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the same section of wall is a pumphouse to supply cooling water for the air-conditioning plant of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
219. Demolition of Old Queen's Pier. This was commenced in December, and by the end of the year all the structure with the exception of some piles, broken whilst being withdrawn, had been removed.
220. Kowloon Public Pier. The new Star Ferry Piers programme necessitated the construction of a new pier for small craft to replace the existing Public Pier at Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, which occupies part of the site required for one of the new ferry piers.
221. Work commenced in June on this new pier and the sub-structure to deck level was completed by the end of the year. The new pier is 150 feet long by 50 feet wide, and provides four sets of landing steps each capable of taking large launches. It is of reinforced concrete construction built on precast piles and pedestals. Rubber packings are incorporated into the fendering system to absorb impact from the larger launches.
222. When work was started it was found that cross-harbour telephone cables had drifted from their original positions and were obstructing pile driving. Arrangements were however made with the Hong Kong Telephone Company to re-route the cables thus making it possible for work to proceed.
223. Sports Stadium, Sookunpoo. Construction in the Soo-kunpoo Valley of the sports stadium, designed to accommodate 28,500 spectators, was continued during the year. Levelling, consolidation, and turfing of this full international size football field was completed and construction of the 450 metre, seven-lane, cinder running-track which surrounds the field was well advanced by the end of the year. Progress on the construction of the seating terraces, which are being cut from the sides of the valley, was impeded due to the large amount of rock encountered.
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same section of wall is a pumphouse to supply cooling water for the airconditioning plant of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
219. Demolition of Old Queen's Pier. This was commenced in December, and by the end of the year all the structure with the exception of some piles, broken whilst being withdrawn, had been removed.
220. Kowloon Public Pier. The new Star Ferry Piers pro- gramme necessitated the construction of a new pier for small craft to replace the existing Public Pier at Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, which occupies part of the site required for one of the new ferry piers.
221. Work commenced in June on this new pier and the sub. structure to deck level was completed by the end of the year. The new pier is 150 feet long by 50 feet wide, and provides four sets of landing steps each capable of taking large launches. It is of reinforced concrete construction built on precast piles and pedestals. Rubber packings are incorporated into the fendering system to absorb impact from the larger launches.
222. When work was started it was found that cross harbour telephone cables had drifted from their original positions and were obstructing pile driving. Arrangements were however made with the Hong Kong Telephone Company to re-route the cables thus making it possible for work to proceed.
223. Sports Stadium, Sookunpoo. Construction in the Soo- kunpoo Valley of the sports stadium, designed to accommodate 28,500 spectators, was continued during the year. Levelling, consolidation, and turfing of this full international size football field was completed and construction of the 450 metre, seven-lane, cinder running-track which surrounds the field was well advanced by the end of the year. Progress on the construction of the seating terraces, which are being cut from the sides of the valley, was impeded due to the large amount of rock encountered.
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