Q 63
P.W.E. Hong Kong.
Quay Wall.-The rubble foundations were constructed and the toe blocks had been placed in position at the end of the year.
Public Pier 'A'.-The reinforced concrete piles, thirteen in number, were driven.
Public Pier 'B'.-This pier has been completed except for the surfacing of the deck and the fixing of the timber fendering.
Refuse Boat Pier.-This pier also has been completed with the exception of the surfacing of the deck and the erection of the chutes.
Sewers. The following lengths of sewers were completed:-
21" diameter sewers...... 3,129 feet equivalent to 73% 27" ... 54% ... 321 ??Stormwater Drains and Nullah.--Stormwater drains totalling 9,200 lineal feet and varying from 12 inches to 11 feet 6 inches in diameter were completed.
A nullah 36 feet in width is under construction on the Reclamation area in line with the Bowrington Canal; it will replace the twin stormwater culverts originally designed to drain Happy Valley. 350 feet of each side wall of the nullah have been completed and the construction of the invert is in hand.
The work of re-draining the area bounded by Arsenal Street, Queen's Road East, Causeway Bay and the existing Praya, rendered necessary by the Praya East Reclamation Scheme and referred to in paragraph 117 of last year's Report, was continued, the undermentioned sewers and one stormwater drain being completed:--
15 inch sewer in Tin Lok Lane, from Praya East to Sharp Street West. 15 6 6 24 1 in Tin Lok Lane, from Sharp Street West to Leighton Hill Road. in scavenging lane East of Tin Lok Lane. in Praya East, East of Heard Street. stormwater drain in Heard Street.