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work or planning or preparatory work was in hand, or construction work was about to start, on several estates which, when completed, will house a further 226,700 people.

Many varied and interesting projects were completed during the year. The most notable on Hong Kong Island were the alterations and improvements at Old North- cote Training College, the reprovisioning of the mortuary, virus laboratory and clinical pathology service at Queen Mary Hospital; a pharmaceutical manufactory at the Central Medical Stores, North Point; the third stage of the new police head- quarters, a police station at Shing Wo Road, a sub-divisional police station at Chai Wan and a market at Shek Tong Tsui.

Among the many buildings completed in Kowloon were the third stage of the modifications to the terminal buildings at Hong Kong International Airport; the additions and alterations to Grantham College of Education; a fire station at Yau Tong; the first stage of reprovisioning the Department of the Environment property at the airport; a clinic and maternity home at Tsz Wan Shan; sub-divisional police stations at Tsz Wan Shan and Ngau Tau Kok, and a market at Wong Tai Sin.

Work completed in the New Territories included a secondary school at Shatin, the conversion of the primary school at Sha Tau Kok, an out-patient clinic and major alterations at the St John Hospital, Cheung Chau, and a health office and staff quarters at Cheung Sha. The year also saw the completion of the reprovisioning of the clinic at Sha Tau Kok, departmental quarters for senior staff at Tsuen Wan, new village houses for Ham Tin and the first stage of Hoi Pa villages in Tsuen Wan, and departmental quarters at Tai Po.

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Projects under way at the end of the year included the apron services complex at the airport; a College of Education at Piper's Hill; technical institutes at Kwun Tong and Kwai Chung; an ambulance depot at Mount Davis; a training school for the Preventive Service; the new Princess Margaret Hospital and staff quarters; a police station at Stanley and a police district headquarters in Kowloon; and a new driving school for the Royal Hong Kong Police. Also under construction were a new prison and a maximum security training centre, both at Pik Uk; a detention centre for young offenders on Lantau; departmental quarters for the Immigration Depart- ment; a community centre at Chai Wan; a swimming pool at Kennedy Town and a swimming pool and park at Tsuen Wan; and the rehousing associated with the High Island water scheme. Several playgrounds, amenity areas, latrines, hawker bazaars and floodlighting schemes were also in hand.

At the end of the year design, or working drawings or contract documents were in preparation for more than 200 projects, including the fourth stage of the modifica- tions to terminal buildings at Hong Kong International Airport; secondary technical school at Kwai Fong; a new Fire Services headquarters and principal fire station on Hong Kong Island; fire stations at Wong Tai Sin and Chung Hom Kok; the second stage of a multi-storey car park at Yau Ma Tei; two office buildings, one with an associated car park, at Wan Chai; a Judiciary building at Gascoigne Road; a medical specialists' clinic on Hong Kong Island; a police divisional headquarters building on the island; divisional headquarters and police station buildings at Kwai Chung and