section of the Kowloon City-Mong-kok-tsui Road, East of the Railway, was nearing completion, and the section, West of the Railway, was making good progress. The excavation from the hills to form the above-mentioned roads was being utilized to fill in the low lying areas to the south of the Old Kowloon boundary line.
Extensive widenings of existing roads were carried out as follows:
Kowloon City Road, between K.I.L. 1150 and the bridge over the stream course West of the 'Hill of the King of the Sung'; from this latter point a sixty foot width of roadway was constructed on a new alignment to the New Kowloon City-Mong-kok-tsui Road.
Salisbury Road, between Nathan and Chatham Roads. Hankow Road, between Salisbury and Peking Roads. Argyle Street, between Coronation Road and Ho-mun-tin.
The improvements to the Taipo Road, between the 3rd and 5th milestones, and the section of this road—and the construction of a bridge—at Ma-nin-shui were completed.
A road extension, 10 feet wide, was made from the Fanling-Sheung Shui Road to the Sheung Shui Police Station,