Government Quarries
6.60
Both Diamond Hill Quarry in Kowloon and Mount Butler Quarry on Hong Kong Island are operated by directly employed labour to produce crushed stones and bituminous materials for road works, and aggregates for making concrete for ...D. Diamond Hill Quarry also has a plant for the production of ready-mixed concrete used mostly as lean concrete in road works.
6.61
Production rose fractionally at Diamond Hill Quarry but fell at Mount Butler Quarry. There was an increase in the production of bituminous materials for road works from both quarries; demand from Diamond Hill Quarry continued to exceed production and an order was placed for the purchase and installation of a new asphalt mixing plant.
6.62
In accordance with plans for the modernisation and development of the quarries, orders were placed during the year for additional items of plant and equipment.
Private Quarries
6.63
Production from the six private quarries operated under contract was slightly less than last year. Production continued to be substantially supplemented by ancillary crushing plants processing the stone extracted in levelling development sites.
6.64
In accordance with plans to replace small quarries, held on short-term licences, with quarries held on long-term Government contracts and operated on a large scale, tenders were called and a contract signed for the right to quarry stone at Anderson Road Area No. 3 for a ten-year period.
The three quarries still operating on short-term Crown Land Licences at Anderson Road were closed.
At the end of 1973/74 two quarries remained on licence.
Sand Monopoly
6.65 The Sand Monopoly operates to protect beaches and river banks by regulating the collection and sale of natural sand. Most of the sand used in building is dredged from the seabed by a contractor operating under a Government contract and delivered to depots for subsequent sale by Government to the public at a standard price. Due to the increasing cost of the sand contract the standard price for sand was raised from $16.50 per cubic yard to $23.50 per cubic yard with effect from 21st September 1973 and to $26.00 per cubic yard with effect from 18th January 1974.
6.66
Sand for building purposes is only in exceptional cases taken from waters adjacent to the coastline of Hong Kong and then only from carefully selected sites.
To supply the large quantities of sand to meet Colony-wide demand the sand contractor has therefore to dredge sand from deposits in coastal waters not adjacent to the Hong Kong coastline under special arrangements made with the appropriate Chinese Authorities. This year 1,057,350 cubic yards out of total sales of 1,075,175 cubic yards were dredged from Mirs Bay near the mainland opposite Ping Chau Island, the rest coming 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 amount used in this way continued to decline. The New
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Government Quarries
6.60
Both Diamond Hill Quarry in Kowloon and Mount Butler Quarry on Hong Xong Island are operated by directly employed labour to produce crushed stones and bituminous materials for road works, and aggregates for making concrete for ..D. Diamond Hill Quarry also has a plant for the production of ready-mixed concrete used mostly as lean concrete in road works.
6.61
Production rose fractionally at Diamond Hill Quarry but fell at Mount Butler Quarry. There was an increase in the production of bituminous materials for road works from both quarries; demand from Diamond Hill Quarry continued to exceed production and an order was placed for the purchase and installation of a new asphalt mixing plant.
6.62
In accordance with plans for the modernisation and development of the quarries, orders were placed during the year for additional items of plant and equipment.
Private Quarries
6.63
Production from the six private quarries operated under contract was slightly less than last year. Production continued to be substantially supplemented by ancillary crushing plants processing the stone extracted in levelling development sites.
6.64
In accordance with plans to replace small quarries, held on short-term licences, with quarries held on long-term Government contracts and operated on a large scale, tenders were called and a contract signed for the right to quarry stone at Anderson Road Area No. 3 for a ten-year period.
The three quarries still operating on short-term Crown Land Licences at Anderson Road were closed.
At the end of 1973/74 two quarries remained on licence.
Sand Monopoly
6.65 The Sand Monopoly operates to protect beaches and river banks by regulating the collection and sale of natural sand. Most of the sand used in building is dredged from the seabed by a contractor operating under a Govern- ment contract and delivered to depots for subsequent sale by Government to the public at a standard price. Due to the increasing cost of the sand contract the standard price for sand was raised from $16.50 per cubic yard to $23.50 per cubic yard with effect from 21st September 1973 and to $26.00 per cubic yeard with effect from 18th January 1974.
6.66
Sand for building purposes is only in exceptional cases taken from waters adjacent to the coastline of Hong Kong and then only from carefully selected sites.
To supply the large quantities of sand to meet Colony-wide demand the sand contractor has therefore to dredge sand from deposits in coastal waters not adjacent to the Hong Kong coastline under special arrange- ments made with the appropriate Chinese Authorities. This year 1,057,350 cubic yards out of total sales of 1,075,175 cubic yards were dredged from Mirs Bay near the mainland opposite Ping Chau Island, the rest coming 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 amount used in this way continued to decline. The New
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