HONG KONG PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
SUMMARY OF PROGRESS - JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1958
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
At Kwun Tong, the site was cleared and withdrawn. 17 lots of Crown Land were at Chai Wan was approaching completion in connection site formation was started; site formation sold by Private Treaty, of which 13 were with the Non-expatriate and
piling commenced; test probes were Government Servants' Housing Schemc completed at Lo Fu Ngam Extension. and I was granted to the Hong Kong
Housing Authority (site at So Uk). (* indicates work being carried out by
private architects).
Ten new works or alterations were com- pleted during the quarter, the largest of which was Silvermine Bay Police Post*. Thirty-one projects were under construc- tion, of which nine were being carried out by private architects. The most important
Planning Division. The draft layout works under construction were the West
plan of Kwun Tong Tsai Wan (Yau Tong BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE Wing of the Central Government Offices
Bay) which, after minor amendment was (70% completed), the new Stores Building
New Buildings. In Hong Kong island,
submitted to the Governor in Council (60% completed), Tsuen Wan Divisional consent
was was given for the erection of a during the previous quarter,
ар- Police Station (60% completed), and five considerable number of multi-storey pro-
proved. The draft layout of the area primary schools* [at Jordan Road (60%), jects for composite use ranging from 8 north of Chuk Yuen Village to be known Shaukiwan (50%), Hung Hom Estate storeys to 20 storeys, mainly domestic as Fung Wong Village (part of Kowloon (95%), Caine Road (10%), and Canton accommodation but including shops and Planning Area No. 11) and minor amend- Road (starting)].
offices. In addition, aproval was given to ments to the layout of Kowloon Planning Other works under construction included proposals for an antibiotics factory at Area No. 9 (Hung Hom) were submitted Keswick Hall, New Technical College (60% Aberdeen and for 3 multi-storey schools, to and approved by the Governor in completed), the Mental Hospital (Piling two of which have 16 classrooms and one Council. A draft layout plan for Tai completed), Sai Ying Pun Clinic* (Con- having 22 classrooms.
Hang Village (part of Hong Kong Plan- ning Area No. 6) was exhibited for public pital and Quarters (construction started), new Kwong Wah Hospital.
were approved for the first 2 stages of the inspection during the quarter. The Assis- The First tant Superintendent of Crown Lands Co-operative and Marketing Department being the Central Stack, 16 storeys high (Planning) led the Hong Kong delegation Staff Quarters* at Castle Peak (95% containing the main entrance to the hos to the United Nations Seminar on Re- completed) and at Tai Po (80% complet pital, offices and wards and the second gional Planning held in Tokyo, Japan ed), and the rebuilding of Victoria Prison being the East Wing of 12 storeys con- from 28/7/58 to 8/8/58. Quarters (site formation 80% completed). taining out-patients and dentistry section
In the Architectural Office, sketch plans
Revenue survey, rou- tine control and large scale revision work were being prepared for thirteen major Further progress was made in connec- continued. A total of 21 completed sur- projects including Wong Tai Sin Govern- tion with the Housing Authority's scheme vey sheets were traced and forwarded to ment School, Shek Kip Mei Government at So Uk where approval was given to the District Administration. School, Wong Tai Sin Divisional Police plans for Blocks A, B, C, D, M, P, Q Station*, and Kowloon Tsai Park and and R ranging from 12 storeys to 17 Swimming Pool.
struction started), Kowloon New Mortuary:* In Kowloon and New Kowloon, plans (90% completed), Kowloon General Hos-
Sketch plans for nine projects had been submitted for approval and authority to proceed with working drawings. These included Wanchai Government School*,
and wards.
Survey Division.
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Tenders were called for the first con-
Blake Gardens Government School*, Be- During the quarter, 658 plans
storeys high. Consent was also given for the erection of a number of 15 storey to
continues to change in character 19 storey buildings in Nathan Road which tract to be let by the Development section under comprising the excavation of some 11 the impact of redevelopment.
Million cubic yards of hillside at Kwun covering filled area and 20 acres of hillside suitable Tong for the production of 68 acres of lilios Public School*, and the New Ter- 1,000 buildings were submitted for ap-
for development. proval. ritories Court*.
In addition, investiga- In the same period, 207 occupa- tions are at present in hand in three other tion permits were issued.
areas from which it is hoped to produce about 220 acres suitable for development.
Working drawings and contract docu- ments were being prepared for twenty- Inspections and Reports. A very large seven projects. Among these were the number of inspections and reports were Ellis Kadoorie School*. Clementi Middle made as to structural stability of premises
A feasibility report was prepared on a School*, Government Schools at Shek Kip for use as Schools, Dance Halls, Printing suggestion to extend the Kowloon Foot- Mei, Lo Fu Ngan and Sycamore Street; Presses, Mahjong Gaming Houses and
hills Road, which was reported on by the Cheong Hang Street Primary School, Kwun Billiards Rooms.
& The work in this field Consulting Engineers (Messrs. Scott Tong School, Northcote Training College, increases each year in scope and as to Wilson, Kirkpatrick and Partners), by King's College Extension; Magistracies* at number of premises involved. Causeway Bay, Western District and Castle Peak/Tai Po Road. Other drawings under preparation were those for Hong Kong Land Division. 8 lots were sold by Inspectorate Married Quarters*, Mong Kok and File Quarters at Cheung Sha Wan and review including one site for a mechanical the City Hall.
transport service and petrol filling station during the Quarter on drainage construc- at King's Road in Hong Kong, three small tion works in hand.
CROWN LANDS & SURVEYS OFFICE
which this latter road will be linked to the Castle Peak Road just above Lai Chi Kok Hospital.
DRAINAGE OFFICE
Sub-Divisional Police Station*, Police Rank public auction during the quarter under Good progress was made generally
These included: —
With regard to Resettlement Housing, residential sites with existing buildings On the Island: A large twin box cul- the Tai Wan Hill Estate was approaching thereon at Shek O Headland, one residen- vert at Chai Wan Resettlement site; 2 completion; work commenced on the last tial site in Prince Edward Roa, Kowloon, submarine culvert extension in precast two blocks at Lo Fu Ngam; site formation. one industrial site in Tai Kok Tsui, concrete on Central Reclamation, Stage was proceeding well on the first section of Kowloon and two industrial sites at Kwun III; the completion of the enlargement of the Jordan Valley scheme and piling was Tong. A large area of Crown Land at Wun Sha Street Nullah to prevent flooding. started; satisfactory progress was made at Chatham Road of about 151 acres was
Wong Tai Sin, where three blocks of offered for sale at public auction on 11/8/58 On the Mainland: Wong Tai Sin Devel- Phases I and II were completed, site pre- at an upset price of $9.450,000.00 but no opment, Stages A & B including the paration was commenced for Phase III. bids were forthcoming and the lot was widening of Shatin Pass Road Bridge over
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