brought down from the hills much loose material. The dredgers were also used to form foundations for the Yaumati Drainage Scheme outfall pipe, in site preparation for the new Stewart Road Ferry Pier and for depositing material to raise the seabed level at the site of the new Kowloon Star Ferry pier. A total of 190,000 cubic yards of material was dredged during the year.
180. Port Works divers spent a total of nearly 600 hours underwater throughout the year. Diving inspections were carried out on new sea walls at Central, Sung Wong Toi Road and Kun Tong Reclamation and on the New Star Ferry piers, Kowloon City Ferry pier and Stewart Road pier. In addition, an underwater survey of the seabed at Cheung Chau was carried out for the Waterworks Office, the laying of the Yaumati sewer outfall was supervised, the cross harbour watermain was inspected and the demolition of the old Lyemun Beacon and the construction of a new one was undertaken.
181. The divers also assisted in the salvage of a Police Launch which went aground, and also with the salvage of a Marine launch which was sunk in a collision.
182. Public Dumping in reclamations at Cheung Sha Wan, Sung Wong Toi Road, Hung Hom and Central produced 546,000 cubic yards of filling during the year.
New Construction
183. New Star Ferry Piers-General. The new Star Ferry piers contract was let on the 1st October and work commenced on both the Hong Kong and Kowloon sites simultaneously. The work is being carried out in two distinct stages so that when two of the four berths on either side of the harbour have been completed the ferry service can be transferred to them. The existing piers will then be demolished and the remainder of the two terminals completed. It is expected that the first stage will be ready by April 1957 and the whole project finished a year later.
brought down from the hills much loose material. The dredgers were also used to form foundations for the Yaumati Drainage Scheme outfall pipe, in site preparation for the new Stewart Road Ferry Pier and for depositing material to raise the seabed level at the site of the new Kowloon Star Ferry pier. A total of 190,000 cubic yards of material was dredged during the year.
180. Port Works divers spent a total of nearly 600 hours underwater throughout the year. Diving inspections were carried out on new sea walls at Central, Sung Wong Toi Road and Kun Tong Reclamation and on the New Star Ferry piers, Kowloon City Ferry pier and Stewart Road pier. In addition, an underwater survey of the seabed at Cheung Chau was carried out for the Waterworks Office, the laying of the Yaumati sewer outfall was supervised, the cross harbour watermain was in- spected and the demolition of the old Lyemun Beacon and the construction of a new one was undertaken.
181. The divers also assisted in the salvage of a Police Launch which went aground, and also with the salvage of a Marine launch which was sunk in a collision.
182. Public Dumping in reclamations at Cheung Sha Wan, Sung Wong Toi Road, Hung Hom and Central produced 546,000 cubic yards of filling during the year.
New Construction
183. New Star Ferry Piers-General. The new Star Ferry piers contract was let on the 1st October and work commenced on both the Hong Kong and Kowloon sites simultaneously. The work is being carried out in two distinct stages so that when two of the four berths on either side of the harbour have been completed the ferry service can be transferred to them. The existing piers will then be demolished and the remainder of the two terminals completed. It is expected that the first stage will be ready by April 1957 and the whole project finished a year later.
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