Kowloon-Canton Railway
Hung Hom Development
6.56 The second part of the podium on which will stand the proposed indoor stadium was completed, as were the station building, multi-storey car park and all ancillary buildings. The new terminus was opened to traffic in November 1975.
6.57 Approximately $29.7 million was spent on this project during the year.
Track Widening
6.58 Work was started on the section between Kowloon and Sha Tin, and progressed well.
6.59 Planning work was continued for doubling the line between Sha Tin and Tai Po Market, for remodelling Mong Kok, Sha Tin and University Stations and for the construction of a branch line to a station at the proposed race course at Ho Tung Lau, Sha Tin.
QUARRIES SECTION
Senior Engineer: R.H. PILLING, C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
General
6.60 Operation of the two Government quarries, administration of contract quarries, collection and sale of sand, control of site crushing operations, advising on quarrying and the removal of dangerous boulders and the operation of the P.W.D. materials testing laboratories all fall within the scope of the Quarries Section which is directly responsible to the Principal Government Civil Engineer. Details of production, sales, laboratory tests and revenue are given in Appendix S.
Government Quarries
6.61 Granite aggregates, bituminous materials and ready-mixed concrete are produced in the two Government quarries at Diamond Hill in Kowloon and Mount Butler on Hong Kong Island.
6.62 Production of aggregates in the quarries showed a marked decline during the year, due largely to reduced demand because of cut-backs in Government capital expenditure and to a prolonged plant shut-down at Mount Butler for the installation of new equipment. Road maintenance, however, went on apace, resulting in an increase in the sale of bituminous materials, made possible in part by the commissioning of a new mixing plant at Diamond Hill.
6.63 Modernisation continued with the construction of new haulage roads at both quarries and the installation of new crushing and screening plant at Mount Butler, all of which were nearing completion at the end of the year.
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Kowloon-Canton Railway
Hung Hom Development
6.56 The second part of the podium on which will stand the proposed indoor stadium was completed, as were the station building, multi-storey car park and all ancillary buildings. The new terminus was opened to traffic in November 1975.
6.57
year.
Approximately $29.7 million was spent on this project during the
Track Widening
6.58
Hung Hom to Tai Po Market
Work was started on the section between Kowloon and Sha Tin, and progressed well.
6.59
Planning work was continued for doubling the line between Sha Tin and Tai Po Market, for remodelling Mong Kok, Sha Tin and University Stations and for the construction of a branch line to a station at the proposed race course at Ho Tung Lau, Sha Tin.
QUARRIES SECTION
Senior Engineer:
R.H. PILLING, C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
General
6.60
Operation of the two Government quarries, administration of contract quarries, collection and sale of sand, control of site crushing operations, advising on quarrying and the removal of dangerous boulders and the operation of the P.W.D. materials testing laboratories all fall within the scope of the Quarries Section which is directly responsible to the Principal Government Civil Engineer. Details of production, sales, laboratory tests and revenue are given in Appendix S.
Government Quarries
6.61
Granite aggregates, bituminous materials and ready-mixed concrete are produced in the two Government quarries at Diamond Hill in Kowloon and Mount Butler on Hong Kong Island.
6.62 Production of aggregates in the quarries showed a marked decline during the year, due largely to reduced demand because of cut-backs in Government capital expenditure and to a prolonged plant shut-down at Mount Butler for the installation of new equipment. Road maintenance, however, went on apace, resulting in an increase in the sale of bituminous materials, made possible in part by the commissioning of a new mixing plant at Diamond
Hill.
6.63 Modernisation continued with the construction of new haulage roads at both quarries and the installation of new crushing and screening plant at Mount Butler, all of which were nearing completion at the end of the year.
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