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ANNUAL

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1964-65

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DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

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HONG KONG

ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORT

BY THE

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

A. M. J. WRIGHT, A.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.C.S.

FOR THE

FINANCIAL YEAR 1964-65

Printed and Published by S. Young, Government Printer at the Government Press, Java Road, Hong KonⱭ

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EXCHANGE RATES

When dollars are quoted in this Report, they are, unless otherwise stated, Hong Kong dollars. The official rate for conversion to pound sterling is HK$16 £1 (HK$1=1s. 3d.). The official rate for conversion to U.S. dollars is HK$5.714=US$1 (based on £1=US$2.80).

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1. GENERAL

Introduction

Organization

Staff

CONTENTS

Training

Visitors during the year

2. ARCHITECtural Office

General

Architectural Divisions Quantity Surveying Division Structural Engineering Division Building Services Division. New Works

Educational Buildings .

Fire Services Buildings.

General Government Buildings

Government Low Cost Housing.

Medical Buildings

New Territories Administration Buildings

Police Buildings .

Post Office Buildings

Prisons Department Buildings

Resettlement Buildings

Social Welfare Buildings

Urban Services and Public Buildings

Air-Conditioning of Government Buildings. Maintenance Division.

Grant-in-Aid and Subsidized Schools.

Private Architects and Quantity Surveyors

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3. BUILDINGS Ordinance Office

General

General Divisions

Dangerous Buildings Division

4. CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE

General

Development Division.

Port Works Division

Roads and Drainage Divisions Traffic Engineering Division

5. CROWN Lands and Survey OfficE

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6. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE

General

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New Projects and Design

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Workshops

(a) Electrical Section

(b) Mechanical Section

7. WATERWORKS OFFICE

General

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Planning and Hydrology

Staff Welfare and Social Activities

8. EXPENDIture and Revenue

9. Staff Welfare

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10. APPRECIATION

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11. APPENDICES

A. Comparative Table of Departmental Expenditure, 1960-61

to 1964-65.

B. Diagram of proportionate Non-recurrent Expenditure 1964-65.

C. Comparative Table of value of Contracts let for Capital Works,

1960-61 to 1964-65.

D. Occupants of Senior Duty Posts.

E. Number and grade of Staff for the Year ending 31st March,

1965.

F. Rates of pay for Artisans, Labourers and Apprentices.

G. Architectural Office: Private Architects and Quantity

Surveyors.

H. Architectural Office: Work completed during 1964-65.

I. Buildings Ordinance Office: Approval of Plans.

J. Crown Lands and Survey Office: Statistics of Premia

received from Land Transactions in the Urban Area.

K. Crown Lands and Survey Office: Major Planning Schemes.

L. Schedule of Plant and Equipment Maintained by Electrical

and Mechanical Office.

M. List of Projects undertaken by Engineering Consultants.

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GENERAL

INTRODUCTION

       1.01. Development in both the private and Government sectors con- tinued to expand, and though there was some slowing down in the rate of increase, expenditure on private building works amounted to $827 million compared with $668 million the previous year. Public Works De- partment expenditure, excluding personal emoluments, totalled $544 million compared with $538 million in 1963-64. However, in 1963-64 some $50 million was spent on the Water Emergency-mostly on the chartering of tankers. In 1964-65 expenditure in this account was about $16 million.

1.02. There was some slowing down in the private sector towards the end of the year as a result of the Building (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance, 1964 which was passed in September, 1964 and gave the Building Authority the power to prohibit building works which could not be undertaken with- out endangering the stability of other buildings. By the end of 1964 develop- ment proposals on 283 sites had been affected by this new legislation and the effect on private development was serious.

      1.03. In September, 1964 His Excellency the Governor appointed the Director of Public Works to be Chairman of a Working Party to 'in- vestigate and report on the problems involved in slum clearance in the urban areas'. In December the terms of reference of the Working Party were extended to give priority to examining the effects on the redevelop- ment of building sites in the urban areas of the Building (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance, referred to above.

      1.04. The drought conditions of the previous year prevailed until the advent of Typhoon Viola on 27th May, 1964 which brought sufficient rain to permit the ending of the restricted supply of 4 hours every fourth day, which was first imposed on 1st June, 1963.

1.05. On 27th April, 1964 an agreement was signed with the Peoples' Council of Kwangtung for the supply of a minimum of 15,000 million gallons of water per annum. The new agreement came into effect on 1st March, 1965 and the Director of Public Works accompanied by Mr. T. O. Morgan, Mr. E. P. WILMOT-Morgan and Mr. SUEN Te-hau of the Water- works Office and Mr. G. P. NORTON of Public Works Department Head-

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quarters attended a brief ceremony at the Sham Chun Reservoir to in- augurate the scheme.

1.06. In January tenders were invited for the supply and erection of a sea water distillation plant of either two or three million gallons a day capacity. Though this out-put will not make any significant contribution to full demand, which is now running at 120 million gallons of water a day, the experience gained in the operation of the plant will be extremely valuable. Future planning must take into account the possibility of large- scale desalination.

1.07. The summer of 1964 saw an unprecedented number of typhoons and the resulting rainfall, coupled with the increased storage provided by Shek Pik Reservoir and the increased quantity available from China, made it possible to provide a 24-hour supply of water from the 1st September, 1964 throughout the winter and spring.

1.08. The typhoons, however, severely tested the department's emer- gency organization, and the officers concerned, including personnel from several firms of contractors on the P.W.D. list, were frequently called out in dangerous conditions. All deserve the highest praise. The main impact fell, as usual, on the Roads and Drainage Divisions of the Civil Engineering Office and the Buildings Ordinance Office.

1.09. The Government Civil Engineer submitted two reports which are likely to have very far reaching effects on the future of the Colony. These reports, the first on the development of Castle Peak and the second on the development of Sha Tin, investigate the possibility of developing these two areas into new towns each with a population of something over one million people. The reports were under consideration by Government at the end of the year. Meanwhile the development of the new towns at Kwun Tong and Kwai Chung continued.

1.10. The Resettlement building programme broke all previous records. Domestic accommodation to house about 134,000 people was completed during the year and handed over to the Resettlement Depart- ment. The first of the 16-storey blocks, at Tung Tau, was completed and adjoining this block was the first of the new standard 6-storey annex schools. Expenditure during the year on the Resettlement building pro- gramme amounted to $102.4 million.

1.11. Much thought was again concentrated on road improvements and road reconstruction, and work commenced on two major flyovers; one in Hong Kong and one in Kowloon. A new vehicle ferry service, running between North Point and Kowloon City, went into operation.

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1.12. Revenue collected by the Department from land transactions amounted to $140.5 million as compared with $204 million during the previous year. There were two reasons for this reduction: firstly there was less land within the urban areas available for auction, and secondly there was a fall-off in demand for sites for residential development.

1.13. In July, as a result of the abnormal settlement of a number of widely-scattered buildings in the Mong Kok area of Kowloon that had been occurring during the previous months, Hong Kong University was commissioned to prepare a Report. Mr. P. LUMB of the University was in charge of the necessary investigations and by the end of the year his Report had been completed and was in the hands of the Government Printer.

ORGANIZATION

1.14. The main spheres of responsibility in the Department continued to be Land, Buildings, Engineering, and Water.

1.15. The Roads, Drainage, Port Works and Development Offices were combined into a single Civil Engineering Office under the control of the Government Civil Engineer and two Assistant Government Civil Engineers. Details of the organization of this new sub-department are given in para. 4.02.

      1.16. As a result the Department now comprises 6 sub-departments, viz: Waterworks Office, Crown Lands & Survey Office, Civil Engineering Office, Architectural Office, Buildings Ordinance Office and the Electrical & Mechanical Office. The object of this re-organization is to decentralize wherever possible. Day-to-day decisions on all matters other than pro- gramming and policy are now taken by the sub-departments, which have become virtually autonomous in this respect. Public Works Depart- ment Headquarters is reduced in size and concerns itself with depart- mental policy, future works programmes and co-ordination..

STAFF

       1.17. The total staff numbered more than 8,000 of whom 431 were professional officers. Occupants of super-scale posts, distribution of staff and rates of pay of artisans and labourers are given in Appendices D, E & F respectively.

1.18. During the year the following senior officers left Hong Kong on leave prior to retirement.

Mr. R. Fairbairn, Government Building Surveyor, on 1st September,

1964.

Mr. H. Ross, Chief Architect, on 26th July, 1964.

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   1.19. It is with regret that the death of Mr. R. A. C. Brown, Chief Building Surveyor, is recorded. Mr. BROWN died on 2nd February, 1965.

TRAINING

1.20. Training facilities continued to be provided for technical and assistant-professional staff. Altogether 73 craft apprentices, who had signed agreements to follow a course of instruction over a period of four or five years, were being trained part-time in the waterworks or mechanical workshops and part-time at the Technical College.

1.21. A total of 20 engineering graduates from the University of Hong Kong were on indenture to the Deputy Director of Public Works (Engineering) to gain some of the experience required for the professional interview of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 4 Apprentice Architects, 2 Apprentice Air-Conditioning Engineers and 4 Apprentice Electrical Engineers were also under training.

1.22. The Superintendent of Crown Lands and Survey undertook the training of 56 Surveying Assistants (Land), 13 Surveying Assistants (Engineering), 5 Surveying Assistants (Estate) and 8 Surveying Assistants (Planning).

1.23. During the summer vacation, 4 students from the Engineering Faculty of the University of Hong Kong were attached to various en- gineering sub-departments for practical training. Four students of the same University and one from Australia were attached to the Architectural Office and 8 students were given instruction in the Electrical and Mechanical Office.

1.24. Altogether 24 officers of the Department were on or completed courses during the year in Britain, Holland and Australia. Some of these courses were taken whilst the officers were on vacation leave.

VISITORS DURING THE YEAR

1.25. In October, Mr. P. KENGRIAN, the Secretary of the Housing Bureau Department of Public Welfare, Ministry of Interior, Thailand visited Hong Kong as part of a tour to observe housing activity. He was shown around Government Low Cost Housing Estates and Resettlement Estates and also visited some of the latter which were under construction.

1.26. Col. G. J. HUMPHRIES, O.B.E., Director of Overseas Survey was invited to Hong Kong early in December after he attended the United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Far East.

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     He gave a talk to senior officers in Government on staff training, toured the Crown Lands and Survey Office and held discussions with senior staff in the Public Works Department on survey methods and organiza- tion.

1.27.

          Other visitors included Mr. James K. CARR, Under-Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Mr. A. D. Graham, Secretary of the City and Guilds of London Institute; Sir Robert MATTHEW, Past President of the Royal Institute of British Architects; Mr. S. R. SIMPSON, Land Tenure Adviser of the Ministry of Overseas Development; Mr. H. S. STEPHENSON, H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries and Professor D. F. ORCHARD, Professor of Highway Engineering of the University of New South Wales.

ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE

Government Architect:

J. C. CHARTER, A.A.Dip., A.R.I.B.A,

Assistant Government Architect: J. T. MALLORIE, A.R.I.B.A., A.M.T.P.I.

GENERAL

      2.01. The Architectural Office is responsible for the control of the Government building programme. Most of the work is designed and supervised by the staff of the office but, in view of the size of the pro- gramme, it is necessary to engage private architects and quantity surveyors for a number of projects.

2.02. Maintenance of Government owned buildings and buildings leased by the Government, numbering 1,850, is the responsibility of the Maintenance Division of the Office.

2.03. The total Architectural Office staff numbered 550. All work was carried out on contract and expenditure on new works amounted to $200,100,000. This was made up of $119,700,000 on Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing; $41,500,000 on general projects under- taken by the office; $38,900,000 on Government building projects under- taken by private architects and $1,110,000 on works carried out from funds received as a result of the World Refugee Year. A further sum of $7,650,000 was spent on maintenance and alterations, $1,751,000 on typhoon damage and $1,068,000 on works carried out for other depart- ments. A graph of expenditure for the last ten years is shown on page 6

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EXPENDITURE ON ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE

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      and at Appendix H is given a list of all new building projects in the Public Works Programme completed during the year.

       2.04. The professional staff of the Architectural Office comprises architects, quantity surveyors, building surveyors, structural engineers, electrical engineers and air-conditioning engineers. The office also has its own outdoor staff comprising clerks of works, electrical inspectors and air-conditioning inspectors, together with subordinate inspectorate staff, who undertake the supervision of the building and maintenance programmes.

ARCHITECTURAL DIVISIONS

Chief Architect Division I:

W. E. LEVIE, Dip.Arch., A.R.I.B.A.

Chief Architect Division II:

WONG Ting-tsai, B.Sc. (H.K.), A.R.I.B.A.

      2.05. All architects were engaged on new works and were in two divisions, each under a Chief Architect. Division I was sub-divided into 2 groups, each consisting of a Senior Architect, 4 architects, 4 assistant architects and normally 7 architectural assistants. Division II had 2 groups with similar complements and a third and smaller group whose principal responsibility was the large Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing programme. In addition to the architectural groups there were two Senior Architects who, with supporting staff, assumed responsibility for individual major projects.

      2.06. Each architectural group dealt principally with the new building programme for specific Government departments, whilst other buildings designated 'general' were distributed amongst the groups. This system of allocating the building programme of a specific department to a partic- ular group simplified liaison with the departments concerned. Without undue specialization, it enabled each group to continue building up a background of experience of the building requirements of the client departments, thereby facilitating a better output of work.

2.07. Early consultations on all projects were held between architects, structural, electrical and air-conditioning engineers and quantity surveyors. In the same way, comments and advice from the Maintenance Division on the behaviour of materials were also received.

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QUANTITY SURVEYING DIVISION

Chief Quantity Surveyor:

A. F. EVANS, A.R.I.C.S.

Quantity Surveying Division

  2.08. This division is under the control of the Chief Quantity Surveyor and consequent upon the approval of increases in establishment during the year, it was divided into four sections, each under the control of a Senior Quantity Surveyor. The sections deal with capital projects exceed- ing $0.5 million each; Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing projects; minor works; maintenance and grant-in-aid schools; statistical and cost advisory information; materials and the provision of stores. The sections are staffed with varying numbers of Quantity Surveyors and Assistants and supporting technical staff for 'working up' and site measurement duties.

  2.09. The division is responsible for the preparation of estimates, bills of quantities, specifications, contract documents and for the measure- ment and valuation of all building projects. A total of 137 contracts valued at $178 million were let during the year, including 13 Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing projects to a total value of $112 million and 20 major projects totalling $60 million. Of the latter, private quantity surveyors assisted in the preparation of bills of quantities for 11 contracts totalling $24 million. The maintenance contract section, consisting of 18 Surveying Assistants, carried out detailed checking of some 4,000 accounts of a total value of $12.25 million.

STRUCTURAL Engineering Division

Chief Structural Engineer:

A. E. CLAASSEN, M.I.Struct.E., A.M.(S.A.)I.C.E.

2.10. This division, under the control of the Chief Structural Engineer and sub-divided under two Senior Structural Engineers, had 8 structural engineers, 11 assistant engineers and 22 engineering assistants. It is responsible for the structural design of new buildings, and additions and alterations undertaken by the office which, during the year, numbered over 500 separate buildings.

2.11. Much time was also devoted to the inspection of foundations and the structural framework of buildings under construction. This is the responsibility of the structural engineers and they were kept partic- ularly busy on the large and expanding programme of Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing.

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2.12.

BUILDING SERVICES DIVISION

Senior Electrical Engineer:

B. M. ROACH, A.M.I.E.E.

           This division, headed by a Senior Electrical Engineer, was divided into three sections under electrical and air-conditioning engineers. They were responsible for (a) the design, specification and supervision of electrical and lift installations; (b) the design, specification and supervision of air- conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration installations and (c) the main- tenance of electrical installations and the organization of lift maintenance by lift contracting firms. Each section had its complement of engineers, assistant engineers, engineering assistants and electrical or air-conditioning inspectorate staff. Despite under-staffing in the professional grades through recuitment difficulties, they were able to deal with all the office projects and also assist private architects engaged on Government building projects. In addition the electrical installations of schools built under the Grant-in-aid scheme were approved.

2.13. During the year contracts or sub-contracts were let for 69 electrical installations, 100 lifts and 27 air-conditioning, refrigeration and ventilation installations, to the total value of $16 million. In addition, electrical fittings, main switchboards, equipment and appliances were purchased to the value of $2.6 million.

NEW WORKS

      2.14. The paragraphs that follow refer briefly to the various new buildings for which the Architectural Office was responsible. The majority of the projects were designed and supervised by Architectural Office staff, but a few were undertaken by private architects. Private quantity surveyors were also engaged for some of the schemes. For details see Appendix G.

EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS

2.15. Two secondary schools were completed, one at Shau Kei Wan and the other at Tsuen Wan. These six-storey buildings conform to standard plans which provide 24 classrooms, staff rooms and offices, and a large assembly hall with a stage and a covered play area beneath. Special rooms for a library, chemistry, physics, biology, general science, needlework, housecraft, woodwork, metalwork, geography, art and music are also provided. 12 additional classrooms and 7 special rooms were built at King George V School and at the Hong Kong Technical

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College a new library and reading room were finished. At the end of the year construction was well advanced on the new Belilios Public School and also on Shau Kei Wan Secondary Technical School. In addition progress was made on the Central District Primary School, Ellis Kadoorie School (Western) and two further primary schools at Kennedy Town and South Lantau. Minor staff quarters were being added to Tai Po Government School. Working drawings were in course of preparation for Au Tau Primary School and for further Technical College extensions. Sketch plans were also in hand for four other educational buildings.

FIRE SERVICES BUILDINGS

Standard Fire Stations and Ambulance Depots

2.16. To meet the requirements of the Fire Services Department for the better dispersal of fire fighting resources and in order to provide quarters for Fire Services personnel, plans were prepared for a smaller standard type of station. This had quarters above and would serve either as a fire station or as an ambulance depot. The new plans, which include two bays for fire fighting appliances in place of the three bays previously provided, require smaller sites and with nine upper floors devoted to quarters, result in a more intensive form of development than was previously achieved. The plans provide for an operational station at ground and mezzanine level, with 9 floors above containing married quarters for 4 officers and 48 rank and file. The third floor forms an open sided covered play area.

2.17. Foundation work was in progress for Shau Kei Wan and Western Fire Stations, and site formation was in hand for the Hong Kong Ambulance Depot by the end of the year. Working drawings were completed for fire stations at Ngau Chi Wan and Tai Po, and preliminary drawings and an estimate were prepared for the Kowloon Ambulance Depot.

Other Fire Services Buildings

   2.18. Piling was in progress at North Point for an 11-storey building to house the Fire Services Headquarters and to provide workshop and storage space for the Fire Services and also a Public Works Department laboratory.

2.19. Construction was nearly finished on the first standard Fire Guard Unit, situated at Ta Kwu Ling in the New Territories. The purpose

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of such huts is to enable the Fire Services Department to spot and deal quickly with minor local incidents and hillside fires.

2.20. Working drawings were progressing for a comprehensive scheme at Sek Kong in the New Territories to provide a Training School together with a fire and ambulance station and offices for a District Fire Services Headquarters. This is to include training facilities for 160 recruits with classrooms, garages for 10 training vehicles, 6 drill towers and barrack accommodation for the trainees as well as married quarters for officers and other ranks.

2.21. Sketch plans were in hand for Canton Road Fire Station which, in addition to serving as the Fire Services Kowloon Command Headquarters and Principal Fire Station with accommodation for 10 fire appliances, will provide an officers' mess to serve the whole of the Fire Services Department. Facilities for specialized physical training for all members of the service, workshops and stores to serve all mainland establishments and departmental quarters will also be provided.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS

Offices and Workshops

2.22. Construction was completed during the year on an additional floor to the West Wing of the Central Government Offices and of the Western District Magistracy which also provides accommodation for district courts and various departments. The Shau Kei Wan Marine Office and quarters, extensions to the Farm Road Government Offices and alterations to the Government Printing Workshop and to the Kwun Tong District Branch Office were also finished. Conversion works on further parts of the old Wellington Barracks for the Fire and Ambulance Services were similarly completed.

2.23. By the end of the year building was in progress on the offices and workshops of the P.W.D. Depot and Civil Aid Services Headquarters at Caroline Hill; on temporary office accommodation for Cable & Wireless in the new Rodney Block and on alterations to the Supreme Court Library.

2.24. Working drawings and contract documents were in course of preparation for a new Government office building of 27 storeys on a portion of the former Murray Barracks site. This is the tallest building so far designed for the Hong Kong Government and will provide about 228,000 square feet of office space. Contract documents were also in

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hand for a Marine Licensing Station at Castle Peak and drawings were completed for the new Yau Ma Tei Slipway, whilst sketch plans were under preparation for the office buildings which will form part of this scheme. Plans were also in hand for a temporary Seamen's Recruiting Office, a Government Publication Centre and other minor projects.

Quarters

2.25. 90 married quarters of different grades were finished at Hung Hom for personnel in the Preventive Service and tenders were invited for 110 more of the lower grade quarters for the Preventive Service at North Point. 26 Type I quarters for senior Government officers and 32 Type II quarters were completed at Pipers Hill on the mainland, whilst 100 more Type II quarters were progressing satisfactorily at Magazine Gap in four separate buildings. A large building at the junction of Kennedy and Macdonnell Roads to provide 124 service flats and communal facilities for senior Government officers was well advanced. Alterations were carried out at Government House, including improvements to the kitchen, the air-conditioning of the dining-room and extensive redecora- tion. Mention of other departmental quarters is made elsewhere in this report.

Buildings at Kai Tak Airport

   2.26. Work was completed on extensions to the Kai Tak Terminal Building, whilst construction was in progress on extensions to the Apron Workshops and the Freight Building. Drawings were prepared for exten- sions to the Apron Equipment Shelter.

Other General Buildings

   2.27. A multi-storey car park building, designed on the ramped floor system for 912 cars in 8 storeys with a Telephone Exchange at the top and with space for shops at ground and mezzanine floor levels, was finished and put into operation in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. Preparation of tenders and designs for these shops was proceeding at the end of the year. Except for the fuel oil installation, an Air Radio Station at Tathong Point was also finished.

   2.28. Working drawings were completed or in progress for the Tai Lam Animal Quarantine Depot near Castle Peak, additions and improve- ments to the Ma Tau Kok Slaughterhouse and for the reconversion of Statue Square into public gardens. A private architect was employed for the latter project, the expenses of which are to be shared jointly by Govern-

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ment and the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation. Sketch plans were also made for Animal Pounds for Hong Kong and Kowloon.

GOVERNMENT LOW COST HOUSING

      2.29. Construction of fifteen 7-and 12-storey low cost housing blocks was completed during the year at the Wong Tai Sin (West), Shek Kip Mei and Valley Road Estates. This provided a total accommodation for 13,000 people in approximately 3,000 domestic units.

2.30. Expenditure on Government low cost housing amounted to $17.3 million compared with $29 million in 1963-64.

Projects in progress

2.31. Site formation, piling or construction was in progress at:

(1) Valley Raod: construction of the final block was nearing completion. (2) Wong Tai Sin (East): construction of the 12-and 20-storey blocks at this section of the Wong Tai Sin Estate was in hand. When completed this estate will provide accommodation for about 14,000 people.

(3) Ngau Tau Kok: construction of the first four 12-and 20-storey blocks was in hand in Area 'B' and five 20-storey blocks in Area 'A' of the estate. Areas 'A' and 'B' combined will be able to house 41,000 people when fully developed.

(4) Wong Chuk Hang: site formation work was in progress and the estate

is expected to accommodate some 38,000 people.

(5) Tsz Wan Shan: site formation work was in hand and the two 20-storey

blocks will provide accommodation for about 8,000 people.

(6) Yau Tong Bay: site formation work was started. When completed this

estate will provide accommodation for about 26,000 people.

(7) Kwai Chung: site formation work was in hand under the control of the Development Office. It is expected to accommodate some 23,800 people at this estate.

Drawings and plans under preparation

      2.32. During the course of the year, plans were prepared for an improved type of flat, which was based on a structural grid of 14′ 6′′ and included provision of individual toilets. Construction of this new type of flat was in hand at the 'A' Area of the Ngau Tau Kok Estate, and is to be included in all the new estates. During the latter part of the year a draft programme of items was prepared for inclusion in the 10 Year Technical Planning Target established by The White Paper on Resettle- ment and Low Cost Housing.

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MEDICAL BUILDINGS

Queen Mary Hospital Extensions

2.33. The work comprises the addition to the hospital building of an operating theatre and pharmacies wing, a radio diagnostic wing and the construction of a new building for medical quarters and a further building for professorial suites. The transfer of existing units in the hospital to the new accommodation to be provided will result in the availability of space for conversion to wards which will provide about 260 additional beds. By the end of the year construction had started on both the seven-storey operating theatre and pharmacies wing and the radio diagnostic wing. The latter consists of a single floor over a car parking area. Contract documents were being prepared for the seven- storey building to contain professorial consultation rooms, lecture hall and laboratories. Construction also started on the quarters building for which a private architect had been commissioned.

Lai Chi Kok Hospital

2.34. This is a large project which will provide a general hospital of 778 beds and an infectious diseases hospital of 542 beds. Formation of the site which is on a hillside at Lai Chi Kok will involve considerable excavation in rock and is likely to require about two years to complete. Site formation tenders were invited for this work. Sketch plans and an estimate for the whole project were nearing completion by the end of the year.

Other Medical Buildings

   2.35. Alterations, additions and improvements were in hand at Kowloon Hospital. These included modifications to the out-patient build- ing; enlargement of the Pathology Institute; reconditioning of the general wards; conversion of the isolation and prison wards to a Central Linen Exchange and the reprovisioning of the hotwater and other services.

   2.36. A number of buildings were completed including the Shau Kei Wan Polyclinic and the Kwun Tong Clinic and Maternity Home. The latter provides facilities for a general clinic and dental treatment together with an 18-bed maternity unit and quarters for medical staff. In addition the Sha Tin Clinic and Maternity Home, which provides a general clinic and 24-bed maternity unit together with staff quarters, and alterations to the Social Hygiene Clinic in Ashley Road were completed.

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2.37. Construction progressed on the Yuen Long Clinic and started on the Tsuen Wan Out-patient Clinic. Piling was finished for Cheung Sha Wan Clinic and contract documents were being prepared for the building. Contract documents were also in hand for the large Yau Ma Tei Health Centre for which a piling contract was let. However progress was delayed because of shoring required for some of the adjacent buildings.

2.38. Plans were approved for a standard Urban Clinic and 24-bed Maternity Home at Chai Wan and sketch plans were in hand for an Out- patient Clinic and major alterations at St. John's Hospital, Cheung Chau. The reprovisioning of the soil drainage system for the hospital was also carried out.

2.39. Contract documents were under preparation for extensions to the Kowloon City Maternal and Child Health Centre; sketch plans were approved for Castle Peak standard 24-bed rural clinic and Maternity Home; and a generator house was under construction for emergency lighting to Castle Peak Hospital. A private architect was commissioned to proceed with sketch plans and estimate for a Mental Defectives Home at Tai Lam Chung.

NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS

2.40. Progress was made on three small Government buildings each combining a post office, a small fire station, a sanitation depot and quar- ters. One such building was completed at San Tin; a second was nearly finished at Kam Tin; and working drawings were ready and site formation tenders were about to be invited for the third building, at San Hui.

2.41. Construction proceeded on a District Branch Office at Yuen Long (adjacent to the clinic previously mentioned) which, in addition to providing accommodation for the New Territories Administration, will be occupied also by other departments who require office space in the locality. Not far distant, at Au Tau, a large group of departments quarters of various grades is to be built for junior Government officers. Working drawings were in course of preparation for the scheme which is to include some small shops and a primary school.

      2.42. At Plover Cove, building work was nearing completion for a district office, quarters and police station.

2.43. Site formation had started and working drawings were in prep- aration for a house for the District Commissioner, New Territories, on a hill near Lai Chi Kok.

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POLICE BUILDINGS

2.44. As in the previous year, the police building programme included training establishments, police stations, marine bases, offices, quarters and improvements to existing police stations.

Police Training Buildings

   2.45. Redevelopment at the Police Training School at Aberdeen con- tinued, and by the end of the year Stage II was nearing completion. This included a classroom block; a band practice building; a large open sided drill shed with a roof span of 128 feet and a clear span between stanchions of 84 feet; offices and quarters and mess for Police Inspectors under training. Working drawings were in hand for Stage III of the development which will provide officers' married quarters, quarters for trainee Women Inspectors, administration buildings and a guard house.

2.46. Working drawings were being prepared for the new buildings for the Police Training Contingent for which a site has been allocated at Hebe Hill near the Clear Water Bay Road. This project will comprise fourteen separate buildings providing living and instruction accommoda- tion for 128 trainees and 34 trainee officers and will include a combined gymnasium and assembly hall, a parade ground, firing range, sports facilities and married staff quarters.

Police Headquarters Stage III

   2.47. Sketch plans and an estimate of cost were completed for the final stage of development of the Hong Kong Police Headquarters. From a two-storey structure containing workshops at ground level a tower block of 22 floors (including a basement for mechanical and air-conditioning plant) will rise and will provide 4,800 sq. ft. gross of office space per floor for sub-division as required by the various sections of the Police Force.

Police Stations

   2.48. By the end of the year the construction of Kwun Tong Divi - sional Police Station, based on standard plans by a private architect, was nearing completion whilst the structural framework was finished for a similar station at Yuen Long.

2.49. Construction was in progress on Mong Kok Police Station, also by private architects, comprising a Divisional Police Station, barrack accommodation with canteen and recreation rooms for rank and file personnel, and quarters for single Inspectors.

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2.50. Work was nearing completion on two Marine Police Opera- tional Bases at Tai Lam Chung and Tai Po Kau and working drawings were in hand for a third base at Aberdeen.

       2.51. Extensions to Aberdeen Police Station were under construction and contract documents were prepared for extensions to Ta Kwu Ling Police Station. Work on a programme of improvements at a number of other police stations was also completed.

2.52. Work was finished on the new Peng Chau Island Police Post and sketch plans were prepared for the Lamma Island Police Post.

Police Quarters

2.53. Construction was completed at North Point on a project which provides 669 police rank and file married quarters together with a standard Government Primary School. Building construction was proceeding on another scheme at Kennedy Town to provide 720 rank and file married quarters and also a primary school. In addition construction was started on another large scheme at Wong Tai Sin. Building work was also pro- ceeding on rank and file married quarters at Aberdeen for the staff of the Aberdeen Training School and the Marine Police Operational Base.

2.54. The construction of 72 Type III quarters at Ede Road, Kowloon Tong, was completed for allocation as Police Inspectorate and non- departmental quarters. Sketch plans were completed for 48 Police In- spectorate Quarters at Park Road; for a further 48 identical quarters at Tin Hau Temple Road and for 70 more such quarters at Ho Man Tin in Kowloon. Improvements were carried out at a number of junior Police officers' quarters.

POST OFFICE BUILDING

Kowloon Central Post Office

      2.55. The contract for the basement was completed and construction started on the superstructure which will consist of 18 floors and a pent- house for services. Apart from the air-conditioning plant in the basement, the Post Office will occupy the basement, ground, mezzanine and three upper floors. The remaining 13 floors will provide about 65,000 square feet nett of office accommodation for various Government departments.

Other Post Office Buildings

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ground and first floors, with barrack accommodation for 160 and married quarters for 98 Urban Services Department staff on the upper floors. An adjacent building will contain 4 Type III quarters and 5 Type IV quarters.

2.57. Work was finished on the temporary Sai Ying Pun Post Office, and demolition of the old building was proceeding whilst contract docu- ments were in hand for the permanent new Post Office. This will provide 7 storeys of junior grade Government married quarters; together with a covered play area. Work was also completed on the temporary Sorting Office and Mail Storage area at the Central Reclamation.

2.58. Some preliminary studies were made for the large new Central Post Office which is to be sited near the Hong Kong Star Ferry Concourse.

2.59. Three small post offices were fitted out in buildings at San Po Kong, at Tsuen Wan and on King's Road, North Point.

PRISONS DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS

2.60. A project at Chi Ma Wan Prison on Lantau Island for additional warders quarters and a dining hall for prisoners was completed. The buildings, designed by the Architectural Office, were constructed mainly by prison labour.

2.61. Additional quarters for married Prison Warders were completed at Stanley Prison, and sketch plans and an estimate were prepared for additional Prison Officers' quarters and for a Training School for Prisons Department staff.

  2.62. Sketch plans were prepared for Luk Keng Base Camp and revised sketch plans were completed for a Women's Prison at Tai Lam.

  2.63. A private architect was commissioned to proceed with sketch plans for a Prisons Department Mental Hospital at Tai Lam Chung. The site is adjacent to that of the Mental Defectives Home mentioned at para. 2.39 which is to be developed by the same architect.

Resettlement Housing

RESETTLEMENT BUILDINGS

  2.64. The intensive construction programme of resettlement buildings continued throughout the year with an annual production record pro- viding domestic accommodation for about 134,000 people.

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2.65. Coupled with this achievement was the completion at Tung Tau, of the first of the 16-storey blocks with lifts and individual toilets. Attached to this block was the first of the 6-storey Annex Type Schools.

     2.66. Domestic accommodation for 134,000 people was provided in a total of 104 blocks, which were completed during the year, all of these being 8-storey blocks with the exception of the block at Tung Tau. In addition, these 8-storey blocks provided on some of the top floors a total of 151 primary classrooms which, when added to the 24 in the Tung Tau Annex, makes a grand production total for the year of 175 primary class-

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2.67. Ground floor shops, hawker bazaars, social welfare centres, administration offices and recreation facilities were also provided in all

estates.

     2.68. Expenditure on resettlement buildings amounted to $102.4 million compared with $86.7 million in 1963-64.

Buildings completed

     2.69 The following resettlement domestic buildings at various estates were completed:

(1) Kwai Chung Central 'C' (2) Tai Wo Hau III

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     2.70. Site formation, piling or construction was in progress for build- ings at the following estates:

(1) Chai Wan (Stage III): This stage of the Chai Wan Estate, when completed, will provide accommodation for about 28,000 people. All the 8-storey blocks were completed and the construction of the remaining three 16-storey blocks was well in hand.

(2) Tin Wan (Aberdeen): Construction of the final four 8-storey blocks was in hand. This estate will provide accommodation for some 17,400 people.

(3) Tai Wo Hau (Stage III): Construction of the last two 8-storey blocks was near completion and the 16-storey block 'X' in this area was also well under way. This further stage of the estate, including block 'X', will provide accommodation for a total of about 30,800 people.

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(4) Tsz Wan Shan: In this large estate, seven 8-storey, nineteen 16-storey

blocks and nine 24-classroom annex schools were under construction in eight separate building contracts. This estate is calculated to provide accommodation for about 185,000 people with 336 primary classrooms in fourteen 24-classroom annex schools.

(5) Ham Tin (Area 'A'); Construction of eight 16-storey blocks and four annex schools was in hand. Site formation work on the last building platform was in its final stage. This estate is expected to provide accommodation for about 52,000 people and 120 primary classrooms in five annex schools. (6) Ham Tin (Area 'B'): Site formation work was in hand and the first domestic block known as the Block 'F' extension was under construction. When completed, this estate will provide accommodation for some 65,000 people.

(7) Sau Mau Ping (I & II): In the Stage I Area, the remaining seven 8-storey blocks and one annex school were under construction. Site formation work on the Stage II Area was in hand by the Development Office. Accom- modation for about 153,000 people will be provided in both stages of the Sau Mau Ping Estates.

(8) Tung Tau (Stage II): Construction work on the final 16-storey block 'N' was in hand. This stage of the estate will provide accommodation for about 25,000 people.

(9) Shek Pai Wan, Aberdeen: Construction work on the first three 16-storey blocks has just started. At the same time, site formation work on the remaining parts of the estate was in hand by Port Works Office. The whole estate, when completed, will house 29,500 people approximately. (10) Shek Lei: Site formation work was in progress by Development Office. The first building platform was handed over to the_Architectural Office for construction of three 16-storey domestic blocks. Based on the revised scheme, this estate will provide accommodation for some 75,000 people. (11) Yuen Long: Piling work on the first two domestic blocks was in hand. The layout plan of the estate has been revised and, when completed, the 16-storey blocks will provide accommodation for about 21,000 people. (12) Pak Tin: Site formation work has just started. Based on a revised scheme,

this estate is expected to house 82,000 people.

(13) Lei Muk Shu: Site formation work commenced towards the end of the year. The estate has been designed to provide accommodation for some 81,000 people.

Drawings and plans under preparation

2.71. During the latter part of the year, work was completed on preparation of a final draft programme of items for inclusion in the Resettlement Technical Planning Target laid down by the White Paper on Resettlement. In addition to this, preliminary layouts, detailed plans and working drawings were prepared for the following:

(1) Ngau Tau Kok: Previously this estate was called Jordan Valley West. A second revised layout plan was prepared to suit the new 16-storey blocks which will provide accommodation for some 69,000 people.

(2) Cheung Sha Wan: A start has been made on the reclamation of which this site forms a part. Work on the estate is not expected to start until about December 1965. Revised plans were under preparation and the total accommodation is now expected to be 48,000 people.

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Resettlement Department Staff Quarters

2.72.

(1) Tai Wo Hau III-Construction of 19 quarters near completion.

(2) Tin Wan, Aberdeen-Construction of 15 quarters near completion.

(3) Wang Tau Hom/Lo Fu Ngam-The building for 43 quarters was being piled.

2.73. Working drawings were in course of preparation for the Chai Wan Staff Quarters Extension (10 quarters) and revised layout plans were in hand for the Kwun Tong Staff Quarters Extension (43 quarters) to provide accommodation for the resettlement staff of the Ham Tin, Sau Mau Ping and Yau Tong Estates.

Resettlement Flatted Factories

2.74. Construction was in progress for two 7-storey flatted factories at San Po Kong, two at Cheung Sha Wan, two at Kwun Tong and one at Tai Wo Hau, Tsuen Wan. Piling was in hand for one 7-storey flatted factory at Yuen Long. All these eight factories, when completed, will provide 806,400 sq. ft. working space.

      2.75. In addition, site formation for five 7-storey factories at Kwai Chung Area 28, another five at Kwai Chung Area 27, and two at Pak Tin was in hand. A revised sketch plan was prepared for three 7-storey factories at Choi Hung.

SOCIAL WELFARE BUILDINGS

      2.76. The Aberdeen Welfare Centre was finished early in the year. A building contract was signed for a Community Centre at Tai Hang Tung but delays on the site formation contract prevented an immediate start on the building work. Sketch plans were completed and site formation was in progress at a site near Lai Chi Kok for an Approved School for Boys. Contract documents were being prepared for the Kowloon Pro- bation Home.

URBAN SERVICES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS

Parks, Playgrounds, Latrines and Bath-houses

2.77. Stage I of the Kowloon Tsai Park development, which comprised the open air swimming pool and ancillary buildings, was finally completed early in the year and sketch plans were prepared for the remainder of the project which includes the provision of various sports facilities and the layout of the park.

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2.78. Construction was finished on Tsuen Wan Recreation and Sports Ground, on Kowloon City Roundabout Garden and on a fountain at Sung Wong Toi Garden. In addition work neared completion on the playground for Chai Wan Resettlement Estate. Construction also pro- ceeded on playgrounds in the New Territories at Tai Po, Peng Chau and Yuen Chau Tsai, whilst working drawings or sketch plans were prepared for a library at King George V Memorial Park and for 6 parks or recreation grounds in various localities, as well as for a public open air swimming pool at Cheung Sha Wan.

2.79. Work was finished on a public latrine at Tsuen Wan and on two others at Caroline Hill Stadium, whilst construction was in progress on 4 latrines and bath-houses in various localities and drawings were in course of preparation for 10 others.

   2.80. During the year, work was at various stages between sketch designs and construction on 16 minor projects for public playgrounds and gardens financed from the Urban Amenities Vote.

Abattoirs, Markets and Hawker Bazaars

2.81. The detailed planning and preparation of working drawings by consultants for two large abattoirs has been proceeding for a number of years. By the end of the year, working drawings were nearing completion and bills of quantities were in course of preparation. Piling was in progress for the Kennedy Town Abattoir and consignments of steel framework were being delivered from Britain under contract, whilst tenders had been invited for the supply of steelwork for the Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir in Kowloon. Consignments of plant and equipment for the two abattoirs were being delivered from Britain under contract and a plant erection contract had been negotiated.

2.82. Working drawings and contract documents were in hand for senior and junior staff quarters for the Kennedy Town Abattoir staff.

2.83. Work was finished on Kam Tin Market, Tai Po Market exten- sions and Sha Tin Hawker Bazaar, all in the New Territories, whilst tenders had been invited for Sham Tseng Market and drawings were in hand for three more hawker bazaars in the New Territories. Preliminary sketch plans were being prepared for a large market at North Point.

Other Buildings

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     a beach guard office, first aid post and a catamaran shelter. The projects for Repulse Bay and for Stanley Main Beach were completed; tenders had been invited for the buildings at Silverstrand; working drawings were completed for the Big Wave Bay buildings; and sketch plans had been prepared for those at Shek O, St. Stephen's Beach and Turtle Cove.

2.85. The Urban Services depot at Sai Yee Street neared completion and construction progressed on the Whitfield Depot by the end of the year.

2.86. Working drawings were completed for quarters for departmental junior grade staff at the Botanical Gardens and sketch plans were prepared for similar quarters at Shek O.

AIR-CONDITIONING OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS

2.87. In addition to air-conditioning installations incorporated in new building projects, separate air-conditioning installations were com- pleted in the following existing buildings: Tsan Yuk Hospital; Im- migration Department offices; Castle Peak Mental Hospital Adminis- tration building; and Government House dining room and cold store. Work was in progress at the Central Magistracy and Northcote Training College Library, whilst working drawings were in hand for the air- conditioning of South Kowloon Magistracy.

MAINTENANCE DIVISION

Chief Maintenance Surveyor: H. W. GRACE, A.R.I.B.A.

       2.88. The work of this division, under the control of the Chief Main- tenance Surveyor, continually expands by virtue of the steady increase in the total number of Government owned buildings. This results in increased maintenance expenditure and the need for periodic adjustment of the maintenance districts. For the purpose of distributing the work of building maintenance and alterations, the Colony is divided, under three maintenance surveyors, into 11 maintenance districts, each in the charge of a clerk of works with two foremen. Four of the districts covered Hong Kong Island whilst Kowloon, the mainland New Territories and islands were divided into 7 districts. Electrical and quantity surveying staff are also available to deal with electrical maintenance and the measure- ment of work and checking of accounts. A building supervisor with supporting staff is in charge of the management and cleaning of those

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  Government buildings, including quarters, which were jointly occupied by a number of departments.

Maintenance of Government Buildings

   2.89. A scheduled programme of maintenance and redecoration was carried out on 213 buildings and leased properties, including quarters. The total expenditure on maintenance work amounted to $6,955,000, an increase of $501,000 over the previous year.

Alterations, Additions and Improvements

   2.90. A total of 547 requests for alterations, additions and improve- ments were approved and carried out at a cost of $667,000.

   2.91. During the water emergency, delivery of salt water by tanker lorries was continued for the purpose of supplying flushing water to buildings such as schools. During the year a further 31 Government buildings were connected to non-mains water flushing supplies.

   2.92. Much typhoon damage was caused during the typhoon season and a new system of temporary depots was established to deal with emergency repairs.

Building Management

2.93. During the year, 4 more non-departmental quarters buildings and 3 joint-user Government office buildings were taken over for manage- ment and cleaning, and the Building Supervisor assumed control of Government lift operators.

GRANT-IN-AID AND SUBSIDIZED SCHOOLS

   2.94. The Quantity Surveying Division and Building Services Division continued to advise the Director of Education on drawings, specifications, contract documents, electrical installations and maintenance work for grant-in-aid schools and site inspections continued to be made. Work on 48 new projects was started, estimated at $17,556,000 whilst work was finished on 48 schools costing $10,539,000. Repairs and maintenance were completed on about 140 buildings and was started in 160 more. Advice was also given on interest-free loans to 4 schools amounting to $6,500,000.

PRIVATE ARCHITECTS AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS

   2.95. A list is given, at Appendix G of the private architects and quantity surveyors engaged during the year on Government building projects.

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Organization

BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE

Government Building Surveyor:

R. Fairbairn, F.R.I.C.S., M.R.S.H. (1.4.64-31.8.64) P. V. Shawe, F.R.I.C.S., M.R.S.H. (1.9.64-31.3.65)

GENERAL

       3.01. The office is divided into 4 Divisions. 3 of these are General Divisions dealing territorially with Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories together with New Kowloon. The remaining Division, expanded during the year, deals with Dangerous Buildings. All 4 Divisions operate under a Chief Building Surveyor.

      3.02. The capital cost of private building works for the year showed and increase of 23.5%-$827,000,000 compared with $668,000,000 for 1963-4. Whilst the percentage increase is far less than the 81% for last year, it is still substantial. However, despite para. 3.04, the circumstances described in paras. 3.12-3.15 below may well affect this rate of increase next year, and possibly the year after.

      3.03. Of the 1,049 occupation permits issued during the year, 227 were for buildings exclusively for domestic use, and 595 were for combined domestic/non-domestic use-i.e. the usual combination of residential accommodation over shops, offices, etc. The balance of 227 were for a variety of non-domestic uses, but mainly industrial.

3.04. The number of Exclusion Orders granted under the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance provides a fairly reliable guide to the extent of proposed urban renewal and the Orders obtained during the year show a 55% increase over 1963-64 (753 against 487).

Staff

3.05. Because recruitment of professional staff continued to be slow and difficult and full establishment appeared impossible to achieve, it was decided in 1963 to start a training scheme within the office. The arrangements were made after consultation with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in order that the training organized would be recognized by that body as enabling trainees to sit for the Institution's professional examinations. The scheme, so far, is proving reasonably successful and it is hoped that it will, in the future, provide a source of recruitment to the professional grades. In the meantime, the trainees are providing valuable assistance in the office.

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Approval of Plans

GENERAL DIVISIONS

Chief Building Surveyors:

E. H. ROWLEY, A.R.I.C.S.

R. A. C. BROWN, A.R.I.C.S. (deceased 2.2.65) R. A. WATTERS, A.R.I.C.S.

G. L. LOWMAN, A.R.I.C.S. (from 3.2.65)

3.06. A total of 12,937 approval permits for buildings and building operations were issued and details of the numbers of buildings involved are set out in Appendix I. The number of permits was less than the total for the preceding year in view of the events described in para. 3.11 which passed to the Building Authority responsibilities previously vested solely in authorized architects.

Other notices and permits issued

3.07.

(a) 1,049 Occupation Permits in respect of 1,781 new buildings completed

in the year.

(b) 167 notices for the removal of illegal structures.

(c) Demand notes for permits to erect balconies and canopies over public

streets and Crown lands to the value of $7,367,984.39.

(d) 3,006 miscellaneous permits for matsheds, hoardings and scaffoldings

(including renewal of permits).

(e) 104 Cease Works Orders.

Miscellaneous

3.08.

(a) 1,330 Drain tests were carried out in various districts.

(b) 194 Building, 4 Lift and 2 Escalator Contractors were registered.

   3.09. During the early part of the year, increasing concern was felt over the large number of buildings which were rendered dangerous and usually had to be closed by the Building Authority due to building works on adjacent or nearby sites. In the period November 1963-September 1964, 125 buildings were closed for these reasons and work on 89 sites had to be stopped by means of Cease Works Orders in order to prevent the necessity for this action.

   3.10. It became evident that new legislation was urgently needed to enable the Building Authority to exercise more effective control over the way in which building works were carried out, and also, in extreme cases,

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Road bridge over Chatham Road, Kowloon, part of the Ho Man Tin Development (para. 4.13).

to be empowered to prohibit the start of works which were likely to en- danger not only adjoining or nearby property but the lives of the occupants, and of passers-by.

      3.11. Accordingly on 4th September, 1964, the Buildings (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance, 1964 became law and, briefly, gave the Building Authority powers to:

(a) Prohibit absolutely building works which could not be undertaken without endangering the stability of other buildings (e.g. demolition in the centre of a row of old and dilapidated buildings).

(b) Impose conditions as to the support, by shoring, of buildings likely to be affected by any of the stages of re-development (e.g. demolition, piling, excavation, etc.), as a pre-requisite to allowing such work to commence. (c) Authorize developers, through their architects, to obtain entry to buildings likely to be affected, for the purpose of erecting shoring. These latter powers have since proved inadequate, and proposals for providing a speedier and more simple procedure are now under consideration.

       3.12. The immediate effects of this Ordinance were two-fold. On the credit side, in the period 4th September, 1964 to 31st March, 1965, the number of Closure Orders dropped to 39 for this 7-month period, and Cease Works Orders were reduced to 32. On the debit side, work was stopped or delayed on nearly 300 sites, causing considerable financial hardship not only to developers, but also to building contractors generally, and piling contractors in particular, since the use of driven piles, involving heavy vibration, was one of the major causes of damage to buildings adjacent to building sites.

      3.13. Whilst it was generally accepted that in order to save lives and property these drastic measures could not be avoided, at the same time, the serious effect of these actions on the real estate business and the build- ing trade was realized. In December, 1964, therefore, the Chief Structural Engineer of the Public Works Department was seconded to this office, to assist in the review of these '300' cases with a view, wherever possible, to allowing work to commence or re-commence where satisfactory pre- cautionary measures, albeit costly, could be taken.

       3.14. At the same time, it was realized that these circumstances could not be allowed to continue indefinitely, and accordingly the problem was referred to the Working Party studying Slum Clearance, and added to their terms of reference. In addition, as the professional and technical staff of this office, working as they were under extreme pressure and in very difficult circumstances, were becoming overwhelmed by the amount of inspection work made necessary by the new legislation, 4 of the most experienced Clerks of Works from other sub-departments of the Public

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Works Department were temporarily posted to this office to assist in this work.

   3.15. Further, it was considered that in view of the serious and far- reaching results of a refusal by the Building Authority to allow work to commence, there should be a speedy and effective means of appeal- ing against his decision in these cases. Accordingly, legislation is now under preparation for the formation of a Panel of authorized architects, from which 'Committees of Review' can be appointed to hear such appeals. The Committees will have 3 members, and will be empowered, should they disagree with the Building Authority's decision, to direct the latter to allow work to proceed, subject to such precautions as they think fit. The intention of the legislation is to eliminate lengthy hearings and legal arguments in order to provide a speedy decision, and to that end, legal representation by either side is not permitted.

Assistance to other Government Departments

3.16. The routine assistance extended to other Government Depart- ments was continued and included 986 inspections of licensed premises and schools.

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DANGEROUS Buildings DivISION

Chief Building Surveyor:

J. G. STEAN, A.R.I.C.S.

3.17. During the year the Dangerous Buildings Division was expanded and brought under the control of a Chief Building Surveyor (in common with the three general divisions).

   3.18. The object of forming this division was to seek out, and deal with, dilapidated buildings before they become so dangerous as to threaten the lives of the occupants and passers-by, and to administer the Demol- ished Buildings (Re-development of Sites) Ordinance, 1963.

3.19. So far, planned surveys of buildings have had to be undertaken on a very limited scale, because the staff (which is at present only up to 30% of its establishment) have been fully occupied in dealing with col- lapses, and cases brought to their attention by other Divisions of the office or by reports from other sources.

   3.20. Nevertheless, during the year, 371 Closure Orders were obtained (including those referred to in para. 3.12 above) in respect of buildings which had become dangerous; 322 demolition orders were issued; and 272 notices were served to carry out repairs.

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      3.21. The after effects of the heavy rains experienced during the un- precedented number of typhoons during the summer of 1964 on buildings which, due to lack of maintenance, were already in an advanced state of disrepair, may well have accelerated dilapidation to the point of danger.

3.22. In addition, 305 Re-development Notices (compared with 100 for the period January 1963 to March 1964) were served, enabling the payment of compensation to tenants of protected buildings demolished due to their dangerous condition and 258 Re-development Orders were issued requiring owners to redevelop, within specified periods, the sites of demolished dangerous buildings.

CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE

Government Civil Engineer:

G. J. SKELT, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.C.G.I., D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E. (Acting) Assistant Government Civil Engineer, Hong Kong:

J. R. WHITAKER, M.A., A.M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., A.M.I.T.E. (Acting) Assistant Government Civil Engineer (Mainland):

F. A. FISHER, B.Sc. (Eng.), L.L.B., A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)

GENERAL

Responsibilities

      4.01. This Sub-department is responsible for roads, drainage, port works, major reclamations and formation works together with traffic engineering which is carried out by a separate division. Most works are designed and supervised by engineers on the staff. Consulting Engineers are employed only in a few cases when there is a shortage of staff or specialist knowledge is required. Works, including maintenance, are generally carried out under contract although a small direct labour force is employed in the two quarries, on minor maintenance duties on the roads, and for the operation of a few items of land and floating plant.

Organization

      4.02. On 1st April, 1964 the functions of the Roads Office and the Drainage Office were combined and formed into three territorial Roads and Drainage Offices, for Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories. The Port Works, Development and Traffic Engineering Offices continued to operate as previously. Subsequently, on 1st October, 1964 the Civil

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Engineering Office was created with six divisions, each under a Chief Engineer, as shown below:

P.W.D.H.Q.

Government Civil Engineer

Asst. G.C.E. (Hong Kong)

Roads & Port Works Traffic

Drainage

Division

Hong Kong

Division

Staff and Expenditure

Asst. G.C.E. (Mainland)

Development Division

Roads &

Engineering Division

Drainage

Kowloon

Division

Roads & Drainage New Territories Division

4.03. The establishment of the Civil Engineering Office on 31st March, 1965 was slightly greater than the staff employed on civil engineering proj- ects under the old organization on 1st April, 1964. Recruitment in certain key grades remained a difficulty as shown in the table below:

Grade

Establish-

ment

1st April, 1964

Strength Vacancies

Establish-

ment

31st March, 1965

Strength Vacancies

1. Engineers and

Assistant Engineers

118

99

19

121

105

16

2. Inspectors of

Works & Assistant

Inspectors of

Works (all grades) 81

72

9

81

73

8

3. Foremen (all

classes)

255

196

59

255

215

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4.04. The increase in capacity was however more than offset by the particularly bad weather during the wet season. In the previous year which was abnormally dry, virtually no time was lost whilst in the year under review, particularly on jobs involving a great deal of earth-moving, at least two months were lost. This is shown in the table below:

Annually Recurrent (not including (1) Typhoon & Rainstorm Damage and (2) Works Executed on Private Account)

Typhoon & Rainstorm Damage

Works Executed on Private Account

Non-Recurrent (not incl. work supervised by

Consulting Engineers)

Non-Recurrent Works supervised by Con-

sulting Engineers

1963-64

$13,962,407.80 59,561.76

$

$ 3,773,094.20

1964-65

$13,655,975.46 $ 4,416,614.22 $ 5,078,577.61

$70,508,721.54

$76,438,745.66

$14,590,776.97

$23,767,373.11

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General

DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

Chief Engineer:

Mr. F. R. WHITEHEAD B.Sc. (Hons.), A.M.I.C.E.

4.05. This division is responsible for the formation of undeveloped areas into land suitable for housing, industry and community purposes in areas where development is feasible but involves major engineering works. The activities of the division continued to increase although the numerous typhoons and associated heavy rainfalls during the summer of 1964 delayed progress on site formation works, and caused a decrease in contract expenditure when compared with the previous year.

Planning and Investigation

      4.06. Reports were prepared on the feasibility of developing new towns at Castle Peak and Sha Tin in the New Territories, each capable of supporting a population of approximately 1 million people as self- contained communities. The former report covered the development of 1,041 acres of land to provide sites for housing, industrial, Government institutional and community use and formed open spaces, whilst the latter covered the development of 1,716 acres for similar use. Each of these two projects set aside a gross area of more than 200 acres for resettlement and other Government aided housing.

4.07. Plans were also prepared to form 6 acres of land at Wing Hong Street and preliminary proposals were prepared for development of the commercial centre at Yau Tong and further additional sites at Kwai Chung North Area 9. A start was made on investigating the feasibility of development at Tsing Yi Island.

4.08. As in previous years most Public Works Department Subsoil investigations were carried out under an annual contract administered by this division. This practice facilitated the collection of subsoil information and a growing library of investigation data was available for reference. The greater use made of this service during the year was reflected in an increase of 120% in expenditure over the previous year.

Summary of Contracts

4.09. At the end of the year 16 contracts were in progress excluding the work undertaken by Consulting Engineers at Kwai Chung. The follow- ing table summarizes the development schemes under construction:

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Location

Kwun Tong New

Town ...

Area to

be formed

(acres)

Estimated Cost ($M)

Area completed (acres)

Expenditure (SM)

to 31.3.64

670.48 105.00

593.40

Sam Ka Tsuen ...

40.00

12.60

3.00

Kowloon Bay

426.00

94.20

53.10

Nil

Ho Man Tin

Development...

121.00

22.70

34.50

Lung Cheung

Road Develop-

ment Area

No. 3 ...

47.00

7.50

47.00

Remarks

70.30 Additional area at Sau Mau Ping resulting from revised layout.

2.01 Site formation commen-

ced in February 1965.

Reclamation formed by public dumping.

5.23 Site for residential and community use. Road works in progress on stages II and III and in road No. 6A linking Nairn Road with Ma Tau Wei Road.

3.25 Sites for residential and community use com- pleted. Internal road works under construc- tion.

Kwai Chung

North Develop-

ment Area 9

90.00

22.00

30.00

4.10 Sites for

resettlement, low cost housing and workers' housing.

1,394.48 264.00

761.00

84.89

Kwun Tong

4.10. Of the six site formation contracts in progress two were com- pleted during the year. A total of 51.4 acres of levelled building sites was formed in the New Town and 13.3 acres of reclamation completed in Industrial Zone 5.

4.11. Reclamation continued in an adjacent section of Kowloon Bay and some 1,115,000 cubic yards of material from private building sites and Government projects was deposited to form 34.47 acres of land. The total area reclaimed in Kowloon Bay including Kai Tak was 53.10 acres.

4.12. Work commenced in February 1965 on the development of a 40 acre site at Sam Ka Tsuen to the South East of Kwun Tong to provide land for heavy industry.

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Kowloon

4.13. Stages II and III of the Ho Man Tin Development were com- pleted including a 110 foot span reinforced concrete arch bridge over Chatham Road and site formation for public open space in this area. Good progress was maintained on the other stages of development and work started on road works in the completed areas.

4.14. Formation of sites at Lung Cheung Road Area No. 3 was com- pleted and internal road works were in progress.

4.15. Tenders were called for the first section of Lung Cheung Road Area No. 1 which lies between the Kam Tin Resettlement Estate and Lung Cheung Road and will be used for community and institutional purposes.

     4.16. Cheung Sha Wan reclamation was opened as a public dump in January 1965 and reclamation progressed in accordance with an approved programme.

Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan

4.17. Four site formation contracts were in progress at Kwai Chung North during the year. Two platforms were occupied by Resettlement Department as resite areas, whilst another platform was handed over to Architectural Office for construction of resettlement housing. Surplus excavated material was used in reclaiming part of Gin Drinker's Bay as well as low-lying portions of old village areas in Tsuen Wan.

     4.18. Good progress was made on Stage II of the Kwai Chung Devel- opment Scheme under the supervision of the Consulting Engineers. The second phase of this project was nearing completion and preparations were under way for handing over planning Area 10B as well as about 12 acres of formed land on Lai Chi Kok Peninsula to Government. About 3,500 ft. of the main reinforced concrete culvert was also completed.

Castle Peak

4.19. Work was completed on a 250 foot long reinforced concrete bridge and the adjacent causeway across Castle Peak Bay. A contract was awarded for the construction of the first stage of Pillar Point Road. When completed this will provide direct motor access from Castle Peak Road via the bridge and causeway to sawmill lots situated on the West shore of the bay. Preliminary planning was also started for the San Hui Scheme, part of which involves the reclamation of some 55 acres of land situated to the North of the completed causeway.

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Sha Tin

4.20. Work was under way on piling for the foundations to a 320 foot long, three span bridge, which will form part of the roadway to the Sha Tin portal of Lion Rock Tunnel. Formation of the embankments to the adjacent section of the approach road was substantially completed.

Railway Section

4.21. Plans were drawn up for building a new railway terminus on reclaimed land at Hung Hom and for new railway workshops on land to be reclaimed at Ho Tung Lau, Sha Tin, in the New Territories. Plans include the linking of these workshop to Sha Tin Station by a new railway branch line.

Miscellaneous

4.22. A 'Manual of Technical Instructions for Surveying Assistants (Engineering)' with Appendix containing numerical examples and also a set of Regulations was completed and one copy of the manual and appen- dix was issued to each Surveying Assistant (Engineering) in the Department.

General

PORT WORKS Division

Chief Engineer (Acting):

H. R. A. CHAMBERLAIN, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.

   4.23. The activities of the Port Works Division, which include the construction of seawalls, ferry piers and public piers were considerably affected by the prolonged adverse weather conditions experienced during the greater part of the year. Besides the delays caused to the progress of major construction works, the division's other activities such as dredging, site investigations and hydrographic surveys were also affected and an additional heavy burden of storm damage repair was placed upon the organization. However, much preparatory work in connection with future projects was achieved and several new works were commenced.

Central Reclamation

   4.24. Work continued on Stages II and IV of the Central Reclamation scheme between the existing Star Ferry Piers and the completed section at Rumsey Street.

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     4.25. The superstructure of the new post office piers was completed and the installation of the mail handling equipment commenced during the year. Adjacent to this, work on the new public pier, now officially called Blake Pier, progressed but at a reduced rate. The foundations for the final section of seawall fronting Stage II of the reclamation commenced and a contract was let for the construction of the seawall itself.

4.26. In Stage IV of the scheme the Central Harbour Services Pier which replaces the ferry berths absorbed by the reclamation was completed and commissioned. Some offices for the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company were constructed on the roof of this pier and the Company occupied these offices on the day on which the pier was opened. To the west of the Central Harbour Services Pier a contract was let for the con- struction of a similar passenger ferry pier. This will be known as the Dis- trict Services Pier and will replace further berths to be absorbed in the reclamation scheme.

4.27. A contract was also let for the construction of a new Government pier for the use of the Marine Department, Commerce and Industry Department and other Government launches and fire floats. In addition work commenced on the last section of seawall for Stage IV of the rec- lamation.

Wan Chai Reclamation

4.28. A preliminary report and programme of works for the first stage of this project was prepared and on its adoption the area was opened to public dumping. Approximately 200,000 cubic yards of spoil were placed. Tenders were invited for the construction of a section of the seawall foundation.

Aberdeen Reclamation

4.29. Work continued on the western breakwater and seawall at Aberdeen. The seawall was substantially completed and the reclamation behind it took 320,000 cubic yards of filling leaving only a small amount to be dumped. Good progress was made on the breakwater during the latter half of the year and the rock core was almost completed.

     4.30. Work started on the construction of a Marine Police pier at Brick Hill together with an access road. This pier and road will serve a new Marine Police operational base at Aberdeen.

Sandy Bay Reclamation

4.31. Dredging and sand filling for the foundations of the retaining bund fronting Stage II of this scheme were commenced and restricted

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dumping continued. Approximately 560,000 cubic yards of fill were placed.

Chai Wan Reclamation

4.32. A total of 680,000 cubic yards of spoil was placed at Chai Wan Reclamation forming a further 14 acres of the total of 171 acres planned for future reclamation. Construction of the first section of seawall foundation 1,200 feet long commenced in October and a contract for the construction of the seawall was let in March.

Hung Hom Reclamation

4.33. 2,000 feet of seawall in Stage IIB were completed and work continued on a further 1,200 feet in Stage IIA, this being the final stage of this reclamation.

Kowloon Bay Reclamation

    4.34. Work on the foundations of 3,000 ft. of seawall continued and in July, construction of the seawall started. This enabled public dumping to proceed and some 60 acres of land to be reclaimed.

Cha Kwo Ling Reclamation

4.35. Work commenced on Stage I of this reclamation involving the construction of approximately 600 feet of seawall. The planning and design for Stage II was completed. This reclamation will provide landing facilities for harbour ferry services, land for a waterfront road and a provisional site for a second refuse incinerator in Kowloon, together with approximately 19 acres of land for industrial use. A sheltered an- chorage for small craft will also be provided.

Sam Ka Tsuen Reclamation and Breakwater

   4.36. Foundation work neared completion and the construction of the seawall and breakwater was well advanced by the end of the year.

Kennedy Town Reclamation

4.37. Work commenced in November on the construction of a pump- house and a short extension of the existing seawall at Kennedy Town. The pumphouse is required to provide a sea water supply to the new Kennedy Town refuse incinerator and also for a flushing water supply for the western district. Planning and design were carried out for a further 500 feet extension to the seawall which will retain approximately 3.5 acres of additional reclaimed land.

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North Point and Kowloon City Vehicular Ferry Pier

4.38. The construction of these two piers was completed and the new eastern Vehicular Ferry Service between North Point and Kowloon City commenced in January.

Kennedy Town Incinerator Plant

4.39. Piling was completed, and civil engineering on the substructure including the loading quay and the two 200-ft. chimneys progressed A contract was let for the erection of the steel superstructure.

Site formation at Aberdeen Resettlement Estate

4.40. Formation work continued on this site which on completion will provide 15 acres of land for resettlement buildings. Some difficulty was encountered in blasting work which required extreme care to avoid damaging nearby buildings.

Maintenance and Dredging

4.41. General maintenance and repairs were carried out to a number of Government piers, seawalls, breakwaters, markers and light beacons. The two departmental dredgers removed a total of 113,500 cubic yards of spoil, mostly from nullahs and sewer outfalls. Contract dredging, apart from that connected with seawall foundations, was carried out at Tai O Creek to improve the natural anchorage there. Divers of the Division carried out underwater inspections of foundations, blockwork, seawalls, piers, pumphouses and pipe lines. A total of 396 hours were spent under water.

Minor Works

4.42.

Minor works and miscellaneous duties included:

(1) Checking of calculations and drawings for marine structures submitted

by private architects under the Buildings Ordinance.

(2) The construction at Tsim Bei Tsui of a 350 foot walk-way and a 250 feet long catwalk and pier head for the use of the crews of Marine Police launches. (3) The construction of navigation beacons at Bush Reef, Loo Foo Fat, Fung

Wong Fat and Gau Tau for the Marine Department.

(4) The removal of underwater obstructions from the approaches to Peng

Chau Pier in Mirs Bay, Hung Hom and Sam Ka Tsuen.

(5) The removal of 850 cubic yards of boulders from the beach at Big Wave

Bay for the Urban Services Department.

(6) The collection of automatic tide gauge records from North Point, Chi Ma Wan and Tai Po and the preparation of abstracts of high and low tides throughout the year, together with computation of the mean sea level.

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Boring

   4.43. Marine and land boring units carried out investigations at several locations throughout the colony.

Surveys

4.44. The following survey work was carried out:

(1) Hydrographic surveys at Castle Peak Bay and Sha Tin Hoi for the planning of development in these two districts, and at Shuen Wan in Tolo Harbour, and at Chek Keng in Long Harbour for the formation of typhoon shelters. (2) Tidal level and current velocity observations in Aberdeen Harbour and Aberdeen Channel for the proving tests of the harbour model under con- struction at the Hydraulics Research Station, Wallingford, England.

(3) Sounding surveys for locating uncharted obstructions and for the erection of navigation beacons over rocks at north west Lantau, Rocky Harbour, Inner Port Shelter, Tolo Channel, Long Harbour and Mirs Bay.

(4) Echo sounding surveys in the central harbour area in the vicinity of the new Ocean Terminal and in the Tsuen Wan and Tsing Yi Island area. (5) Float tests and current meter observations at various locations to determine suitable positions for submarine outfalls for the Castle Peak Development and Sham Shui Po Sewerage Schemes.

Materials Testing Laboratory

4.45. Physical tests on soil and building materials carried out during the year totalled 34,121 and comprised the following:

(1) Concrete tests

(2) Cement tests

(3) Aggregate tests

Metal tests

(5) Bitumen and Bituminous material tests

(6) Soil tests

(7) Miscellaneous tests

23,945

622

1,805

4,650

343

1,890

866

4.46. The above included 15,346 tests for private firms and architects providing a revenue of $140,579; an increase over last year of 37% in terms of tests and 67% in terms of revenue. The total number of tests undertaken was 8% more than last year.

4.47. New laboratory equipment acquired during the year included a concrete coring machine and two self-recording consolidation machines.

General

Roads and Drainage Divisions

Chief Engineers:

New Territories: T. K. HUM, M.Eng., A.M.I.C.E., M.E.I.C. Hong Kong Island: H. D. STEAD, M.Sc., D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E. Kowloon: G. A. G. SAPSTEAD, A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)

4.48. Each of the three Roads and Drainage divisions operated territorially, under a Chief Engineer. It was found that the combination

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of the roads and drainage functions on a territorial basis operated efficiently, and the setting up of a separate division for the New Territories produced the desired close liaison with the New Territories Adminis- tration.

4.49. The year's typhoons caused a large number of road blockages from fallen trees and scaffolding, landslides and flooding. Although complete repairs often took several months, roads were generally opened to traffic within one or two days of their being blocked. This was achieved with the ready co-operation of contractors and staff working round the clock for a number of days.

4.50. To cope with the rapid increase of both vehicle and pedestrian traffic the policy of generally improving existing roads continued. Junction improvements and road widening were carried out to accepted traffic engineering standards.

4.51. Approximately 13 miles of new roads were built, 34 miles of existing roads were completely reconstructed, and 42 miles of road resurfacing were carried out.

Road Works in Hong Kong

      4.52. A valuable traffic link between Mid-levels and the Central Area and a relief for Garden Road, was provided with the completion of the improvement of Glenealy between Lower and Upper Albert Road. This also included the construction of a link with Albany Road, passing under Upper Albert Road. As further means of easing traffic flow between these areas, schemes involving the improvement of the Ice House Street/Lower Albert Road and Arbuthnot Road/Wyndham Street Junctions were put in hand.

4.53. The constant traffic hazard caused by the narrow bridge and sharp bend where Repulse Bay Road crosses Beach Road was eliminated with the completion of widening and improvements to the bridge and its approaches.

     4.54. Work was substantially completed on major improvements to Pokfulam Road between Pokfulam Village and Victoria Road. In addition to widening, the road is being substantially realigned and regraded to eliminate several dangerous and steep bends.

4.55. The reconstruction of Connaught Road West between Hill Road and Rumsey Street, was carried out on a double-shift basis to speed progress and reduce inconvenience to the public in this heavily trafficked and congested area of the waterfront.

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4.56. Work commenced on the construction of the Harcourt Road flyover and the adjacent section of Kapok Drive, being the first stage of the improvement scheme for the Garden Road Complex.

   4.57. Design and planning was in hand during the year on the remain- der of the Garden Road Complex and several other major projects.

Road Works in Kowloon

4.58. The fourth stage of the reconstruction of Nathan Road from Boundary Street to Nullah Road was completed leaving one further stage to be carried out in 1965-66.

   4.59. An important link road connecting Wang Tau Hom to Kowloon Tong was opened to traffic together with a bus terminus at Wang Tau Hom Resettlement Estate.

   4.60. The completion of a further large sized bus terminus at Choi Hung enabled more efficient operation of bus services in the eastern Kowloon and Kwun Tong area.

   4.61. To ease congestion on the Castle Peak Road at Lai Chi Kok, an additional carriageway around the Hospital was nearly completed by the end of the year.

4.62. The piling and foundations for the Nairn Road Flyover were completed and the preliminary work for the superstructure commenced. 4.63. Work on the Tai Po/Castle Peak Road Link continued despite considerable delays due to the typhoon season.

Road Works in New Territories

   4.64. Works started on the Lion Rock approach road from Sha Tin. Sections of Castle Peak Road from Lai Chi Kok Gap to Kwai Chung and from Ping Shan to Yuen Long Town were widened from single carriageway to dual carriageways.

   4.65. Other widening and improvement works were completed along the roads from Tai Po Road to Ting Kok and from Yuen Long Main Road to Tai Tong as far as Kwong Ming School and also the realignment of Tai Po Road at 124 M.S. Work continued on improve- ments of the Sai Kung to Tai Mong Tsai Road from Sai Kung to Tai Wan, the Border Road from Sha Tau Kok to Ta Kwu Ling and the road through Kam Tin.

   4.66. New roads were constructed in several development areas at Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Yuen Long.

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Flood Control

      4.67. All the river training works in the vicinity of Yuen Long Town were completed and works on open channels, which extend from the town to the foothills, were commenced. These flood relief works proved to be effective as no flooding of the town occurred during the numerous heavy rainstorms which occurred during the year.

Drainage

4.68. The following table summarizes the work carried out during

the year:

New drains laid (length in feet)

Defective drains replaced (length in feet)

Connections provided (Nos.)

Chokes cleared (Nos.)

Sand cleared from culverts and nullahs (cubic yards)

Sewerage and Sewage Disposal

321,224

17,036

3,838

16,760

287,520

     4.69. Investigations continued into the improvements required to the existing sewerage systems in the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon. Improvements are being designed to cater for the increased quantities of sewage expected during the next 10-15 years allowing for the rapid population growth and planned improvements to water supplies.

      4.70. Detailed technical reports were prepared for the Central, Wan Chai, Yau Ma Tei and Kowloon South sewerage systems and investigations were commenced for the remaining areas.

4.71. Work commenced on the construction of new branch or main sewers in the Happy Valley and Wan Chai districts of Hong Kong as well as in Sham Shui Po.

      4.72. Investigations were commenced to ascertain the degree of pollution in streams at Yuen Long and Shek Wu Hui. This was required in order to determine the extent of sewage treatment that will be necessary.

4.73. A survey showed that it was possible to discharge sewage from Yuen Long into the sea at Castle Peak. Such a scheme would have the advantage of picking up sewage from any existing or future development lying between Yuen Long and Castle Peak.

      4.74. Contract documents were prepared for the construction of intercepting sewers and sewage screening equipment for Yuen Long.

4.75.

        Work on intercepting sewers was in progress in areas 5 and 18 of Tsuen Wan.

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Nullah Decking and Reconstruction

4.76. The decking of Bowrington Canal between Yiu Wa Street and Gloucester Road, and Tong Shui Road Nullah was completed. The paved areas are to be used for hawker and cooked food stalls and for car parking. Decking of the nullah in Nullah Road, Mong Kok was also completed.

Resettlement Housing and Site Development

4.77. Road and drainage works were carried out at Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing estates in Aberdeen and Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island and throughout Kowloon.

Trenches

4.78. The rapid development of new areas and redevelopment of the urban district has continued to place a heavy work load on the Trenches Section.

4.79. Monthly co-ordinating meetings, where representatives of utility companies, Services and Government departments meet to discuss mutual problems of common interest, continued during the year. Their object is to minimize the inconvenience and obstruction caused by trench- ing work and to reduce as much as possible the necessity of opening the same areas again and again. Regular inspections of all trenching activities were made and corrective measures taken as required.

4.80. The number of Road Opening Permits issued was:

Utilities, service departments, etc. Government Sub-departments

3,330

2,607

4.81. Whilst the utilities all continued with further development of their service mains, complaints arising from their activities were con- siderably reduced. This can be attributed to the more effective operation of the Trenches Section and better co-ordination between utility companies and Government sub-departments.

Private Works

4.82. Advice was given on various private development schemes and proposals for Crown Land sales. 2,836 plans for private development were dealt with; 2,459 demand notes were issued for the provision of drainage connections, run-ins and other works for private development. Advice on 494 Crown Land sales and 195 public proposals was also given.

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Quarry Section

       4.83. In the Government Quarries production of aggregate continued to be reserved mainly for the manufacture of road surfacing materials. With the curtailment of quarrying at Hok Yuen Quarry, having reached the limit of economic operation, it was necessary to supplement pro- duction by the supply of spalls from private quarries on contract and from development projects. Crushing and the production of coated materials continued at Hok Yuen Quarry.

      4.84. A comparison of production of the last four years, including processing of imported spalls, can be made from the following table:

Hok Yuen Mt. Butler

Total

Total Crushed Stone (Tons) 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 104,886 98,074 95,698 67,979 100,211 103,297 87,357 78,858

Bitumen Coated Materials (Tons) 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 86,085 70,186 85,277 65,708 30,252 36,130 33,674 29,633

205,097 201,371 183,055 146,837 116,337 106,316 118,951 95,341

      4.85. As an alternative to Hok Yuen Quarry, development of a new quarry at Diamond Hill was put in hand. Site formation was carried out and new plant was delivered for mechanizing the quarrying operations.

      4.86. Deep drilling equipment purchased for Mt. Butler Quarry, was put into operation and in combination with the use of Ammonium Nitrate and fuel oil mixtures, single blasts yielding approximately 6,000 tons of rock were achieved.

4.87. Trials were carried out successfully on the manufacture and laying of Asphaltic Concrete in an effort to produce a more durable road surfacing material than the Rolled Asphalt used at present.

4.88. To improve future supplies two additional private quarries were let on long term contracts. The total number of such quarries supervised and administered by the Quarry Section was nine. One of these, Diamond Hill Quarry, was taken over as a Government Quarry as mentioned above, and another was closed on completion of the

contract.

      4.89. The services of the Quarry Section continued to be called upon for dealing with dangerous boulders where life or property were in danger and where the use of explosives was necessary.

      4.90. Courses were arranged for the training of plant operators and several members of the staff were attached for short periods to the Explosive Section of the Mines Division for instruction on the use of explosives and the Dangerous Goods Ordinance.

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BASIC STATISTICS

POPULATION: ROAD ACCIDENTS & MILEAGE : VEHICLES

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600

120

601

10

500

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ACCIDENTS IN 1,000 UNITS

ROAD MILEAGE

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400

300

200

100

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30

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VEHICLE REGISTRATION

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POPULATION

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8

IN 100.000 UNITS

ROAD MILEAGE,

TOTAL PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENTS

POPULATION-

VEHICLE REGISTRATION

1947

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56 57

58 59 60 61

62

63

64 65

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ACCIDENTS RELATIVE TO

VEHICLES

600

120

op

300

ACCIDENTS PER 1.000 VEHICLES

100

80

TOTAL "PERSONAL INJURY

ACCIDENTS* PER 1000 VEHICLES

00

VEHICLE REGISTRATION IN 1,000 UNITS

200

100

20

TOTAL NO OF VEHICLES IN 1,000 UNITS

1947 48

49

50 51

52

53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61

62

18

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ACCIDENTS RELATIVE TO POPULATION

400

350

300

ACCIDENTS PER 100,000 POPULATION

250

IN 100.000 UNITS

35

30

25

200

20

POPULATION

TOTAL POPULATION

IN 100,000 UNITS

TOTAL PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENTS PER 100,000 POPULATION

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100

101

1947 48 49 50

51

52

53

54

55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62

63

64

65

66 67

Local Public Works

4.91. During the year the execution of Local Public Works which had in the past been carried out by an engineering unit attached to the New Territories Administration was taken over by the District Engineers of the New Territories Roads & Drainage Division. The works con- structed under this heading were as follows:

(1) Footbridges at Shek Kong and Shek Po Tsuen, Yuen Long; Tsat Yue Wu,

Sai Kung.

(2) Aqua privies at Sham Shing Hui and Tsing Shan Kau Hui, Castle Peak; Tsing Lung Tau, Tsuen Wan; Tai Po Tau and Kam Tsin, Tai Po; Nam Wai, Hebe Haven.

General

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION

Chief Engineer:

W. C. BELL, A.M.I.C.E.

     4.92. The growth in traffic flow on the roads of the Colony continued unabated. During 1964, a further 10,741 vehicles were registered repre- senting an increase of 14.2% over the year as compared to 9,812 and 15% respectively for 1963.

4.93. The accompanying graphs show the general trend of statistics for populations, road mileage, vehicle registration and accidents over the past seventeen years. All continued to increase at much the same rate as in previous years, with the exception of accidents. The personal injury accident rate per thousand vehicles dropped to 108.9 which is encouraging in view of the increased congestion on the roads during peak hours. As 'minor damage' accidents which do not involve court action are no longer recorded by the Police Traffic Branch, total accident statistics have been discontinued as they give a false impression.

     4.94. The Chief Engineer continued to serve as the Director's rep- resentative on the Traffic Advisory Committee and at the meetings of the Working Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee on Public Transport.

Traffic Aids

     4.95. The 2,770 new signs installed this year represent an increase of 190% over the figure for 63-64 and is a measure of the increased use of traffic management techniques to help solve the traffic problem. The maintenance of existing signs was continued, and this is rapidly becoming a major task.

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4.96. A total of 218 illuminated traffic aids were installed, although 140 were removed for various reasons. Traffic markings equivalent to 200 miles of roadways were painted or repainted and trials were made with new plastics in an endeavour to reduce the frequency of traffic delays caused by road marking. There was a rapid expansion in the number of car parking spaces designated on the road, some 1,700 being added on the Mainland and 1,550 in Hong Kong. Installation of new parking meters was restricted to 62 in Kowloon and 196 in Hong Kong due to the limited staff and equipment available, but a detailed programme for a further 1,350 meters was finalized.

Traffic Light Signals

4.97. The newly established unit dealing with traffic light signals has made good progress on design work, but actual installations have been limited by the availability of equipment from the United Kingdom. Of the 27 sets designed in the preceding year, four are now in operation and equipment for most of the remaining 23 sets has arrived and is being tested.

4.98. The design of a further 44 sets is substantially complete and orders have been placed for half of them. Included in these plans are 9 sets of pedestrian operated signals, 18 sets of linked signals, and equip- ment for two major schemes. The first incorporates 8 sets of linked signals in Queen's Road East to increase traffic speed and improve pedes- trian safety, whilst the second provides for 4 sets of signals at the difficult Chatham Road-Ma Tau Wei Road intersection. Revisions to the detailed layout for the Nathan Road Linked Signal System were com- pleted, extending the system northwards to Tai Po Road junction and improving overall capacity. Quotations for the necessary equipment have been called.

Street Lighting

4.99. Progress was limited by the ability of the Power Companies to undertake the large programme involved, but nevertheless a total of 1,298 new lamps were installed. This included 248 of Hong Kong Island, 663 in Kowloon and 387 in the New Territories. Street lighting costs rose to $3,457,000 made up as follows:

Hong Kong $1,395,000

Kowloon $1,682,000

New Territories

$380,000

The power rate fell slightly during the year, due to a reduction in the power surcharge.

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Public Transport

     4.100. The Public Transport issue has featured strongly in the press over the past year. Together with the activities of the Advisory Com- mittee on Public Transport, this has meant a bigger concentration than ever of staff time on public transport matters. Constructive suggestions and designs have been prepared to deal with many aspects of the problem, including bus stop locations and facilities, termini, routes and concourses.

4.101. On many issues, however, decisions have been based (from sheer lack of alternative) on personal opinions. This should soon be remedied by the work of the Passenger Transport Survey Unit which was set up as a branch of the Traffic Engineering Division under the direct control of Mr. DALBY of the U.K. Road Research Laboratory in August, 1964. During the remainder of the year under review, this Unit completed surveys on journey times by trams, bus and car over all the available routes in the urban areas. It has set up a traffic counting system yielding data on traffic flow throughout any 24 hour period in some 47 different locations. It also conducted an interview survey on the travel habits of 20,000 school children and substantially completed a survey of the parking facilities available in the urban area and their usage. In preparation for the main survey in the summer of 1965, a pilot interview survey has been completed for all transport users covering private cars, taxis, buses, trams, ferries and the railway. Preparations have been made for the staffing and design of the main interview survey to be conducted in the summer, and everything is on schedule despite a late start.

Investigations

4.102. Up to August some 90 special traffic counts were carried out in connection with the design work of the Traffic Engineering Division. Thereafter the Public Transport Survey Unit took over counting as an integral part of its work and a further 12 major counts were completed.

     4.103. One major investigation carried out as a joint effort was a 'tag survey' of vehicles entering and leaving the Central District of Hong Kong Island during the morning and evening peak hours respectively. Every fourth vehicle was labelled and then traced through the district by stationing observers, thus yielding numerical origin and destination data. This data was used to formulate proposals for the re-routing of traffic in the Central District with a view to making the best use of the existing road network.

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Planning

4.104. The study of and comment on town planning layouts in the context of traffic needs continued. The Division was represented on planning committees for the two major development schemes at Castle Peak and Sha Tin. Another major development considered was the planning of the Wan Chai Reclamation for which a detailed layout was prepared incorporating five grade separated intersections and the Cross Harbour Tunnel landfall complex. Consideration was also given to the detailed planning of the Cross Harbour Tunnel landfall in Kowloon. A scheme for the re-routing of traffic in Central District was prepared. 4.105. On a lesser scale, but involving considerable time and effort, proposals for schools, cinemas and private development were considered with regard to the need for access, parking, loading and public transport facilities.

Design

4.106. Individual design work additional to that included in major planning schemes continued. Among the more important layouts were Nathan Road-Lai Chi Kok Road junction (as an extension of the Linked Signal System), Gascoigne Road-Nathan Road junction, the Lai Chi Kok Bay Bridge Traffic Complex and the Coastal Road- Castle Peak Road network. Two grade-separated junctions in Tsuen Wan were designed, one for Texaco Road-Yeung Uk Road and one at Castle Peak Road-Tai Ho Road. A bus terminus layout for Lai Chi Kok and a toll plaza for the Lion Rock Tunnel were completed. On the Island progress was made in improvement schemes such as Kennedy Road Widening and Realignment, Chai Wan Road dual carriageway and Wong Chuk Hang Road junction.

Staff

CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE

Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey:

R. H. HUGHES, M.A., F.R.I.C.S.

GENERAL

   5.01. The total authorized establishment amounted to 577, an increase of 31 over the previous year. The increase represented 2 Assistant Land Surveyors, 2 Estate Surveyors for leave reserve purposes in the New Territories Administration and 27 clerical and technical staff. The New Territories Cadastral Survey Establishment is now 148.

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5.02. Senior recruitment included 1 Senior Planning Officer, 2 Estate Surveyors, 2 Land Surveyors and 5 Assistant Planning Officers but the vacancies for 2 Estate Surveyors remained unfilled.

Training

5.03. Surveying Assistants (Land) Class III receive 3 years basic survey training and their promotion and confirmation to the permanent establishment depends on their passing a departmental examination of a high standard. All 'in-service' training is of a practical and productive nature. Two years basic training in land surveying is also given to Surveying Assistants (Engineering) Class III prior to their posting to an engineering sub-department.

5.04. During the year 54 Surveying Assistants (Land) and 16 Surveying Assistants (Engineering) received such training. In addition, one year's basic survey training was given to 7 Surveying Assistants (Planning) and 3 Surveying Assistants (Estate); the latter sat for the first examination of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in March, 1965.

     5.05. All Cartographic Assistants Class III now receive 3 years training and like Surveying Assistants, cannot be promoted to Class II or be confirmed to the permanent establishment until they have passed a departmental promotion examination. This also applies to Cartographic Assistants in the New Territories Administration who are rotated for training purposes with those in this office. During the year 65 Cartographic Assistants Class III were under productive training.

Overseas Training

     5.06. In January 1965 a Land Surveyor returned from one year's training in photo-grammetry at the International School of Photo- grammetry in Delft, Holland.

     5.07. One Cartographic Assistant Class II was selected for advanced training and was sent to the Directorate of Overseas Survey in Britain for training in the latest cartographic techniques and modern methods of map production.

     5.08. One Assistant Planning Officer was sent to Liverpool University for the course in Civic Design.

5.09. Of the four Surveying Assistants (Land) Class II who had passed the Intermediate Examination of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Land Surveying Section), the first three completed their training in Britain, two being at the school of Military Survey and one at London

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University. The fourth Surveying Assistant to be sent to Britain passed the Intermediate Examination in the Spring of 1964 and was sent to the School of Military Survey in May 1964 for the year's course.

Revenue

5.10. The total revenue collected, compared with 1963-64, was:

Premia on land sales

1963-64

$181,439,357.35

1964-65

$118,408,840.26

Premia on land sales credited to

Development Loan Fund

12,321,408.63

10,319,874.38

Permit Fees

7,209,312.04

5,909,645.62

Rental from annual and monthly

tenancies

2,807,589.50

5,737,351.18

Boundary stones and survey fees... Plans and aerial photos sold to the

public

111,473.90

104,699.90

105,693.36

35,566.55

$203,994,834.78

$140,515,977.89

5.11. From the foregoing and the following pages, it will be apparent that whilst the output of the office has been maintained in terms of cases completed, overall revenue derived again decreased by about 30% compared with the previous year due to less land being available for submission to auction and a fall off in demand for sites for residential development.

CROWN LANDS DIVISION

Assistant Superintendents:

W. L. T. CRUNDEN, F.R.I.C.S., F.A.I., F.L.Arb., M.R.S.H.

Auction Sales

I. L. STANTON, A.R.I.C.S.

5.12. As in the previous years Crown Land has been offered for sale by public auction following programmes published at three monthly intervals. 156 lots were offered for sale by this means of which 127 were sold compared with the previous years total of 252. In addition, 19 lots were offered for sale by public tender and tenders were accepted in respect of 12 lots. These figures, however, do not include the site of the former Naval Dockyard which was offered for sale by public tender in one or two lots, the result of which was still pending at the end of the year.

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Industrial

      5.13. 77 lots were sold, of which 42 were at Kwun Tong. The prices obtained for these lots were below last year's figures, and this could perhaps be partially attributed to the fact that many of the industrial sites sold in previous years have now been developed by investment com- panies and disposed of as flatted factories, thus absorbing some of the pressure previously experienced in this direction.

Non-industrial

      5.14. 62 lots were sold for this type of user and the highest price realized during the year was $219.76 per sq. ft. for a lot located in Aberdeen Main Road. The demand for land for low density development for high class residential accommodation was again slack, thus indicating that the immediate supply of this type of accommodation still exceeds the demand. Developers do not appear to be interested at present in investing their capital in property restricted to this type of accommodation.

Private Treaty Grants

5.15. 112 lots or extensions thereto were granted during the year, 52 by exchange and 16 free of premium for non-profit-making institu- tions, an increase of 23 over the number of similar grants effected in the previous year. 2 sites were granted for Local Government Officers' Housing Schemes.

Land for Government and Government-sponsored projects

     5.16. As, of necessity, Government must be the largest single developer of land, the office continued to co-ordinate the clearance and allocation of sites for projects carried out by the Engineering and Architectural sub-departments.

Regrant of Crown Leases

5.17. 171 regrants were made of 75 year non-renewable leases com- pared with a total of 253 in the previous year.

Kwun Tong

     5.18. 71 more lots were sold or granted by public auction or private treaty, making a total of 513 at the close of the year involving a total area of about 6.6 million sq. ft. The premium derived from this district since its inception exceeds $242 million.

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Modification of Crown Lease Conditions

5.19. Conditions restricting development user, or sale were modified in respect of 66 lots which is a decrease over the previous year and is again accounted for by the fact that there is now little incentive to seek a modification of a lease of land located in the better residential areas on account of the slackening demand for high class residential flats.

Fulfilment of Building Covenants

   5.20. The conditions concerning the fulfilment of building covenants were modified in 342 cases. This is a marked increase over those dealt with in the previous year and results from the large amount of land which has been sold by Government in recent years and which is now in the course of being developed.

Valuations

   5.21. These were made for the following purposes and, in addition, assistance in valuation matters was given to other Government Depart-

ments:

(a) Resumptions.

(b) Surrenders.

(c) Regrants of Crown Leases.

(d) Renewal of Crown Leases.

(e) Sale and purchase of land and buildings.

(ƒ) Town Planning.

(g) Removal of Restrictive Covenants.

(h) Estate Duty purposes, the hereditaments valued during the year exceeding

$138 million,

"Compulsory Acquisition

   5.22. Preparatory work was done for Boards to be convened under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance for resumptions gazetted during the year.

Demolished Buildings (Re-development of Sites) Ordinance, 1963

5.23. Incremental value was determined in respect of 291 properties.

Permits

   5.24. 869 Crown Land Permits were cancelled during the year and although 287 new ones were issued, these mostly superseded an equivalent number of those cancelled. The revenue realized was about $5.5 million, a fairly large decrease compared with the previous year due to many of the cancelled permits lying in areas required for permanent resettlement development.

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Short-term Tenancies

       5.25. About $5.6. million was received from this form of tenure, double that for the previous year. The total revenue from this form of tenure, together with that for permits, was therefore raised by a total of about $1 million over last year's figure.

Land Transactions

5.26. The following is a summary of the various categories of land transactions which were completed, giving a total of 908 cases as against 934 in the previous year:

New

(1) Land Sale by auction and tender

(2) Private Treaty Grants ...

(3) Exchanges & Extensions

(4) Modifications

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(5) Modification of Building Covenant (6) Regrants of 75-year non-renewable

leases ...

(7) Leases on annual rental

Revenue

Hong

Kowloon

Kowloon

Total

Kong

(Including

Kwun Tong)

15

13

***

41

25

49

19

39

168

22E22 80

96

139

18

41

13

71

19

66

264

342

171

10

49

78

5.27. Details of the premia derived compared with the previous year are given in Appendix J.

Premia received since 1851

      5.28. The following is the table of premia received from Sales of Crown Land in the Colony (including the New Territories) from 1851 to the present:

Period

1851-1860 1961-1870

1871-1880

1881-1890

***

Total $ 262,839.00

477,908.14 125,097.53 856,160.12

1891-1900

1901-1910

1911-1920

1921-1930

1931-1941 (25th December)

1946-1947

1947-1948

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2,501,053.65

2,839,324.49

2,715,724.38

17,053,140.35

12,936,727.68

180,367.80

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Period

1948-1949

1949-1950

1950-1951

1951-1952

1952-1953

***

1953-1954

1954-1955

1955-1956

1956-1957

1957-1958

1958-1959

1959-1960

1960-1961

1961-1962

1962-1963

1963-1964

:

-

Total

$ 5,899,829.48

4,786,501.68

5,973,388.87

4,573,828.15

5,446,706.77

6,058,572.67

11,919,722.96

13,673,931.93

***

15,392,933.92

28,756,168.20

32,726,785.88

25,041,654.85

75,458,112.50

107,225,301.38

234,402,780.18

207,157,985.13

143,295,983.24

5976,843,392,26

1964-1965

General

Grand Total

SURVEY DIVISION

Assistant Superintendent:

A. R. GILES, A.R.I.C.S., F.V.I., F.R.G.S.

5.29. The principal feature of the past year's progress has been the increasing importance of the air survey commenced in 1963. The flow of completed large-scale contoured plans from the contractors, Messrs. Hunting Surveys Ltd., is steadily increasing.

5.30. In addition to the current mapping programme at 1/600 scale (in the urban areas) and 1/1,200 scale (in the New Territories) the air- photographs have been used to produce photogrammetrically large-scale site plans for the Architectural and Engineering sub-departments in preparation for large site-formation contracts at Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Castle Peak and Tsing Yi Island at a great saving in time and cost as compared to the traditional ground survey methods.

Revision of 1/25,000 Series of Maps

   5.31. In December the Colony was re-photographed from the air by Messrs. Hunting Surveys Ltd. The new photography was primarily at high level with a view to revising the existing 1/25,000 series of military maps, which are badly out of date.

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Air Photography for New Roads in the New Territories

     5.32. Advantage was made of the presence of the aircraft to have low-level photographs taken of many possible new road alignments in the New Territories, so that in future, if and when surveys are required for these routes, strip-maps can be prepared quickly and economically for location purposes and for computation of earthworks.

New Series of Topographical Maps

     5.33. Discussions were held with the Director of Overseas Surveys London with a view to his organization producing a completely new series of maps on 1/10,000 and 1/25,000 scale from the new topography. Negotiations were still proceeding at the end of the year.

Electronic Computation

5.34. An experiment was carried out in the use of the I.C.T. 55 electronic computer at the Commerce and Industry Department for computation of survey material. The experiment showed that the com- puter would only be of limited assistance and could not be utilized for routine survey work. An experiment on a desk-type electronic calculating machine however proved very successful.

     5.35. At the end of the year about 700 lots were awaiting survey for lease plans. In addition 153 requests to set out boundaries were on the waiting list.

Triangulation and Traversing

     5.36. 202 new triangulation stations were established or re-fixed and 53 miles of precise traversing were run to establish 989 permanent Survey marks.

Levelling

     5.37. 122 miles of precise levelling were run to establish 168 bench- marks. This included the checking of buildings at Mong Kok and Chai Wan affected by ground subsidence. 59 miles of ordinary levelling were run to provide spot heights.

Revision

     5.38. 2,261 acres, or nearly 34 square miles, of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were surveyed at 1/600 scale, bringing the total number of sheets available in this series to 394, an increase of 100 ever last years figure. Second revision survey continued in the Sai Ying Pun area of

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Hong Kong Island and in the Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei and San Po Kong areas on the mainland.

   5.39. Another task of the Revision Section which assumes increasing importance is the survey of special plans for the Police Department for production in court during traffic and criminal cases. During the year 64 of these surveys were made involving 57 attendances in Court of Surveying Assistants.

Revenue Survey

5.40. Demands for Revenue Surveys which deal with boundaries of lots for sale, lease, surrender, redevelopment and regrant of lease con- tinued to increase as in previous years.

5.41. A total of 1,821 lot boundaries were fixed or re-fixed (as compared to 1,606 last year, and 1,327 the previous year) and the building-lines of 1,154 lots were checked.

   5.42. Details and lease plans of 166 lots were sent to the Registrar General for the issue of Crown Lease and 472 boundary stones were fixed.

   5.43. The decrease compared with last year is solely due to the fact that all survey staff experienced in this important work were heavily engaged in other and more urgent tasks connected with development. At the end of the year about 700 lots were awaiting survey for lease plans. In addition 153 requests to set out boundaries were on the waiting list.

5.44. 393 Surrender Plans were made and 54 were outstanding at the end of the year.

New Territories Survey

5.45. This group carried on in its reduced capacity with the ground survey of the 1/1,200 detail sheets near the frontier and in addition commenced contouring a few of these sheets.

5.46. During the year 1,114 acres of detail were surveyed and 507 acres were contoured at 1/1,200 scale. 19 Survey Sheets were completed.

Air Survey

5.47. 837 control-points were converted to the new co-ordinate system and 398 air-photo control-points fixed.

5.48. 179 machine-plots on 1/600 scale were received from the con- tractor for field-checking and 163 checked and returned. In addition

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89 machine-plots on 1/1,200 scale were received for checking and 71 of these were checked and returned.

Drawing Office

     5.49. The steady demand for plans for all types of land transaction continued and in all some 3,670 plans were drawn and over 144,000 reproductions produced for distribution and sale to the public, the latter realizing over $29,800. The photographic section produced approx- imately 20,600 photoprints of various types.

General

PLANNING DIVISION

Assistant Superintendent:

R. C. CLARKE, B.Sc. (Eng.), LL.B., D.P.A., A.M.I.Min.E., A.R.I.C.S.

5.50. The Division's functions include Colony Outline Planning, the preparation and analysis of land use and relevant statistical informa- tion, the preparation of planning schemes and reports and their presenta- tion to various committees, the production of plans for the Town Planning Board, the reservation of sites for Government and community uses and advice on development schemes.

5.51. During the year the work of the Division was divided into three main groups.

Group I

-The Urban Area and New Territories South. This concentrates on the preparation of Town Planning Board, outline development and layout plans, and is responsible for development control and reservation of sites for Government Departments, utility companies and other purposes in the area.

Group II -The Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long and Tai Po Districts of the New Territories. This group concentrates on the preparation of Town Planning Board, outline development and layout plans in con- junction with the New Territories Administration and advises on development control and reservation of sites for Government Departments, utility companies and other purposes in the area.

Group III-The Colony Outline Planning Team. This group is responsible for the preparation of a Colony Outline Plan and thus prepares, maintains and analyses relevant surveys and statistical information. It also undertakes special planning studies and is responsible for staff training.

     5.52. Appendix K sets out the current position of the main planning schemes prepared by the Division and circulated during the year.

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Colony Outline Plan

5.53. Considerable progress was made on the compilation of the basic survey and statistical information. Numerous base maps and diagrams were prepared and information was added to them as it became available.

Town Planning Board

5.54. The Town Planning Board met on seven occasions and spent much of its time considering proposals for the central area of Victoria and Tsim Sha Tsui. The approved plan for the central area of Victoria was referred back to the Board and draft amendments were considered. A preliminary planning study for Tsim Sha Tsui was reconsidered and special attention was given to road layout and public transport require- ments in the area.

   5.55. A new replacement plan for Ngau Tau Kok Village was sub- mitted to Governor-in-Council and approved. A new draft plan for Chai Wan was exhibited and objections were received and considered. As a result of further negotiation the objections to the new draft replace- ment plan for North Point were withdrawn. Draft amendments to the approved Tsuen Wan and District Outline Development Plan were exhibited and the objection received was considered by the Board. A draft amendment plan for Hung Hom Reclamation was examined.

   5.56. Draft Outline Development Plans for Sha Tin and Castle Peak were prepared and the Board consulted the Rural Committees of each District and other interested organizations. At meetings of the Rural Committees the principles of the draft plans were explained and sug- gestions and comments were received. Public utility companies, the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, the New Territories Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Manufacturers Association were also consulted.

Land Development Planning Committee

5.57. The Division presented twenty four papers to the Land Develop- ment Planning Committee which advises Government on development proposals. The papers included outline development and layout plans for existing and proposed urban area reservations for open space and sensity zoning.

Planning Co-ordination Committees

5.58. In order to prepare development plans and engineering feasibility reports for Castle Peak and Sha Tin, Planning Co-ordination Committees

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were formed. They consisted of the Assistant Superintendent of Crown Lands and Survey (Planning) as chairman, the Deputy District Com- missioner, New Territories and the Chief Engineer of the Roads and Drains Division as permanent members and a planning officer as secretary. Five meetings of each Committee were convened and representatives of many Departments were in attendance. Following the completion of the work of the committees, the Development Office prepared a develop- ment report for both areas.

5.59. Later in the year a further Planning Co-ordination Committee was set up for the purpose of preparing development plans and engineering feasibility reports for Tsing Yi Island.

Government and Government Aided Housing

5.60. The magnitude of Government and Government Aided Housing projects and the necessity to select and prepare sites some years in advance of building construction, require constant revision of programmes. Half yearly reviews were carried out and for the purpose of assessing the essential allied development which should take place concurrently with the construction of new estates, a comprehensive review of existing estates, new sites and potential population was prepared. This was presented to the Public Works Department Land Conference in October, 1964. This review also indicates the implications of Government and Government Aided Housing Estates on the overall population distribu- tion, location of industry, transport and other factors.

Sites for Government and Special Projects

5.61. The reservation of sites for schools, hospitals, magistracies, clinics, police, fire and ambulance stations, public open space, public utilities and many other such purposes has continued. The requirements are usually established in advance of population growth and distribution and also through consultation with other Departments and public utility companies. Sites were also selected for industries with special requirements such as marine frontage and log storage.

Advice on Development Schemes

     5.62. Planning advice was given on 226 development projects of which 110 or 49% were in the New Territories. There was a marked increase in development schemes in the New Territories but in general the projects were not as substantial as those for the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon where development and redevelopment has continued to increase.

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Liaison

5.63. The Division worked in close collaboration with the Air Survey Contractor in preparing the flight patterns and checking the photography for the New Territories Circular Road and other future main roads in the New Territories.

   5.64. Information was supplied to Transport and Tourism Technicians Limited who were employed by the Hong Kong Tourist Association to prepare a report on Hong Kong.

5.65. The Division liaised with the Director of Civil Aviation in connection with height control and zoning for safe-guarding runway approaches and the further development of the instrument landing system for Kai Tak Airport.

ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE

Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer: D. W. Walker, B.Sc. (Eng.), M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.E.E. Assistant Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer: K. B. BAKER, A.M.I.Mech.E.

GENERAL

6.01. The Sub-department has had another busy year with both the electrical and mechanical sections experiencing increases in maintenance work. Responsibility for the maintenance of lifts in Government buildings, however, was taken over by the Architectural Office towards the end of the year.

   6.02. The spate of typhoons in the summer caused considerable damage to plant and equipment around the Colony and the office was called upon to effect repair work as a result.

6.03. The main business of the Sub-department continued to be directed from its head office at Harcourt Road with a total staff of 2,140.

6.04. The two large workshops at Caroline Hill on Hong Kong Island and Sung Wong Toi Road in Kowloon housed the majority of staff, with a large complement working in the temporary electrical, air-conditioning and refrigeration workshops at Harcourt Road.

6.05. Varied maintenance work was carried out by staff posted permanently to Government buildings and projects such as the City Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Central Government Offices and Kai Tak Airport.

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NEW PROJECTS AND DESIGN

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

6.06. Access platforms in the main plant room and a special dryer for compressed air for the radiological machines were completed, together with a re-use of water system and soap, alkali, sour and bleach systems for use with the laundry.

Queen Mary Hospital Extensions

6.07. A kitchen newly located at roof level was equipped with existing appliances, together with additional modern steaming ovens and hot closets. All installation work was carried out by direct labour.

6.08. In connection with the new Operating Theatre Block, the Professorial Block and the Radiodiagnosis Block, contract drawings for steam, fuel oil and compressed air services were prepared, together with a specification.

6.09. All plant and fittings for the mechanical services were ordered by indent, including two 7,500-lb/hr. package-type steam boilers and five 500-gallon storage pattern calorifiers.

     6.10. A 450-K.W. generator driven by a 600-hp Blackstone diesel engine was purchased by indent and installed by direct labour. This will provide an emergency power supply throughout the hospital.

Kowloon Hospital Rehabilitation

     6.11. Drawings were prepared for the extension and improvement of steam and hot water services. Additional hot water boilers and calorifiers were purchased and installed by direct labour.

6.12. A contract was let for the installation of a fuel oil system to serve 'M' Block and the Sisters' & Nurses' Quarters.

     6.13. Details for extending the main boiler house were agreed upon with the Architect.

6.14. A proposal outlining the additional steam plant which would be required for a new 500-bed block was submitted to the Architectural Office.

Waglan Island Lighthouse

6.15. A contract was let for the supply and installation of two 50-K.W. diesel-driven generators to meet the extended domestic power requirements on the island and for running the radio station and lighthouse.

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   6.16. Tenders were received for the installation of the fuel oil system which consists of two 12,000-gallon sectionalized tanks and a distribution pipe line.

   6.17. Preparations necessary for the installation of the new generators and modifications to the existing fog horn compressor sets were carried out by direct labour. As an alternative to the manpower now required to get stores and equipment from the landing stage to the top of the rock, a proposal for a winch-hauled trolley was submitted to the Director of Marine.

Central Reclamation Post Office Piers

   6.18. Three articulated chain conveyors, each capable of handling 9 tons of mail per hour, were received from the U.K. manufacturer. The erection of the conveyors was completed by contract, but the commis- sioning was held up pending strengthening of the supporting structure.

Kai Tak Air-conditioning Seawater Pumphouse.

6.19. In view of the increasing difficulties over supply from the existing pumphouse, a proposal and estimate for a 4,500-g.p.m. capacity pumphouse, to be located off the runway near Kowloon Rock, were agreed upon with the Waterworks Office. Funds for the project have been allocated and negotiations with the Power Company were opened on the question of electric supply.

Sha Tin K.C.R. Workshops at Ho Tung Lau.

6.20. To provide seawater for flushing and fire fighting purposes, a design proposal for a small pumping system was submitted to the Development Division.

D.C.A. Radio Station at Tathong Point

   6.21. The difficult problem of supplying fuel oil to Tathong Point was studied and two proposals with estimates were submitted to the Government Architect.

Yau Ma Tei Slipway

6.22. An estimate was submitted to the Director of Marine for the supply and installation of cranes and winches. A tentative selection of one 500-ton winch and two 300-ton winches was made in order to progress with the slipway civil engineering and building details.

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Kennedy Town Incinerator Plant

6.23. Piling was completed and civil engineering on the substructure including the loading quay and the two 200-ft. chimneys progressed. A contract was let for the erection of the steel superstructure. All the civil engineering work is managed by the Port Works Office. Related design for the plant services was finalized and estimates prepared. Indents were placed for those items of plant not provided by the incinerator manufacturer, such as pumps and valves for the seawater system, a travelling crane for the alternator room, a 90-KVAR reactor and cabling. Details of the 1,200-K.W. alternator were finalized with the manufacturer. Permission was obtained to order a further incinerator unit making a total of four units, each capable of burning 250 tons of refuse per day. The working capacity of the plant is thus 750 T.P.D., since it is usual to allow one unit shut down for maintenance.

     6.24. Materials for the plant arrived in sufficient quantity to start erection, but an attempt to let a lump sum contract for this work was unsuccessful and negotiations for a contract based on labour costs were started.

Lai Chi Kok Incinerator, Composting & Distillation Plant

     6.25. Planning and design for the civil engineering work was com- pleted by consultants and a piling contract let. Detailed consideration of the related services for the incinerator plant was held over pending the final outcome of the proposal for a seawater distillation scheme. In connection with this proposal a specification was drawn up and three firms were invited to submit tenders for seawater distillation plants of alternatively two or three million gallons per day capacity. Shipments of material for the incinerator plant started to arrive during the year.

Central Reclamation Passenger Pier

     6.26. A specification was prepared and a contract let for the complete electrical installation in the new pier being built by Port Works Office. The work was completed and the installation handed over to the H.K. & Yaumati Ferry Co. in November. This installation comprises wiring for general lighting and power for the two ramp lifts, air conditioning plant, includes the provision of a main switchboard of 200-KW capacity.

Lion Rock Tunnel

     6.27. An order was placed for the ventilating equipment and dis- cussions took place with the manufacturers' representative. The design

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and layout of the system is nearing completion and it was expected that an official order would be placed in the near future. The specification for the lighting installation was completed.

WORKSHOPS

(A) Electrical Section

   6.28. In addition to normal maintenance the Electrical Section received 676 works orders totalling $1.64 million (cost of equipment and materials) from various departments for the execution of electrical installations of considerable diversity. This amount did not include the cost of electrical installations in connection with the major engineering projects such as ferry piers, incineration plant and emergency generators. The electrical equipment and appliances registered and maintained by the Section reached a total of 59,290, a 9.15% increase over the previous year, as tabled below.

Appliances & Equipment

Electric motors

31st March, 1964

2,635 (8,635 HP)

31st March, 1965

3,404 (13,593 HP)

Fans

20,151

21,468

Heaters and radiators

...

13,976

15,368

Cookers and hotplates

1,952

2,098

Water heaters and wash boilers... Traffic controls and traffic aids Miscellaneous

4,187

4,588

1,473

1,540

9,943

10,824

Typhoons

6.29. The Electrical Section, apart from taking all necessary prior preventive measures on the electrical installations under its charge, was kept busy both during and after the numerous typhoons that occurred during the year. Among the many items of damage were the breakage of the submarine cable to Green Island by a ship dragging its anchor through Sulphur Channel during Typhoon Ruby in September and flooding to a depth of several feet in Substation 'E' at Kai Tak Airport, causing severe damage to the H.T. switchgear, during Typhoon Dot. The power supply to Green Island was restored in January, 1965 by laying a replacement length of cable. The restoration of Substation 'E' was not so quick as some vital components for the H.T. switchgear had to be ordered from the original supplier in U.K. Fortunately this Substation was not yet supplying any of the essential services and by making some temporary arrangements the operation of the airport was not seriously affected.

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Development in the old Naval Dockyard area

      6.30. In co-ordination with the Roads and Drainage Office in the preparation of the site for the construction of Kapok Drive and Queen's Road East Flyover the Section undertook and laid two replacement lengths of underground cables totalling 1,400 yards in this area. One length was laid for the Naval Base and the other was for the Central Government Offices air conditioning plant seawater pumps remote control.

General Post Office Pier

6.31. An electrical installation for the three articulated mail con- veyors at the new G.P.O. Pier was put in hand during the month of February and was completed in March. In addition to the wiring work for the mail conveyors, two navigation lights and electrical connection for two air compressors for operating the oil mist spraying equipment of the mail conveyors were completed.

Traffic Light Control and Traffic Aid Installations

6.32. Close co-ordination was again maintained with the Roads & Drainage Office Traffic Engineers in the installation of traffic light control systems and traffic aids. Traffic light control equipment was ordered for 28 locations at the beginning of the year and by the end approximately 80% of the equipment had been received and installations at 6 locations completed and put into operation. In addition to the new traffic light control installations, modifications to the existing traffic control systems at 8 road junctions to cater for the changing traffic pattern were carried out. 163 new and repositioned traffic aids were also completed.

Kai Tak Airport

      6.33. In addition to normal maintenance duty the staff stationed at the airport, in co-operation with other branches of the Electrical Section, carried out many new installations for the airport. These included aircraft warning lights on a 20-storey building at Tin Hau Temple Road, a Hazard Beacon on Shek Kip Mei Hill behind North Kowloon Magistracy and the installation of two 5-KW 'No-break' generator units one in Substation 'C' and one in the P.A.R. Building. 400 yards of 0.06 sq. in. 4-core underground cable between Sub-station 'B' and the P.A.R. building for conversion of single-phase supply to 3-phase supply and one 175-KVA standby generator unit at the Joint Fuel Farm were also installed. In addition a circuit breaker on the existing distribution switch-

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  board at Substation 'D' to afford a 200-KW 3-phase 4-wire supply to the Freight Building extension being built by the Architectural Office was also provided. Finally a modification of the Apron Area floodlights by fitting 1,500-watt Quartz Iodine lamps to improve the illumination at the outer-stand area was also satisfactorily carried out.

Sewage Plant

6.34. The electrical lighting and power systems were completed at Kowloon South Sewage Screening Plant (Tsim Sha Tsui) and Kai Tak Sewage Pumping Stations No. 1 and No. 2. The power installation includes the connection and commissioning of 13 motors having a total of 230 H.P. and associated switchgear and starter equipment.

City Hall

6.35. This Section again provided maintenance and operation services of the electrical installations at the City Hall including providing staff to operate stage lighting equipment and cinema projection in the Theatre and Concert Hall. Close co-operation was maintained with the City Hall Manager and his staff. At the end of the financial year, apart from the general routine maintenance and overhaul duties, the staff completed 958 stage lighting operations for stage shows and rehearsals and 507 cinema and slide projections.

6.36. Other works of considerable diversity completed included security lighting installations, motorized machine tools at various govern- ment schools, typhoon signals, printing machines for the Printing Depart- ment, subway lighting and navigation beacons.

(B) Mechanical Section

   6.37. The work of the Mechanical Section continued on very much the same lines as in previous years and the increased commitments occasioned by the usual annual increases in motor vehicles, plant and mechanical equipment were successfully absorbed. A summary of the various categories of equipment under E. & M. maintenance is given in Appendix L and the total number of jobs handled by the mechanical workshops during the year was 72,151, which is an increase of 7% over the previous year.

Vehicles.

6.38. The number of motor vehicles in Government service increased by 7% during the year to a total of 1,998 at 31st March, 1965. The serv-

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     icing, repair and overhaul of this large fleet was carried out effectively except for a crisis which developed mid-way through the year in the maintenance of the Urban Services Department's fleet of refuse collecting vehicles. Due to a number of factors it became difficult for the U.S.D. to send their vehicles in for regular servicing and this snowballed into a rapid build-up of unserviceable vehicles. In co-operation with the U.S.D. a special programme for immediate servicing was instituted to bring the situation back to normal and once this was achieved, the problem was resolved. The event did however graphically illustrate the importance of maintaining a regular servicing schedule.

      6.39. Special types of vehicles produced to meet the individual re- quirements of various departments included a mobile library, a mobile immigration office, a mobile fire services command post, a radio detection van, a heavy cemetery van and four meat delivery vans. In connection with the meat delivery vans, experiments were carried out using an epoxy resin-bonded silk-strand mat to produce a floor combining hard wearing, non-slip and hygienic properties. The experiment proved suc- cessful and this type of flooring is now being applied to all meat delivery

vans.

Plant

6.40. Appendix L provides a general summary of the various items of plant which are installed and maintained by the Section. In addition to the normal type of civil engineering plant, this also embraces diesel- engined stand-by generators, sewage pumping and screening plant, abattoir and by-products plant and all water pumps in Government premises.

General Engineering

      6.41. This Section continued to meet its responsibilities for the maintenance of the very wide range of mechanical equipment and machinery operating in Government departments. They also manu- factured items of a specialized nature or met very urgent requirements and installed and commissioned newly purchased machines and equip-

ment.

6.42. A further large parking meter installation programme was embarked on towards the end of the year and the total number of meters in service on 31st March, 1965, was 2,822. The number of meter faults attended to by the maintenance staff reached a total of 36,167 and over 90% of these were due solely to the insertion of foreign articles.

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Steam

6.43. The considerable increase in the quantity and complexity of boilers and steam plant has necessitated the setting up of a separate section to handle their repair, overhaul and preparation for annual survey. This section also carried out new installation work on small projects as and when labour became available.

Hospital Services

   6.44. This Section is responsible for the operation and routine main- tenance of all mechanical and electrical services in hospitals and clinics. These services include the air-conditioning and refrigeration plants, boilers, emergency generators and all steam, water, compressed air and medical gas installations. All services were maintained fully operational throughout the year and, working in co-operation with the Steam Section, all boilers and other pressure vessels were surveyed in accordance with standard practice.

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

6.45. The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Section is divided into two sub-sections: Workshops and Operation. The Workshop Sub- Section forms part of the Mechanical Workshops and carries out the maintenance and repair of air-conditioning units, refrigerators, dehu- midifiers, exhaust fans, ventilation systems and numerous specialist re- frigerated equipment. It also handles modifications, repairs and minor additions on new and existing installations. The number of individual items of equipment maintained by this section increased by 21% from 6,146 to 7,432 units.

   6.46. The Operational Sub-Section operates and maintains all Govern- ment air conditioning and refrigeration installations including attended manually-operated plants of up to 1,500 tons of refrigeration capacity and unattended packaged units and automatic plants in the smaller capacity range.

6.47. The number of plants in operation at the end of the year was 139 with a total capacity of 6,715 tons of refrigeration, showing an in- crease during the year of 13 plants. As the majority of these are of small capacity, however, the increase in tonnage was only a little over 110. Included in the new installations taken over was the second stage of the Kai Tak Airport Terminal Building.

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Transport

   6.48. The Government Transport Pool operated by this sub-section made 32,237 trips with 136 vehicles during the year. In addition com- mercial lorries were hired on 5,334 occasions to supplement pool lorries. 697 driving tests were conducted resulting in 511 passes-this figure includes 70 lorry drivers trained for the Urban Services Department and 150 motor scooter riders for various departments trained by this Section. A 'roller machine' on which scooter riders can learn to handle their machine and practice riding without going onto the road was made by the workshops and put into use and it has proved to be a very great asset.

6.49. There were 1,047 accidents involving Government vehicles.

WATERWORKS OFFICE

Deputy Director of Public Works (Water):

T. O. MORGAN, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E,

Assistant Director:

E. P. WILMOT-Morgan, B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.W.E.

GENERAL

   7.01. The drought conditions of last year prevailed until the advent of Typhoon Viola on the 27th May which brought sufficient rain to permit the easing of the restricted supply of 4 hours every 4th day which was first imposed on the 1st June, 1963. The importation of Pearl River water by tanker also ceased on the 14th June. The supply position improved rapidly as a result of the five typhoons which materially affected the Colony, and notably the late arrival of a typhoon on 13th October. This again filled the reservoirs to overflowing and resulted in winter yields of all stream courses being far in excess of the preceding year. Further assets were the availability of the Shek Pik Reservoir to provide additional storage and agreement with the People's Council of Kwangtung Province, to increase the quantity supplied to the Colony from 5,000 to 15,000 million gallons annually with effect from March 1965 by drawing on the flow in the East River. Water from this latter source was first received on 1st March, 1965. It was therefore possible to provide a 24 hours supply from the 1st September and this continued beyond the end of the period under review.

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Rainfall & Yield

SUPPLY

Chief Engineer:

A. W. P. Cox, A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Mun.E.

7.02. The rainfall for the year recorded by the Royal Observatory was 91.41 inches and the average of the raingauges located in Water- works catchment areas was 96.55 inches. This compared with 39.3 inches recorded last year and an annual average of 84.75 inches. The following tables of yields in million gallons serve to illustrate dramatically the improved situation compared with 1963-64:

Yields from catchment areas Pumped from the River Indus

1963-64

1964-65

5,603.6

27,522

1,778.3

3,611

Extracted from the Muk Wu Wells

139.1

125

...

Imported by Tankers from the Pearl River,

China

...

3,077.3

1,214

Imported by Merchant Ships

16.8

2

Received from China by overland pipe line

2,470.0

5,611

Total

13,085.1

38,085

On the final reckoning the cost of importing 4,288 million gallons from the Pearl River was about $67 million.

Supply from China

      7.03. On 22nd April an Agreement was signed with the People's Council of Kwangtung for the supply of a minimum 15,000 million gallons per annum. The water is delivered at a maximum rate of 62 m.g.d. at the frontier near Muk Wu at a price of HK$1.06 per thousand gallons. The new Agreement came into effect on 1st March, 1965. Under the old agreement 5,000 million gallons annually was supplied from the 1st of October each year provided 63′′ or more of rain fell in the Sham Chun Reservoir Catchment. Because of the drought only 2,589 million gallons were delivered between 1st October, 1963 and 1st October, 1964. With the fore knowledge of the new agreement coming into effect, the rate of extraction from the Sham Chun Reservoir was over 35 million gallons per day when resumed on 23rd November, which was considerably more than in previous years, and for the year a total of 3,813 million gallons was received under the old agreement, and 1,798 million gallons under the new agreement making a total of 5,611 million gallons. It was, there-

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fore, possible to conserve our local resources resulting in 9,250 million gallons being available in the Colony's reservoirs at the close of the year.

Storage

7.04. Water in the impounding reservoirs at the various dates was:

Date

1st April, 1964

1st July, 1964

1st October, 1964

1st January, 1965

Quantity Million Gallons

3,644

9,241

15,800

13,394

9,250

Remarks

23.0% full

58.3%

99.6%

11

84.4%

58.3%

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31st March, 1965

7.05. All reservoirs were overflowing during 3 days in September and 11 days in October, so that the dry season was started with the maximum quantity of 15,868 million gallons in storage, excluding the supply from China.

Consumption

   7.06. The supply hours of 4 hours every 4th day were extended to 4 hours on alternate days on 29th May, 4 hours daily supply on 11th June, 8 hours daily on 1st July and a full supply was introduced on 1st September which it was possible to maintain until the end of the financial year. During the year a total of 5,922 hours of supply was given and 31,744 million gallons were consumed of which 675 million gallons were consumed in the New Territories.

7.07. The Urban average daily consumption during the full supply period was over 101 million gallons, with an all time record of 126.7 million gallons consumed on 14th October.

Distribution

   7.08. Complaints during the severe restrictions of the first part of the year were inevitably numerous, but these were reduced to negligible proportion on the introduction of a 24 hours supply.

Water Analyses

   7.09. The target standard of purity based upon the number of coliform organisms absent in 100 c.c. of treated water, was universally maintained. Sub-standard samples were generally traced to pollution from the inside services of private property attendant on infringements of the Water- works Ordinance.

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      7.10. Of the 324 samples taken from service reservoirs 4.3% were sub-standard and 5.7% of the 963 taken from consumers taps were sub- standard. Where sub-standard samples were recorded from service reservoirs, the chlorine dosage was temporarily increased and subsequent samples proved satisfactory. The unsatisfactory tap samples were attributed to dirty storage tanks in private premises, illegal cross connections to untreated supplies, defective inside services and to incorrect sampling.

Pumping

7.11. The following table shows the quantities in million gallons of raw and filtered water pumped in comparison to those for the two years:

Filtered Water

1962-63

1963-64

1964-65

...

Raw Water

26,480

15,020

30,117

14,398

7,935

18,690

Total

40,778

22,955

48,807

      7.12. During the seven months of full supply 20,193 million gallons of raw and 12,679 million gallons of filtered water were pumped.

7.13. 26 major overhauls of pumping units were carried out together with 21 top overhauls of oil engines.

Waste Detection

7.14. In the interests of economy in consumption, waste detection investigations, requiring that supplies be turned on, were suspended during the early part of the year, and activities were confined to in- spection of valves, standpipes, hydrants and checking valves at the boundaries of supply zones. During the 4th quarter three areas in Kowloon were subjected to a close study of wastage and consumption by the Water Resources Survey unit using the Waste Detection staff with a view to reducing wastage, as well as producing data to form the basis of future designs. Apart from this and because of the restriction placed on waste detection activities attendant on the shortage of supplies, only seven of the 93 Waste Detection areas were tested. However, leaks repaired resulted in a saving of about 2,000 gallons per hour.

New Meters Installed

      7.15. The following table gives the position of metered services over the last three years:

Additional Meters Installed

Total No. of Meters in Service

Island

1962-63

1,511

Mainland Total

8,812 10,323

at the end of each year

91,897

1963-64

324

1964-65

1,109

7,597 18,066

7,921

99,818

19,175

118,993

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   7.16. This very considerable increase illustrates the continued rate of development throughout the Colony, particularly in low cost housing estates, where a separate meter is installed for each flat.

Mechanical & Electrical Sections

   7.17. The Waterworks Office is now fully responsible for the main- tenance of all electrical and mechanical Waterworks plants.

   7.18. The Mechanical Section carried out 2,200 items of work in the workshops including 52 orders received from other Government depart- ments. 37,652 meters were overhauled representing over 30% of all meters in service.

7.19. The Electrical Section carried out 1,500 routine maintenance inspections and rectified 109 electrical faults.

7.20. Contracts were executed for the provision of screens for the Kai Tak Salt Water Pump House, a support for the electric motor at Muk Wu, the manufacture of pedestal hydrants and for other castings. In addition the permanent electric motivated salt water pump at North Point was installed to replace the temporary units.

   7.21. The Mechanical & Electrical Sections were heavily committed on emergency measures to increase the Colony's water supplies during the year. The principal items included the recovery of the Tsuen Wan Filters wash water, pumping from the River Indus, Sha Tin, and the Ham Tin stream on Lantau and the extraction of the yield from the wells at Muk Wu. In addition facilities were provided to pump the an- ticipated high salinity water from the Pearl River to Tai Lam Chung Reservoir for dilution. The end of the year saw the run down of these installations and the return of most of the units to their permanent stations.

Mainlaying

   7.22. Work continued on extensions to serve new developments, enlargement of undersized and defective mains and alterations neces- sitated by road reconstruction. Apart from mains laid on specific projects approximately 53 miles of pipe were laid to distribute fresh water and salt water. This included asbestos cement pipes for flushing supplies as well as galvanized-iron pipes for sub-mains up to 4" diameter, cast iron pipes of up to 18" diameter and steel mains of over 18" diameter.

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7.23.

The more important mainlaying projects were:

(a) 1,198′ of 27′′ dia, and 24′ dia. steel mains as outlet mains for the Tai Po Road Service Reservoir. These were laid in conjunction with the road work for the Tai Po-Castle Peak road link.

(b) 1,250′ of 24′′ dia. steel main in Tai Kok Tsui Road to improve supplies

in the area.

(c) 805′ of 24′′ dia. steel main in Lok Shan Road to extend the outlet from

Ma Tau Wei Service Reservoir.

(d) 856′ of 18* dia. cast iron main in Yen Chau Street to improve the supplies

in Sham Shui Po.

(e) 1,112′ of 18′′ dia. cast iron main in Po Kong Village Road as part of the

Tsz Wan Shan Service Reservoir outlet main.

(ƒ) 1,040′ of 12" dia. cast iron main in Ki Lung Street to improve pressures.

Service Reservoirs

7.24. All service reservoirs were cleaned and sterilized and inlet and outlet valves overhauled as required.

Catchwaters

     7.25. The severe typhoon season caused numerous landslides. These principally affected the Shek Pik and Tai Lam Chung catchwaters. In the case of the former 140 ft. of catchwater lining collapsed but temporary protective measures were taken and the flow maintained after only minor interruptions. Permanent repairs were eventually effected in all cases, with the exception of a blockage on the Shek Pik catchwater where per- manent repair work was still in hand at the end of the year.

Water Treatment Plants

7.26. Fluoridation was maintained at all plants serving the urban areas as well as Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long at the rate of 0.7 parts per million until the 1st November. It was then increased to 0.9 p.p.m. and maintained at this figure until the end of the year.

     7.27. When cholera is present in the Colony a chlorine residual of I p.p.m. at consumers taps is desirable and with normal chlorination, this is only achieved by the uneconomical addition of chloride of lime at service reservoirs. Experiments were carried out on the use of am- monium-sulphate to 'fix' the chlorine dosage in order to give the desired strength of residual chlorine and yet not to make the taste of chlorine so noticeable. The independent distribution systems at Repulse Bay, Sai Wan and Yuen Long were chlorinated in this manner for periods of approximately 2 months in each case. The results, although not con- clusive appeared to be satisfactory. These experiments are to be continued.

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Sea Water Flushing System

   7.28. No new system was commissioned though pumps were installed at North Point to replace those provided on a temporary basis and pumping equipment was either ordered or specifications prepared for new systems for Aberdeen, Kennedy Town and Yau Tong. Larger pumps for Tsuen Wan and new pumps for Ha Lo Wai were ordered to permit the increased quantity pumped from Tsuen Wan to be repumped at Ha Lo Wai to higher levels. Existing systems were extended by a total of over 17,000 ft. of mains and 292 new connections were provided, thus supplying about 22% more flushing water than in the previous year. 5,500 million gallons of sea water were pumped, which, when added to the natural flow to such flushing reservoirs as Jordan Valley and Ma Lau Tong, indicates a daily supply of 16 million gallons.

NEW CONSTRUCTION

Chief Engineer:

W. T. KNIGHT, A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Mun.E., M.Inst.Q.

Central City Distribution System

7.29. 585 ft. of a 15" and 12" dia. cast iron main were laid in Harcourt Road.

Chai Wan Distribution System

7.30.

        600 ft. of 18" dia. cast iron mains were laid as an extension of the outlet main from the reservoir.

Chung Hom Kok Fresh Water Supply

   7.31. 342 ft. of 12" dia. cast iron piping was laid in conjunction with road formations.

Conduit Road Service Reservoir

   7.32. Having a capacity of 1.5 m.g. this was completed in June and an order for the pumps to deliver water to this mid-level service reservoir was placed. Site formation for the pump house at Garden Road/Robinson Road was completed.

Kennedy Road Service Reservoir

   7.33. This is to be sited on land which is at present War Department property. Land negotiations were not completed though the site has been investigated with a view to the preparation of contract documents.

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North Point/Shau Kei Wan Supply, Stage II

      7.34. This comprises 9,200 ft. of 21" dia. welded steel main and was completed during the third quarter.

Improved Supplies to Middle Gap, Black's Link, Shouson Hill and the Ridge 7.35. An indent for the supply of three electric pumps for installation at Eastern Pumping Station was placed.

Improved Supplies to Mount Cameron and Magazine Gap

      7.36. Site formation was well advanced for a pumping station at Magazine Gap and a 0.25 million-gallons service reservoir and pumping station at Severn Road. Orders were placed for the supply of the pumps and pipes for the pumping main.

Pok Fu Lam Water Supply

      7.37. An order was placed for the supply of a 27" dia. steel trunk main to be laid from Mount Davis Service Reservoir to Kai Lung Wan Service Reservoir. Delivery was substantially completed and contract documents prepared for laying part of the main. A station drawing off this main at Victoria Road level above Telegraph Bay will pump Shek Pik water to the Pok Fu Lam Service Reservoir. Proceeding onwards, the main will supply the 2-million-gallon Kai Lung Wan Service Reservoir. The Telegraph Bay pump house structure was substantially complete and an order placed for the supply of the pumps. The excavation for Kai Lung Wan Service Reservoir was completed and concrete work started.

Eastern Extension Service Reservoir

      7.38. This is required to meet the increased demand of the distribution area, and site investigation and preparation of contract documents began for a new service reservoir adjacent to the Eastern Treatment Works.

Stanley & Repulse Bay Supply

      7.39. Work was completed on 4,500 ft. of 10" dia. main a pumping station and also a service reservoir to hold † million gallons of water, the level of which controls the operation of a pumping station on Stanley Gap Road.

Enlargement of Distribution Mains in Stubbs Road

      7.40. 7,780 ft. asbestos cement and galvanized iron mains of diameters varying from 10" to 4" were laid to replace old and undersized mains.

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Additional Salt Water Flushing Supplies at Aberdeen

   7.41. This work comprises the Brick Hill salt water pump house to be constructed as an integral part of a new pier and 8,200 ft. of 10′′ dia, and 15" dia, asbestos cement main to deliver water to the old Aberdeen fresh water reservoir, rendered redundant by the construction of the new Aberdeen R.G. filters and service reservoir. 79% of the main was completed, and orders were placed for the supply of the pumping plant.

Salt Water Flushing Systems on the Island

   7.42. Chai Wan. The distribution system was extended in con- junction with road works to meet the demand from the extension of the Resettlement Estate.

   7.43. Kennedy Town. Comprises salt water pumps to be installed in chambers constructed as an integral part of the sea wall, 1,300 ft. of 8" diameter asbestos cement main and a 180,000 gal. balance tank. The chambers were being cast at the end of the year.

7.44. North Point. Comprises a pump house constructed as an integral part of the new vehicular ferry pier to pump sea water to the old North Point Tank which was rendered redundant by the new larger Service Reservoir. This will serve the lower areas. A new pump house drawing from the North Point Tank pumps water to a new high level storage tank to supply the higher levels.

   7.45. The low level system, which was previously commissioned using temporary pumps pending the completion of the vehicular ferry pier, was extended as development demanded. In September the permanent pumps were installed, and the temporary pumps removed.

   7.46. The distribution system of the upper system was extended in conjunction with road works.

7.47. Chung Hom Kok. No progress was made as the mainlaying work is contingent on the completion of road formation.

Waterworks Depot, Bullock Lane-Canteen Improvements

7.48. The renovations and alterations were substantially completed.

Additional Quarters at Eastern Filters and Pumping Station

7.49. Site investigations were started.

Beacon Hill Service Reservoir and Pumping Station

   7.50. The Service Reservoir is a joint high level reception point for both fresh water originating from the Plover Cove Scheme and sea

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water from Cheung Sha Wan. This will be repumped at the new Tai Wo Ping pump house to be constructed at the Lung Cheung Road and Tai Po Road junction. The fresh water will be drawn from the Lion Rock reception reservoirs and lifted from a pump house below Lung Cheung Road. Both service reservoirs were completed, pumping plant ordered, and pipes received for the main of which 2,500 ft. of 21" diameter steel-welded main were laid during the year.

Trunk Mains across Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation

7.51.

1,225 ft. of 30′′ welded steel main were laid.

Choi Hung Estate Water Supply

7.52. Mainlaying of this is dependent on the development of the estate. 734 ft. of mains for fresh water and 764 ft. of mains for sea water flushing were laid.

Ham Tin Service Reservoir

       7.53. Formation of the site in conjunction with the Resettlement Estate formation was 75% complete and a contract let for the reservoir construction. 30" dia. steel pipes and valves for the trunk feed were ordered.

Ho Man Tin Development Water Supply

      7.54. This consists of a fresh water pump house to lift water from the Ma Tau Wei Service Reservoir to the new high level Ho Man Tin joint fresh and salt water reservoirs, together with a salt water pumping installation to lift the sea water exhausted from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital air conditioning system. The main walls of the reservoirs were completed together with 20% of the roof for the fresh water reservoir. The salt water reservoir will not be roofed. The designs of both pump houses were completed.

      7.55. The trunk main to Ma Tau Wei Reservoir is being realigned to permit development of the Ho Man Tin area and 30% of this 30′′ dia. main on the new alignment was laid.

Kwun Tong New Water Supply

7.56. This required the extension of the distribution system by the laying of nearly 14 miles of pipes varying from 18" to 4" diameter to meet the increased demand attendant on the development of Housing Zones I, II, III 13 and 14, the Commercial Centre and Industrial Zone 5.

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Kwun Tong High Level Supply

   7.57. From a combined treated and flushing water pump house at the north eastern extremity of the Jordan Valley Resettlement Estate water will be pumped to a combined reservoir on the summit of Shum Wan Shan. This will supply the higher developments above Kwun Tong in general and the Sau Mau Ping Resettlement Estate in particular. Both reservoirs were substantially completed with the exception of a section of the fresh water reservoir cover slab. 1,700 ft. of the 27" and 24′′ dia. fresh water delivery main from the pump house and outlet main from the reservoir were laid, together with 300 ft. of the flushing water main. A contract was awarded for the construction of the pump house and quarters and an order placed for the pumping equipment.

Water Supply to Resettlement Estate at Sau Mau Ping

7.58. This will be provided from Kwun Tong High Level service reservoir by ring mains of 24" dia. for fresh water, and 15" dia. for flushing water with distribution mains within the estate. 1,600 ft. of 24′′ and 1,400 ft. of 15′′ dia. main were laid, thus completing 15% of the ring mains.

Water Supply to Tsz Wan Shan and Wang Tau Hom Resettlement Estates

7.59. Tsz Wan Shan is provided by fresh and sea water pumped from the Diamond Hill combined pumping station to the high level Fung Wong reservoirs from where the water gravitates to the two estates and other high level development above Kai Tak. Wang Tau Hom was supplied by extension of the low level system and the project was sub- stantially completed during the year.

Valley Road Low Cost Housing Water Supply

7.60. This consists of mainlaying for both fresh and flushing water in conjunction with the development of the estate. 390 ft. of fresh water and 144 ft. of salt water mains were laid.

Yau Tong Water Supply

   7.61. This comprises the extension of the trunk main from Kwun Tong to a service reservoir, with a foreshore sea water pump house and reception tank for flushing water constructed jointly with the fresh water service reservoir, including outlet mains. The reservoir site formation was substantially completed and concreting of the walls was started. 900 ft. of 24" and 764 ft. of 18" dia. mains were laid.

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Drawing of the proposed Lai Chi Kok Incinerator, Composting and Distillation Plant (para. 6.25).

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Sandy Bay pumping station control room console including radio telemetering equipment linking Hong Kong and Lantau Islands as part of the Shek Pik Water Scheme (para. 7.75 et seq.).

Salt Water Flushing Systems in Kowloon

7.62. Jordan Valley. Due to the growth of Kowloon Bay reclamation the position of the temporary Jordan Valley foreshore sea water pumping station has become untenable. The demand of the area must be met from the extended Kwun Tong pumping station thus requiring a 24" dia. main in Ngau Tau Kok Road of which 2,103 ft. were laid out of a total requirement of 9,500 ft.

7.63. Kwun Tong. Nearly 8,000 ft. of 8′′, 6′′, 4′′ and 3′′ dia. asbestos cement mains were laid to extend the existing distribution system.

7.64. Wong Tai Sin (Kai Tak). About 3,700 ft. of 15", 8", 6", 4" and 3' dia. asbestos cement mains were laid to extend the existing distribution system. Due to the increased demand an additional 3 million gallons per day pump was installed in the existing pump house, the intake of which was extended by a 48" pipe beyond the reclaimed area of Kowloon Bay as a temporary measure.

7.65. Kowloon East. To supply the area with flushing water, a pump house on the Tai Wan Water Front will pump sea water to the existing reservoirs at Diamond Hill and Lo Fu Ngam. This system will permit the removal of the Kai Tak pump house, the position of which is becoming increasingly untenable due to the growth of the Kowloon Bay reclamation.

7.66. Tenders were invited for the supply of pipes and valves for the 30" dia. main of which 600 ft. have been laid,

Waterworks Depot, Argyle Street Extension

7.67. The concrete frame for the three additional floors being added to the existing building was completed and the brickwork panelling started. An electrical wiring sub-contract was awarded and tenders invited for the supply of the air-conditioning plant.

Castle Peak Water Supply-Trunk Feed

      7.68. Exploratory drilling was started on the tunnel line which may be used to supply untreated water from Tai Lam Chung.

Tsuen Wan Kwai Chung Development-Water Supply

7.69. This is a complex scheme to provide both fresh and flushing water to this new development. The supply of fresh water to the reclaimed area of Gin Drinker's Bay from Lai Chi Kok Service Reservoir by 12,500 ft. of trunk main of 48′′, 36′′ and 30′′ dia. steel pipes was completed. The supply of sea water flushing is to be from a sea water pumping station at Tsuen Wan by a 15′′ dia. main, for which tenders have been

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invited. This will lead to a reception tank of 0.7 million-gallons capacity on Texaco Peninsula. The reception tank was completed and commis- sioned, using the previously installed Tsuen Wan pumps and 15" pumping main.

7.70. Fresh water supplies to the higher areas to the north east of Castle Peak Road will be by a new pump house which will raise the treated water from the Tsuen Wan Treatment Works to a new 10 million gallons service reservoir to be constructed 480 ft. above sea level at Kwai Chung North. This fresh water service reservoir is being constructed conjointly with a flushing water reservoir of 0.75 million gallons capacity to be supplied with sea water initially extracted by the new Tsuen Wan Water Front pumping station. This station whose design has been com- pleted, is to supply the low lying area of Tsuen Wan for which 5,510 ft. of submains were laid. The station also raises the water through a 30′′ dia. concrete lined steel main, for which tenders have been invited, to the 21 million-gallons Ha Lo Wai salt water reservoir at a height of 300 ft. above sea level. This will supply the mid levels of Kwai Chung North, as well as secondary pumps to raise part of the water a further 180 ft. to the Kwai Chung North salt water reservoir to supply the upper levels. Tenders were invited for the construction of the fresh water pump house adjacent to the Tsuen Wan Service Reservoir. 80% of the site formation of Kwai Chung North treated and flushing water service reservoirs was completed and over 18,800 ft. of distribution mains were laid in conjunction with road works in the development areas. Site formation of the Ha Lo Wai flushing water service reservoir was started, as well as the design of the Ha Lo Wai pump house.

7.71. The existing Tsuen Wan fresh water distribution system was further extended by 26,512 ft. of mains and submains.

   7.72. Tenders were called for the laying of a 36′′ and 30" diameter trunk main from the outlet of the existing service reservoir adjacent to the Tsuen Wan Filters to supply the low lying area of Tsuen Wan Central. This system will ultimately be supported by a 14 million gallons balance tank at 300 ft. above sea level at the western extremity of Tsuen Wan.

Peng Chau (Silvermine Bay) and Hei Ling Chau Water Supplies

7.73. A 6" submarine pipe line from the cross-connecting chamber at Chau Kung on the Shek Pik submarine pipe lines is to be laid north- ward to permit Shek Pik water to gravitate to a pump house near the southern foreshore of Peng Chau. It will then be raised to a 400,000 gallons service reservoir at 240 ft. elevation and gravitate therefrom to

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distribution. The submarine pipe line is being fabricated and externally protected with concrete on dry land and will be sunk in position in one operation. 6,300 ft. have been joined, and 2,400 ft. of protection completed. The design of the pump house was started, 5,700 ft. of mains were laid on Peng Chau and 85% of the service reservoir main walls was completed during the year.

7.74. Hei Ling Chau will be supplied by a 6" dia. submarine pipe line laid southward from the cross-connection chamber and across the narrow passage between Chau Kung and Hei Ling Chau to a reception tank on the latter island. 450 ft. of the submarine length were jointed and 180 ft. was externally protected in concrete.

Shek Pik & Tung Chung Water Schemes

      7.75. These centre on the construction of a 5,399 million gallon storage reservoir at Shek Pik on Lantau Island. Its natural catchment area is extended by catchwater channels and tunnels to bring in the run-off from 3,389 acres of the southern slopes of Lantau as well as 2,628 acres from the northwest by tunnel through the main mountain range of the Island. The completion of 2,800 ft. of trapezoidal concrete lined catchwater channel saw the completion of all the above work. These catchment areas are being further extended to collect the run-off from 2,942 acres on the northern side of the Island above the 230 ft. contour which lie to the south of the village of Tung Chung by gravity flow tunnels. To provide access to the tunnel portals on the northern side of the island 23,500 ft. of access road were formed from Cheung Sha to Tung Chung with branches to the working faces. The main work consists of 11,850 ft. of catchwater tunnel varying from 14 ft. to 16 ft. in diameter, together with a 12,370 ft. of 16 ft. diameter main tunnel through the central mountain range to discharge the collected water into the Shek Pik Reservoir's direct catchment. 9,720 ft. of tunnel were driven which, with that driven in 1963-64, completed 43% of the total length of 24,220 ft. Provision was also made for the extension of this aspect of the scheme to collect the run-off from below the Tung Chung paddy fields so that it could be pumped to near the northern portal of the main tunnel.

      7.76. The raw water is treated at Silvermine Bay on Lantau Island and gravitated by submarine pipe line to Sandy Bay on Hong Kong Island from where it is distributed to existing and proposed service reservoirs. A 30 million-gallon capacity service reservoir at a level of 465 ft. on the southern side of Mount Davis was 80% completed, whilst at a level

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of 310 ft. on the northern side a further reservoir of 64 million gallons capacity and of reinforced concrete to meet the increased demand of Kennedy Town, was 60% completed.

7.77. At present the water being drawn from Shek Pik, via Sandy Bay was supplied through existing service reservoirs such as Elliot, Bowen Road, etc.

7.78. The control of the system was considerably assisted by the installation of radio telemetery equipment linking Sandy Bay with Silver- mine Bay across the 8 mile stretch of open sea.

7.79. All works between Shek Pik Reservoir and the Sandy Bay terminal of the submarine pipeline, together with the work above Tung Chung, are under the control of Messrs. Binnie & Partners, the appointed Consulting Engineers.

Plover Cove Water Scheme

7.80. This consists basically of the conversion of the nearly land- locked sea estuary of Plover Cove in the New Territories into a fresh water lake with a water surface area of 2,950 acres by the construction of three dams. The longest of these dams is 14 miles with a maximum height of 130 ft. of which 90 ft. will be below sea level to give a usuable storage of 30,500 million gallons. Yields to this mammoth reservoir will be from the direct catchments of the southern slopes of the Pat Sin Range as well as the northern slopes brought in by catchwaters and tunnels. In addition, the area yielding naturally to Tai Po Tau, as well as streams between Sha Tin and Tai Po Tau which are collected and flow by gravity through 2 miles of secondary tunnel and 8 miles of main tunnel will add to the indirect catchment area yield. Water received from China via the 54" dia. pipe lines laid to Tau Pass as well as the natural yield at this point will be conducted by a culvert of 11'-6" diameter, and 54" dia. rider main to Tai Po Tau to join the gravity flow water from the Tolo Harbour streams and flow through over 6 miles of tunnel to Plover Cove. Work has started on the foundation of a 'fabridam' at Tau Pass to divert the natural yield to this point into the gravity flow culvert to Tai Po Tau. This was 75% completed and the 54′′ dia. rider main was laid by the end of the year. The tunnels between Sha Tin and Tai Po Tau were also substantially completed and the fabridam at Tai Po Tau installed. 4,900 ft. of the 6 mile tunnel between Tai Po Tau and the Plover Cove Terminal at Tai Mei Tuk were excavated, as well as 13,400 ft. of secondary tunnels to bring in the yields from the northern and southern slopes of the Pat Sin Range. 40% of the sea bed dredging

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to accommodate the Main Plover Cove dam was completed, and the placing and dumping of decomposed granite obtained from White Head borrow area was started. Top soil was stripped from much of the Ma Liu Shui borrow area and at Turret Hill Quarry two faces were prepared. 7.81. Extraction from the Plover Cove Reservoir will be by pumps at Tai Mei Tuk which will deliver water against the fall of the Tai Po Tau-Tai Mei Tuk tunnel to the supply basin behind the Tai Po Tau Fabridam. There will be six Vickers Armstrong pumps at Tai Po Tau having a capacity of 75 million gallons per day. Four of these pumps, which have already been commissioned, will draw from the Tai Po Tau intake and force the water against the fall of the Sha Tin-Tai Po Tau tunnel to the supply basin at the foot of a new dam constructed across the Shing Mun River, below Jubilee Dam. From this supply basin the water flows by gravity through a tunnel under Tai Po Road to the new Sha Tin Treatment Works. The tunnel to the Treatment Works as well as the Lower Shing Mun Dam and supply basin were substantially completed during the year. The Lower Shing Mun Reservoir provides an additional storage of about 900 million gallons for any overflow from Shing Mun Reservoir which would otherwise run to waste as well as providing a balance for the flood flow from the Sha Tin-Tai Po Tau tunnel when this flows against its fall under the pressure head of the shafts some 200 ft. deep collecting the stream course yields.

     7.82. A further facet of this scheme was the substantial completion of a 36′′ dia. main by which pumps installed below the Lower Shing Mun dam will be able to pump up to 20 million gallons per day of the Plover Cove yield to the Shing Mun Reservoir supply conduit. Thus the Plover Cove Scheme will be integrated with the Shing Mun resources.

7.83. The Sha Tin Treatment Works, giving a capacity of 50 million gallons per day, were substantially completed with the exception of the mechanical installation and cabling for automatic control of the beds and internal decoration.

7.84. The treated water is to be pumped by six units with a combined capacity of 75 million gallons per day. Of these four were commissioned. Two 48" and one 54" dia. mains were laid through the Lion Rock tunnel by which these pumps supply the two Lion Rock service reservoirs of 40 million gallons combined capacity, the 30 million gallon Shek Kip Mei service reservoir and the 15 million gallons service reservoir at Tsz Wan Shan. Plover Cove water will also be supplied to Hong Kong Island by a 54" dia. trunk main from Lion Rock Service Reservoir,

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which is to be extended across the eastern harbour approaches. The Lion Rock and Tsz Wan Shan Service Reservoirs were completed, and the contract awarded for the Shek Kip Mei service reservoir. 5,000 ft. of 48" trunk inlet and outlet mains for Shek Kip Mei Service Reservoir were laid.

   7.85. All works between Plover Cove and the Sha Tin Treatment Site are under the joint control of Messrs. Binnie & Partners and Messrs. Scott & Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners who are the appointed consulting engineers for the Scheme.

7.86. Some disruption of the lives of local residents by a scheme of this magnitude is inevitable. Plover Cove Reservoir alone requires the moving of over 1,200 villagers to new accommodation in the form of blocks of flats being constructed on a reclaimed area at Tai Po. Provision of shops at ground floor level will ensure a continued livelihood for these people, while the complete fishing village of Sam Mun Tsai is being reprovisioned at Yim Tin Tsai. Provision is also being made to ensure that only the flood flow of streams is accepted for Urban Area consumption, and that the dry weather flow bye-passes the intakes and continues to be available to the farmers for irrigation. Indeed, much of the existing irrigation system is being improved and to this end two irrigation reservoirs are being built at Hok Tau and Lau Shui Heung to improve the dry weather irrigation flow. In all some 34 minor irrigation dams and 17,570 ft. of concrete channel have been constructed.

River Indus Flood Pumping

7.87. This is a scheme to increase the water resources of the Colony. While the winter flow from the 12,735 acres yielding to the narrow pass just south of the Lo Wu border railway station is not appreciable, the summer yield can exceed a rate of 200 million gallons per day during rainstorms and typhoons. The scheme, therefore, is to construct a station with a 230 million gallons per day pumping capacity which will extract the flood flow from a basin behind a Fabridam for either storage at Plover Cove or Tai Lam Chung, or for direct treatment at the new Sha Tin plant. The Fabridam will be set to deflate automatically when the water in the supply basin reaches a predetermined level so as not to cause serious flooding of the low lying cultivated catchment. Transmission of the flood flow to Tai Lam Chung is via the 48′′ dia. main laid in 1960 for disposal of the water received from China under the 1960 agreement. 7.88. 38,835 ft. of welded steel pipes were laid to complete twin 54" dia. mains to permit the increased quantity of the new agreement with

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the Peoples Council of Kwangtung, as well as the River Indus flood pumping to be integrated with the Plover Cove Scheme. The River Indus pumping installation and fabridam, though seriously impeded due to typhoon flooding during the summer months, was 50% completed. The electrically motivated pumping installation will consist of 3 units designed to pump at a maximum rate of 30 million gallons per day to the Tai Lam Chung Head and 10 units to deliver water at a maximum rate of 200 million gallons per day to the Plover Cove Scheme. Of these, the three Tai Lam Chung units and two of the Plover Cove units were operating at the Muk Wu installation and are therefore in the Colony whilst a further two Plover Cove units have been received.

East River-Sham Chun Water Supply

       7.89. It is best to describe this in the context of the River Indus flood pumping scheme for much of the work precipitated by the latter is of no value during the dry winter months when no flood water is available. The water carrying capacity of this work is thus available to deliver the increased supplies attendant on the March 1965 Agreement with the Peoples Council of Kwangtung. The additional work involved the duplica- tion of the 10,215 ft. of 48" dia. pipeline from the border to the River Indus and this was duly completed. In addition the Muk Wu pumping station capacity was to be increased from 30 million gallons per day necessitated by the 1960 Agreement with China, to 63 million gallons per day effective capacity by the installation of four units for which orders were placed.

      7.90. Delivery of the Sham Chun water at a rate of 63 million gallons per day under the 1965 Agreement was effected on a temporary basis by the three units installed in 1960, supplemented by two 20 million gallons per day units delivered under the Indus River pumping equipment contract. All this equipment is to be transferred and installed on a per- manent basis at the River Indus.

North Western Water Supply Scheme

7.91. A report has been received from Messrs. Binnie & Partners, the Government appointed consulting engineers, and is being studied. The proposals cover the recovery of the flood flow from the north western part of the Colony and particularly that from the low lying areas around Yuen Long, before it flows into the sea. This flow might be pumped during the wet season to existing and proposed reservoirs for storage, treatment and supply.

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Sheung Shui-Tai Po Supply

7.92. The focal point at Tai Po Tau of the confluence of supplies from China and the River Indus with that from Plover Cove, provides a central location for the treatment of this raw water to meet the demands of both the Sheung Shui and Tai Po areas. Provision has been made in the Tai Po Tau pumping station, constructed as part of the Plover Cove Scheme, to accommodate pumps which will draw from the intake provided by the Tai Po Tau fabridam. These pumps are to raise the water to a site on top of a hill behind the pumping station. The site is of sufficient size to accommodate a 24 million gallons per day treatment works which will ultimately be required and also a 4 million gallon service reservoir. However the treatment plant to be ordered will meet a demand of 6 million gallons per day as a first stage.

7.93. The formation of the treatment works site was 75% complete. Tenders were received for the supply of the equipment.

Tsing Lung Tau Unfiltered Supply

7.94. The demand for an industrial water supply at Tsing Lung Tau was such as to warrant the provision of a 21" dia. raw water pipe line to draw from the Tai Lam Chung trunk feed at Sham Tseng. The capacity is however sufficient to meet the domestic demand which the provision of this supply is anticipated to precipitate.

   7.95. The delivery of the pipes was completed and a contract let for their laying.

Western New Territories Supplies and Yuen Long Balance Tank

   7.96. The 2 million gallon per day treatment works at Lam Ti was completed in June. From the treatment works the remaining 15,000 ft. of the 17,000 ft. long 18" dia. trunk feed were laid to complete this pipe line in August and then put into service to improve supplies to Yuen Long. Site investigations were in hand for the proposed balance tank to be constructed near Yuen Long at the eastern extremity of the 18" dia, trunk feed.

Shap Pat Heung and Pat Heung Water Supplies

   7.97. 11,300 ft. of 2" and 3" dia. Galvanized Iron pipe together with a roughing filter to provide some treatment of raw water from the Wong Nai Tun irrigation dam to meet the Shap Pat Heung demand was com- pleted.

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     7.98. A proposal to provide an unfiltered supply from the Kap Lung, Tsing Tam and Ho Pui irrigation reservoirs to thirteen villages in the Pat Heung area was still awaiting completion of legal formalities regarding water charges and land clearance for pipe line routes.

Irrigation Works in the New Territories

     7.99. In order to improve irrigation of crops in the New Territories over 11 miles of concrete channelling and 55 diversion dams were con- structed. These works are in addition to the irrigation work precipitated by the Plover Cove Scheme and those carried out as Local Public Works Schemes by the District Officers.

PLANNING AND HYDROLOGY

Chief Engineer:

A. S. ROBERTSON, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct.E., A.M.I.W.E.

Water Resources Survey

7.100. This is a joint venture with Messrs. Binnie & Partners, the Government Water Consulting Engineers, who appointed a member of their staff to work with the Hong Kong Water Authority. In turn this Authority has reciprocated by the secondment of an engineer to the Consulting Engineers London Office. The objects of the survey are to reduce wastage of water, investigate its re-use, desalination of sea water and the development of any other natural source of supply to meet the estimated growth of demand.

      7.101. Preliminary work was carried out to re-assess existing reservoir supply capacities and a Water Resources Policy Committee was formed to consider the recommendations of the Water Resources Survey unit.

Hydrology

      7.102. Leupold & Stevens measuring and recording equipment was installed at three previously established stream gauging stations and at four new stations. Construction work on two further stations was started. The advantages of this equipment over that previously used are that it is more reliable and the autographic charts require changing less frequently. It wa.. agreed that the analysis of stream gauge data is sufficiently time absorbing to warrant the use of a computer, and information from the charts was extracted in suitable form to permit a computer study to be instituted.

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   7.103. The Hong Kong University by the use of models of Tai Tam Tuk, Kowloon Byewash and Aberdeen Lower reservoir spillways, related the height of water above the spillway levels to overflow quantities. Temporary recorders were installed at these spillways to give accurate overflow measurement for the first time. Orders were placed for the per- manent recorders.

   7.104. Intensive inspection and maintenance of all Waterworks raingauges was undertaken and additional gauges installed to extend the system to 112 gauges under Waterworks control and 130 under Royal Observatory control. Thus a total of 242 gauges are available for assimila- tion of rainfall data.

   7.105. Preliminary studies were started to assess the yields from catchment areas under storm conditions and also on an annual basis.

Planning

   7.106. This was largely governed by the foreseeable growth of demand in various areas attendant on development expansion. The particular areas for which supply and distribution proposals were prepared included the Peak, Mid levels, Jardine's Lookout, Wah Fu Estate, Pok Fu Lam, Chai Wan, Eastern Kowloon attendant on Kowloon Bay reclamation, Sau Mau Ping, Ham Tin, Kwun Tong, Yau Tong, Beacon Hill, Ho Man Tin, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Cheung Chau. In the light of these proposals a five year construction programme was prepared limited to the anticipated availability of staff.

STAFF WELFARE AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

   7.107. Mr. CHU Hoi, Waterworks Inspector Class II retired on 18th March, 1965 having completed over 34 years of service.

   7.108. Christmas parties were held at the two Depots financed by those who attended. The finances of the Kowloon party were designed to show a profit which, supplemented by subscription from senior staff, provided further finances for a party open to children and parents of unskilled labourers. This was held on the Saturday following Chinese New Year and was attended by a total of 660 persons, including 450 children.

   7.109. Two football teams, representing Hong Kong Island and Kowloon respectively played irregular matches during the year and the Centenary Shield was won by the Hong Kong team.

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EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE

      8.01. The total expenditure by the Department amounted to $605,449,000. This included works carried out by Consultants and is 2.66% greater than the expenditure of $589,753,000 during the previous year. Major public works including World Refugee Year Schemes ($1,121,000), accounted for some $491,574,000 and of this figure $16,119,000 was expended specifically in connection with the Water Emergency. $52,021,000 was spent on recurrent maintenance work and $61,854,000 on administration, salaries and other charges.

8.02. The following comparative statement, illustrated graphically on the following page, shows public works expenditure over the ten years 1955-56 to 1964-65. It is to be noted that the Non-Recurrent figures for 1963-64 and 1964-65 include special expenditure incurred during the Water Emergency, mainly on the chartering of Tankers. For 1963-64 the expenditure was $49,819,760 and for 1964-65 $16,119,222. As this specific expenditure cannot be considered to form a part of the overall Capital Expenditure picture it is shown as a separate item in the chart:

Financial year

Personal Emolu- ments and Other

Charges

Recurrent Expenditure

Non-Recurrent

Total

$

$

$

$

1955-56

---

18,646,000

18,629,000

86,215,000

123,490,000

1956-57

21,048,000

21,113,000

118,051,000

160,212,000

1957-58

24,145,000

30,563,000

119,906,000

174,614,000

1958-59

26,886,000

29,092,000

145,026,000

201,004,000

1959-60

440

33,702,000

39,923,000

175,768,000

249,393,000

1960-61

40,497,000

34,036,000

242,348,000

316,781,000

1961-62

43,256,000

40,210,000

282,503,000

365,969,000

1962-63

44,948,000

45,303,000

378,162,000(1)

468,413,000

1963-64

51,352,000

41,145,000

1964-65

61,854,000

52,021,000

497,256,000(2) 589,753,000 491,574,000

605,449,000

Note: (1) Includes $49,819,760 Water Emergency expenditure. (2) Includes $16,119,222 Water Emergency expenditure.

8.03. A further breakdown of expenditure for the years 1960-61 to 1964-65 is given at Appendix B and a comparative table of the value of contracts for capital works let during the same period is given at Appendix C.

     8.04. Revenue collected by the Department totalled $174,375,000. Premia from sales of Crown Lands brought $118,409,000; fees for the

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$00

560

SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

EXPENDITURE FROM 1955/56 TO 1964/65

$40

600

520

520

WATER EMERGENCY 1963/64, 1964/65

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS & OTHER CHARGES

480

RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

480

NON-RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

440

400

340

320

200

OVERALL EXPENDITURE

440

400

400

360

$20

200

240

240

200

160

120

40

20

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160

120

40

20

     temporary occupation of Crown Land-$6,685,000; sale of water- $21,433,000; scale of crushed stone-$3,182,000; fees under the Buildings Ordinance-$6,765,000; works executed on private account-$5,677,000 and other receipts-$12,224,000.

STAFF WELFARE

Sports and Recreation

      9.01. The Caroline Hill (Public Works Department) Sports Club football team won the Hong Kong Football Association 'Golden Jubilee Challenge Cup' (Junior Division) and also reached the semi-final of the Junior Challenge Shield.

9.02. Many members of the staff took part in a variety of departmental competitions and sporting activities and sub-departments organized their own sporting and social occasions.

      9.03. The P.W.D. Golfing Society held five meetings and included competitions for ladies.

APPRECIATION

10.01. I take this opportunity to record my sincere appreciation of the loyal co-operation shown by all officers of the department through- out the year.

15th July, 1965.

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APPENDIX A

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEARs ended 31st March, 1961 to 31st March, 1965

GROSS EXPENDITURE

1960-61

1961-62

1962-63

1963-64

1964-65

Administration-

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges

Special Expenditure

:

:

Total P.W.D. (A)

Public Works Recurrent-

Buildings and Lands

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:

Engineering (other than Electrical and Mechanical and Waterworks)

Electrical and Mechanical

Waterworks

Works executed on private account

Total P.W.R.

37,700,658.06 40,576,338.66 42,341,857.98 | 48,777,576.20 | 58,402,050.71

2,262,771.37 1,913,788.12 1,900,224.69

1,937,938.40

2,199,911.54

433,548.88

765,324.18

706,106.34

636,296.41 1,252,004.24

40,396,978.31

43,255,450.96 | 44,948,189.01 | 51,351,811.01

61,853,966.49

5,409,071.44 8,692,533.68 9,038,303.71

8,820,364.03 11,086,803.48

14,069,800.86 13,732,653.08 15,684,565.47 | 14,021,969.56 | 18,072,589.68 2,220,862.35 2,412,994.66 3,037,650.63 3,264,268.92 3,831,940.05 8,801,938.44 | 12,103,348.20 12,916,715.99| 10,598,391.87 13,525,293.50 3,534,555.14 3,268,914.38 4,625,507.74 4,440,377.37 5,504,709.48

34,036,228.23 | 40,210,444.00 45,302,743.54 | 41,145,371.75 | 52,021,336.19

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Public Works Non-Recurrent-

Buildings and Lands

Engineering (other than Waterworks) Waterworks

Total P.W.Non-R.

APPENDIX A-Contd.

1960-61

1961-62

1962-63

1963-64

1964-65

93,076,166,35 |114,557,433.50 |166,738,490.34 |245,091,635.51 |230,814,559.92 64,342,402.30 76,971,804.15 | 92,721,082.12 | 91,029,522.63 | 94,276,094.65 81,647,475.82 | 90,031,138.83 118,636,517.50 159,949,215.92 |165,359,606.16

Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes...

World Refugee Year Schemes

Local Development Projects

Sub-total capital works

239,066,044.47 281,560,376.48 378,096,089.96 496,070,374.06 |490,450,260.73

2.846.37

2,764.51

392.50

1,980,482.76

1,298,359.58

924,430.77

15,472.30

58,935.33 1,183,824.77

1,121,244.95

6,729.69

2,140.27

2,324.72

3,281,688.71

942,667.58

66,057.52 1,185,965.04 1,123,569.67

|242,347,733.18 282,503,044.06 378,162,147.48 497,256,339.10 |491,573,830.40

Grand total expenditure

|316,780,939.72 365,968,939.02 |468,413,080.03 [589,753,521.86 (605,449,133.08

P. W. D. TOTAL NON-RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

FOR YEAR 1964/65

WATERWORKS OFFICE

30.4%

CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE

19.2%

WATER EMERGENCY 23%

CAT S.O. 1.3%

HEADQUARTERS 6.4%

ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE

39.4 */

OFFICES

HEADQUARTERS

ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE

CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE

WATERWORKS OFFICE

WATER EMERGENCY

C. L. & S. O.

TOTAL

$. 31,569,951.75

193,736,961.87

94,278,419,37,

149,416,262.58

(6,119,222.02

6.453,012.01

$ 491,573,830.40

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APPENDIX C

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF VALUE OF CONTRACTS FOR CAPITAL WORKS LET

During the years 1960-61 to 1963-64

1960-61

1961-62

1962-63

1963-64

1964-65

80,357,000 158,983,000 130,176,000 240,914,000 196,259,000

77,593,000 82,327,000 52,117,000 133,535,000 59,286,000

Engineering (other than Waterworks)

27,316,000 64,865,000 96,777,000 133,833,000

88,508,000

Buildings and Lands

Waterworks

Total

:

:

185,266,000

306,175,000

279,070,000 508,282,000 344,053,000

Duty Posts

APPENDIX D

OCCUPANTS OF SENIOR DUTY POSTS

Holder

HEADQUARTERS

From

To

Director

Deputy Director

(Engineering)

Deputy Director

(Buildings & Lands)

*Assistant Director

*Assistant Director

Hon. A. M. J. WRIGHT, A.R.I.B.A.,

F.R.I.C.S.

Mr. J. J. RoвBSON, M.I.C.E.,

A.M.I.Struct.E. (Acting)

Mr. J. J. ROBSON, M.I.C.E.,

A.M.I.Struct.E.

Mr. J. ALEXANDER, B.Sc. (Eng.),

A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)

Mr. G. J. SKELT, B.Sc., D.I.C.,

A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)

Mr. G. P. NORTON, A.R.I.B.A.

Mr. F. A. FISHER, B.Sc., LL.B.,

A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)

Mr. J. R. WHITAKER, M.A., A.M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., A.M.I.Traffic E. (Acting)

*These posts were abolished on 7th

October, 1964 being replaced by the post of Government Civil Engineer and two posts of Assistant Government Civil Engineer in the Civil Engineering Office.

7.10.64 | 31. 3.65

1. 4.64

6.10.64

7.10.64

8. 2.65

1. 4.64 31. 5.64 9. 2.65 31. 3.65 1. 4.64 6.10.64

1. 4.64 31. 3.65

1. 4.64 6.10.64

1. 4.64 6.10.64

Government Architect

Assistant Government

Architect

SUB-DEPARTMENTS

ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE

Mr. J. C. CHARTER, A.A.Dip.,

A.R.I.B.A.

Mr. J. T. MALLORIE, Dip.Arch..

A.R.I.B.A., A.M.T.P.I. (Acting)

Mr. J. T. MALLORIE, Dip.Arch.,

A.R.I.B.A., A.M.T.P.I. Mr. T. T. WONG B.Sc., A.I.A.A.,

A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)

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1. 4.64

31. 5.64

26. 1.65

31. 3.65

1. 6.64

25. 1.65

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APPENDIX D-Contd.

Holder

BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE

From

To

Government Building

Surveyor

Mr. R. FAIRBAIRN, F.R.I.C.S., M.R.S.H. Mr. P. V. SHAWE, F.R.I.C.S., M.R.S.H.

1. 4.64 19. 8.64

18. 8.64

31. 8.64

(Acting)

1. 9.64

31. 3.65

CROWN LANDS & SURVEY OFFICE

Superintendent of Crown Mr. R. H. HUGHES, M.A., F.R.I.C.S.

Lands & Survey

1. 4.64 31. 3.65

CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE

Government Civil

Engineer

Government Electrical

& Mechanical Engineer

Deputy Director (Waterworks Engineer)

Assistant Director (Waterworks)

Mr. J. ALEXANDER, B.Sc. (Eng.),

A.M.I.C.E.

26.12.64

7.10.64 9. 2.65

8. 2.65

25.12.64 31. 3.65

Mr. G. J. SKELT, B.Sc., D.I.C.,

A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)

ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL OFFICE

Mr. D. W. WALKER, B.Sc., M.I.Mech.E.,

A.M.I.E.E.

Mr. K. B. BAKER, A.M.I.Mech. E.

(Acting)

WATERWORKS OFFICE

Mr. T. O. Morgan, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E.

Mr. E. P. WILMOT-MORGAN, O.B.E.,

B.Sc., M.I.C.E., A.I.W.E. Mr. A. W. P. Cox, A.M.I.C.E.,

A.M.I.Mun.E. (Acting)

1. 4.64 22. 4.64 19.11.64 31. 3.65 23. 4.64 | 18.11.64

1. 4.64 31. 3.65

1.12.64 31. 3.65

1. 4.64 30.11.64

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Technical trative & Clerical Others

Total

(i)

(ii)

Executive

APPENDIX E

STAFF FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1965

(excluding vacancies)

Profes- Inspec-

| Adminis-

:

I

|

72

122242

15

98

109

72

239

48

66

537

59

15

22

38

21

158

129

2232

83

401

5

99

1,584

2,301

52

270

52

303

686

13

40

267

56

36

1,696

2,074

64

84

392

108

1,536

2,188

:

:.

:

:

:

:

Headquarters

Architectural Office

Buildings Ordinance Office

Civil Engineering Office

:

Crown Lands and Survey Office

Electrical and Mechanical Office

Waterworks Office

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Total

431

300

1,591

26

473

5,221

8,042

Note:

(i) Includes engineers, assistant engineers, etc.

(ii) Includes clerks of works, assistant clerks of works, etc.

Grade

APPENDIX F

RATES OF PAY

Average Number Employed

Wages per month

Lowest

Highest

Average

Artisans Class I

1,330

251

299

276

Artisans Class II

567

226

265

246

Semi-skilled Labourers

522

194

221

209

Labourers

1,535

171

191

181

Apprentices

73

171

191

181

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APPENDIX G

ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE PRIVATE ARCHITECTS

AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS

(1) PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY Private ARCHITECTS

Belilios Public School

Central District Primary School and

Ellis Kadoorie School (Western)

Kwun Tong Clinic and Maternity Home

Yuen Long Clinic

Yau Ma Tei Health Centre

Messrs. Wong & Ng Associates.

:

Messrs. Hsin-Yich Architects & Associates.

:

Mr. W. H. KWAN.

:

:

Mr. W. SZETO,

Messrs. Leigh & Orange.

Queen Mary Hospital additional Quarters Shau Kei Wan Polyclinic

:

Mr. Eric CUMINE.

:

Messrs. Leigh & Orange.

Kowloon Tsai Park and Swimming Pool

:

Messrs. Leigh & Orange.

Sai Yee Street, Urban Services Department's

Development

:

Mr. WONG Cho tong.

Abattoirs

Yuen Long District Branch Office

Married Staff Quarters for Preventive

Service, North Point

      Kwun Tong Divisional Police Station Yuen Long Divisional Police Station Mong Kok Police Station

Western District Magistracy Preventive Service Married Quarters,

Hung Hom

Technical College Wool Section

Tsuen Wan Outpatient Clinic

Mental Defectives Home

:

Messrs. Hal Williams & Co.

Mr. W. SZETO.

Messrs. Hsin-Yieh Architects & Associates.

Mr. Eric CuMINE.

: Mr. Eric CUMINE.

A Messrs. Hsin-Yieh Architects & Associates

Messrs. Palmer & Turner.

Messrs. Hazeland & Co.

Mr. W. SZETO.

Mr. W. SZETO.

Messrs. Spence, Robinson, Prescott &

Thornburrow.

Prisons Dept., Mental Hospital

:

Messrs. Spence, Robinson, Prescott &

Thornburrow.

Whitfield Development Scheme

:

Messrs. T. C. Yuen & Co.

Statue Square-Restoration of Car Park as

Garden and other improvements

: Mr. W. Szeto.

Reprovisioning of Military Establishments.

Victoria Barracks

Mr. W. SZETO.

(2) PRIVATe quantitY SURVEYORS ENGAGED ON VARIOUS GOVERN-

MENT BUILDING PROJECTS:-

Mr. David Bailey

Messrs. Langdon & Every (Far East)

Messrs. Bridgewater & Coulton (Hong Kong)

Messrs. C. John Mann & Son and Yeomen & Edwards

P. C. Russell & Partners

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APPENDIX H

ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE

New Building PROJECTS IN THE Public Works Programme Completed IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1964-65

Client Department

Project

* Denotes work by private architect.

Cost

+ Denotes estimate only

Education

General

Technical College Library and Reading Room

Shau Kei Wan Secondary School

Additions to King George V School...

Tsuen Wan Co-educational Secondary School

*Western District Magistracy.

Shau Kei Wan Marine Office ...

*Kai Tak Terminal Building extension

659,300

2,707,200

910,500 †

2,233,300

4,475,000 †

152,000

*Preventive Service Married Quarters, Hung Hom

***

:

Married Quarters, Piper's Hill (Types I & II)

3,597,000

2,678,000

5,500,000 +

Alterations to Government Printing Workshop

14,700

City Hall Bus Shelter.

21,100

Public Car Park, Tsim Sha Tsui

4,748,000 †

Alterations, air-conditioning and renovation of

Government House ...

900,000 †

Alterations to Kwun Tong District Branch Office ...

29,900 †

Road & Garden Depot, H.K. Airport

36,100

Low Cost Housing

Cheung Sha Wan Low Cost Housing Estate

Wong Tai Sin Area 'C' West Low Cost Housing

Estate

10,988,200

13,478,000 †

Medical & Health

Sha Tin Clinic and Maternity Home...

1,110,000 †

St. John Hospital Cheung Chau, Soil drainage

Alteration to Social Hygiene Clinic, Ashley Road ...

*Shau Kei Wan Polyclinic

+

Linen Store, Queen Mary Hospital

51,100

19,200

Donated building

323,000 †

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APPENDIX H-Contd.

Project

• Denotes work by private architect

Cost

+ Denotes estimate only

New Territories

San Tin Government Building

Police

Police Junior Officers Quarters improvements

Police Inspectorate and Non-departmental Quarters,

Ede Road

164,200

86,700

4,245,000

Police Rank and File Married Quarters, N.P. Police Post at Peng Chau Island (Silver Mine Bay)

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7,528,700

106,800

Post Office

Sai Ying Pun Temporary Post Office

30,700

Temporary Sorting Office and Mail Storage Area,

Central Reclamation

370,000 †

Prisons

Stanley Prison Warders Married Quarters

437,000

Chi Ma Wan Prison Dining Hall

55,600

Resettlement

Kwai Chung Resettlement Estate Central Area 'C'

13,700,000 †

Wang Tau Hom Resettlement Estate

34,713,000 †

Social Welfare

*Aberdeen Welfare Centre

3,104,300

Urban Services

(Urban Areas)

Kai Tak West Playground

497,900

Kowloon Tsai Park & Swimming Pool, Stage I

4,159,000 †

Playground for Chai Wan Resettlement Estate

139,600 †

Urban Services

(New Territories)

Kowloon City Roundabout Garden

Fountain at Sung Wong Toi Garden

Beach Building at Repulse Bay

Latrines at Caroline Hill, H.K. Stadium

Tsuen Wan Recreation and Sports Ground

adjoining Housing Area 4

***

Improvements to Castle Peak Beach

Latrine at Tsuen Wan Area 19

Kam Tin Market

Tai Po Market extension

Sha Tin Hawker Bazaar

:

:

:

:

94,500 †

34,100

26,300

56,900

371,800

:

67,900

44,500 †

182,300

:

:

32,400

12,200

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APPENDIX I

BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE

NUMBERS OF Buildings INVOLVED BY the ApprovALS REFERRED TO

General

Demolition

Access Roads

UNDER PARAGRAPH 3.06

Totals

2,134 Buildings

**

2

1

170

2,307

Site Excavation

Site Formation

Buildings

Residences

Apartments

Tenements†

Apartment/Commercial‡

Tenement/Commercial§

:

37 Buildings

133

*

352

**

21

19

...

...

226

**

Commercial

129

Industrial

200

"

Warehouse

28

School/Religious Centre

44

"

Hospital/Clinic

3

Welfare/Recreational

**

21

Public Utilities

22

Other

1,216

Bridge

Low Cost Housing Estate

Major Extensions or additions to

existing buildings...

Temporary

Alterations and additions

Amended Plans

Structural

2 Buildings

12 Building Blocks

14

8 Buildings

8

2 Buildings

2

944 Buildings

944

...

8,839 Buildings

8,839

Piling, Superstructure, etc. Amended Plans

6,753 Buildings

346

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7,099

Drainage & Well

2,400 Buildings

2,400

22,829

* An apartment building is a building consisting of self-contained units of accommoda-

tion.

† A tenement building is a building in which any living room is intended or adapted for the use of more than 1 tenant or sub-tenant, "living room" being defined as any room intended or adapted as a place for cooking or sleeping.

An apartment commercial building is a building in which the ground floor is intended for commercial usage, the remainder being for apartments.

§ A tenement commercial building is a building in which the ground floor is intended

for commercial usage, the remainder being for tenements.

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APPENDIX J

CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE

STATISTICS OF PREMIA RECEIVED FROM LAND TRANSACTIONS IN THE URBAN ÁREA

(1) Sales by Auction:

Island

Kowloon

..

::

New Kowloon (including Kwun Tong)

(2) Sales without Auction:

1963-64

1964-65

33,703,850.00

8,154,750.00

19,857,000.00

6,165,960.00

70,504,628.58

53,265,264.34

Island

Kowloon

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877,198.00

450,082.00

826,840.00

2,304,960.35

New Kowloon (including Kwun Tong)

4,986,728.57

2,148,053.99

(3) Exchanges and Extensions :

Island

3,306,899.01

2,311,393.08

Kowloon

2,807,937.83

2,539,146.34

New Kowloon (including Kwun Tong)

141,392.06

416,698.00

(4) Modification of Lease Conditions :

Island

Kowloon

11,317,268.41

4,832,747.20

4,299,804.00

4,195,142.00

New Kowloon (including Kwun Tong)

***

3,721,367.48

5,138,195.67

(5) Grant of new Crown Leases :

Island

***

Kowloon

New Kowloon

(6) Piers and Wharves :

Island

Kowloon

New Kowloon

:

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1,020,777.94

192,469.51

36,024,115.35

36,613,852.16

NIL

NIL

160,000.00

NIL

202,000.00

NIL

2,958.75

NIL

$193,760,765.98

$128,728,714.64

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APPENDIX K

CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE

(1) Hong Kong Island

MAJOR Planning ScheMES

(a) Statutory Plans

H.K.P.A. No. 8-North Point Outline Development Plan

Revised draft plan submitted to Governor-in-Council for approval.

H.K.P.A. No. 15 & 16-Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau Outline

Development Plan

**

Draft amendment approved by Town Planning Board for public exhibition for two months as from 5.3.65 under section 5 of the Town Planning Ordinance.

H.K.P.A. No. 20-Chai Wan Outline Development Plan Revised draft plan submitted to Governor-in-Council for approval.

(b) Departmental Plans Approved

Plan No.

LH 8/32.

...

LH 15/25.

LH 20/9.

H.K.P.A. No. 15-Aberdeen & Ap Lei Chau Layout Plan

H.K.P.A. No. 16-Little Hong Kong Layout Plan ...

LH 15/23B. LH 16/9C.

(2) Kowloon and New KowLOON

(a) Statutory Plans

K.P.A. No. 1-Tsim Sha Tsui Outline Development Plan

Draft plan circulated for comments.

LK 1/36.

K.P.A. No. 9- Hung Hom Outline Development Plan

LK 9/12.

Revised draft plan under consideration by Town Planning Board.

K.P.A. Nos. 8 & 11-Outline Development Plan

LK 11/63.

K.P.A. No. 14--Ngau Tau Kok Village Layout Plan

J

LK 14/17.

Plan approved by Governor-in-Council under Section 8 of the Town Planning Ordinance but not yet published.

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APPENDIX K-Contd.

(b) Departmental Plans Adopted

K.P.A. No. 2 Yau Ma Tei-Civic Centre Layout Plan

LK 2/28A.

K.P.A. No. 4-Commercial & Community Centre-

Shek Kip Mei

***

LK 4/22A.

·

K.P.A. No. 5-North of King Lam Street-Layout of

Industrial Sites

LK 5/19B.

K.P.A. No. 5-Cargo Landing Facilities an Cheung Sha Wan

LK 5/21.

K.P.A. No. 8-Lung Cheung Road Development Area No. 3

(Stages 1 and 2) Layout Plan

LK 8/15D.

***

(3) NEW TERRITORIES

(a) Statutory Plane

Tsuen Wan and District Outline Development Plan

Draft amendment to plan submitted to Governor-in-Council for approval.

Sha Tin and District Outline Development Plan

Revised draft plan under consideration by Town Planning Board.

Castle Peak District Outline Development Plan

Draft plan under consideration by Town Planning Board.

(b) Departmental Plans

(i) Approved

Kwai Chung Layout Plans-Area 9 Part I

Kwai Chung Layout Plan-Areas 10E and 10B

:

LTW/75.

LST/43.

LCP/29.

LTW/35H. LTW/37P.

LTW/79.

Kwai Chung Areas 10D, 10F and 29 (Part) Layout Plan

Kwai Chung Area 26A-Layout Plan

...

LTW/79.

LTW/93.

***

LCP/10C.

Castle Peak Zones 9 (Part) and 10-San Hui Layout

(ii) Adopted

Kwai Chung Layout Plan Area 17

Kwai Chung Development Area 11

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LTW/36T.

LTW/94A. LTW/95A.

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APPENDIX L

SCHEDULE OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT MAINTAINED

BY ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE AS

AT 31ST MARCH, 1965

MECHANICAL

Item

Motor cycles

Cars and light vans

Heavy vehicles

***

Road rollers

Diesel-driven generating sets

Parking meters

Water pumps

Dental equipment

Steam boilers and equipment

Air-conditioning plants

Refrigeration plants

Room-cooler units

Dehumidifiers

Ventilation plants

Exhaust fans

Miscellaneous

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Electric motors

Fans

Heaters and radiators

Cookers and hotplates

Water heaters and wash boilers

Traffic controls and traffic aids

Miscellaneous

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693

770

43

240

2,822

1,032

324

396

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2,140

236

351

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1,055

3,298

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3,404

21,468

15,368

2,098

4,588

1,540

10,824

APPENDIX M

LIST OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY CONSULTANTS

Aberdeen Harbour Hydrographic Survey and

Reclamation Model

Model Tests on Plover Cove Water

Scheme Tunnel Intake Shafts & Main Dam Closure

(British) Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Vehicular Ferry Piers (North Point to

Kowloon City)

Incineration Plant, Hong Kong Island

Incineration and Composting Plant, Kowloon .

Report on Proposed New Dredging Plant

Kwai Chung Development Scheme, Stage II

Shek Pik Water Scheme (except catchwaters

and work on Hong Kong I.)

Tung Chung Water Scheme

North Western Water Scheme

Messrs. S. E. Faber & Son.

Messrs. Haigh, Zinn and Associates.

Sir Bruce White, Wolfe Barry & Partners.

Messrs. Scott & Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners.

Messrs. Binnie & Partners.

Plover Cove Water Scheme, Stages I & II (up to and including treatment works)

River Indus Flood Pumping Station & Intake...

Model Tests on Lower Shing Mun Dam Overflow and Stilling Basin and on Overflow Capacities of Aberdeen Lower, Tytam Tak and Kowloon Byewash Reservoirs

Water Resources Survey

Plover Cove Water Scheme Joint Engineers (Messrs. Binnie & Partners with Messrs. Scott & Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners).

University of Hong Kong.

Joint Venture with Messrs. Binnie & Partners and Hong Kong Water Authority.

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PLAN OF VICTORIA & KOWLOON SHOWING DISTRICT

NAMES

SO UK

SHA

TIN PASS

ROAD

LUNG

CHEUNG

ROAD

AREA

LAI CHI KOK

SHEK KIP ME!

CHEUNG SHA WAN

STONECUTTERS ISLAND

KENNEDY TOWN

WESTERN DISTRICT

SAI YING PUN

MOUNT DAVIS

DRAWN

BY C. L. & S. O, 1963

MID LEVELS

SHAM SHUI PO

WONG TAI SIN

DIAMOND HILL

NGAU CHI WAN

(AREA)

(AREA)

500 CONTOUR

SAN PO KONG

KOWLOON TONG

KOWLOON

CITY

H. K. AIRPORT

MONG KOK

HO MAN TIN

MA TAU KOK

YAU MA TEI

CENTRAL DISTRICT

PEAK

POK FU LAM

KING'S PARK

HUNG HOM

TSIM SHA TSUI

VICTORIA

WAN CHAI

HAPPY

VALLEY

HARBOUR

CAUSEWAY

BAY

KOWLOON BAY

RUNWAY

NORTH POINT

JORDAN VALLEY

NGAU TAU

KWUN TONG

KOK

QUARRY

BAY

SHAU KEI WAN

YAU TONG

CHAI WAN

LEI YUE MUN

Approximate boundaries only are shown on

this plan. Colours used have no significance. other than to define the districts.

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