(d) the further demolition of hills at Mission Road, Kowloon which obstruct the flight funnel to the 07 runway of Kai Tak Airport.
(e) the erection of a new Port Works Depot at the new Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter to replace the one absorbed into the reclamation.
(f) Roofing over and other alterations to Fenwick Street pier to facilitate the landing of servicemen on recreational visits to the Colony and on shore leave from warships in port.
244. In addition the design and drawings for the roof over the western terracing of the Sports Stadium, Sookunpoo were almost completed.
245. Mention must be made of the office's survey section which spent an extremely busy year surveying piers for the issue of lease plans, setting out land borings, marine borings and new works, taking soundings and levels before and after dredging, sand filling of dredged trenches, reclamation, excavation, and rock blasting, making original surveys with contours for new schemes, and all the other routine survey works associated with the office.
Materials Testing Laboratory
246. The work of the P.W.D. Laboratory continued to increase and during the year permission was obtained to engage another Laboratory Assistant. This brought the total staff to one Superintendent, three assistants and one attendant. Further equipment was obtained and it is now possible to test soil samples for their settlement under load.
247. Private interests used the laboratory to a much greater and more varied extent. For Government works, soil samples from trial pits or deep bores were analysed to give an indication of the load-bearing capacity of the ground, aggregates and
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(e) the erection of a new Port Works Depot at the new Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter to replace the one absorbed into the reclamation.
(f) Roofing over and other alterations to Fenwick Street pier to facilitate the landing of servicemen on recreational visits to the Colony and on shore leave from warships in port.
244. In addition the design and drawings for the roof over the western terracing of the Sports Stadium, Sookunpoo were almost completed.
245. Mention must be made of the office's survey section which spent an extremely busy year surveying piers for the issue of lease plans, setting out land borings, marine borings and new works, taking soundings and levels before and after dredging, sand filling of dredged trenches, reclamation, excavation, and rock blasting, making original surveys with contours for new schemes, and all the other routine survey works associated with the office.
Materials Testing Laboratory
246. The work of the P.W.D. Laboratory continued to increase and during the year permission was obtained to engage another Laboratory Assistant. This brought the total staff to one Superintendent, three assistants and one attendant. Further equipment was obtained and it is now possible to test soil samples for their settlement under load.
247. Private interests used the laboratory to a much greater and more varied extent. For Government works, soil samples from trial pits or deep bores were analysed to give an indication of the load-bearing capacity of the ground, aggregates and
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(d) the further demolition of hills at Mission Road, Kowloon which obstruct the flight funnel to the 07 runway of Kai Tak Airport.
(e) the erection of a new Port Works Depot at the new Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter to replace the one absorbed into the reclamation.
(f) Roofing over and other alterations to Fenwick Street pier to facilitate the landing of servicemen on recreational visits to the Colony and on shore leave from warships in port.
244. In addition the design and drawings for the roof over the western terracing of the Sports Stadium, Sookunpoo were almost completed.
245. Mention must be made of the office's survey section which spent an extremely busy year surveying piers for the issue of lease plans, setting out land borings, marine borings and new works, taking soundings and levels before and after dredging, sand
sand filling of dredged trenches, reclamation, excavation, and rock blasting, making original surveys with contours for new schemes, and all the other routine survey works associated with the office.
Materials Testing Laboratory
246. The work of the P.W.D. Laboratory continued to in- crease and during the year permission was obtained to engage another Laboratory Assistant. This brought the total staff to one Superintendent, three assistants and one attendant. Further equipment was obtained and it is now possible to test soil samples for their settlement under load.
247. Private interests used the laboratory to a much greater and more varied extent. For Government works, soil samples from trial pits or deep bores were analysed to give an indication of the load bearing capacity of the ground, aggregates and
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