1.04. Because of the extremely high rate of demand during the very brief hours of supply there were considerable difficulties in providing an equitable distribution. Meanwhile, the Shek Pik Reservoir was completed and while this added some 50% of the total storage capacity of the Colony's reservoirs this proved of little value owing to the lack of rain. Good progress was also made on the large Plover Cove Water Scheme.
1.05. Another major achievement was the completion of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital which is the largest acute general hospital in the British Commonwealth and is fitted throughout with the most modern equipment available. This hospital now adds its tremendous resources to help in the non-stop war against disease in the Colony. Good progress was made in other new Government Buildings including the Technical College Library and Reading Room, the Queen Mary Hospital extensions and the Police Training School at Aberdeen. Resettlement and Low Cost Housing buildings to house some 116,000 people were also completed.
1.06. Two major site formation schemes for new towns at Kwun Tong in New Kowloon and Kwai Chung in the New Territories proceeded well. Other smaller formation schemes for building in various parts of Hong Kong and Kowloon also continued satisfactorily.
1.07. Spurred on by ever increasing traffic densities, the heavy programme of road reconstruction continued and in addition 8 miles of new roads were built. 59 miles of new drains and sewers were laid and a new Sewer Duplication Section started to investigate the best means of meeting the demand for sewage treatment and disposal in areas which are rapidly developing or redeveloping with population densities reaching as high as the astronomical figure of 6,000 per acre.
1.08. A list of building work carried out for the department by private architects and quantity surveyors is listed at Appendix F. The engineering work done by consultants is listed at Appendix M.
1.09. Revenue collected by the department from land transactions continued at a high level, amounting to $204 million and the value of private building and civil engineering works completed during the year which were supervised by the department under the Buildings Ordinance amounted to $668 million, 81% higher than during the previous record year.
1.10. Mr. A. M. J. WRIGHT left Hong Kong in March on vacation leave and Mr. J. J. ROBSON was appointed Acting Director of Public Works during his absence.
1.04. Because of the extremely high rate of demand during the very brief hours of supply there were considerable difficulties in providing an equitable distribution. Meanwhile, the Shek Pik Reservoir was com- pleted and while this added some 50% of the total storage capacity of the Colony's reservoirs this proved of little value owing to the lack of rain. Good progress was also made on the large Plover Cove Water Scheme.
1.05. Another major achievement was the completion of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital which is the largest acute general hospital in the British Commonwealth and is fitted throughout with the most modern equipment available. This hospital now adds its tremendous resources to help in the non-stop war against disease in the Colony. Good progress was made in other new Government Buildings including the Technical College Library and Reading Room, the Queen Mary Hospital extensions and the Police Training School at Aberdeen. Resettlement · and Low Cost Housing buildings to house some 116,000 people were also completed.
1.06. Two major site formation schemes for new towns at Kwun Tong in New Kowloon and Kwai Chung in the New Territories pro- ceeded well. Other smaller formation schemes for building in various parts of Hong Kong and Kowloon also continued satisfactorily.
1.07. Spurred on by ever increasing traffic densities, the heavy programme of road reconstruction continued and in addition 8 miles of new roads were built. 59 miles of new drains and sewers were laid and a new Sewer Duplication Section started to investigate the best means of meeting the demand for sewage treatment and disposal in areas which are rapidly developing or redeveloping with population densities reach- ing as high as the astronomical figure of 6,000 per acre.
1.08. A list of building work carried out for the department by private architects and quantity surveyors is listed at Appendix F. The engineering work done by consultants is listed at Appendix M.
1.09. Revenue collected by the department from land transactions continued at a high level, amounting to $204 million and the value of private building and civil engineering works completed during the year which were supervised by the department under the Buildings Ordin- ance amounted to $668 million, 81% higher than during the previous record year.
1.10. Mr. A. M. J. WRIGHT left Hong Kong in March on vacation leave and Mr. J. J. ROBSON was appointed Acting Director of Public Works during his absence.
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