issuing depots at a standard price which remained at $16.50 per cubic yard throughout the year. This year 1.15 Million cubic yards out of the total sales of 1.26 Million came from Mirs Bay near the mainland, opposite Ping Chau Island, the rest coming mainly from stock. Special silica sand for industrial use is also sold at the standard price for direct collection by the purchasers from their own sites in the New Territories. The New Territories Administration charges a fee of $6.00 per cubic yard for small quantities of river or beach sand collected by villagers for village works.
6.68 The six sand issuing depots, one on Hong Kong Island, two in Kowloon and three in the New Territories, were open for business on 351 days during the year. Two temporary storage depots, one at Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island and the other at Sam Ka Tsuen in New Kowloon were cleared and vacated during the year, leaving only one storage depot still in use at Kennedy Town on Hong Kong Island. Major repairs were carried out to the main Kowloon issuing depot. The main Hong Kong Island depot and the two Kowloon depots occupy sites which are required for other development and suitable land is being sought on which to re-locate these depots.
Laboratory
6.69 The establishments operated by the Quarries Section for testing construction materials for Public Works and other Government Departments and for the public include the main laboratory at North Point and three branch laboratories. More sophisticated construction methods requiring more control-testing, together with an expanding programme of works, particularly in the Highways and Civil Engineering Offices, increased the demand for materials-testing and some work had to be directed to other organizations, notably Hong Kong University. Proposals for increasing staff were approved during the year and the recruitment and training is in hand. Additional accommodation at the Farm Road Branch Laboratory in Kowloon was converted and is now being equipped to improve the testing service for works on the Mainland.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
6.70 There was a small number of unfilled vacancies in Professional and Technical staff grades throughout the year.
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issuing depots at a standard price which remained at $16.50 per cubic yard throughout the year. This year 1.15 Million cubic yards out of the total sales of 1.26 Million came from Mirs Bay near the mainland, opposite Ping Chau Island, the rest coming mainly from stock. Special silica sand for industrial use is also sold at the standard price for direct collection by the purchasers from their own sites in the New Territories. The new Territories Administration charges a fee of $6.00 per cubic yard for small quantities of river or beach sand collected by villagers for village works.
6.68 The six sand issuing depots, one on Hong Kong Island, two in Kowloon and three in the New Territories, were open for business on 351 days during the year. Two temporary storage depots, one at Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island and the other at Sam Ka Tsuen in New Kowloon were cleared and vacated during the year, leaving only one storage depot still in use at Kennedy Town on Hong Kong Island. Major repairs were carried out to the main Kowloon issuing depot. The main Hong Kong Island depot and the two Kowloon depots occupy sites which are required for other development and suitable land is being sought on which to re-locate these depots.
Laboratory
6.69 The establishments operated by the Quarries Section for testing construction materials for Public Works and other Govern- ment Departments and for the public include the main laboratory at North Point and three branch laboratories. More sophisticated con- struction methods requiring more control-testing, together with an expanding programme of works, particularly in the Highways and Civil Engineering Offices, increased the demand for materials-testing and some work had to be directed to other organizations, notably Hong Kong University. Proposals for increasing staff were approved during the year and the recruitment and training is in hand. Additional accommodation at the Farm Road Branch Laboratory in Kowloon was converted and is now being equipped to improve the testing service for works on the Mainland.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
6.70
There was a small number of unfilled vacancies in Professional and Technical staff grades throughout the year.
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