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NULLAH DECKING AND RECONSTRUCTION

171. In Kowloon the major works consisted of the decking of the Nan Chang Street nullah and the construction of a new culvert down Dundas Street to the Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter to relieve flooding of the Waterloo Road nullah. On the Island nullahs were decked at Hill Road, Water Street and Repulse Bay Beach and work commenced on the culverting and re-alignment of the nullah bounding the Taikoo Sugar Refinery at Quarry Bay.

DISPOSAL WORKS, INTERCEPTING SEWERS AND SCREENING PLANTS

172. Consideration was given to the primary treatment of sewage to reduce the ever increasing pollution of the waters of the harbour, and an initial lay-out plan was prepared for a sewage disposal plant for the Yau Ma Tei Drainage Area as a pilot scheme.

173. As the complement of the Wan Chai intercepting sewers laid previously, work started on the laying of a 66-inch diameter reinforced concrete submarine outfall pipe to carry the sewage 1,200 feet out into deep water opposite Fleming Road to assist in its dilution.

174. In Kowloon, the main trunk sewer for the Kowloon Eastern Drainage Scheme was completed. This pipe runs 7,800 feet from Clear Water Bay Road at the Wong Tai Sin Resettlement Estate to the northern end of the new Kai Tak runway. The pipe sizes increase from 42-inch diameter to 66-inch diameter along its length.

175. Intercepting sewers were laid along Canton Road and Salisbury Road to collect sewage in the Kowloon South Drainage Area. Work commenced on designs for a submarine outfall adjacent to Holt's Wharf.

176. The main sewerage scheme at Kwun Tong was not able to proceed until work on reclamation in this area had been advanced.

177. Preparation of designs for screening plants for the Wan Chai Sewerage Scheme and the Kowloon East Sewerage Scheme (Kai Tak Runway) commenced.

178. Two 'Shone' ejectors for the Shek Wu Hui drainage scheme in the New Territories arrived from the United Kingdom.

PRIVATE WORKS

179. 1,262 proposals for private drainage works were examined and advice was given on a further 488 schemes relating to sales of Crown Land.

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