North Point and Kowloon City Vehicular Ferry Pier
4.38. The construction of these two piers was completed and the new eastern Vehicular Ferry Service between North Point and Kowloon City commenced in January.
Kennedy Town Incinerator Plant
4.39. Piling was completed, and civil engineering on the substructure including the loading quay and the two 200-ft. chimneys progressed. A contract was let for the erection of the steel superstructure.
Site formation at Aberdeen Resettlement Estate
4.40. Formation work continued on this site which on completion will provide 15 acres of land for resettlement buildings. Some difficulty was encountered in blasting work which required extreme care to avoid damaging nearby buildings.
Maintenance and Dredging
4.41. General maintenance and repairs were carried out to a number of Government piers, seawalls, breakwaters, markers and light beacons. The two departmental dredgers removed a total of 113,500 cubic yards of spoil, mostly from nullahs and sewer outfalls. Contract dredging, apart from that connected with seawall foundations, was carried out at Tai O Creek to improve the natural anchorage there. Divers of the Division carried out underwater inspections of foundations, blockwork, seawalls, piers, pumphouses and pipe lines. A total of 396 hours were spent under water.
Minor Works
4.42.
Minor works and miscellaneous duties included:
(1) Checking of calculations and drawings for marine structures submitted by private architects under the Buildings Ordinance.
(2) The construction at Tsim Bei Tsui of a 350-foot walk-way and a 250 feet long catwalk and pier head for the use of the crews of Marine Police launches.
(3) The construction of navigation beacons at Bush Reef, Loo Foo Fat, Fung Wong Fat and Gau Tau for the Marine Department.
(4) The removal of underwater obstructions from the approaches to Peng Chau Pier in Mirs Bay, Hung Hom and Sam Ka Tsuen.
(5) The removal of 850 cubic yards of boulders from the beach at Big Wave Bay for the Urban Services Department.
(6) The collection of automatic tide gauge records from North Point, Chi Ma Wan and Tai Po and the preparation of abstracts of high and low tides throughout the year, together with computation of the mean sea level.
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North Point and Kowloon City Vehicular Ferry Pier
4.38. The construction of these two piers was completed and the new eastern Vehicular Ferry Service between North Point and Kowloon City commenced in January.
Kennedy Town Incinerator Plant
4.39. Piling was completed, and civil engineering on the substructure including the loading quay and the two 200-ft. chimneys progressed A contract was let for the erection of the steel superstructure.
Site formation at Aberdeen Resettlement Estate
4.40. Formation work continued on this site which on completion will provide 15 acres of land for resettlement buildings. Some difficulty was encountered in blasting work which required extreme care to avoid damaging nearby buildings.
Maintenance and Dredging
4.41. General maintenance and repairs were carried out to a number of Government piers, seawalls, breakwaters, markers and light beacons. The two departmental dredgers removed a total of 113,500 cubic yards of spoil, mostly from nullahs and sewer outfalls. Contract dredging, apart from that connected with seawall foundations, was carried out at Tai O Creek to improve the natural anchorage there. Divers of the Division carried out underwater inspections of foundations, blockwork, seawalls, piers, pumphouses and pipe lines. A total of 396 hours were spent under
water.
Minor Works
4.42.
Minor works and miscellaneous duties included:
(1) Checking of calculations and drawings for marine structures submitted
by private architects under the Buildings Ordinance.
(2) The construction at Tsim Bei Tsui of a 350 foot walk-way and a 250 feet long catwalk and pier head for the use of the crews of Marine Police launches. (3) The construction of navigation beacons at Bush Reef, Loo Foo Fat, Fung
Wong Fat and Gau Tau for the Marine Department.
(4) The removal of underwater obstructions from the approaches to Peng
Chau Pier in Mirs Bay, Hung Hom and Sam Ka Tsuen.
(5) The removal of 850 cubic yards of boulders from the beach at Big Wave
Bay for the Urban Services Department.
(6) The collection of automatic tide gauge records from North Point, Chi Ma Wan and Tai Po and the preparation of abstracts of high and low tides throughout the year, together with computation of the mean sea level.
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