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PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES

Port Works

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On Hong Kong Island 410 feet of seawall was completed at Aldrich Bay to retain a reclamation which will provide sites for boatyards, and work started on a further 760 feet of seawall and rubble mound protection for a similar purpose at Ah Kung Ngam, just outside Aldrich Bay. At Chai Wan 1,500 feet of seawall was completed and work on a further 1,700 feet started which, when finished, will provide protection for a works site for the mass transit railway scheme. Work continued on the fifth and final stage of the Central reclamation scheme and on the berth at Kennedy Town for larger craft which bring fruit and vegetables from China.

In Kowloon, work was completed on the Ma Tau Kok public pier, the Kwun Tong passenger ferry pier, and four dolphins which comprise the first stage of a project to provide fairway marks and typhoon moorings within Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter. Work continued on the breakwaters for the Kowloon Bay typhoon shelter and cargo-handling basin and also on the seawall and reclamation for the extension of Tong Mi Road. Work started on a further 1,100 feet of seawall to permit the next stage of the reclamation of Kowloon Bay to proceed. At Sham Shui Po work began on 1,200 feet of seawall and reclamation to provide land for a ferry concourse and for the West Kowloon corridor road project.

In the New Territories, a road and flyover to the Kwai Chung Container Terminal were completed, and the dredging giving sea access to the terminal, including the dredging of a 1,100-foot channel past the wrecked Seawise University, was also finished. Other works completed in the New Territories were seawalls fronting the reclamation for the Kwai Chung incinerator and the reclamation east of Sai Kung Town; the extension of the pier at Sam Mun Tsai New Village; new public piers at Sha Lo Wan on Lantau and at Sai Wan on Cheung Chau; covers for the public piers at Tsing Yi and Yung Shue Wan; mooring facilities for police craft in Deep Bay and a slipway for the detained craft area on Tsing Yi Island. Navigation beacons were constructed at Yin Pai in Port Shelter and on the Kai Fong Pier at the 13 milestone Castle Peak Road.

Land Development

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At Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan progress was made in the reclamation of 27.5 acres of land comprising 19.5 acres at Kowloon Bay for public roads and industrial development and eight acres at Gin Drinkers Bay for industrial purposes.

In Kowloon, development of land for housing, schools, government, commercial and community uses included about 10.5 acres of terraced sites at Ho Man Tin, 4.5 acres at Pak Tin and 16 acres at Shun Lee Tsuen. At Kai Tak, 12 acres of land were formed for the extension of airport facilities. Also some 51 acres of terraced sites were formed at various borrow areas of the runway extension.

On Hong Kong Island, reclamation continued with the formation of 7.6 acres of land at Chai Wan, 1.9 acres at Sandy Bay and 1.3 acres in Central. At Hing Wah and Ap Lei Chau 0.9 acre and 2.7 acres of terraced sites were formed for government housing estates. A total of 17.5 acres of land was reclaimed at Sai Kung in the New Territories.

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