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acres being reclaimed and a similar area partially filled. Work was started on the construction of breakwaters in the southern entrance to Aberdeen Channel to make a typhoon shelter, some of the rock being supplied from the site development work on Ap Lei Chau Island for Hongkong Electric Company's new power station. On the east side of Hong Kong Island at Chai Wan, filling by public dumping in the major reclamation scheme continued very slowly. The first section of seawall fronting the reclamation was completed. The site for the proposed incinerator at Chai Wan, the second on Hong Kong Island, has been filled. Schemes were prepared for the construction of a breakwater to form a typhoon shelter in Aldrich Bay and for a reclamation round the shores of the bay to provide land for a ferry pier and for development in the area. A site development scheme for Shau Kei Wan was prepared.

The first step towards the ultimate closure of the refuse dump at Gin Drinkers' Bay was achieved by the commissioning of the new incinerator plant at Kennedy Town. This plant, which has an installed capacity of 1,000 tons per day, should be adequate to deal with the output of refuse on the Island for several years to come. A similar plant to handle Kowloon refuse is under construc- tion and scheduled for completion in late 1967. Adjacent to the Kennedy Town incinerator, a reinforced concrete pier was con- structed for cattle landing at the abattoir, while to the west of the incinerator a short length of seawall and a reclamation of about 3.5 acres were completed. In this reclamation a pumphouse was built which will supply cooling water to the incinerator and a salt water flushing supply to Western District.

In Kowloon a combined project to provide the Colony's second refuse incinerator and a pilot mechanized composting plant were under construction at Lai Chi Kok. On completion this project will consist of four units of furnaces with a total incinerating capacity of 1,000 tons a day and a single compostor capable of producing 30 tons of compost every fifth day. The building structure was erected and the installation of the plant commenced. At Cheung Sha Wan, the 500-foot seawall forming the frontage to the reclamation at its west end was completed and a contract was let for construction of the 800-foot seawall that will complete enclosure of this reclamation. Work continued on the construction