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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1954

Work on the construction of the main Tai Lam Chung dam continued. Contracts were let and work started on various other parts of the scheme including tunnels between Tai Lam Chung and Tsun Wan, the filter house, two service reservoirs, each of ten million gallons capacity, and two of five million gallons and the laying of approximately thirty thousand feet of steel pipes varying in size from 21 inch to 30 inch diameter.

The replacement of old encrusted water mains with new and larger pipes and the extension of supplies to meet new development in urban areas were continued. Limited supplies through stand pipes from existing distribution mains and from stream intakes were pro- vided for a number of resettlement areas for the benefit of victims of squatter fires. The work of reconstructing the defective north wall and roofing over the Albany service reservoir, which was previously uncovered, was completed and the realignment of part of the two 21 inch cross-harbour mains which cross the new central reclamation, and the laying of the new 27 inch diameter steel main from the reclamation to the Garden Service Reservoir were also completed.

The villages of Sai Kung and Shatin in the New Territories were provided with independent supplies from stream intakes and work on a scheme to provide water to Sha Tau Kok was begun. Work was also in hand on a scheme to supply the Island of Cheung Chau which has a population of about 20,000.

Electricity

Electricity on the Island of Hong Kong is supplied by the Hong Kong Electric Company Ltd., distributing an alternating current at 22 Kilowatt and 6,600 volts,

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