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completed. This pier will be used by Marine Police launches super- vising Aberdeen harbour and neighbouring congested waters. On the east side of Hong Kong Island, filling by public dumping in the major reclamation scheme at Chai Wan continued. About 65 acres have been reclaimed out of a total of 171 acres. Two contracts were let for the first section of seawall fronting the reclamation.

Construction of the Colony's first refuse disposal incinerator continued at Kennedy Town on Hong Kong Island, although some delays were experienced. The completed incinerator will consist of four units each with a capacity of 250 tons a day. Waste heat will be used to generate electricity and steam for an adjacent abattoir. Work continued on a pumphouse nearby, which will provide a cooling system for the incinerator and a salt water flushing supply for the western district. Construction started on a reinforced con- crete pier for cattle landing at the Kennedy Town abattoir adjoin- ing the incinerator, and a contract was let for an extension of the seawall and reclamation to the west of the incinerator. This reclamation, totalling about 34 acres, will provide land for a new sand depot to serve the western district. A further reclamation at Sandy Bay on the south-western side of the Island continued. -

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In Kowloon, foundation work on a seawall and breakwater at Sam Ka Tsuen was completed and construction of a 1,700-foot seawall and a 500-foot breakwater progressed well. Reclamation behind the seawall will provide about 19 acres for light industrial development and the breakwater will provide a sheltered anchorage for small craft. In Kowloon Bay, to the north-east of Kai Tak runway, progress continued on a 3,100-foot seawall. It will retain about 68 acres of reclaimed land. At Hung Hom the final stage of seawall neared completion. The total length of seawall in the project is 4,000 feet and the land thus reclaimed is planned for use in the construction of a new railway station and marshalling yards to replace the present facilities at Tsim Sha Tsui. The new land will also provide the Kowloon access to the cross-harbour tunnel.

At Cheung Sha Wan, on the west side of Kowloon peninsula, a start was made on a further section of the seawall enclosing the reclamation there. A contract was let and work started on a new salt water pumphouse on the side of Kai Tak runway to serve air conditioning plant at the airport. Work also started on the