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COMMUNICATIONS.
7. Works completed were:- 6″ cement concrete foundation with sand-carpeting at Des Voeux Road Central from Centre Street to Western Street; 6″ cement concrete foundation for granite setts at Connaught Road, west of Centre Street: Surfacing of Peak Road with non-skid cement surfacing: 4″ tar macadam on Island Road eastward of Stanley Gap; Chatham Road Extension; Widening Sai Kung Road north of Aerodrome: Portions of Nathan Road, Prince Edward Road and Lai Chi Kok Road were reconditioned and strengthened with 7″ reinforced cement concrete surfacing: Bottoming and surfacing laid on Chatham Road from junction with Gascoigne Road to Cook Street; Filling in area north of Nan Chang Street; Surfacing Lin Ma Hang-Sha Tau Kok Road: Improving and strengthening main roads chiefly between Castle Peak and Ping Shan; Diversion of Tai Po Road near 53 milestone: Surfacing and tarpainting road to "Texaco" installation at Tsun Wan; Reconditioning Sha Tau Kok Road between Fanling and Kwanti Race Course.
8. Works under construction were:- 1st Section of new 75′ Road between Causeway Bay and Ming Yuen: Refuse Dumps at Cheung Sha Wan and Sung Wong Toi; Children's Playground, Cox's Road; the strengthening and improvement of road surfaces in the New Territories were continued. An additional 4″ of macadam being laid and tarpainted between the 11 and 12 milestones-Castle Peak Road, and at Mei Po. Approximately eleven miles of tarpainting was carried out in addition to new work, to preserve previously strengthened portions.
9. Approximately 312 miles of road surfaces in the Colony were satisfactorily maintained.
10. The erection of the first hangar at Kai Tak Aerodrome was completed early in the year.
DRAINAGE.
11. New sewers and storm water drains were constructed in Hong Kong to a length of 3,034 feet. Improvements were effected to the main sewer in Aberdeen Valley. Short lengths of channelling were done in various districts. New sewers and storm water drains were also constructed in Kowloon to a length of 10,471 feet, and open nullahs were decked-over to a length of 864 feet and in New Kowloon the length of new sewers and storm water drains which were constructed was 20,150 feet. Nullah walling was built to a length of 746 feet, and parapet walling to a length of 874 feet. Various minor works were carried out in the New Territories.