completed by the end of the year. To give the wall initial stability a 50-feet wide bund was created behind it with spoil from site formation works for the nearby Tai Wo Hau multi-storey resettlement blocks.
Reclamation for the Tong Mi Road Extension
221. The dredging of the foundation trench for some 550 feet of sea wall for the Tong Mi Road extension commenced but had to be suspended owing to numerous public objections. The precasting of all the concrete blockwork was however completed.
Reclamation at Peng Chau Island, South
222. This small reclamation of 1,200 square yards, protected by 200 feet of pitched rubble walling, has improved the central waterfront of Peng Chau.
Chi Ma Wan Prison Pier Extension
223. A contract for the extension of the existing pier was let in April and completed in October.
Sok Kwu Wan Pier
224. Work on this pier on Lamma Island commenced in December. By the end of the year all precast work at North Point Depot had been completed and the construction of the causeway and the erection of the temporary staging had started.
Ferry Pier and Sea Wall at Cheung Chau
225. This included sea wall protection of the foreshore and the construction of a new pier to provide two ferry berths with improved protection and facilities for passengers. Work commenced in February.
Pier at Kei Ling Ha Hoi in Tolo Harbour
226. The construction of this pier, measuring 80 feet long by 30 feet wide with a 120-feet long approach, started in November. Owing to the remoteness of this difficult site, the piles were cast at the North Point Depot and transported by barge some 30 miles up the coast, largely through open water. By the end of March, pile driving had been completed and the decking and construction of the approach had started.
Typhoon Shelter at Tsing Yi
227. As the reclamation of the bay at Tsuen Wan has absorbed the natural anchorage for native craft, work started on the formation of an
completed by the end of the year. To give the wall initial stability a 50-feet wide bund was created behind it with spoil from site formation works for the nearby Tai Wo Hau multi-storey resettlement blocks.
Reclamation for the Tong Mi Road Extension
221. The dredging of the foundation trench for some 550 feet of sea wall for the Tong Mi Road extension commenced but had to be suspended owing to numerous public objections. The precasting of all the concrete blockwork was however completed.
Reclamation at Peng Chau Island, South
222. This small reclamation of 1,200 square yards, protected by 200 feet of pitched rubble walling, has improved the central waterfront of Peng Chau.
Chi Ma Wan Prison Pier Extension
223. A contract for the extension of the existing pier was let in April and completed in October.
Sok Kwu Wan Pier
224. Work on this pier on Lamma Island commenced in December. By the end of the year all precast work at North Point Depot had been completed and the construction of the causeway and the erection of the temporary staging had started.
Ferry Pier and Sea Wall at Cheung Chau
225. This included sea wall protection of the foreshore and the construction of a new pier to provide two ferry berths with improved protection and facilities for passengers. Work commenced in February.
Pier at Kei Ling Ha Hoi in Tolo Harbour
226. The construction of this pier, measuring 80 feet long by 30 feet wide with a 120-feet long approach, started in November. Owing to the remoteness of this difficult site, the piles were cast at the North Point Depot and transported by barge some 30 miles up the coast, largely through open water. By the end of March, pile driving had been completed and the decking and construction of the approach had started.
Typhoon Shelter at Tsing Yi
227. As the reclamation of the bay at Tsuen Wan has absorbed the natural anchorage for native craft, work started on the formation of an
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