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heavy rains in May and August, staff attended or inspected more than 600 landslide incidents, giving advice on emergency precautions, remedial works and evacuations. The office continued its involvement in the landslide preventive works programme.

The materials testing laboratories continued to be heavily used, and new equipment was installed to provide a wider range of material testing facilities. In addition, the first regional laboratory was established to provide a centralised testing facility for the works around Tai Po and Fanling, thereby reducing the need for the many, small site laboratories.

Land Development

On Hong Kong Island, reclamation by public dumping continued at Quarry Bay, where about 12 hectares were formed for future road and general urban development. Reclama- tion at Western District continued with about six hectares being formed for future cargo handling areas, roads and industrial sites. At Aberdeen, 1.5 hectares of land were formed for a future road system. Reclamation at Sai Wan Ho, Aldrich Bay and Lei Yue Mun Bay in conjunction with the Mass Transit Railway Island Line commenced, and 6.1 hectares of land were formed.

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In Kowloon, four hectares of land were formed by public dumping as part of the reclamation at Cheung Sha Wan to provide sites for government and industrial use.

In the New Territories, reclamation for the third and final stage of the Tai Po Industrial Estate continued and a further 11 hectares of land were formed for industrial use. Further planning studies were conducted to investigate the feasibility of urban development in the northern part of Lantau Island.

Quarrying

The territory continued to be served by two government quarries and seven contract quarries. Two rock crushing sites were also in operation. The combined output from all sources amounted to 14 million tonnes of aggregate, compared with 15 million tonnes in 1981. Building sand imported from China reached a total of 1.8 million tonnes in 1982, compared with 1.9 million tonnes in 1981.

Port Works

On Hong Kong Island, construction of 1080 metres of seawall at Quarry Bay was completed. At the east side of Aldrich Bay, work on the construction of 210 metres of seawall started, and a further length of 170 metres at the western end of Aldrich Bay was completed. At Sai Wan Ho and Lei Yue Mun Bay, construction of seawall of 1 450 metres and 600 metres respectively, commenced. Also at Sai Wan Ho, construction of two ferry piers started. Construction of 900 metres of seawall with pumphouses in Western District was completed, and work on the construction of 510 metres of seawall at Aberdeen continued. New contracts were let to provide 630 metres of seawall at Ap Lei Chau East and an 80-metre extension to the existing passenger ferry pier at North Point.

In Kowloon, construction of 400 metres of seawall for Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation was completed. New contracts were let for the construction of piers along the new seafront as a reprovisioning of the existing landing facilities at Cheung Sha Wan. A new contract was also let for reclamation works at Stonecutters Island consisting of the construction of 1 230 metres of seawall for the future development of a sewage treatment plant and 170 metres of breakwater to form a typhoon shelter.

In the New Territories, construction of the breakwaters for the new Cheung Chau typhoon shelter and a pier at Tso Wo Hang were completed. Work on the construction of

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