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PORT WORKS OFFICE.
Public Works Recurrent.
142. Maintenance of Sea Walls and Piers: General Maintenance was carried out on all sea walls and piers in the Colony.
143. Maintenance of Vehicle Ferry Piers: Jubilee Street and Jordan Road Piers were maintained in a fair state of repair. All external walls of both piers were given two coats of "Snowcem" cement paint.
144. Maintenance of Harbour Plant and Equipment: This plant and equipment was maintained in a satisfactory condition.
145. Dredging: With two dredging units in operation some 269,701 cubic yards of spoil were dredged and deposited at Kun Tong. Work was carried out at the following points: Fleming Road, French Street, Saigon Street, Shamshuipo, Wanchai and Whitfield Dust Boat Stations, Nelson Street Nullah Outfall, Kai Tak Airport, Proserpine Rocks, Fleming Road and Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter.
146. Foreshore Dumping: The dumping of spoil from new building development steadily continued throughout the year at Aberdeen and Staunton Creek. An area of about 130 acres was reclaimed at Staunton Creek. The North Point dump could not be re-opened as the protective walling was not sufficiently advanced. Public dumping at Hung Hom reclamation continued.
147. Maintenance of Kai Tak Airport: In order that the existing runways could remain serviceable for traffic the work of patching large areas was carried out under the Maintenance Contract. This work amounted to approximately 70,000 square feet of concrete and 31,000 square yards of tarmac and was completed by the end of February.
Public Works Extraordinary.
148. Central Reclamation Scheme: Borings were made to ascertain the nature of the harbour bed and sketch plans were prepared of alternative schemes for this reclamation.
149. Hung Hom Bay Reclamation Scheme: To enable the designs and estimates to be prepared, investigation of the nature of the submarine foundations by borings was carried out in Hung Hom Bay.
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PORT WORKS OFFICE.
Public Works Recurrent.
142. Maintenance of Sea Walls and Piers: General Main- tenance was carried out on all sea walls and piers in the Colony.
143. Maintenance of Vehicle Ferry Piers: -Jubilee Street and Jordan Road Piers were maintained in a fair state of repair. All external walls of both piers were given two coats of "Snowcem" cement paint.
144. Maintenance of Harbour Plant and Equipment:· This plant and equipment was maintained in a satisfactory con- dition.
145. Dredging:-With two dredging units in operation some 269,701 cubic yards of spoil were dredged and deposited at Kun Tong. Work was carried out at the following points:- Fleming Road, French Street, Saigon Street, Shamshuipo, Wan- chai and Whitfield Dust Boat Stations, Nelson Street Nullah Outfall, Kai Tak Airport, Proserpine Rocks, Fleming Road and Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter.
146. Foreshore Dumping:-The dumping of spoil from new building development steadily continued throughout the year at Aberdeen and Staunton Creek. An area of about 130 acres was reclaimed at Staunton Creek. The North Point dump. could not be re-opened as the protective walling was not sufficiently advanced. Public dumping at Hung Hom reclama- tion continued.
147. Maintenance of Kai Tak Airport:-In order that the existing runways could remain serviceable for traffic the work of patching large areas was carried out under the Maintenance Contract. This work amounted to approximately 70,000 square feet of concrete and 31,000 square yards of tarmac and was completed by the end of February.
Public Works Extraordinary.
148. Central Reclamation Scheme:-Borings were made to ascertain the nature of the harbour bed and sketch plans were prepared of alternative schemes for this reclamation.
149. Hung Hom Bay Reclamation Scheme: To enable the designs and estimates to be prepared, investigation of the nature of the submarine foundations by borings was carried out in Hung Hom Bay.
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