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Appendix D-Contd.
53 In the New Territories, 'Tuen Mun New Town engineering development, stage IIA, package 14' ($694 million) and reclamation works at Ma On Shan under 'Sha Tin New Town, stage II-engineering development, package 23, phase 2' ($593 million) are now nearing completion. Several major projects including 'Junk Bay development, head of the Bay, stage II engineering works' ($228 million) have either started or are about to start.
(D)(3) Water
54 Expenditure on water services has averaged around 3.4% of Government's total annual expenditure in 1982-83 to 1986-87.
55 Construction of the stage I works for the reception and distribution of the increased supply of water from China ($724.5 million) is substantially complete. Construction of the stage II works, including large diameter land and submarine pipelines, tunnelling works, together with two large pumping stations to draw water from Plover Cove reservoir ($626 million), continued through the year and are expected to be substantially completed during 1987-88. These large projects will continue to account for a large portion of waterworks expenditure in 1987–88. 56 Construction of Pak Kong treatment works ($475 million), including the water transfer system to Junk Bay New Town and Kowloon East, will continue throughout 1987–88. Construction of Au Tau treatment works ($254 million) and the Eastern Harbour Crossing ($114 million) are expected to start in 1987-88. Work on submarine pipelines to Cheung Chau ($24.6 million), Tsing Yi ($37.5 million) and Peng Chau ($16.3 million) has started and will continue through 1987–88.
57 Design and construction of new installations to meet anticipated increase in demand for Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon urban area, new towns and rural market towns continue. New projects planned to start in 1987-88 include improvements to Hong Kong Island primary distribution system and area distribution systems at Quarry Bay ($32 million), Shek O ($19.8 million) and eastern high level areas on Hong Kong Island ($20 million); construction of Waterworks centralized workshop at Lung Cheung Road, Kowloon ($87.3 million); installation of fresh water supply system at Junk Bay hinterland ($29 million) and Siu Lek Yuen, Sha Tin ($13.4 million) and further extension to the supply system in the new towns in the New Territories. Improvement works to trunk feed to fresh water service reservoirs in Kowloon East districts ($59 million), North Point fresh water supply ($32.4 million) and North Point/Quarry Bay salt water supply ($14.6 million) are substantially complete.
(D)(4) Other Community Services
58 This programme comprises public safety, environmental protection, recreation and amenity works. Its share of total government spending has risen from 8.2% in 1982-83 to an allocation of 9.2% in 1987–88 (Table 1). The increase reflects the considerable allocation of extra resources to fire and ambulance services, sewerage works and recreational and cultural amenities particularly in the New Territories.
59 The Fire Services Department has continued to expand steadily over the past few years to cope with the growth of demand for fire and ambulance services, particularly in the fast developing new towns. The pace of expansion is illustrated by the following statistics showing the department's establishment and the number of fire stations and ambulance depots between the years 1982 and 1986-
Establishment
Number of fire stations
Number of ambulance depots
Table 14
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
5 995
6 163
6 263
6 448
6 643
42
13
45
45
47
50
14
16
18
19
60 The expansion programme for the Fire Services Department will continue into 1987-88 during which year a further 607 posts will be added to the department's establishment. Provision of $60 million is included in 1987-88 mainly for the planning and construction of twelve divisional/sub-divisional/non-standard fire stations, three ambulance depots, one rescue training centre, one new fire services workshop and additional staff quarters. In addition, provision of $74.9 million is included for the purchase of new and replacement fire appliances and ambulances, as well as for the phased installation of a computer-assisted telecommunication and mobilizing system in the Fire Services Communication Centre.
61 Major building projects in progress in the urban areas include 'Fire Services Headquarters and Tsim Sha Tsui East sub-divisional fire station' ($133 million) and ‘Pokfulam divisional fire station, ambulance depot and staff quarters' ($83 million). New works to start in 1987-88 include 'Wong Tai Sin ambulance depot and 288 rank and file married quarters' ($75.5 million) and 'Kowloon Bay fire services workshop' ($31 million). In the New Territories, the construction of six divisional/sub-divisional fire stations and five ambulance depots ($100 million) are in good progress. New projects to start in 1987-88 include ‘Ambulance depot in area 6, Tsuen Wan' ($8 million), 'Sub-divisional fire station and ambulance depot, area 93, Ma On Shan' ($16 million) and ‘Cheung Chau fire station (reprovisioning)' ($4 million).
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