station; the podium will also accommodate a multi-storey car park and a bus terminus. An indoor stadium which can accommodate more than 15,000 spectators will also be built above the Terminus. An elevated road network will provide access to the entire complex.
3.26 The main line between Kowloon and Lo Wu is a single railway track. Planning is in hand for widening the track between Kowloon and Sha Tin to a double line except for the section through the Beacon Hill tunnel, remodelling the stations and constructing a spur line to the future race course at Sha Tin. Consideration is also being given to track-widening between Sha Tin and Tai Po Market.
Quarry Development
3.27 The Quarries Section appraises the construction industry's needs for quarry products and building sand and plans the availability of resources to meet these demands. It also plans to uprate the production of the Government quarries to meet the demands of the Civil Engineering and Highways Offices for aggregates and bitumen-coated materials by the introduction of modern quarrying methods and machinery. Attention is also directed to future testing requirements.
Electrical and Mechanical
3.28 Forward planning in the Electrical and Mechanical Office has three basic timescales each corresponding with the type of service concerned. A good deal of the Office's work is contingent on the long-term plans of others so that much planning is concerned with the provision of future services which are adequate, flexible and expeditious.
3.29 The shortest of these timescales is in connection with the compilation of schedules of preventive maintenance and planned overhauls of equipment. These must be kept under constant review in accordance with experience and the operational needs of client departments in order to optimise levels of equipment reliability and availability while preserving cost effectiveness. A considerable amount of work has been done and not only are improvements in each of these areas becoming apparent but greater results are expected in the future.
3.30 A high proportion of the construction work of this Office has to fit in with plans of others which are already well developed and this has a considerable effect on the type of forward planning which can be adopted. In such instances this means providing general in-
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station; the podium will also accommodate a multi-storey car park and a bus terminus. An indoor stadium which can accommodate more than 15,000 spectators will also be built above the Terminus. An elevated road network will provide access to the entire complex.
3.26 The main line between Kowloon and Lo Wu is a single rail- way track. Planning is in hand for widening the track between Kowloon and Sha Tin to a double line except for the section through the Beacon Hill tunnel, remodelling the stations and constructing a spur line to the future race course at Sha Tin. Consideration is also being given to track-widening between Sha Tin and Tai Po Market.
Quarry Development
3.27 The Quarries Section appraises the construction industry's needs for quarry products and building sand and plans the availability of resources to meet these demands. It also plans to uprate the pro- duction of the Government quarries to meet the demands of the Civil Engineering and Highways Offices for aggregates and bitumen-coated materials by the introduction of modern quarrying methods and machinery. Attention is also directed to future testing requirements.
Electrical and Mechanical
3.28 Forward planning in the Electrical and Mechanical Office has three basic timescales each corresponding with the type of service concerned. A good deal of the Office's work is contingent on the long term plans of others so that much planning is concerned with the pro- vision of future services which are adequate, flexible and expeditious.
3.29 The shortest of these timescales is in connection with the com- pilation of schedules of preventive maintenance and planned overhauls of equipment. These must be kept under constant review in accord- ance with experience and the operational needs of client departments in order to optimise levels of equipment reliability and availability while preserving cost effectiveness. A considerable amount of work has been done and not only are improvements in each of these areas becoming apparent but greater results are expected in the future.
3.30 A high proportion of the construction work of this Office has to fit in with plans of others which are already well developed and this has a considerable effect on the type of forward planning which can be adopted. In such instances this means providing general in-
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