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176. Minor Works:-These consisted of removal of spoil or boulders from various sites in the Colony.
177. Reinstatements on Re-entered Property:-Small works were carried out in Queen's Road East and Stone Nullah Lane.
178. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damage:-Major repairs included a new retaining wall in Bridges Street, repairs to cuttings in Plantation Road, Coombe Road, Barker Road, Mt. Kellett Road, King's Road, Peak Road and Wanchai Gap on the Island. In Kowloon repairs included Police Recreation Ground, Boundary Street, Maryknoll College, Ho Tung Road, and the roadway adjoining the sea wall at Lai Chi Kok Beach. In the New Territories the causeway wall on So Kun Wat was reconstructed and repairs were carried out in Gill's Cutting, Taipo Road, Saikung Road, Tai Wai Bridge, revetment and walling to Shing Mun River.
179. Works Erected on Private Account:-The number of works carried out during the year was 450, consisting mainly of footpath paving beneath balconies and footpath crossings to private garages.
Public Works Extraordinary.
180. Roads and Paths, New Territories:--Construction was commenced on two new roads, the first being Lam Tsuen Valley Road, 5 miles long, from Taipo Shui Wai to Kam Tin; the second, Fun Shui Gap Road, 4 miles long, from Fanling to Kam Tin.
181. Security Measures at Police Stations, etc.:-The security walls in the West Point and Kennedy Town district were repaired. "No Entry" signs were erected on approach roads to reservoirs.
182. Works Contingent on Land Sales:-The main items completed included works in North Point Road, Tong Shui Road, Java Road, Blue Pool Road, Electric Road, Link Road, Leighton Hill Road, Tsoi Tak Street on the Island, and on the Mainland in Ma Hang Chung Road, Lung Kong Road, Fa Yuen Street, College Road, Shanghai Street, Chatham Road, Flower Market Road, Woo Sung Street, Castle Peak Road, Argyle Street, Ma Tau Chung Road, Kowloon City Road, Pratas Street, Lion Rock Road, Kadoorie Avenue, and Kwai Chow Street. There remained a considerable amount of work to be carried out in the Kowloon and New Kowloon districts.
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176. Minor Works:-These consisted of removal of spoil or boulders from various sites in the Colony.
177. Reinstatements on Re-entered
Property:-Small
works were carried out in Queen's Road East and Stone Nullah Lane.
178. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damage:-Major repairs in- cluded a new retaining wall in Bridges Street, repairs to cuttings in Plantation Road, Coombe Road, Barker Road, Mt. Kellett Road, King's Road, Peak Road and Wanchai Gap on the Island. In Kowloon repairs included Police Recreation Ground, Bound- ary Street, Maryknoll College, Ho Tung Road, and the roadway adjoining the sea wall at Lai Chi Kok Beach. In the New Territories the causeway wall on So Kun Wat was reconstructed and repairs were carried out in Gill's Cutting, Taipo Road, Sai- kung Road, Tai Wai Bridge, revetment and walling to Shing Mun River.
179. Works Erected on Private Account:-The number of works carried out during the year was 450, consisting mainly of footpath paving beneath balconies and footpath crossings to private garages.
Public Works Extraordinary.
180. Roads and Paths, New Territories: --Construction was commenced on two new roads, the first being Lam Tsuen Valley Road, 5 miles long, from Taipo Shui Wai to Kam Tin; the second, Fun Shui Gap Road, 4 miles long, from Fanling to Kam Tin.
181. Security Measures at Police Stations, etc.:-The security walls in the West Point and Kennedy Town district were repaired. "No Entry" signs were erected on approach roads to reservoirs.
182. Works Contingent on Land Sales:-The main items completed included works in North Point Road, Tong Shui Road, Java Road, Blue Pool Road, Electric Road, Link Road, Leighton Hill Road, Tsoi Tak Street on the Island, and on the Mainland in Ma Hang Chung Road, Lung Kong Road, Fa Yuen Street, College Road, Shanghai Street, Chatham Road, Flower Market Road, Woo Sung Street, Castle Peak Road, Argyle Street, Ma Tau Chung Road, Kowloon City Road, Pratas Street, Lion Rock Road, Kadoorie Avenue, and Kwai Chow Street. There re- mained a considerable amount of work to be carried out in the Kowloon and New Kowloon districts.
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