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PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES

Fanling; new police district headquarters at Fanling; and a divisional police station at Cheung Sha Wan.

Also in the planning or pre-contract stages were the new General Post Office and the new international mail centre, the Prison Department's 'half-way house' pre-release centre in the Beacon Hill area of Kowloon, a public park and swimming pool at Tai Wan, and several recreation grounds, beach buildings, markets and off- street refuse collection centres. Design work was also in hand for an outdoor stadium at Ho Man Tin.

The Hung Hom development complex, which includes the new railway terminal building, a multi-storey car park for 900 cars and an indoor stadium for 15,000 spectators, was under construction.

Drainage and Pollution Projects

All the urban areas and the newly developing townships have been provided with a water-borne sewerage system to convey sewage, separately from stormwater, to suitable locations for treatment and disposal. There are, however, still some pre- war buildings in urban areas and buildings in rural areas which are not yet connected to public sewers. Building developments continued to be kept under surveillance so that hydraulic conditions of existing sewerage systems are constantly reviewed and suitable arrangements made to ensure that the capacity of the systems is not exceeded. Accordingly, new sewers were laid in Lai Chi Kok, Yau Ma Tei, Wan Chai and North Point.

Sewage in Hong Kong is generally discharged into the harbour through submarine outfalls, after being screened. A sewage screening plant in Lai Chi Kok was completed and a new submarine outfall off Wan Chai reclamation was being constructed. The investigation by consultants into the best method for treating and disposing of sewage from North West Kowloon, extending from Lai Chi Kok to Yau Ma Tei, was in an advanced stage.

Sewerage and sewage disposal systems are also being constructed in the new towns being developed in the New Territories. A sewage screening plant and pumping station in Tuen Mun New Town started operation. The construction of the Shek Wu Hui pilot sewage treatment was near completion. Consulting engineers were assigned to undertake a feasibility study on the requirement of a permanent sewage treatment works at Shatin. Design of a temporary sewage treatment works at Shatin to cater for the initial stage of development was completed.

Monitoring of water quality in Victoria Harbour and Tolo Harbour was started to obtain long-term data for the design of new facilities for sewage treatment and disposal, and to establish pollution levels and trends. A study on stream pollution in the New Territories was near completion.

Consulting engineers were being assigned to design and construct works for the training of the Lower Lam Tsuen River, New Territories. River training works at Shatin and Staunton Creek in Aberdeen continued. Works were also in progress for the extension of an arterial drain in the Kai Tak area.