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Public Works Department Annual Report 工務司署年報 All AI Reviewed

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INTRODUCTION

1.01. The Colony of Hong Kong has an area of approximately 3981 square miles with an estimated population (at the end of 1966) of 3,785,300. The bulk of this population is concentrated in a very intensively developed area of some 9 square miles covering the northern shore of Hong Kong island, the Kowloon peninsula and New Kowloon from Lei Yue Mun in the east to Lai Chi Kok in the west. Tsuen Wan, in the New Territories, a few miles north-west of Lai Chi Kok is developing rapidly and now has a population approaching 200,000. The frontispiece map shows the extent of these built-up areas.

1.02. P.W.D. Non-recurrent and Recurrent expenditure excluding personal emoluments totalled $572 million compared with $660 million in 1965-66. Expenditure on Public Works Non-recurrent at $480 million showed a drop of $110 million on the previous year. This reduction was caused by many factors including delays to new projects following the June rainstorms and the need to redeploy staff, under-expenditure on Works for the Services, a significant reduction in the prices tendered for Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing contracts and the deferment for administrative or financial reasons of several major building and engineering projects after contract documents had been commenced. Recurrent expenditure was increased considerably by emergency expenditure following the disastrous rainstorm which is referred to in the next paragraph.

1.03. During the night of 11th June there was continuous and fairly heavy rain, which culminated in an exceptional downpour early on Sunday June 12th when the Aberdeen raingauge recorded 6.18 inches of rain between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. and 5.51 inches between 7 and 8 a.m. For the day, 15 inches were recorded at the Royal Observatory. Over 500 landslides and washouts were recorded and though a number of these were relatively minor it was necessary for staff to visit, report and take remedial action on them all. As always when faced with problems of this sort departmental staff, as well as the contractors who were called upon to assist, showed initiative and ingenuity.

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.01. The Colony of Hong Kong has an area of approximately 3981 square miles with an estimated population (at the end of 1966) of 3,785,300. The bulk of this population is concentrated in a very intensively developed area of some 9 square miles covering the northern shore of Hong Kong island, the Kowloon peninsula and New Kowloon from Lei Yue Mun in the east to Lai Chi Kok in the west. Tsuen Wan, in the New Territories, a few miles north-west of Lai Chi Kok is developing rapidly and now has a population approaching 200,000. The frontispiece map shows the extent of these built-up areas. 1.02. P.W.D. Non-recurrent and Recurrent expenditure excluding personal emoluments totalled $572 million compared with $660 million in 1965-66. Expenditure on Public Works Non-recurrent at $480 million showed a drop of $110 million on the previous year. This reduction was caused by many factors including delays to new projects following the June rainstorms and the need to redeploy staff, under-expenditure on Works for the Services, a significant reduction in the prices tendered for Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing contracts and the deferment for administrative or financial reasons of several major building and engineering projects after contract documents had been commenced. Recurrent expenditure was increased considerably by emergency expenditure following the disastrous rainstorm which is referred to in the next paragraph. 1.03. During the night of 11th June there was continuous and fairly heavy rain, which culminated in an exceptional downpour early on Sunday June 12th when the Aberdeen raingauge recorded 6.18 inches of rain between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. and 5.51 inches between 7 and 8 a.m. For the day, 15 inches were recorded at the Royal Observatory. Over 500 landslides and washouts were recorded and though a number of these were relatively minor it was necessary for staff to visit, report and take remedial action on them all. As always when faced with problems of this sort departmental staff, as well as the contractors who were called upon to assist, showed initiative and ingenuity.

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.01. The Colony of Hong Kong has an area of approximately 3981 square miles with an estimated population (at the end of 1966) of 3,785,300. The bulk of this population is concentrated in a very inten- sively developed area of some 9 square miles covering the northern shore of Hong Kong island, the Kowloon peninsula and New Kowloon from Lei Yue Mun in the east to Lai Chi Kok in the west. Tsuen Wan, in the New Territories, a few miles north-west of Lai Chi Kok is developing rapidly and now has a population approaching 200,000. The frontispiece map shows the extent of these built-up areas. 1.02. P.W.D. Non-recurrent and Recurrent expenditure excluding personal emoluments totalled $572 million compared with $660 million in 1965-66. Expenditure on Public Works Non-recurrent at $480 million showed a drop of $110 million on the previous year. This reduction was caused by many factors including delays to new projects following the June rainstorms and the need to redeploy staff, under-expenditure on Works for the Services, a significant reduction in the prices tendered for Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing contracts and the deferment for administrative or financial reasons of several major build- ing and engineering projects after contract documents had been com- menced. Recurrent expenditure was increased considerably by emergency expenditure following the disastrous rainstorm which is referred to in the next paragraph. 1.03. During the night of 11th June there was continuous and fairly heavy rain, which culminated in an exceptional downpour early on Sunday June 12th when the Aberdeen raingauge recorded 6.18 inches of rain between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. and 5.51 inches between 7 and 8 a.m. For the day, 15 inches were recorded at the Royal Observatory. Over 500 landslides and washouts were recorded and though a number of these were relatively minor it was necessary for staff to visit, report and take remedial action on them all. As always when faced with prob- lems of this sort departmental staff, as well as the contractors who were called upon to assist, showed initiative and ingenuity. 1

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GENERAL

INTRODUCTION

1.01. The Colony of Hong Kong has an area of approximately 3981 square miles with an estimated population (at the end of 1966) of 3,785,300. The bulk of this population is concentrated in a very inten- sively developed area of some 9 square miles covering the northern shore of Hong Kong island, the Kowloon peninsula and New Kowloon from Lei Yue Mun in the east to Lai Chi Kok in the west. Tsuen Wan, in the New Territories, a few miles north-west of Lai Chi Kok is developing rapidly and now has a population approaching 200,000. The frontispiece map shows the extent of these built-up areas.

1.02. P.W.D. Non-recurrent and Recurrent expenditure excluding personal emoluments totalled $572 million compared with $660 million in 1965-66. Expenditure on Public Works Non-recurrent at $480 million showed a drop of $110 million on the previous year. This reduction was caused by many factors including delays to new projects following the June rainstorms and the need to redeploy staff, under-expenditure on Works for the Services, a significant reduction in the prices tendered for Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing contracts and the deferment for administrative or financial reasons of several major build- ing and engineering projects after contract documents had been com- menced. Recurrent expenditure was increased considerably by emergency expenditure following the disastrous rainstorm which is referred to in the next paragraph.

1.03. During the night of 11th June there was continuous and fairly heavy rain, which culminated in an exceptional downpour early on Sunday June 12th when the Aberdeen raingauge recorded 6.18 inches of rain between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. and 5.51 inches between 7 and 8 a.m. For the day, 15 inches were recorded at the Royal Observatory. Over 500 landslides and washouts were recorded and though a number of these were relatively minor it was necessary for staff to visit, report and take remedial action on them all. As always when faced with prob- lems of this sort departmental staff, as well as the contractors who were called upon to assist, showed initiative and ingenuity.

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