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Kowloon-Canton Railway were also completed. The terminus was inspected by the Queen during her visit in May.

Work completed in the New Territories included a new prison and a maximum security training centre at Pik Uk, a technical institute at Kwai Chung, a broadcasting studio to serve the Gurkhas in Hong Kong, a physical and recreation centre at Gallipoli Barracks, and the second stage of the Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Polyclinic.

Projects under construction at the end of the year included the new General Post Office, modifications of the airport terminal building at Kai Tak, a swimming pool complex at Aberdeen, a refractory block at Stanley Prison, the first stage of the Kowloon East Polyclinic, and the China mail section of the international mail centre at Hung Hom. Also under construction were a technical institute at Cheung Sha Wan, two additional blocks for the rehousing of villagers at Sai Kung in connection with the High Island Water Scheme, reprovisioning work associated with the Sham Tseng viaduct including 18 village-type houses and a new block for the Emmanuel School, a communications block forming the second stage of the new Kowloon District Police Headquarters, a divisional headquarters and police station at Kwai Chung, a market at Mong Kok, alterations and additions at Castle Peak Hospital, and the site formation for the second mental hospital at Lai Chi Kok. Several playgrounds, amenity areas, hawker bazaars, floodlighting schemes and other works were also in hand.

At the end of the year, working drawings, design or contract documents were in preparation for more than 200 projects. They included the cultural complex, with a planetarium, concert hall, theatre, museum, art gallery, restaurants, and garden areas. The complex is to be located at Tsim Sha Tsui on the site of the old railway station and tracks, the Kowloon-Canton Railway terminus having moved to Hung Hom. Also among new projects were further building modifications at the airport, secondary technical schools at Ha Kwai Chung and Kwai Shing, a technical institute at San Po Kong, a diving and a teaching pool at Victoria Park, a crematorium and columbarium at Tsuen Wan, and four major recreation grounds in the Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung area. Other projects in the planning or pre-contract stages were fire stations on Tsing Yi Island and at Lei Muk Shue, an ambulance depot at Kwai Chung, and divisional or sub-divisional police stations at Cheung Sha Wan, Sha Tin and Sheung Kwai Chung. Design work was also in hand for the superstructure of the indoor stadium which will form part of the new railway terminus complex at Hung Hom. This stadium will be capable of seating 15,000 spectators.

Maintenance work on buildings continued to expand throughout the year and construction of buildings for the Property Services Agency of the Department of the Environment progressed satisfactorily. Private architects, quantity surveyors and consultant engineers continued to assist in the public building programme.

Land Development

In Kowloon, development of land for residential, commercial, and community uses and for road construction included about 1.3 hectares of terraced sites at Pak Tin; 1.8 hectares at the Tai Wo Ping area of Lung Cheung Road; and 16 hectares at the Clear Water Bay Road development. At this last development, road construction