Yung Shue Wan Public Pier
8.21. This public pier and the footpath leading to it were completed in November, making berthing facilities available for the ferry service between Lamma Island and Hong Kong Island.
Ping Chau Public Pier
8.22. This small reinforced concrete pier, consisting of a pier head and a catwalk, was completed in October.
North Point and Kowloon City Vehicular Ferry Piers (Consultants)
8.23. The date of commencement of the works was 19th June, 1962, with a contract period of 500 working days.
8.24. The works covered by the contract are, at North Point, a berthing pier, towers for the accommodation of the machinery controlling the loading ramp, a salt-water pumping station in the base of the towers, a building for the electric sub-station and a canteen, a ticket office and a public latrine; and at Kowloon City, a berthing pier, towers for the machinery, a ticket office and a public latrine. 83% of this work has been completed.
SITE FORMATION
Site Formation at Aberdeen Resettlement Estate
8.25. This contract was taken over from the Development Office in October. Earth works and the construction of retaining walls were in progress.
MAINTENANCE AND DREDGING
8.26. General maintenance and repairs were carried out to a number of Government piers, seawalls, breakwaters, markers and light beacons.
8.27. The two departmental dredgers removed a total of 96,500 cubic yards of spoil, mostly from nullahs and sewer outfalls.
8.28. Contract dredging work in Sai O Creek at Kat O Island was completed in July, and a total of 44,350 cubic yards of spoil was removed from the sea bed to provide a typhoon shelter for small junks. At Tsuen Wan 11,200 cubic yards of spoil were dredged from the approaches to the Gulf Oil pier to improve them for tankers carrying water to relieve the Colony shortage.
8.29. Port Works divers carried out underwater inspections of foundations, block work, seawalls, piers and underwater pipelines. A total of 392 hours were spent under water.
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Yung Shue Wan Public Pier
8.21. This public pier and the footpath leading to it were completed in November, making berthing facilities available for the ferry service between Lamma Island and Hong Kong Island.
Ping Chau Public Pier
8.22. This small reinforced concrete pier, consisting of a pier head and a catwalk, was completed in October.
North Point and Kowloon City Vehicular Ferry Piers (Consultants)
8.23. The date of commencement of the works was 19th June, 1962, with a contract period of 500 working days.
8.24. The works covered by the contract are, at North Point, a berthing pier, towers for the accommodation of the machinery controlling the loading ramp, a salt-water pumping station in the base of the towers, a building for the electric sub-station and a canteen, a ticket office and a public latrine; and at Kowloon City, a berthing pier, towers for the machinery, a ticket office and a public latrine. 83% of this work has been completed.
SITE FORMATION
Site Formation at Aberdeen Resettlement Estate
8.25. This contract was taken over from the Development Office in October. Earth works and the construction of retaining walls were in
progress.
MAINTENANCE AND DREDGING
8.26. General maintenance and repairs were carried out to a number of Government piers, seawalls, breakwaters, markers and light beacons. 8.27. The two departmental dredgers removed a total of 96,500 cubic yards of spoil, mostly from nullahs and sewer outfalls.
8.28. Contract dredging work in Sai O Creek at Kat O Island was completed in July, and a total of 44,350 cubic yards of spoil was removed from the sea bed to provide a typhoon shelter for small junks. At Tsuen Wan 11,200 cubic yards of spoil were dredged from the approaches to the Gulf Oil to pier to improve them for tankers carrying water to relieve to Colony shortage.
8.29. Port Works divers carried out underwater inspections of foundations, block work, seawalls, piers and underwater pipelines. A total of 392 hours were spent under water.
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