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At Hung Hom the initial reclamation of 80 acres was completed, and a further 31 acres is to be reclaimed when the sea wall, now under construction, is finished. This recla- mation will be developed mainly as a residential area with sites for schools and community use. On its frontage will also be sited a second vehicular-ferry pier for a service to North Point. Over one million cubic yards of earth and rock have already been dumped. A further one million cubic yards of filling will be required to complete the reclamation, the majority of which will be obtained by dumping soil from various public and private building sites in Kowloon.

Fifty-four acres of reclaimed land at Kwun Tong New Town on the east side of Kowloon Bay is being developed as an industrial area, and over 90% of the factory sites have already been sold. The levelling of the adjacent foothills was commenced during the year. On completion of this work an additional 70 acres will become available for housing, commercial and community use. The levelling of these foothills will also produce over a million cubic yards of spoil as filling for a further 25 acres of reclamation for industrial sites.

The progressive reclamation of land from the sea along the central section of the City of Victoria's waterfront recom- menced with the construction of the foundations to a sea wall which, when completed, will enclose a strip of land 250 feet wide and 1,000 feet long. The sea wall will provide berths for the Macau ferries; the reclaimed land will provide sites for commercial and Government offices, as well as for the widening of Connaught Road Central to a width in keeping with present-day traffic needs.

In the New Territories, the construction of piers at Kat O and Tap Mun islands, the cost of which is being met partly from Colonial Development and Welfare funds, was nearing completion, and approval was obtained for the con- struction of a new pier at Chi Ma Wan Prison on Lantao. Yet a fourth pier, incorporated in the new sea-wall bounding