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PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES

supply of filling material from public dumping improved over the year and, together with the filling material from two site formation projects in the Tin Hau Temple Road area, enabled good progress to be maintained on this reclamation. The area formed is required for the construction of the new waterfront road.

At Aldrich Bay, the construction of a breakwater progressed well. The dredging for its foundation was completed and the depositing of the foundation material commenced. The two break- waters constructed in the southern entrance to Aberdeen Channel to form a typhoon shelter, were completed.

A new spring fendering system was provided at Queen's Pier in the Central reclamation to allow for the berthing of larger craft and to minimize the cost of maintenance.

In Kowloon, work continued on the construction of a salt water pumping station at the northern breakwater, ex-naval camber, Yau Ma Tei. This pumping station will serve as the main supply to the South Kowloon flushing system and the air-conditioning plant of the Yau Ma Tei government offices. The marine structures of the new government dockyard at Yau Ma Tei, including three slipways and a concrete pier, were completed while the installation of the necessary machinery continued.

The Tai Wan seawall which will form the frontage of a water- works pumping station site and an open area for recreational purposes was completed and reclamation behind it was under way. In Kowloon Bay, another '1,250 feet of seawall was completed which will retain a further 50 acres of reclaimed land for storage and light industrial development.

At Lai Chi Kok, the building and civil engineering works for the Lai Chi Kok incinerator were completed including a refuse collection pier and a salt water pump house. As part of the overall project, the construction of a turbo-alternator house continued. Planning for a second incinerator plant in the same area was also undertaken.

In the New Territories at Pillar Island, Kwai Chung, work started on the construction of a seawall and the formation of a site for sewage works.