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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 1965 - 66
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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
2. ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
General
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Architectural Divisions
Quantity Surveying Division Structural Engineering Division Building Services Division
Maintenance Division
New Works .
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Staff, Training and Welfare.
3. BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
General
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General Divisions
Dangerous Buildings Division Staff, Training and Welfare.
4. CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
General
Development Division
Port Works Division
3.01 - 3.04
3.05- 3.09
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General
Crown Lands Division
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5.01 - 5.02
5.03 5.11
Survey Division.
Planning Division
Staff, Training and Welfare.
6. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE
General
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Mechanical Division
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7. WATERWORKS OFFICE
General
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Distribution Division
7.03 - 7.16
Mechanical and Electrical Division
7.17 - 7.23
Construction Division.
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Consultants Liaison Division
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Planning Division
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Accounts Section.
7.52 - 7.53
Staff, Training and Welfare.
7.54 - 7.58
8. EXPENDITure and RevENUE
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10. APPRECIATION
11. APPENDICES
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A. Expenditure from 1956-57 to 1965-66.
B. Comparative Table of Departmental Expenditure, for the
years ended 31st March, 1962 to 31st March, 1966.
C. P.W.D. Total Non-Recurrent Expenditure For Year 1965-66.
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D. Comparative Table of Value of Contracts For Capital Works
Awarded During the Years 1961-62 to 1965-66.
E. Staff for Year Ending 31st March, 1966.
F. Rates of Pay.
G. Architectural Office: Work completed during 1965-66.
H. Architectural Office: Building Projects commenced during
1965-66.
I. Architectural Office: Private Architects and Quantity
Surveyors
J. Civil Engineering Office: New Projects completed during
1965-66.
K. Civil Engineering Office: Projects commenced during 1965-66. L. Civil Engineering Office: Summary of Major Land Forma-
tion Works.
M. Civil Engineering Office: Projects undertaken by Consultants. N. Civil Engineering Office: General Statistics.
O. Waterworks Office: Work completed, under construction and
undertaken by Consultants.
P. Waterworks Office: General Statistics.
Q. Buildings Ordinance Office: General Statistics.
R. Crown Lands and Survey Office: Land Statistics.
S. Crown Lands and Survey Office: Major Planning Schemes
completed or dealt with during 1965-66.
T. Crown Lands and Survey Office: Survey Statistics.
U. Schedule of Plant and Equipment Maintained by the Elec-
trical and Mechanical Office.
V. Occupants of Senior Duty Posts.
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CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
WATER
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OPERATION AND ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HONG KONG.
1966.
GENERAL
INTRODUCTION
1.01. The Colony of Hong Kong has an area of approximately 3981 square miles with an estimated population (at the end of 1965) of 3,698,000. The bulk of this population is concentrated in a very inten- sively developed area of some 9 square miles covering the northern shore of Hong Kong island, the Kowloon peninsula and New Kowloon from Lei Yue Mun in the east to Lai Chi Kok in the west. Tsuen Wan, in the New Territories, a few miles north-west of Lai Chi Kok is developing rapidly and now has a population of about 235,000. The frontispiece map shows the extent of these built-up areas.
1.02. For years investment in private development has been increas- ing at a spectacular rate. This has been reflected in the revenue from land sales as well as in the value of completed buildings. In last year's report reference was made to the drop in revenue collected from land sales in 1964-65 and this trend continued in 1965-66. Revenue from land and the letting of Government buildings was a little over $85 million, a drop of some $54 million compared with 1964-65 and $119 million compared with 1963-64. Following the banking difficulties of February 1965 there has been a virtual cessation of interest in the acquisition of Crown land for residential development and this has been reflected in a significant drop in the submission of new plans for approval under the Buildings Ordinance.
1.03. However, with some exceptions, construction continued on building works which had already commenced and expenditure on private buildings completed in 1965-66 amounted to $1,078 million, compared with $827 million in the previous year and $668 million in the year before. This figure of $1,078 million represents the cost of private buildings completed in 1965-66 and does not represent actual expenditure during the year. The effect of the present recession in the private sector is likely to show itself in the value of buildings completed this year and the following year.
1.04. Public Works Department Non-Recurrent and Recurrent expen- diture, excluding personal emoluments, totalled $660 million compared with $544 million in 1964-65. This figure represents actual expenditure
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during the year and gives a fair indication of the increased output and activity in the three sub-departments concerned, i.e. the Architectural Office, Civil Engineering Office and the Waterworks Office.
1.05. A 24-hour daily water supply was provided to the urban areas throughout the year. This was made possible by adequate rainfall, the increased supply from China and the completion and commissioning of new waterworks installations. Pre-war records of water supply hours have been lost, but it is thought that this may be the first time that it has been possible to maintain a 24 hours daily supply for a full year; certainly it is the first time since 1945.
1.06. Average daily consumption for the year was 113.5 million gallons, with a peak of 138.6 million gallons on 31st August, 1965. Of the 41,494 million gallons consumed during the year 11,435 million gallons or about 27.5%-came from China.
1.07. Tenders were received for the supply and erection of a sea water distillation plant at Lai Chi Kok having either two or three million gallons a day capacity. No tender had been accepted by the end of the year.
1.08. In August 1965 the Governor in Council decided that the full development of both Castle Peak and Sha Tin be accepted in principle and that, subject to the approval of funds and the inclusion of the necessary items in the Public Works Programme, work on the first stages of both new towns should commence as speedily as possible. At a subsequent meeting of the Public Works Sub-Committee new items for Stage I of Castle Peak new town (estimated cost $203 million) and Stage I of Sha Tin new town (estimated cost $300 million) were included in Category A of the Public Works Programme.
1.09. As has been the case in previous years consulting engineers or architects in private practice have been appointed where shortage of staff, or need for specialist knowledge and experience, have rendered it necessary. Consulting engineers were appointed to investigate and report on alternative methods of sewage disposal in the northern part of the New Territories. Consultants were also appointed to carry out an engineering feasibility study of mass transport systems. A full list of works being undertaken by consulting engineers and private architects is included at Appendices I, M and O.
1.10. The Civil Engineering Office continued to look five years ahead with its road planning. It worked in close co-operation with the Pas-
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senger Transport Survey Unit, the Planning Division of the Crown Lands and Survey Office, the mass transport consultants and the consulting engineers working on the cross-harbour tunnel.
1.11. The Resettlement building programme continued at a high level. Domestic accommodation to house 105,000 people was completed and buildings to house another 220,000 people were under construction on 31st March, 1966. The completion of some domestic blocks was delayed by contractors who were unable to complete the works within the contract period, but the situation had improved by the end of the year.
1.12. In August 1965 a resolution was passed in Legislative Council approving in principle the grant of a franchise to a private company for the construction of a four-lane cross harbour tunnel, on a line from Hung Hom to Wan Chai. Detail planning of the tunnel landfalls and the associated road systems was being undertaken jointly by the tunnel consultants and Public Works Department engineers.
ORGANIZATION
1.13. The pattern of the department's work and organization is largely dictated by the problems associated with over three million people living within a small area of land, much of which is in the process of redevelopment to a very high density, coupled with the need to open up and service new land for immediate, as well as future, development.
1.14. The main spheres of departmental responsibility are:
Building.
The design and construction of Government build- ings and the control of private development.
Engineering. Port Works, Roads, Drainage, Land Development,
Traffic Engineering and Electrical/Mechanical.
Land.
Water.
The disposal of Crown Land, Survey and Town Planning.
Design, Construction and Distribution.
1.15. A chart showing the organization of the department, with Headquarters and six sub-departments is on page vi. The object of the organization is to decentralize wherever possible. Day to day decisions on virtually all matters, other than departmental policy and the pro-
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gramming of future projects, are taken by sub-departments. Head- quarters is kept as small as possible, consisting of the Director of Public Works, Director of Engineering Development and the Director of Building Development, together with essential professional, executive and clerical support staff. It concerns itself with departmental policy, future works programmes and co-ordination of the often conflicting needs of sub-departments. There is very close contact between Head- quarters and the Colonial Secretariat. To provide the necessary co- ordination weekly meetings are held between Headquarters and sub- departments to consider matters affecting land and development, with monthly meetings to review departmental policy.
STAFF
1.16. The total staff numbered more than 8,700 of whom 547 were professional or assistant professional officers. Occupants of super-scale posts, distribution of staff and rates of pay of artisans and labourers are given in Appendices V, E and F respectively.
1.17. During the year the following senior officers left Hong Kong on leave prior to retirement:
Mr. A. E. CLAASSEN, Chief Structural Engineer, on 24th August, 1965. Mr. Wong Ting-tsai, Chief Architect, on 5th March, 1966.
TRAINING
1.18. Training facilities continued to be provided for technical and assistant professional staff. Altogether 65 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.
1.19. A total of 20 engineering graduates from the University of Hong Kong were on indenture to the Director of Engineering Develop- ment to gain some of the experience required for the professional inter- view of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 5 Apprentice Architects, 2 Apprentice Air-Conditioning Engineers and 4 Apprentice Electrical Engineers were also under training.
1.20. The Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey undertook the training of 83 Surveying Assistants (Land) and 15 Surveying Assistants (Engineering).
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1.21. During the summer vacation, 2 students from the Engineering Faculty of the University of Hong Kong were attached to this depart- ment (1 in the Civil Engineering Office and 1 in the Waterworks Office) for practical training. 4 students from the same University were attached to the Architectural Office and 6 students were given instruction in the Electrical and Mechanical Office.
1.22. Altogether 23 officers of the Department were on or completed courses during the year in Britain, Australia and the United States of America. Some of these courses were taken whilst the officers were on vacation leave.
1.23. Further details of training are included in the reports of sub- departments.
VISITORS
1.24. (i) Mr. R. M. WYNNE-EDWARDS, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and Mr. A. McDONALD the Secretary, visited the Colony in April. They were shown around the Ocean Terminal, Lion Rock Tunnel and Tsuen Wan new town sites.
(ii) Dr. H. A. HOSSE, Ph.D., Adviser on Urbanization and Regional Planning in the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) visited Hong Kong at the end of May. He met senior officers in Headquarters and the Crown Lands and Survey Office.
(iii) Mr. M. I. MICHAELS, Under Secretary, U.K. Ministry of Technology, was here in September. He met the Director of Public Works and senior officers concerned with desalination. (iv) Mr. Ian Langlands, Chief of the Building Research Division, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organiza- tion, Australia, came in October and held discussions with senior officers concerned with the P.W.D. Laboratory at North Point.
(v) Dr. S. H. SHAW of the Overseas Geological Survey visited Hong Kong in November to advise on general matters con- cerning geological survey.
(vi) Mr. F. E. L. CARTER, C.B.E., Director General of the Overseas Audit Service called on the Director of Public Works while he was here in November.
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(vii) Mrs. Eirene WHITE, M.P., Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies visited part of the Plover Cove water scheme in January.
(viii) Mr. D. S. FERGUSON, Land Drainage and Irrigation Adviser in the U.K. Overseas Development Ministry, was shown the Plover Cove water scheme and the Yuen Long flood control scheme when he was in Hong Kong at the beginning of February.
(ix) Mr. Fong Check-sam, Malaysian Federal Assistant Commis- sioner of Town Planning also visited Hong Kong in February. He met senior officers of the Civil Engineering Office and the Crown Lands & Survey Office.
Other visitors included Mr. H. C. WELLS, President of Newcastle District Branch Real Estate Institute of N.S. Wales; a delegation from the Associated General Contractors of America; Mr. J. A. L. SHAWE of New South Wales; four members of the Bangkok Municipality; Mr. John R. HARRIS, Chartered Architect, from London; Mr. GOODMAN of International Development Association; Mr. P. G. MOTT of Messrs. Hunting Surveys Ltd., London; Mr. Tatsuo Kanno, Chief of Second Designing Section, Engineering Division, Bureau of Port and Harbour of Japan and Mr. Esat TURAK, Architect and Town Planner.
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ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
GENERAL OPERATION & ORGANIZATION CHART
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF
ALL NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE COLONY, EXCEPT THOSE ERECTED BY THE WATERWORKS OFFICE, THE HOUSING DIVISION OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND MINOR BUILDING WORKS CARRIED OUT FROM TIME TO TIME BY CERTAIN OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
2. THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL EXISTING PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS LEASED BY GOVERNMENT EXCEPT THOSE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE WATERWORKS OFFICE AND THE RESETTLEMENT
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THE PREPARATION OF SKETCH PLANS AND ARCHITECTURAL WORKING DRAWINGS.
2-THE OVERALL. SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF BUILDING WORKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DIVISION
I. GENERAL. ADVICE ON THE STRUCTURAL FORM OF BUILD-
INGS. 2. THE DETAILED DESIGN OF THE STRUCTURAL FRAME OF BUILDINGS AND THEIR POUND- ATIONS AND THE SUPERVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PART OF BUILDING FRO- JECTS.
QUANTITY SURVEYING DIVISION
L. PREPARATION OF ESTIMATES, SPECIFICATIONS AND BILLS
OF QUANTITIES FOR BUILDING WORKS.
2. THE TENDERING AND LET- TING OF CONTRACTS.
3. INTERIM PAYMENTS TO CON- TRACTOR AND THE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS
FOR BUILDING WORKS.
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LDING SERVICES DIVISION
1. THE DESIGN OF ELECTRICAL, AND AIR-CONDITIONING SER- VICES IN BUILDINGS.
2. PREPARATION OF SPECIFICA- TIONS AND SUPERVISION OF THE INSTALLATION OF THESE
SERVICES.
MAIN
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1. THE REPAIR AND MAINTEN - ANCE OF EXISTING BUILD- INGS AND THE SERVICES THEREIN EXCEPT AIR-CONDI - TIONING PLANT AND PUMPS. 2. MINOR ADDITIONS, ALTERA- TIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS.
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 greater part of the Government building programme. Most of the work is designed and supervised by the staff of the office, but it is sometimes necessary to engage private architects and quantity surveyors to assist with the programme of work.
2.02. Maintenance of the many Government owned buildings and buildings leased by the Government, is the responsibility of the Main- tenance Division of the Office.
2.03. The Architectural Office staff numbered 570, excluding junior staff. All work was carried out on contract and expenditure on new works, excluding furniture and equipment, amounted to $207,600,000. Of this sum, $125,000,000 was spent on Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing projects; $55,900,000 on the remainder of Govern- ment building projects undertaken by the office; and $26,600,000 on Government building projects undertaken by private architects. The cost of work ordered on the maintenance contracts amounted to $12,050,000 and included expenditure on maintenance, alterations and additions, typhoon damage and works carried out for other departments. $1,680,000 was spent on power and the cleaning of Government buildings under the control of the Architectural Office.
2.04. The professional staff of the Architectural Office covers most aspects of building work and comprises architects, quantity surveyors, building surveyors, structural engineers, electrical engineers and air- conditioning engineers, together with subordinate technical staff. There is a clerical section, and the office also has its own outdoor staff comprising clerks of works, electrical and air-conditioning inspectors together with subordinate inspectorate staff who undertake the supervi- sion of the building and maintenance programmes.
2.05. The Quantity Surveying Division and Building Services Divi- sion continued to advise the Director of Education on drawings, specifications, contract documents, final accounts, electrical installations
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and maintenance work for grant-in-aid and subsidized schools, and site inspections continued to be made. Work estimated at $15,092,000 was started on 43 new projects whilst work costing $17,062,000 was finished on 51 schools. Repair and maintenance estimated at $877,600 was started on some 120 schools and finished at a cost of $717,200 on 116 schools.
2.06. Advice was also given on interest-free loans to 5 schools amounting to some $3,352,000.
ARCHITECTURAL DIVISIONS
Chief Architect Division 1:
W. E. LEVIE, Dip.Arch. Edinburgh, A.R.I.B.A.
Chief Architect Division II:
WONG Ting-tsai, B.Sc. Hong Kong, A.R.I.B.A. C. R. J. DONNITHORNE, A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
Chief Architect Division III:
C. Bramwell, Dip.Arch. Dunelm, A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
2.07. All architects were engaged on new works and were divided into three divisions, each under a Chief Architect. Divisions I and II were each sub-divided into two groups, each group headed by a Senior Architect with a team, on average, of 4 Architects, 4 to 5 Assistant Architects and 7 to 8 Architectural Assistants. In addition to the architectural groups there were two Senior Architects who, with sup- porting staff, assumed responsibility for individual major projects.
2.08. During the year, additional staff was approved for the expand- ed Resettlement and Low Cost Housing Programme and toward the end of the year, the former Group V, which dealt with this work, was regraded as Division III under a Chief Architect, with a staff of 3 Architects, 3 Assistant Architects and 5 Architectural Assistants.
2.09. To each division and group was allotted the building pro- gramme of specific Government departments, whilst other buildings designated 'general' were distributed amongst the groups. This system simplified liaison with the departments concerned and enabled each group to acquire a background of experience of the building require- ments of their client departments, thereby facilitating a better output of work.
2.10. Consultations were held on all projects between architects, structural, electrical and air-conditioning engineers and quantity sur-
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veyors. The Maintenance Division and a small Library and Materials Committee also assisted with comments and advice on materials.
QUANTITY SURVEYING DIVISION
Chief Quantity Surveyor:
A. F. EVANS, F.R.I.C.S.
2.11. The Division is controlled by the Chief Quantity Surveyor and is divided into groups, supervised by five Senior Quantity Surveyors and staffed by varying numbers of Quantity Surveyors and Assistants with supporting technical staff for checking, 'working-up' and site measure- ment duties. The Division is responsible for the preparation of estimates, bills of quantities, contract documents and valuations for payment for all Architectural Office building projects including Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing, which, during the year under review, comprised 150 contracts totalling $152.5 million. Of this number, 31 contracts were for major projects totalling $112.6 million. Private quantity surveyors assisted in the preparation of bills of quantities for a further 7 projects totalling $13.9 million.
2.12. Certain sections of the Division were responsible for the check- ing of some 4,000 accounts for work executed on the maintenance contracts, costing approximately $12 million; the collection of statistical and cost advisory information and the ordering of materials, sanitary fittings, hardware and other items for incorporation into building projects.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Division
Chief Structural Engineers:
A. E. CLAASSEN, M.I.Struct.E., A.M.(S.A.) I.C.E. (to 23.8.1965) Au Sik-ling, B.Sc. Lingnan, M.I.Struct.E. (from 24.8.1965)
2.13. This Division, under the control of the Chief Structural Engineer, is subdivided into three groups, each headed by a Senior Structural Engineer, which deals respectively with (a) major works; (b) minor works, alterations and additions; (c) Resettlement and Low Cost Housing. Each group is staffed by varying numbers of Structural Engineers and Assistant Structural Engineers with supporting technical staff.
2.14. The Division is responsible for the structural design of all projects undertaken by the office. This includes maintenance work, the
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preparation of structural drawings, details and reinforcing bar bending schedules, the supervision of reinforced concrete and structural steel works on site, the design and supervision of foundation and piling works, together with advice to other divisions of the office on the structural feasibility of projects. During the year, the Division completed the structural design of over 200 separate new buildings and supervised the progress on the foundation and structural work at over 100 sites and also the sinking of over 6,600 pre-cast and in-situ piles. Heavy rain caused land slides at five different sites during the year which required action to determine the nature and the extent of necessary remedial work.
BUILDING Services DivISION
Chief Electrical Engineer:
B. M. ROACH, A.M.I.E.E.
2.15. This Division, headed by the Chief Electrical Engineer, is divided into three groups each with its complement of Electrical or Air-conditioning Engineers, Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants and supervisory staff. One group is responsible for the design, specifica- tion and supervision of electrical and lift installations; a second group for the design, specification and supervision of air-conditioning, ventila- tion, refrigeration and mechanical services and a third group for the maintenance of electrical installations and the organization of lift maintenance by lift contracting firms. In addition to projects designed in the Architectural Office, liaison was maintained with private archi- tects engaged on Government building projects, and assistance was given to the Education Department on the subject of electrical installa- tions in grant-in-aid and subsidized schools and also to the Com- missioner for Resettlement and the Commissioner for Housing on engineering services in flats, shops and factories under their respective control.
2.16. During the year, contracts or sub-contracts were let for 71 electrical installations, 52 lift and 34 air-conditioning, refrigeration and ventilation installations to the total value of $12 million. In addition, electrical fittings, main switchboards, equipment and appliances to the value of $4 million were ordered and electrical maintenance works were carried out to the value of some $1 million.
2.17. Air-conditioning installations are designed and incorporated as an integral part of the facilities provided in the majority of new Govern- ment office type buildings, whereas, in some of the older buildings of
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this type, air-conditioning is subsequently installed. Of the latter cate- gory, the installation of air-conditioning in the Central Magistracy was completed, and similar work was proceeding at the Supreme Court and the Government Printing Workshop. A total of 134 room coolers were also installed in various Government buildings.
MAINTENANCe Division
Chief Maintenance Surveyor: H. W. Grace, A.R.I.B.A.
2.18. The work of the Division, under the overall control of the Chief Maintenance Surveyor, is divided into two sections on a regional basis: (a) Hong Kong Island, sub-divided into 5 maintenance districts, and (b) Kowloon and the New Territories, sub-divided into 7 main- tenance districts. Two maintenance surveyors are in charge of the work of section (a) and three maintenance surveyors are similarly in charge of work in section (b), while a clerk of works or assistant clerk of works assisted by two building foremen is responsible for the supervision of work in each district. Electrical maintenance, under an electrical engineer assisted by electrical inspectors and foremen, is also organized on a regional basis. Checking of accounts is carried out by a section of the Quantity Surveying Division.
Maintenance of Government Buildings
2.19. Scheduled maintenance programmes were carried out on 212 Government buildings and leased properties, while day to day main- tenance of buildings and redecoration of quarters was attended to as necessary. Total expenditure on this work amounted to $8,480,000.
Alterations, Additions and Improvements
2.20. A total of 644 such items were executed at a cost of $914,000.
Other Items of Work
2.21. Other work undertaken by the Maintenance Division included minor security and defence works and items for other departments ordered on the maintenance contracts and amounting in all to $2,657,000. Regular inspections were made by the Building Supervisor and his staff on those offices and non-departmental quarters for whose cleaning and general management the Maintenance Division is respon-
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sible. In addition inspections and reports were made on properties required by Government on lease.
NEW WORKS
2.22. The paragraphs which follow refer briefly to some of the new buildings for which the Architectural Office is responsible, and which were either completed or were in course of construction during the year. A full list of such buildings costing more than $50,000 each is given at Appendices G & H. At Appendix I appear the names of private archi- tects and private quantity surveyors who were engaged on certain of the projects. Excluded from this report are the large number of projects for which sketch plans, working drawings, structural drawings, electrical and air-conditioning drawings and bills of quantities were in course of preparation.
Educational Buildings
2.23. A further five storey extension was in course of construction at the Hong Kong Technical College which will provide 20 additional classrooms, some with tiered seats; a model room; 9 larger rooms of 1,000 sq. ft. each for geography, typing, draughting and art; 5 labora- tories with 2 preparation rooms; stores; staff rooms and students' common rooms. At the opposite end of the Technical College, con- struction was proceeding on a five storey Wool Section for which a private architect was engaged, which will provide facilities for training in the processes of wool dyeing, spinning, weaving, knitting and garment making. The cost of the Wool Section is being met by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and the International Wool Secretariat.
2.24. The Shau Kei Wan Secondary Technical School was finished, the cost having been met from the World Refugee Year Fund. Com- pleted also was a project by a private architect which combined, on a steeply sloping site, the Central District Primary School and the Ellis Kadoorie School (Western). At Kennedy Town a standard six storey 30 classroom primary school was finished, and the building of a similar school was proceeding at Au Tau in the New Territories.
Fire Services Buildings
2.25. At North Point the construction of an eleven storey building was progressing which will house the Fire Services Departmental Headquarters and will also provide workshop and storage facilities and space for a Public Works Department Laboratory.
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2.26. Foundation work was in hand for the Fire Services Training School, Fire Headquarters and Ambulance Depot at Sek Kong in the New Territories. This project will provide training facilities for 160 recruits, including classrooms, garages for 10 training vehicles, 6 drill towers, barrack accommodation for the trainees and married quarters for officers and other ranks.
2.27. Progress continued to be made on the construction of addi- tional fire stations and ambulance depots to achieve better dispersal of fire fighting resources and to provide quarters for Fire Services per- sonnel. Standard designs were used for the construction of four fire stations and two ambulance depots in different localities. Each building will provide a two bay operational station at ground and mezzanine floor levels, with 9 upper floors containing married quarters for 4 officers and 48 rank and file, including one floor which is designed for use as an open-sided play area.
2.28. At Ta Kwu Ling in the New Territories the first fire guard hut was completed. This unit is located and equipped to enable early action to be taken to prevent the spread of hill fires.
General Government Buildings
2.29. Building was nearing completion at Caroline Hill on depots, workshops and offices for the Public Works Department, and for the Civil Aid Services Headquarters. The programme completes the de- velopment of the site already occupied by the Electrical & Mechanical Office vehicle workshops. The new buildings comprise a 12 storey block, including basement, the upper floors of which will provide offices and workshops for the Electrical & Mechanical Office, and the basement of which will accommodate the Civil Aid Services Zone Headquarters. This building is linked by a single storey wing, containing further stores and workshops, to a 7 storey building which will provide offices and training facilities for the Civil Aid Services.
2.30. Site formation was nearing completion at the upper end of the former Murray Barracks area for the construction of a 27 storey build- ing, including basements, for Government offices. Care has been taken to preserve a fine specimen of a cassia nodosa tree which in about April and May produces a beautiful canopy of pale pink flowers.
2.31. The reprovisioning of the former Rodney Block was completed in the early part of the year to provide additional Government office accommodation.
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2.32. A scheme by private architect to provide 110 lower grade married quarters at North Point for the Preventive Service was nearing completion. The formerly completed first stage of this project provided similar quarters for Fire Services personnel.
2.33. At Magazine Gap work was finished on four 13 storey build- ings to provide 100 quarters for Government officers. Work was finished also on a large building at the junction of Kennedy and Macdonnell Roads to provide 124 service flats for Government officers. Each of the service flats provides a living room with a small cupboard type kitchen, a bedroom and bathroom, while a proportion of the flats have balconies. Communal dining and lounge facilities are also provided.
2.34. The Tai Hang Tung Community Centre was completed and handed over to the Social Welfare Department. The cost of this five storey building was met from the World Refugee Year Fund.
2.35. Construction was well advanced on the Tong Fuk Open Prison at Lantau which occupies a steeply sloping site. The scheme comprises 12 two storey dormitory blocks, each block with accommodation for 100 prisoners. An administration building contains offices, stores, a large combined dining and recreation hall, workshops, a laundry, clinic and chapel. Other buildings provide 4 Type II quarters for prison officers, 97 other married quarters of differing grades, and barrack accommodation for 60 single warders.
Medical Buildings
2.36. A large programme of medical buildings was in hand. Except for some minor external works, the alterations, additions and improve- ments to the old Kowloon Hospital buildings were completed. Two new clinics at Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long, both by the same private archi- tect, were also finished and occupied by the Medical Department.
2.37. Major additions and alterations at Queen Mary Hospital made good progress. The new sisters' and nurses' quarters building, by a private architect, was nearing completion; a new building, which will provide professorial suites, laboratories, and lecture and demonstration facilities for medical students, was well advanced. Building also pro- gressed on the new operation theatre and pharmacy block and the new radio diagnostic wing.
2.38. New wards for 240 more patients were in course of construc- tion at Castle Peak Mental Hospital. Piling was finished and building
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was in progress on the new Yau Ma Tei Health Centre, for which a private architect has been engaged and for which the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club has donated funds. Two further clinics were in course of construction, and site formation was in progress for the proposed large new hospital at Lai Chi Kok.
New Territories Administration Buildings
2.39. At Kam Tin a small Government building was completed which provides a post office, small fire station and sanitation depot and quarters. Site formation was in progress for a similar building at San Hui. The building of the Yuen Long District Branch Office, under the control of a private architect, was finished, providing accommodation for the New Territories Administration and other departments requiring offices in the locality. Work was also finished on the Plover Cove District Office, quarters and Police Station.
Police Buildings
2.40. Three divisional police stations, by private architects, were completed and handed over at Kwun Tong, Mong Kok and Yuen Long respectively.
2.41. A marine Police operational base was built at Tai Lam Chung with adjacent provision for 8 inspectorate and 63 rank and file quarters. Another such base was finished at Tai Po Kau, built on an off-shore rock, accessible by a footbridge from the adjacent jetty and including rank and file barrack accommodation. Five single inspectors' quarters were built nearby.
2.42. Stage II of the Police Training School at Aberdeen was finished, providing a classroom block; a large open sided drill shed; a band practice room; offices; and quarters and mess for police inspectors under training. Rank and file married quarters for the Training School staff and for staff of the Aberdeen Marine Police were also finished.
2.43. Near the Clear Water Bay Road, at Pak Uk Au, site formation was in hand at the site of the new depot for the Police Training Con- tingent. The depot will provide a group of buildings and other facilities for 128 trainees, 34 trainee officers and resident staff.
2.44. At Kennedy Town, a project to provide 721 police rank and file married quarters was nearing completion. According to its grade, each quarter provides a combined living and sleeping room of 200 or
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260 square feet, small kitchen, toilet and balcony. A similar scheme was also in course of construction at Wong Tai Sin and will provide a total of 791 such quarters, together with a clinic.
Post Office Buildings
2.45. The building of the new Kowloon Central Post Office, which fronts on to Nathan Road, made slow progress. The five lower floors, including part of the basement, will provide postal sorting facilities; a large public post office; space for subscribers' postal boxes and offices for the Post Office. The floor above will accommodate a canteen and the 14 upper floors will each provide about 5,300 square feet of general office space for various Government departments.
2.46. The Cheung Sha Wan Post Office building was completed, providing quarters on the upper floor for staff of the new Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir. Construction was in progress on the post office building at Sai Ying Pun, the upper floors of which will provide a children's public library and playground, with barrack accommodation for 48 and also 60 married quarters for junior grade Government servants above.
Resettlement and Low Cost Housing
2.47. During the year Resettlement buildings containing 105,000 adult domestic living units were completed and others containing 220,000 units were under construction. Buildings containing 15,600 adult domestic living units in Government low cost housing type accommoda- tion were also completed and others containing 42,000 units were being built.
2.48. In addition six resettlement flatted factories providing about 650,000 sq. ft. of working space and six estate schools containing 144 classrooms were handed over for occupation.
2.49. A start was made at Sau Mau Ping on the construction of the new Mark V domestic Resettlement building. The new design incor- porates domestic units of four different sizes which are based on the results of a survey which was taken to determine the average size of families in Resettlement estates. The new design incorporates the individual toilets provided in the earlier Mark IV block and introduces an individual water supply to each domestic unit.
The larger sites which have been developed for Government Low Cost Housing estates and the use of a new standard 20 storey domestic building has led to the incorporation of estate schools to
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provide primary school facilities. This accommodation is considered more satisfactory than that formerly provided by modifications to ground floor and top floor domestic accommodation. Each estate school consists of 24 standard classrooms, two larger rooms for special classes, together with administration accommodation and a covered ground floor physical-training and recreation area. By the end of the year 16 such schools were under construction.
Urban Services Buildings and Recreations Areas
2.51. A playground at Chai Wan Resettlement Estate was completed and six playgrounds at various localities in the New Territories were either finished or in course of formation. In addition to these play- grounds, a large programme of urban amenities was carried out in the form of works for the provision of, or improvements to, smaller play- grounds, rest gardens and sitting-out areas.
2.52. Six latrines and bath-houses were completed in various localities and four more were in course of construction.
2.53. A beach building was constructed at Silverstrand in the New Territories and three more were being built at Big Wave Bay, Shek O and St. Stephen's beaches on Hong Kong Island. These buildings provide a refreshment kiosk, changing and toilet facilities for members of the public, a beach-guard office, first-aid post and catamaran store.
2.54. A market at Sham Tseng, in the New Territories, was finished and provides stalls for fish, meat, poultry and vegetables, together with some cooked-food stalls, an office, public latrine, refuse disposal bay and bicycle store.
2.55. Progress was maintained on two large abattoir projects, the designs for which were prepared by private architects and engineers in Britain. The Kennedy Town Abattoir will provide lairage in a five- storey building for 1,000 head of cattle, 9,500 pigs and 400 sheep and goats and the five-storey slaughterhouse will contain slaughter halls for processing 210 cattle, 3,200 pigs and 50 sheep and goats in an 8-hour day. Sufficient refrigerated storage will be provided to accom- modate 150 beef, 1,200 pork and 60 mutton and goat carcasses. Similar but slightly reduced provision will be made in the Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir. Because of the concentration of loads, steel framed construc- tion has been adopted for the slaughterhouses, while the remainder of the buildings will be of reinforced concrete construction.
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These 4 blocks, containing 25 flats each are Type II Government Staff Quarters and were completed during the year at Gap overlooking the southern side of Hong Kong Island. (para. 2.33).
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Built upon a small outcrop of rock which is only visible at low tide this Marine Police Base at Tai Po Kau, in the New Territories, is linked to the pier adjacent by its entrance steps. The building contains dormitories for 32 men who man the Marine Police Launches and also contains a recreation room, dining room, kitchen, laundry, office and stores. The base of the building houses the septic tank and pumping equipment and keeps the building above typhoon tide level. A nearby block of Inspectors Quarters completes the project. (para. 2.41).
This shows the completed Wong Tai Sin (East) Government Low Cost Housing Estate in the north of Kowloon, below Lion Rock. The 20 & 12 storey block houses some 14,000 people in 2,848 rooms. (para 2.50)
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the staff of the Danger- dings Division inspecting the sites dealt with by dings Ordinance Office. para. 3.10 et. seq.).
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These 2 photographs illustrate the extent of some of the reclamation and site formation works undertaken by the Development Division of the Civil Engineering Office. (para. 4.05 et. seq.).
Above: Site formation in progress at Sam Ka Tsuen beyond the existing private
development at Yau Tong Bay.
Below: Completed reclamation with new industrial buildings, forming part of Kwun Tong New Town in foreground, and reclamation of Kowloon Bay in progress in background.
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View looking east towards Wan Chai showing the Harcourt Road Flyover, forming Stage I of the Garden Road Complex. (para. 4.28).
2.56. At the Kennedy Town Abattoir site, piling was completed and a contract for the formation of pile caps and erection of steel framework was nearing completion. At Cheung Sha Wan, piling work was finished and a contract had been let for the construction of pile caps and erection of the steelwork.
2.57. On separate sites at Kennedy Town, construction was well advanced on 17 quarters for senior abattoir staff and foundation work was in hand on a project which will provide quarters for junior grade abattoir staff, comprising 144 married quarters and barrack accommoda- tion for 21 single men.
Staff
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
2.58. During the year the following members of the Architectural Office departed on leave prior to retirement:
Mr. A. E. Claassen (Chief Structural Engineer)
Mr. Wong Ting-tsai (Chief Architect)
Mr. R. T. MUIR (Electrical Inspector, Class I)
Training
2.59. Junior-grade staff members received practical instruction in the course of their normal work and 13 of these secured promotion on passing the annual examinations held by the various Divisions of this Office.
2.60. Evening courses, at the Hong Kong Technical College, in building-construction, structural, electrical and mechanical engineering and other allied subjects were attended by a total of 70 building and electrical foremen and junior grade technical office staff.
2.61. A course at the Hong Kong Technical College leading to the examinations of the Institute of Structural Engineers and a further course on the design and construction of pre-stressed concrete were well attended by members of the Structural Engineering Division, while extra-mural study courses at the Hong Kong University on soil mechanics, mechanization in architecture and communication in archi- tecture were attended by a number of officers.
2.62. Hong Kong Government Scholarships were awarded to two Assistant Architects which enabled them to undergo a one-year advanced course of study at the Faculty of Architecture of Melbourne University
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which, on successful completion, will entitle them to election as Asso- ciates of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and consequent promotion to full professional status.
2.63. Two Assistant Engineers returned during the year after com- pleting a two-year course on heating and ventilation at The National College, London. An Electrical Engineer attended a short course on air-conditioning at Syracuse, New York, and proceeded thence to Britain where the Ministry of Health organized visits for him to various hospital installations. While on leave in Britain the Chief Electrical Engineer attended a short course on fan engineering at Colchester, and arrangements were also made for an Architect and a Quantity Surveyor to attend short courses while on leave in Britain.
Welfare
2.64. An open-air office party was held during the year in the grounds of the Maintenance Division Office at Naval Terrace.
2.65. Mr. G. A. THOMSON, a Quantity Surveyor, won the P.W.D. golf championship.
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KOWLOON
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OPERATION & ORGANIZATION CHART
FUNCTIONS
THE CONTROL OF ALL PRIVATE BUILDINGS AND STREET WORLS.
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FIRE SERVICES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHERE COLLABORATION IS NECESSARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE STRUCTURAL SAFETY OF PRIVATE BUR,DINGS, MEANS OF ESCAPE IN CASE OF FIRE, INTER- RELATION OF THE VARIOUS ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS AND DEMARCATION OF AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY, ETC.
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DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
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DUTIES
(A) THE SURVEY OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS CONSIDERED OR NOTIFIED TO BE IN A DANGEROUS. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. OR DILAPIDATED STRUCTURAL CONDITION, IN ORDER TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION FOR THEIR REPAIR, CLOSURE.OR DEMOLITION UNDER THE POWERS LAID DOWN IN THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE 1955.
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS CREDEVELOPMENT OF SITES > ORDINANCE 1963, UNDER WHICH TENANTS OF PROTECTED BUILDINGS CLOSED OR DEMOLISHED MAY OBTAIN COMPENSATION AND THE OWNERS OF SITES INVOLVED MAY BE ACQUAIRED TO REDEVELOP.
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
Government Building Surveyor: P. V. Shawe, F.R.I.C.S., M.R.S.H. Assistant Government Building Surveyor: E. H. ROWLEY, F.R.I.C.S.
GENERAL
3.01. The Office is divided into four divisions. Three 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 four divisions operate under a Chief Building Surveyor.
3.02. With the advent of new legislation the duties and respon- sibilities of the Office have been further extended and a new post of Assistant Government Building Surveyor was created. His duties are primarily to be responsible for day-to-day administration, management and co-ordination of the whole of the sub-department, leaving the Government Building Surveyor free to devote his time to major issues of legislation and policy.
3.03. The number of cases of unauthorized building works brought to the attention of the Office has steadily increased throughout the years since the War. In cases of resultant structural instability, reduction of approved fire escape facilities and in other special cases depending on the circumstances, action has been taken by the appropriate Division as part of its day-to-day work. In addition other unauthorized building works have been dealt with by the Crown Lands & Survey Office or other Government departments as required. During the year, in order to relieve pressure on the divisions, approval was given and preliminary organizational studies were put in hand for the formation of a separate section to deal with all those aspects of unauthorized building works which have resulted in contravention of the Buildings Ordinance in one form or another.
3.04. The emergency organization run by the Office in conjunction with the Police, which comes into operation during typhoons and heavy rainstorms, was reviewed and placed upon a more practical and reliable basis. Professional staff are now posted to Police divisional and head- quarters control rooms in order to be readily available when called upon to visit the sites of buildings rendered suddenly dangerous in order to give structural advice to the Police and Fire Services Depart-
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ment. This organization came into action only once during this com- paratively typhoon-free year.
Hong Kong Division
Chief Building Surveyor: R. A. WATTERS, F.R.I.C.S.
General DivISIONS
Kowloon Division
Chief Building Surveyor: G. L. LOWMAN, A.R.I.C.S.
New Territories Division
Chief Building Surveyor: S. C. CHEN, A.M.I.Struct.E.
3.05. The three general divisions of the Office are concerned with the scrutiny and checking of all proposals for private building works, the granting of consent to start work and the issue of occupation permits on completion.
3.06 During the year a total of 10,250 approval permits for buildings and building operations were issued, being a fall of some 20% from last years figures. This was due primarily to the general recession in building development which followed the banking difficulties of February 1965. Of the 1,039 occupation permits issued, 164 were for buildings exclu- sively for domestic use and 559 for combined domestic/non-domestic use. A total of 31,709 units of domestic accommodation were completed by private developers during the year.
3.07. The capital cost of completed private building works for the year showed an increase of 30%-$1,078,000,000 compared with $827,000,000 for 1964-65. Apart from increased building costs this was largely attributable to the completion of many of the abnormally large number of new schemes approved in 1963. The effects of the 1965 recession have not yet been reflected in the figures of expenditure on completed buildings.
3.08. The Building (Planning) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1962 became fully operative on 1st January, 1966 and an increase in the number of plans submitted immediately before that date was prompted by the new legislation, which controls development by the use of 'plot ratio' and 'site coverage' instead of 'volume'. The new regulations are generally more restrictive than those they replace, particularly in regard to corner sites and sites fronting wide roads.
3.09. Routine and special advice continued to be given to other departments and details of the number of buildings and building opera- tions involved are given in Appendix Q.
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Dangerous Buildings Division
Chief Building Surveyor:
J. G. STEAN, A.R.I.C.S.
3.10. The Dangerous Buildings Division's work falls mainly under two heads; dealing with individual cases as they arise as a result of collapse or calamity and complaints from the public, and secondly the seeking out of dangerous buildings by way of planned surveys.
3.11. Approval was given during the year for a new post of Senior Building Surveyor to help deal with the increasing amount of legislation and work now being undertaken by this Division. It was first formed as a Section in 1963 and now has a professional staff of 1 Chief Build- ing Surveyor, 1 Senior Building Surveyor and 4 Building Surveyors, together with necessary support staff.
3.12. There has been a decrease in the number of buildings closed and demolished as compared with last year and this can be ascribed in large measure to the increased precautions required on and around building sites by the provisions of the Buildings (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1964. Progress has been made on planned surveys of dilapi- dated areas, but the problems associated with dispossessing large numbers of people are such that demolition orders are only issued if there is a real danger of collapse.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
3.13. The two posts described in paragraphs 3.04 and 3.11 were created and approval was given for an additional 5 Building Surveyors, 9 Assistant Building Surveyors, 1 Structural Engineer and 8 Assistant Structural Engineers, but these were offset by the abolition of 12 supernumerary and/or non-pensionable posts, resulting in a total establishment increase of thirteen.
3.14. Recruitment of suitably qualified professional and technical staff continued to prove difficult, the sub-department having operated with a staff well below establishment during the year.
3.15. Eight Surveying Assistants (Building) Class II were attached to professional officers for training under the professional staff training scheme for which the Assistant Government Building Surveyor is directly responsible. During the year these Assistants attended a lecture and practical course in elementary surveying conducted by Crown
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Lands & Survey Office, one passed the intermediate examination of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1965 and three sat for this examination in 1966. Five Surveying Assistant (Building) Class III posts were filled by conversions from Draughtsmen and four such Assistants were appointed on trial terms. Subject to passing a depart- mental examination they will be eligible for up-grading to Class II.
3.16. Mr. JEU Shiu-kong, Surveying Assistant (Building) Class I, retired from Government after serving for over 31 years in the Buildings Ordinance Office.
3.17. In the sporting field Mr. E. T. KENNARD was runner-up in the P.W.D. golf championship.
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Government Civil Engineer:
J. ALEXANDER, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.
Assistant Government Civil Engineers:
G. J. SKELT, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.C.G.I., D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E. J. R. WHITAKer, M.A., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., Mem.I.T.E.
GENERAL
4.01. The Civil Engineering Office is responsible for all civil engineering work carried out by Government, with the exception of that connected with water supply. The works are divided between six divi- sions with specific responsibilities as set out in the organization chart on page 26. Either owing to shortage of staff or because of the need for specialist knowledge, a limited amount of this work is put out to consulting engineers. Although most works, including maintenance, are carried out by contract, a direct labour force is employed for the operation of the two Government quarries and routine minor main- tenance to roads and drains.
4.02. The Office also maintains a 24-hour skeleton organization throughout the year for dealing with any emergencies that may arise. This is reinforced during the wet season and is readily expanded to deal with typhoon and rainstorm damage.
4.03. To meet increased demands made upon it, the establishment of the Civil Engineering Office continued to expand and a separate organization was created to deal with the Castle Peak Development Scheme, Stage I.
4.04. Although, unlike previous years, outside work was not hampered by typhoons, the benefits of good weather were to some extent offset by delays arising from the financial difficulties experienced by a number of contractors. Expenditure still continued to rise, how- ever, with a very substantial increase in Non-Recurrent expenditure which reached $144,000,000. A further $23,000,000 were spent on recurrent works including maintenance, improvements, typhoon and rainstorm damage and works executed on private account.
General
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
A. H. WILKINS, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)
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engineering works, the Development Division is responsible firstly for investigating the engineering feasibility of such development and secondly, in those schemes which are approved, for the formation of the land.
Planning and Investigation
4.06. A report was prepared on the feasibility of developing Tsing Yi Island. This showed it was possible to form an area of 386 acres of land for both industrial and residential purposes which could provide accommodation and employment for a quarter of a million persons as well as the land required for Government and community buildings and open spaces. Following a major revision of the planning layout a revised report was commenced on reclaiming and developing Kowloon Bay north of the airport runway. This 520 acres reclamation is zoned for open storage, industrial, commercial and Government uses.
4.07. A layout for a commercial centre at Yau Tong East was under consideration and preliminary proposals made for forming about 33 acres for high-density housing at Shun Lee Tsuen, north of Kwun Tong.
4.08. Most of the Department's subsoil investigations were again carried out under an annual contract let by this division. This practice facilitates the collection of subsoil information and a growing library of investigation data is available for reference. A total depth of 7,063 feet of investigations of various types was carried out at 21 sites.
Projects under Construction
4.09. Statistical details of the development schemes under construc- tion are given at Appendix L. A description of the various works carried out is given below under the appropriate district or section headings:
(i) Kwun Tong and Adjacent Areas
Of the four site-formation contracts in hand at the start of the year two were completed and a further contract let in November to form further sites at Sau Mau Ping. During the year a total of 22.7 acres of level building sites was formed.
Reclamation continued in Kowloon Bay and some 1,402,000 cubic yards of material from Government projects and private building sites was deposited to form 41.9 acres of land. A
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substantial part of the reclamation was being used by the Resettlement Department as a temporary resite area.
At Sam Ka Tsuen work was still ahead of schedule on the 40 acres of industrial sites and was nearly half completed by the end of the year.
(ii) Kowloon
The formation of Stage I of Ho Man Tin Development (medium-density residential and schools sites) was completed and good progress was maintained on the formation of Stages VI and VIII to provide medium-density residential and schools sites.
Good progress was maintained on the formation of Lung Cheung Road Area No. 1 which is intended for community and institutional purposes.
Dumping at Cheung Sha Wan continued and clearance of the area progressed steadily after marine access to the enclosed area of water had been cut off in December 1965. By the end of March 1966 a total of 72 acres had been reclaimed.
(iii) Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan
Progress was made on sites planned for low cost housing, resettlement and private development at Kwai Chung North. Of the four site formation contracts carried out during the year, one was completed and platforms were handed over to the Architectural Office for the construction of resettlement housing.
Good progress was made on Stage II of the Kwai Chung Development Scheme under supervision of the consulting engineers. By the end of the year a total of 200 acres of formed land and 8,600 feet of the main reinforced concrete culvert had been completed.
(iv) Castle Peak
Approval was given to proceed with the implementation of Stage I of the Castle Peak Development Scheme. This will provide formed land for private residential purposes, govern- ment and government-aided housing, industrial sites, areas for Government, institutional and community use, recreation, a typhoon anchorage and wharfage facilities. Engineering works
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include the construction of approximately 4,500 feet of sea- walls, 5,500 feet of breakwaters, a passenger ferry berth, 9,000 feet of river training walls, a sewage treatment works, a sub- marine sewage pipeline two miles long and the widening and realignment of Castle Peak Road within the limits of the proposed new town, which will have an estimated ultimate population of one million persons when fully developed.
Preparation of a detailed programme of works was in hand and preliminary discussions were held with the New Territories Administration on clearance requirements, resiting of villages and other connected matters. Preparation of drawings and documents for an initial site formation contract involving the reclamation of a limited area near Tuen Mun San Hui was well advanced.
Work was nearing completion on the first stage of Pillar Point road to provide access along the west side of Castle Peak Bay.
(v) Sha Tin
Work continued on the construction of a 320-feet long three- span road bridge which will form part of the route from the Lion Rock Tunnel to Sha Tin. The approach embankments were well advanced and the main girders in precast post- tensioned prestressed concrete together with the abutments and piers were completed.
Approval was given to proceed with Stage I of the Sha Tin Development Scheme. This will provide 613 acres of formed land for residential and industrial sites, open space for recrea- tion purposes and areas for Government, institutional and community use. Engineering works include the construction of approximately 5,800 feet of seawalls, a sewage treatment works and the training of approximately 6,300 feet of Shing Mun River together with the construction of all roads and drains within the area of Stage I. This Stage will accommodate about 400,000 people out of the estimated 1-million popula- tion for the full scheme.
Preliminary discussions were held with the New Territories Administration on clearance requirements, resiting of villages and other connected matters.
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Railway Section
4.10. Work commenced on a reclamation at Ho Tung Lau, Sha Tin, to provide a 16-acre site for the new railway workshops and the realigned Tai Po road. Work also started on the formation of a new railway branch line to link these workshops with Sha Tin Station.
Plans were made to resite on the reclamation at Hung Hom part of the existing railway workshops, in order to make room for the proposed cross-harbour tunnel approaches and as a preliminary stage of the proposed new railway terminus.
General
Port Works Division
Chief Engineer:
F. A. Fisher, B.Sc. (Eng.), LL.B., A.M.I.C.E.
4.11. Weather conditions during the year were much more favour- able than usual for the construction of marine works and the activities of the Port Works Division were not therefore impeded to any great extent by bad weather. These activities included the construction of breakwaters, seawalls and reclamations and ferry and public piers, and satisfactory progress was made on these works generally. Several new major construction works were started and much preparatory work in connexion with future projects was accomplished.
4.12. Various miscellaneous minor works, including the construc- tion of navigational aids, small piers, seawalls and the removal of underwater obstructions were carried out. Much work was also achieved in the division's other activities such as dredging, site investigations and hydrographic surveys.
Projects under Construction
4.13. Full lists of works completed and under construction are given at Appendices J and K. Brief descriptions of some of the most interest- ing projects are given in the paragraphs which follow.
Central Reclamation
4.14. In Stage II of the Central Reclamation scheme the new Blake Pier was completed and opened to the public in October. To the west of this pier, work progressed satisfactorily on the construction of the final section of the seawall fronting Stage II and on the seawater
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pumphouses for air-conditioning supplies incorporated in the seawall. Public dumping behind the seawall formed sufficient land to provide temporary car parking facilities. In Stage IV of the scheme, work con- tinued on a new passenger ferry pier which will replace ferry berths to be absorbed in the reclamation scheme.
Wan Chai Reclamation
4.15. In the western section, i.e. Stage I, of the Wan Chai reclama- tion scheme, work on the construction of foundations along two sections of the new seawall was completed, while another contract was awarded for the construction of a seawall and sea-water pumphouses together with a new passenger ferry pier. Tenders were also invited for the construction of a further section of the seawall and pumphouses to suit the anticipated completion date for the proposed cross harbour tunnel and planning work for Stage II of the scheme had to be accelerated. Construction of the seawall foundations at the eastern end of Stage II was commenced and reclamation by public dumping was re-phased to suit the tunnel construction programme.
Aberdeen
4.16. At Aberdeen the western reclamation and seawall and the western breakwater were all completed, thus providing a sheltered anchorage of approximately 97 acres for small craft.
4.17. Construction work was also completed on a new 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.
4.18. In Aberdeen Channel, work on the foundations for two new breakwaters was completed and a contract awarded for construction of the breakwaters. When complete, the breakwaters, will provide a typhoon shelter of about 80 acres.
4.19. In addition to the above, the following are some of the other projects in hand:
(i) Kowloon Bay Reclamation
The foundation for 3,000 ft. of the seawall was completed and construction of the associated seawall itself progressed satisfactorily. Planning and design work for a further 1,000 ft. extension to the seawall was carried out.
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(ii) Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation
A contract was let for the construction of a further 500 ft. of seawall fronting this reclamation and good progress was made. Preparations were also made for the construction of a further 600 ft. of seawall required to close Cheung Sha Wan reclamation and so to complete the project. Design work was carried out for a proposed landing stage for cargo handling.
(iii) Abattoir Piers at Kennedy Town and Cheung Sha Wan
A contract was let for the construction of a cattle pier that will serve the Kennedy Town Abattoir now under construc- tion. Contract documents and drawings were also prepared for the pier that will serve the proposed abattoir at Cheung Sha Wan.
(iv) Yau Ma Tei Slipway Reprovisioning
The existing Marine Department facilities in Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter are being reprovisioned in the former Kow- loon Naval Camber. Work on Stage I of the scheme compris- ing the construction of slipways and a pier was commenced. (v) Waglan Pier
A contract was let for the construction of a new pier at Waglan Island which will facilitate the supply and relief of the crews who operate this marine and air navigation station.
(vi) Kau Lau Wan and Wong Shek Piers
Design work was completed and a contract let for the con- struction of two prestressed concrete piers at Kau Lau Wan and Wong Shek. Work commenced towards the end of the year.
(vii) Refuse Disposal Incinerators
These plants are described in paragraphs 6.21 (iii) and (iv) of the Electrical & Mechanical Office section. Design of the civil engineering and building works was carried out by Con- sultants while contract management is the responsibility of the Port Works Division. At Kennedy Town, the civil engineer- ing and building works were substantially complete by the end of the year. At Lai Chi Kok, where a composting plant is incorporated, piling was completed and a contract awarded for the main structure. Progress was delayed, as at Kennedy
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Town, by the late receipt of materials from England and also by late receipt of information from the plant manufacturers. (viii) Site formation at Aberdeen Resettlement Estate
Formation work on this site was completed during the year and 15 acres of land for resettlement building were formed.
Maintenance and Dredging
4.20. 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 125,200 cu. yds. of spoil, mostly from nullahs, sewer outfalls and pier approaches and the division's divers carried out underwater inspections of foundations, blockworks, seawalls, piers, pumphouses and pipelines. A total of 459 hours was spent underwater.
Boring and Surveys
4.21. 223 marine boreholes totalling 5,846 ft. were sunk and vane tests carried out at various sites in the Colony waters. 166 land bore- holes totalling 1,585 ft. were sunk at Chai Wan, Cha Kwo Ling, Staunton Creek and Silver Mine Bay.
4.22. Hydrographic and shoreline surveys were carried out at Shap Long Bay and Silver Mine Bay, Lantau Island and Yim Tin Tsai, Sai Kung District, for the formation of typhoon shelters. Echo sounding surveys along the proposed routes of the cross-harbour tunnel from Causeway Bay to Hung Hom were made on behalf of the Consulting Engineers for the tunnel and on the cross-harbour main from North Point to Tai Wan on behalf of the Waterworks Office. Float tests, current meter and current velocity observations were also carried out.
General
ROADS AND Drainage Divisions
Chief Engineers:
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.
New Territories
: T. K. HUM, M.Eng., A.M.I.C.E., M.E.I.C.
4.23. By far the greater proportion of the work of the Civil Engineering Office is in connexion with the design, construction and maintenance of roads and drainage works throughout the Colony. To
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cope with these works the Colony has been divided on a territorial basis into separate divisions to deal with Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, each under a Chief Engineer.
4.24. The measures to meet the demands of the rapidly increasing traffic volumes continued, with existing roads being widened and junc- tions being improved. More use is being made of grade separation to relieve congestion and new roads to by-pass the busy urban areas are under construction.
4.25. Owing to the heavy traffic, work in the urban areas became increasingly difficult. Special efforts had to be made to provide adequate alternative routes for traffic and close liaison maintained with the utility companies so that inconvenience caused by roadworks could be reduced.
4.26. The general policy of improving road and drainage standards continued and up-to-date techniques of design and construction have been introduced whenever possible.
4.27. Details of roads and drainage projects, completed or under construction, are given in Appendices J and K and a summary of works carried out on roads and drains is given in Appendix N.
Road Works in Hong Kong
4.28. Work was substantially completed on the Harcourt Road flyover and on the foundations for the Queen's Road East flyover. Work also started on the section of Kapok Drive between Queen's Road East and the new Government offices to be erected in Garden Road. These works are important elements in the Garden Road Complex which has been designed to cater for the rapid build up of traffic from the Peak and Mid-Levels Districts.
4.29. Another step towards easing traffic flow between Mid-levels and the Central Area was made with the completion of improvements to the Ice House Street/Lower Albert Road and Arbuthnot Road/ Wyndham Street junctions.
4.30. Road works were also carried out in conjunction with develop- ment areas at Chai Wan, Tin Hau Temple Road and Magazine Gap.
4.31. A considerable amount of detailed planning was carried out on the several approach routes to the proposed cross harbour tunnel. In addition to the immediate approaches to the tunnel, which are to be constructed by the consultants for the tunnel simultaneously with work
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on the tunnel, detailed designs were under preparation for the Water- front Road from Harcourt Road to King's Road, including several flyovers and major drainage works.
Road Works in Kowloon
4.32. A major contribution towards improving north-south traffic flow in the Kowloon Peninsula was made with the virtual completion of the Princess Margaret Road/Waterloo Road Flyover. To improve east-west traffic flow and to by-pass the congested areas of North Kowloon, work is continuing on the Tai Po Road/Castle Peak Road link.
4.33. Work also continued on the road through the Lion Rock Tunnel, which on completion, will provide a valuable alternative route to Sha Tin.
4.34. Other major works in hand included the fifth and final stage of the reconstruction of Nathan Road, for which special traffic re- routing arrangements had to be introduced and the provision of a second carriageway in Chatham Road between Salisbury Road and Gascoigne Road.
Road Works in the New Territories
4.35. Work continued on the Sha Tin approach to the Lion Rock Tunnel to link up with the road being constructed through the tunnel. A total of 6 miles of new roads were constructed at Kwai Chung, Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long Town and the bridge along Sha Tsui Road in Kwai Chung was completed. Another 9 contracts involving the con- struction of new roads and drains in Kwai Chung, Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long were also in progress.
4.36. Other widening and improvement works were completed along the roads from Sai Kung to Tai Mong Tsai, the Border Road from Lin Ma Hang Mine to Sha Tau Kok, Route I at milestone 1, Route II at milestone 1 and the road through Kam Tin. The reconstruction of bends at milestone 13 and milestone 14 along Castle Peak Road was also completed.
4.37. A total of 11 bus bays along various roads in the New Territories were completed and improvements to bus termini were carried out at Sha Tin and Lau Fau Shan. A bus terminus was con- structed in Tsuen Wan near the temporary passenger ferry pier. Along the main traffic routes 15,000 feet of new footpaths were provided.
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Drainage and Sewerage Works in Hong Kong
4.38. Work continued on a nullah in Staunton Creek, Aberdeen which is packed with boat squatters. The work will remove the present insanitary conditions and permit better utilization of the area.
4.39. Duplication of the overloaded existing sewerage systems in the urban areas continued. Works completed during the year were Belcher's Street intercepting sewer and trunk sewers in Wong Nai Chung Road and Tin Lok Lane. Other major sewer duplication works in hand were in Hollywood Road, Queen's Road West, Luard Road and Ship Street.
Drainage and Sewerage Works in Kowloon
4.40. Trunk sewers to relieve the overloaded existing sewers were constructed in Ma Tau Wei Road, Tsui Ping Road and Tai Hang Tung and work continued on the design of many other sewers as part of the comprehensive plan to provide for both present and future demands on the sewerage system.
4.41. As part of the same plan, detailed designs were in hand for screening stations and submarine outfalls in Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po districts.
Drainage and Sewerage Works in New Territories
4.42. As part of the major flood control scheme for the Yuen Long area work continued on the extension of open channels from Yuen Long town to the foothills and on river training works downstream from the town. When these items of work are completed, the only work remain- ing to be done to complete the Yuen Long flood control scheme will be the training of the banks of the Kam Tin River at its mouth. These flood relief works have proved very effective as no flooding of the town has occurred during the past two years.
4.43. Over 75,000 feet of stormwater and sewer drains were laid in development areas at Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, in the resettlement estate and flatted factory at Yuen Long and at Tai Po Market area.
4.44. Owing to the rapid growth of villages and small towns and the proposed development of new large towns in the New Territories there will be a need for improved sewage disposal systems.
4.45. A report has therefore been prepared by Consultant Engineers which advises on suitable methods of sewage disposal at Yuen Long,
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Fanling/Shek Wu Hui, Tai Po and Sha Tin in the northern New Territories.
4.46. Investigations to ascertain the degree of pollution in streams in the New Territories and in particular at Shek Wu Hui were continued. Float tests were also carried out in Rambler Channel to trace the path of sewage discharges from Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island.
Trenches
4.47. Though the utility companies continued with further develop- ment of their service mains, complaints arising from their activities were considerably reduced. This can be attributed to the effective operation of the specialist sections in each division who deal with trenches in the roads, day-to-day liaison between utility companies and Government sub-departments and monthly meetings of all the parties concerned to co-ordinate trenchworks, roadworks and traffic diversions.
Details of the number of trench opening permits issued are given in Appendix N.
Resettlement and Low Cost Housing Estates
4.48. Extensive road and drainage works were carried out by all three Roads & Drainage divisions in conjunction with the various resettlement and low cost housing estates throughout the Colony.
Private Works
4.49. Despite the recession in the building industry, work in con- nexion with private development continued to increase. Altogether some 3,000 demand notes were issued for the provision of drainage con- nexions, run-ins and other items of work for private developers. Advice was also given on many private development plans and proposals for Crown Land sales.
Quarry Section
4.50. The Government quarries continued with the production of crushed granite aggregate, primarily for the manufacture of road surfacing materials.
4.51. With the stage by stage transfer of operations from Hok Yuen Quarry to a new quarry being established at Diamond Hill, stone from site formation contracts and private quarries on contracts had to be
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4.52. Formation and drainage of the plant areas continued at Diamond Hill and work commenced on the construction of plant foundations and the installation of equipment and services.
4.53. At Mt. Butler Quarry the manufacture and use of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil mixtures was introduced as a routine means of blasting rock. Steps were also taken to place quality control of bituminous coated materials on a more regular basis with the provision of a small laboratory and the recruitment of a laboratory assistant for the quarry.
4.54. Most of the seven private quarries let on long-term contracts and administered by the Quarry Section, were affected by the general drop in demand for quarry products due to the recession in private building.
4.55. Details of production at the Government quarries are given in Appendix N.
4.56. A review of some seventy private quarries on short-term leases was carried out with a view to gauging efficiency and to determine which should be placed on a long-term contract basis. A report on the supply of quarry products and future demands throughout the Colony was also under preparation.
General
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
CHAN Nai-keong, A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.T.E. (Acting)
4.57. Traffic flow on the roads of the Colony continued to grow and the number of new vehicles registered during the year was substantially the same as last year. During the year, however, Police records were brought up to date and vehicles which had not been re-registered deleted therefrom. The total number of vehicles now registered as compared with last year's records does not therefore indicate the increase in new vehicles registered during the year. This explains the apparent flattening of the graph of vehicle registration given on page 40.
4.58. In addition to vehicle registration the graph on page 40 shows the general trend of statistics for population, road mileage, and accidents over the past decade. Both population and road mileage
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continued to increase at much the same rate as in previous years, but there was an encouraging fall in accidents involving personal injury from 10,656 in 1964 to 8,981 in 1965. In view of the general increases in traffic flow and the use of public transport, this fall reflects the improved level of safety achieved through education, police control and the provision of traffic lights, pedestrian crossings and guardrails.
Traffic Aids
4.59. A complete inventory of traffic signs was completed during the year which revealed a total of 19,000 signs installed in the Colony of which 3,200 were erected during 1965-66. Because of the work involved in maintaining such a large number of signs, responsibility for their maintenance was handed over to the Roads & Drainage Divisions. Road markings also became a major item of work, no less than 10,800 gallons of paint being used during the year.
4.60. There was little change in the number of illuminated traffic aids installed. During the year, over 2,000 new parking meters were introduced, although the net increase was substantially less than this figure because of temporary removals to suit building development and permanent removals to improve street capacity. Over 2,800 free 'on-street' parking spaces were marked out on the ground.
Traffic Light Signals
4.61. Good progress was maintained in the provisioning of traffic light signals at busy intersections and crossing places. 37 new sets of signals were brought into operation during the year, thereby doubling the number of installations in use. Of these new signals, 23 catered for pedestrian movement either by 'push-button' operation or as part of an inter-section control.
When all the installations designed to date are complete, there will be 126 sets of traffic light signals in use, compared with 23 sets in use at the end of 1963. This figure is expected to rise to 200 sets by 1970.
Street Lighting
4.63. 1,301 new street lamps were installed during the year compris- ing 297 in Hong Kong, 693 in Kowloon and 311 in the New Territories. The cost of street lighting rose to $3,765,000, an increase of 9% on the previous year. The amount was made up as follows:
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Public Transport
4.64. The public transport issue received wide coverage in the press and this coupled with the setting-up of the Transport Advisory Com- mittee resulted in a concentration of effort on the design and planning of bus stops, termini, routes and facilities. The Passenger Transport Survey Unit was able to provide data on passenger and vehicular journeys, so that designs could be based on fact rather than opinion.
4.65. During the summer months, the Unit completed the main interview survey of passenger movement by all methods of transport and immediately started processing the information by means of a computer. Altogether, some seven million items of information were collected and these will, when processed, form the basis of predictions of travel demand by the public.
4.66. Consultants were appointed in August, 1965 to investigate the feasibility of a colony-wide mass transportation system. Using informa- tion on travel habits provided by the Passenger Transport Survey Unit augmented by the results of their own investigations, the consultants considered several alternative methods of moving large numbers of people, including overhead and underground railways. Many alternative routes were analysed to derive the most economical solution compatible with the needs of the traveller. Although the consultants were behind schedule, owing to problems connected with data processing, substantial progress was made on the selection of the best routes for mass transit systems.
Investigations
4.67. The Passenger Transport Survey Unit completed a number of surveys during the year including half-yearly summaries of the traffic flow on traffic routes throughout the Colony; a survey of parking facilities and parking habits in the urban areas; studies of traffic behaviour at problem intersections by means of a 'time-lapse' camera and measurement of traffic volumes and travel time in the New Territories. The Traffic Engineering Division completed over 60 special traffic counts in connexion with design work.
4.68. A report was completed on the problems, advantages and disadvantages associated with the replacement of the Hong Kong tram- way system.
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4.69. The study of and comment on town planning layouts con- tinued, with particular emphasis on the satellite towns at Sha Tin and Castle Peak. Schemes for the Tsuen Wan By-pass, the new Tsuen Wan -Castle Peak motorway and the improvement of the existing carriage- way between Castle Peak and Ping Shan were examined. The planning of the road network connected with the landfalls of the cross harbour tunnel advanced from the planning to the design stage.
Design
4.70. Emphasis was on the road network associated with the Cross Harbour Tunnel project. The design of a clover-leaf type of intersection was completed for the Kowloon interchange whilst on the Hong Kong side the design of a number of flyovers integrated with the existing road network was almost completed. A number of major intersections were examined in the light of the anticipated effects of the tunnel.
4.71. Other designs completed during the year included those for minor improvements at Chai Wan Road; two major intersections along the Coastal Road to Kwai Chung/Tsuen Wan; the Sau Mau Ping, Kennedy Town and Wan Chai bus termini; the widening of Canton Road and access to the double decked vehicular ferry system at Jubilee Street and Jordan Road.
Staff
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
4.72. The serious shortage of professional and assistant professional staff continued throughout the year. Although strenuous efforts were made to recruit Engineers and Assistant Engineers locally, the supply did not meet the demand and five Engineers were therefore appointed on expatriate terms. Twelve local officers succeeded in becoming full Engineers on promotion from the assistant professional grade. There were also difficulties in recruiting experienced draughtsmen and works supervisory staff but these deficiencies should be remedied in the long term by the formation of the Technical Training Unit described below.
Training
4.73. The need for and advantages of, organized training pro- grammes for civil engineering support staff have long been recognized. Consequently it was decided to set up a Technical Training Unit in the Civil Engineering Office with the object of providing a high standard of instruction for civil engineering technicians.
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4.74. The importance accorded to training is such that a Senior Engineer, an Engineer and an Inspector of Works were withdrawn from works' staff to operate the Unit. Its first urgent task, was to start a trial scheme for the training of newly recruited Foremen Class III to enable effective supervision of capital and maintenance works carried out by the construction sections.
4.75. Thirty-six Foremen Class III were recruited in September and started on a two-year programme of training which includes a 6-months' in-service lecture course in civil engineering construction, contract administration, and aspects of Civil Engineering Office work. During the remainder of the two-year training programme the men will be posted to the various construction sections to obtain experience under guidance. Arrangements were also made for the Hong Kong Technical College to run an associated part-time day-release course in civil engineering subjects for the trainees. This is a 4-year educational course and the trainees attend on one full working day and two evenings each week during the academic year.
4.76. Plans have been made to extend training, in the form of short refresher courses, to serving Foremen.
4.77. The training of plant operators continued, and arrangements were made for junior foremen and other non-quarry members of the staff to receive instruction in quarrying and blasting techniques. All newly recruited senior supervisory staff underwent induction courses, including a short period of attachment to the Explosives Section of the Mines Department for instruction in the use of explosives and the application of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance.
4.78. The Civil Engineering Office also undertook the training of Apprentice Engineers. The details are covered in para. 1.19 of this report.
Welfare
4.79. During the year, the staff of the Civil Engineering Office and in particular, the Roads & Drainage Division (Hong Kong) took an active part in the field of sports by participating in the various tourna- ments sponsored by the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants' Association, the Chinese Y.M.C.A., the Police Force and the Urban Services Department. These sporting activities covered athletics, football, table- tennis, swimming and Chinese Chess and an encouraging measure of success was achieved.
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CROWN LANDS LANDS & SURVEY OFFICE
GENERAL OPERATION & ORGANIZATION CHART SUPERINTENDENT OF CROWN LANDS & SURVEY:
(a) THE DISPOSAL AND CONTROL OF CROWN
LAND IN HONG KONG. KOWLOON AND
NEW KOWLOON.
(b)
THE PLANNING OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE COLONY.
(c)
THE SURVEY AND MAPPING OF THE
WHOLE COLONY.
PLANNING
DIVISION
(RELATING TO THE WHOLE COLONY)
{a} THE PREPARATION AND REVISION OF THE COLONY OUTLINE PLAN. OUTLINING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND LAYOUT PLANS.
b) THE RESERVATION OF SITES FOR GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY USE.
(c) THE SCRUTINY OF AND ADVISING UPON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PRO-
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JECTS. L§d) / THE PREPARATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION DISTRIBUTION FORECASTS FOR GOVERNMENT AND OTHER USE.
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LANDS
DIVISION
RELATING TO HONG KONG KOWLOON)
NEW KOWLOON
(a) THE DISPOSAL OF CROWN LAND FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT BY SALE. PUBLIC AUCTION OR TENDER: GRANT BY PRIVATE TREATY. EXCHANGE OR EXTENSION: LEASE BY REGRANT OR RENEWAL ISSUE OF CROWN LAND PERMITS AND ALLOCATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT PURPOSES.
(b) CONTROL OF PRIVATELY HELD LAND BY ENFORCEMENT OR MODIFICATION OF LEASE CONDITIONS.
(c) THE ACQUISITION FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. OF PRIVATELY HELD LAND BY NEGOTIATION FOR SURRENDER OR RESUMPTION THROUGH ARBITRATION BOARD PROCEDURE.
(4) VALUATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT TRANSACTIONS AND PROJECTS INVOLVING THE USE OF LAND FOR ESTATE DUTY AND FOR INCREMENTAL VALUE UNDER THE DEMOLISHED BUILDING (RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SITES} ORDINANCE.
(e) THE LEASING AND MANAGEMENT OF
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND THE CONTROL OF ADVERTISEMENTS ON CROWN PROPERTY.
SURVEY
DIVISION
(RELATING TO THE WHOLE COLONY }
(1) ALL BASIC SURVEY PLANS & MAPS OF THE COLONY REQUIRED FOR LAND ADMINISTRATION. (1) PROVISION OF GROUND CONTROL & FIELD CHECKING FOR AIR SURVEY.
(c) SITE PLANS FOR GOVERNMENT BUILDING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
(8) CO-ORDINATION WITH SERVICE DEPARTMENTS CIVIL AVIATION & MARINE DEPARTMENT
(4) TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF LAND SURVEY WORK.
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey:
R. H. HUGHES, M.A., F.R.I.C.S.
GENERAL
5.01. The Office is divided into three Divisions which are reported on under individual headings. The year has been one of intense activity in the Planning and Survey divisions each of which has major new works in hand. The Crown Lands division was quieter compared with the previous five years. This state of affairs resulted from the subdued conditions in the land market which persisted for nearly the whole of the year before showing some signs of improvement in March, 1966.
5.02. The respite from the hectic conditions which existed in pre- vious years has given an opportunity for a measure of consolidation and streamlining of activity and for the establishment of a Property Management section which has met a long-felt need. It has also allowed those parts of the survey and planning activities which are a basic preliminary to any urban expansion to proceed in a more orderly and comprehensive fashion, further ahead of public and private works than hitherto. A perfect balance between the various activities is still to be achieved but the past year has gone a long way to restoring the imbalance imparted by the pressure of post-war redevelopment.
CROWN LANDS DIVISION
Assistant Superintendents:
W. L. T. CRUNDEN, F.R.I.C.S., F.A.I., F.R.S.H., F.L.Arb.
I. L. STANTON, F.R.I.C.S.
5.03. The work of the Lands Division is undertaken by four separate Sections, each controlled by a Senior Estate Surveyor.
Land Transactions
5.04. The Hong Kong and Kowloon Land sections deal with all sales, leasing and allocations of Crown Land on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon and New Kowloon respectively, and the general adminis- tration and control of Crown land in the urban area is vested in them. Owing largely to the economic situation during the year, the property market was very quiet and activity in the field of sales was much reduced. There were only 27 sales by auction and tender as compared with 139 during the previous year. Tenders in respect of the site of the
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former Naval Dockyard, which was advertised for sale in August last year, were examined in the early part of the year but none of the tenders were considered acceptable.
5.05. The general shortage of credit facilities also affected building development, and during the year Government approved a concession in connexion with building covenants to permit a free extension of commencement or completion time for a period of one year in all cases where the building covenant was entered into before the 1st July, 1965.
5.06. In contrast to the falling off in auction and tender sales there was considerable activity in the sphere of private treaty grants and the number made increased from 41 in the previous year to 114 in the current year. Nor was there any lessening in land requirements for Government and Government-sponsored projects and allocations were made for these purposes.
5.07. Full statistical details concerning land transactions are given at Appendix R.
Valuation Section
5.08. The Valuation section is concerned with the enforcement and modification of Lease Conditions; the compulsory acquisition of land required for public purposes; and the making of valuations required in connexion with these functions, in addition to those for estate duty and certain statutory assessments. With the lack of capital available for development there was a sharp decrease in applications for modifica- tions of lease conditions restricting development. For the first time cases were presented to Tribunals appointed to hear appeals against assessments of incremental value made under legislation in respect of dangerous buildings.
Property Management Section
5.09. The Property Management section which was formed during the year is responsible for the letting and management of premises owned but not occupied by the Government and it conducts negotia- tions for the letting of Government buildings and piers, which are not required for the time being for Government purposes or which are intended for non-government use. It also manages buildings on former leased land which have reverted to the ownership of the Crown either through re-entry or through lease expiration.
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5.10. The section commenced by taking over the management of Government properties which had been let in various ways and now is responsible for the collection of rents amounting to nearly $41 M. per annum in respect of about 50 properties. It is gradually putting on to a proper basis the occupation of other buildings where no formal tenancies exist.
5.11. The section works in close co-operation with the Registrar General who advises on the legal aspects and the Maintenance division of the Architectural Office, which carries out any necessary repairs.
General
Survey DIVISION
Assistant Superintendent:
A. R. Giles, F.R.I.C.S., F.R.G.S., F.V.I.
5.12. The work of the Survey division can be divided into three main categories:
(a) Control Survey. The provision of horizontal and vertical con- trol, viz. triangulation stations, picket boxes, traverse stations, and level datum bench marks which provide a rigid framework on which all survey work of the Colony is based.
(b) Revision Survey. The provision and revision of large scale
detail plans all over the Colony.
(c) Revenue Survey. Surveys for title which involves defining boundaries and setting out new planned areas, surveys for surrenders, grants, sales, exchanges, etc.
Various sections working on the above are stationed and work all over Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories including outlying islands.
5.13. During the year work on all three types of survey has been very active; large numbers of control points were required for both air and ground survey. The Revision sections also were engaged on check- ing the air survey machine plots supplied by the contractor. Owing to the vast amount of construction work and rebuilding in the Colony, more than usually frequent revisions are necessary.
5.14. Revenue survey in spite of the falling-off in land sales has been very heavy, trying to consolidate and overtake the arrears of work
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still outstanding in this field. At the end of the year there were 290 Lease Surveys, 30 surrenders and 114 other title surveys still out- standing. Statistical details are given at Appendix T.
Survey Computations
5.15. Computation occupies a considerable proportion of a sur- veyor's time and much thought has been given to methods and mechan- ization of this work to increase output and make sure all work is adequately checked. The office has adopted the Facit C1-13 hand operated calculator as the standard and is working on a basis of one calculating machine for every three Surveying Assistants.
5.16. During the year the office acquired an Anita table top elec- tronic computor complete with female operator and they have been employed on checking work. It has been found that one operator can check the work of approximately thirty assistants and it is proposed to extend this system.
Air Survey
5.17. A considerable proportion of the Survey division's work for the year was in connexion with the $6 million Air Survey contract commenced in 1963. The Survey division provides all ground control required by the contractors and carries out the field checking of machine plots both detail and contours. It also provides name sheets to incor- porate in the final prints.
The contractors supplied the following fair drawn sheets:
48 Nos. Scale 1/600 (50′=1′′)
215 Nos. Scale 1/1200 (100=1")
11 Nos. Scale 1/2400 (200′=1′′)
Scale 1/4800 (400′=1′′) 1/9600 (800′1′′)
Urban Areas, viz. Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
Rural Areas, New Territories.
Urban Areas, Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
Selected Areas in the New Territories for planning new townships (machine plots only).
5.18. The Director of Overseas Survey agreed to plot the smaller scale series, i.e. 1/10,000 and 1/25,000 maps so that Hong Kong will no longer have to rely on the Military Survey for maps. The necessary ground control for these series is now being surveyed by the Colony
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Construction of the civil engineering work undertaken by the Civil Engineering Office was substantially completed as can be seen from the above photograph, whilst some three- quarters of the work of installation of the major plant was also completed by the Electrical & Mechanical Office. The view on the right shows work in hand on lining one of the four rotating sec- tions of the incinerators. The 2 chimneys are over 210 feet high.
When completed later in 1966, this installation will be one of the largest in the Far East. (para. 6.21(III) ).
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View showing 30" dia. pipes being laid through Wong Tai Sin as part of the Kowloon East Salt Water Supply Scheme. The main Kai Tak nullah is on the right whilst in the background is part of the Wong Tai Sin Resettlement Estate. (para. 7.33).
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These 2 views of the Tai Po Tau Fabridam are part of the Plover Cove Scheme and show how this inflatible dam can be deflated during periods of excess flow thus reducing the possibility of flooding. (para. 7.38).
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PLANNING Division
Principal Assistant Superintendent:
R. C. CLARKE, B.Eng., LL.B., D.P.A., F.R.I.C.S., C.Eng., A.M.I.Min.E.
General
5.19. The work of the Division is divided into three main groups.
Group I
-Urban Area and New Territories South which concentrates on the preparation of Town Planning Board, outline develop- ment 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 --New Territories-Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long and Tai Po District which concentrates on the preparation of Town Planning Board, outline development and layout plans in conjunction 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 which is responsible for the preparation of a Colony Outline Plan and prepares, maintains and analyses relevant surveys and statistical informa- tion. It also undertakes special planning studies and is responsible for staff training.
5.20. Appendix S sets out the current position of the main planning schemes prepared by the division during the year.
Colony Outline Plan
5.21. A Secretariat General Circular was issued in August 1965 setting out the constitution and terms of reference of the various work- ing committees and the procedure to be adopted in the preparation of the Colony Outline Plan. Many difficulties have been met during the detailed compilation of basic survey information and in preparing it in a form suitable for presentation. However, by the end of the year most of these had been overcome and Book I comprising three volumes was all but complete and available for circulation to members of Working Committees.
Town Planning Board
5.22. The Town Planning Board met on ten occasions dealing mainly with the Castle Peak and Sha Tin Outline Zoning Plans, both of which were approved for publication by the end of the year. The zoning plans follow the lines of earlier Feasibility Reports and provide the framework for future new towns each with an ultimate population approaching one million persons.
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5.23. The draft statutory plan for Tsim Sha Tsui was published in December 1965 and aroused considerable public interest. The replace- ment plans for the central areas of Victoria and for Hung Hom and new statutory plans for Wan Chai, Shau Kei Wan, and Sam Ka Chuen were under consideration by the Board at the end of the year.
Land Development Planning Committee
5.24. The Division presented 44 papers to the Land Development Planning Committee which is responsible for advising Government on development proposals. The papers included outline development and layout plans and the allocation of land for open space in both old and new development areas throughout the Colony.
Advice on Development Schemes
5.25. Planning advice was given on 183 development projects of which 102 or 55% were in the New Territories. The quarterly figures show a progressive decline during the year and the total is almost 20% down on 1964-5, illustrating the recession in the private real estate market. Efforts to limit densities of development to reasonable levels have continued, not wholly without success.
Liaison
5.26. A significant part of the work of the division is achieved by representation on numerous committees and by the circulation of plans and proposals to other departments and organizations. It is interesting to record that it now requires no less than 50 copies of the plan to ensure full circulation to all interested parties. A quarterly circular listing all planning schemes, most of which can be purchased on application to the Chief Draughtsman, is issued to departments, public utility companies and other non-government organizations.
Staff
STAFF, TRAINING AND welfare
5.27. The total authorized establishment amounted to 743, an increase of 166 over the previous year. The increase represented 1 Senior Estate Surveyor, 1 Senior Land Surveyor, 2 Senior Planning Officers, 4 Estate Surveyors (including 2 for leave reserve purposes) and 158 technical staff, mostly for survey labouring gangs.
5.28. There was, however, a reduction in temporary staff formerly employed on the cadastral survey of the New Territories which was reduced by 108 to a total of 40.
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5.29. One of the posts of Assistant Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey was upgraded to that of Principal Assistant Superintendent.
5.30. The new senior posts were filled during the course of the year by promotion of serving officers and senior recruitment included 4 Estate Surveyors on contract; these together with promotion of a Land Bailiff who qualified professionally in the previous year, left 3 vacancies unfilled at the end of the year. 3 Land Surveyors and 1 Planning Officer were recruited on contract and an Assistant Planning Officer promoted. At the end of the year, one vacancy still existed for a Land Surveyor and 3 vacancies for Planning Officers.
5.31. During the year, 7 officers, each with more than 25 years' service, retired. Among these was Mr. LEUNG Yee-shing, Head Survey Labourer, with over 40 years' service.
Training
5.32. In Serivce Surveying Assistants (Engineering, Estate, Land and Planning) are mostly young men with the appropriate academic qualifications, often recruited immediately after leaving school. Joining the service initially at Class III level, they all attend a six month com- prehensive course in Land Survey and thereafter the Engineering and Land streams are attached to various functional Survey Sections for field and practical experience for a further 12 months, whilst the Estate and Planning streams are similarly attached for a further 6 months before starting with their respective divisions.
5.33. Cartographic Assistants are recruited and trained in a similar manner except that there is no six months' comprehensive course after recruitment. They are grouped and instructed whilst performing normal duty.
5.34. All Surveying Assistants Class III and Cartographic Assistants Class III are required to sit departmental examinations to obtain pro- motion to a higher class, and during the year 34 out of 72 passed.
5.35. Professional A limited number of Surveying Assistants (Estate) who have the necessary academic qualifications to become Student Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are recruited at Class II level and encouraged to take correspondence courses and attend evening classes at the Hong Kong Technical College and Hong Kong University.
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5.36. Whilst there is no British professional association catering for the needs of Cartographic Assistants wishing to become qualified, some personnel are sent to the Directorate of Overseas Survey for a 12 months' course. During the year one completed and another commenced such a course.
5.37. One Assistant Planning Officer was in his second year of a 2 year post-graduate course in Civic Design, whilst 2 other officers were granted Government scholarships for similar courses starting in September 1966. Several officers also attended Extra Mural Courses in town planning organized by Hong Kong University in association with the Local Branch of the Town Planning Institute. One local officer was released for 7 months to undertake further professional training in Australia.
Welfare
5.38. Inter-divisional soccer matches between the Planning and Survey divisions were played during the year and at Christmas a Dinner Dance Party was organized.
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I. PLANS, ORDERS, INSTALLS, MAINTAINS AND OPERATES ALL GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL FACILITIES EXCEPT THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED BT THE ARCHITECTURAL AND WATER- WORKS OFFICES KOWLOON - CANTON AND RAILWAY.
2. ADMINISTERS THE LIFT AND ESCALATORS (SAFETY) ORDINANCE 1960. 3. INVESTIGATES AND REPORTS UPON ALL ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS NO- TIFIED TO IT.
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TWO MAINTENANCE SECTIONS MAINTAIN ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES BY THE INSTALLED DIVISION AND THE ARHITECTURAL OFFICE.
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3. MAINTAINS A WIDE RANGE OF MECHANIC- AL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING STEAM APPLIANCES.
4. MANUFACTURES SPECIAL MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AS REQUIRED.
MAJOR PLANT SECTION
I. OPERATES AND MAINTAINS ALL ENGINE- ERING SERVICES IN GOVERNMENT HOS- PITALS AND INSTITUTIONS.
2. OPERATES AND MAINTAINS REFUSE IN- CINERATOR PLANTS, ENGINEERING IN- STALLATIONS IN ABATTOIRS, SEAWATER DISTILLATION PLANT AND MAJOR AIR- CONDITIONING PLANT IN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
NEW PROJECTS SECTION
1. DESIGNS AND SUPERVISES THE CON- STRUCTION OF SPECIAL MOTOR VE- HICLE BODYWORK.
2. DESIGNS
AND SUPERVISES THE
MECHANICAL
INSTALLATION OF ENGINEERING SERVICES IN BUILDINGS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS. EXCEPT AIR-CONDITIONING PLANT. 3. DESIGNS SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS REQUIRED.
TRANSPORT SECTION
1. OPERATES THE GOVERNMENT TRANS- PORT AND V.I.P. CAR POOLS AND RE- GISTERS AND ALLOCATES ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT FIRE APPLIANCES. 2. TESTS, ENGAGES AND ALLOCATES ALL GOVERNMENT MOTOR DRIVERS, EXCEPT FIREMAN DRIVERS.
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Government Electrical & Mechanical Engineer: D. W. Walker, B.Sc. (Eng.), M.J.Mech.E., M.I.E.E.
GENERAL
6.01. The activities of this sub-department whose total authorized establishment has reached a figure of over 2,400 are threefold, namely, the design, specification and installation of mechanical or electrical plant for new projects, the operation of major workshops for the maintenance of electrical and mechanical equipment and the operation of large plant installations such as are to be found in air conditioning, hospital engineering, incinerators and abattoirs.
6.02.
Administration was carried out from the head office in the old dockyard premises at Harcourt Road where the Island electrical and air conditioning/refrigeration workshops were also situated, the mechanical workshops for the Island being located at Caroline Hill and all the Mainland activities of the sub-department being concen- trated in the new workshops at Sung Wong Toi Road, Kowloon.
ELECTRICAL DIVISION
Chief Electrical Engineer:
S. T. YUEN, B.Sc., A.M.I.E.E.
6.03. The Electrical division, which has a direct labour force of 600 men of various grades and trades, handles the installation and maintenance of electrical equipment and plant of considerable diversity, ranging from incinerator plant and quarry installations to traffic-light control systems and submersible pumps, To cope with installation and maintenance responsibilities of such magnitude and diversity the Divi- sion is divided into the following sections:
New Projects
Installation
Maintenance
Kai Tak Airport E. & M. Service (Maintenance and operation) City Hall (Maintenance and operation)
6.04. The New Projects section is responsible for designing, prep ing specifications and working drawings and the supervision, either contract or direct labour, of electrical installations for major ci
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engineering projects. The section has been responsible for the electrical installation at Kennedy Town Incinerator including the installation of a 1,200 KW turbo-alternator. An order was placed for the supply of ventilation plant for the Lion Rock Road tunnel and specifications were prepared for toll collection, traffic counting, carbon monoxide detection and other specialist equipment required for the operation of the tunnel. Design work for the Lai Chi Kok incinerator is in hand.
6.05. The Installation section is responsible for new installations and the re-wiring or modernizing of existing installations. Its work ranges from large installations such as quarry plant to minor jobs such as submersible water pumps for deep wells and motorized machine tools. A major work undertaken during the year was the completion of the electrical installation at Diamond Hill Quarry which is to replace Hok Yuen Quarry.
6.06. Traffic light control systems were installed and put into service at 36 locations while a total of 219 other illuminated traffic aids were installed or re-positioned. The first linked traffic-light control system was installed in the Central area of Hong Kong Island.
6.07. Electrical equipment and appliances registered and maintained by the Maintenance Section totalled over 65,000 items, a 10% increase over the previous year. This section provides a 24-hour fault attendant service and during the year attended 26,689 fault calls, ranging from breakdowns of motor plant to wiring faults in office blocks and quarters.
6.08. Electrical installations and air conditioning plant in the Terminal Building at Kai Tak Airport, as well as obstruction lights and equipment in the sub-stations and on the runway, were maintained and overhauled at regular intervals. This work is undertaken by a special section based at the Airport.
6.09. Another special section maintains all the electrical facilities at the City Hall. This section is also responsible for the operation of the stage-lighting equipment and cinema projectors.
6.10. The Electrical division administers the Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance. The total number of lifts and escalators registered up to the end of the financial year was 4,451 and 67 respectively. A total of 5,678 certificates were issued while 10 investigations were carried out covering lift accidents, complaints made by the public and unregistered lifts.
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Mechanical Division
Chief Mechanical Engineer:
K. B. BAKER, A.M.I.Mech.E.
6.11. The general term 'Mechanical Engineering' covers many wide and complex fields including automobile, air-conditioning, refrigeration, hospital services, steam
steam water supplies, workshop administration, engineering design, incineration plant, medical and dental equipment, electricity generation and mechanical handling. These activities were covered by the following sections:
Workshop Section
New Projects Section Major Plant Section Transport Section
Hong Kong Workshops
6.12. A difficult year was experienced at the Caroline Hill Work- shops owing to the construction of the new 10-storey office block and other buildings surrounding the workshops, which severely restricted the space available for vehicle and plant parking. The workshop staff nevertheless met all their commitments under these difficult conditions.
6.13. The steam and associated services at Stanley Prison were maintained and given a complete overhaul during the year. The pumping and filtration plant at the Victoria Park Swimming pool was completely overhauled during the winter season.
6.14. The general engineering section of the workshops was partic- ularly concerned with the installation of the mail-handling conveyors at the General Post Office pier on the Central Reclamation which were supplied from England but which ran into operational difficulties. Numerous modifications had to be carried out on the equipment before the conveyors could eventually be considered completely satisfactory. 6.15. The parking meter section, operation from Harcourt Road was kept extremely busy during the year owing to an expansion of the parking meter programme. Meters installed were once again subjecte to considerable malicious interference, such interference accounting fo approximately 90% of meter defects.
Kowloon Workshops
6.16. This workshop became more heavily committed with inevitable increase during the year of vehicles, plant and equipment all categories.
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6.17. In addition to providing normal maintenance and repair facilities for all Government mechanical engineering equipment located on the mainland, the workshop staff undertook major modifications to the steam, air, hot water and oil fuel facilities in the old Kowloon Hospital, including the removal of a 5,000 lb/hour steam boiler from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Sisters' and Nurses' Quarters into Kowloon Hospital.
6.18. A small night shift which was formed in 1964 to service and maintain ambulances was expanded to handle all Urban Services Department refuse-collecting vehicles and as a result, approximately 80% of these vehicles operating in Kowloon now have their routine servicing completed during the night and are available for duty the following day.
6.19. Under the control of the Sung Wong Toi Road workshops is the Fan Gardens Depot at Fanling. This depot continued to handle all motor vehicles, generating plant and water pumps in the New Terri- tories north of the line drawn between Tai Po and Castle Peak.
6.20. The vehicle servicing depot on Lantau Island continued to service and carry out minor repairs on the forty-odd vehicles operating on Lantau with the limited facilities at their disposal.
New Projects
6.21. The Mechanical division is responsible for designing, prepar- ing specifications and working drawings, and the supervision, either by contract or direct labour, of mechanical installations in civil engineering and building projects. Tenders were received for a 2 to 3 million gallons per day distillation plant to be operated in conjunction with the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator. A report on these tenders was prepared but no final decision on the proposal had been reached by the end of the year. Some of the major projects undertaken by this section include:
(i) New Urban Services Department Depots
Full vehicle services were installed in new Urban Services Department garages in both Hong Kong and Kowloon. These services included petrol and diesel tanks with dispensing pumps; oil, air and water supplies; vehicle washing equipment and other general engineering requirements. Other work done for the Urban Services Department depots included the
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removal of steam boilers and disinfecting equipment from the old disinfecting station and, after overhaul, re-installation at the new depot.
(ii) Radio Station on Lam Tong Island
Design details of the pipeline to carry diesel oil from the pier on the north-west of the island to the Civil Aviation Department's new radio station on the southern tip of the island were completed and the oil pumping equipment ordered. The pipeline will be some 2,400 yards in length and will rise to a maximum of 375 feet as it crosses the island. The con- struction of the main fuel tanks at the delivery end of the pipeline was commenced.
(iii) Kennedy Town Incinerator
The erection of this major plant which comprises four incinerators each rated at 10 tons of refuse per hour, two 15,000 lbs/hour waste heat boilers and a 1200 Kw turbo alternator, was commenced in May and by the end of the year was approximately 75% complete. The alternator and fuel oil storage tank were installed and good progress was made on the main incinerators and complex ash handling system. The civil engineering work, including the construction of a quay for the ash barges, was substantially completed.
(iv) Lai Chi Kok Incinerator
Piling for this plant was completed and a start made on the construction of the main building structure. Materials for the main plant continued to arrive in large quantities and by the end of the year some 50% had been received on site.
6.22. The major plant section is primarily concerned with the operation and maintenance of air-conditioning plant, refrigerated cold stores and associated heating and ventilation systems. It also operates and maintains the engineering services in government hospitals, and will also cover the operation of the incinerator plants at Kennedy Town and Lai Chi Kok when these come into service.
6.23. The Transport section controls the operation of the pool of government cars and lorries for daily detail to departments on request. It is also responsible for the licensing and documentation of government motor vehicles and for the testing and engagement of all motor vehicle drivers.
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STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
6.24. Thirteen apprentices completed their indentures during the year, and an additional seventeen were engaged.
One electrical graduate from Hong Kong University spent a three- month vacation course in the workshops, and three electrical engineer- ing students from Hong Kong Technical College completed a four week period of practical training.
6.25. The Caroline Hill (Public Works Department) Sports Club football team had a rather disappointing season. They played twenty- two matches, won seven, drew four, and lost eleven. The team were placed eighth in division two of the Hong Kong League.
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WATERWORKS OFFICE
MAINTAINS AND OPERATES THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF THE COLONY. PLANS AND CONSTREITS ALL EXTENSIONS TO THE SYSTEM.
LIAISON WITH AND ADMINISTRATION OF WATERWORKS CONSULTING ENGINEERS. TESTS SAMPLES OF FRESH AND SEA WOATIER FOR THE MILITARY AND PUBLIC ALSO FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE DAILY SUPPLY OF WATER.
CONSTRUCTION DIVISION
DESIGNS, CONTRACTS, AND SUPERVISES CONSTRUCTION OF ALL WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS OTHER THAN CERTAIN MAJOR SCHEMES BEING CARRIED OUT BY CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL DIVISION
OPERATES AND MAINTAINS ALL WATERWORKS PLANT AND EQUIPMENT. ORDERS & INSTALLS NEW PLANT OTHER THAN FOR SCHEMES SUPERVISED BY CONSULTING ENGINEERS
CONSULTANTS
LIAISON DIVISION
LIAISES WITH THE CON- SULTING ENGINEERS WHO ARE WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE WATER AUTHORITY.
PLANNING DIVISION
PLANS MAJOR SCHEMES IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND PREPARES IN BROAD OUTLINE PROPOSALS FOR THE PROVISION OF WATER TO DEVELOPMENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE OBLONY.
WATER QUALITY
CONTROL SECTION
TESTS SAMPLES FROM RAW, TREATED, AND TAP SOURCES AND CONTROLS TREATMENT OF WATER SUPPLIED TEFTS WATER SAMPLES POR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ALKO POR MILITARY AND PUBLIC AGAINST PAYMENT.
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ORDERS. MESTALLS. MAINTAINS MECHANICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT ALSO OPERATES PUMPING STATIONS AND WORKSHOPS. SERVICES ALL DOMESTIC AND MAINS METERS.
ELECTRICAL SECTION
ORDERS. INSTALLS. AND MAINTAINS WATERWORKS ELECTRICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THAT FOR TREATMENT WORKS, PUMPING STATIONS, OFFICES AND QUARTERS
ACCOUNTS SECTION
CONTROLS THE READING OF WATER METERS AND ISSUES WATER ACCOUNTS. MAINTAINS REGISTERS OF LICENSED PLUMBERS AND ISSUES LICENCES UNDER WATERWORKS ORDINANCE RECORDS ALL WATERWORKS EXPENDITURE
SUPPLY SECTION
OPERATES AND MAINTAINS CATCHWATERS, TUNNELS. TRUNK MAINS. SUPPLY AND SERVICE RESERVOIRS. REGULATES THROUGH-BUT OF TREATMENT WORKS AND PUMPING STATIONS.
DISTRIBUTION SECTION
OPERATES AND MAINTAINS THE DISTRIBUTION MAINS SYSTEM INCLUDING THE CARRYING OUT OF WASTE DETECTION TESTS & THE LAYING OF REPLACEMENT AND EXTENSION SECTIONS.
HOUSE SERVICE SECTION
PROVIDES CONNECTIONS FROM THE DISTRIBUTION MAINS & INSTALLS WATER METERS ALSO INSPECTS AND APPROVES PRIVATE WATER INSTALLATIONS IN BUILDINGS.
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COLLECYS BASIC DATA FROM STREAM - FLOWS. RAIN GAUGES ETC.. AND PROCESSES INFORMATION FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
WATER RESOURCES SUPPLY SECION
ASSESSES FUTURE OVERALL. DEMAND FOR WATER AND INVESTIGATES FURTHER SCHEMES TO MEET THIS DEMAND ALSO CONSIDERS METHODS TO IMPROVE THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM GENERALLY.
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Director of Water Supplies: T. O. MORGAN, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E. Government Water Engineer:
E. P. WILMOT-Morgan, O.B.E., B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.W.E. Assistant Government Water Engineer (Maintenance and Operation): A. S. ROBERTSON, B.Sc. (Hons.), A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct.E., A.M.I.W.E. Assistant Government Water Engineer (New Works):
W. T. KNIGHT, A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Mun.E., M.Inst.Q.
GENERAL
7.01. The considerable general improvement in the water supply position recorded last year was maintained and a continuous 24-hour supply was provided to urban areas throughout the year. The change was due not only to above average rainfall but also to the combined effect of increased supplies from China and the commissioning of new waterworks installations. However to cover increasing costs, particularly of the Plover Cove and Shek Pik Water supply schemes, it became necessary to raise the price of water and from the 1st July, 1965, for domestic and industrial users it was accordingly raised from $1.00 to $2.00 per thousand gallons and for ocean going ships and for building contractors from $3.00 to $5.00 per thousand gallons. At the same time it was decided that supplies to new buildings should be separately metered for each flat or tenement.
7.02. Details of rainfall, storage, consumption and other general statistics are given in Appendix P.
General
DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
T. H. TOMLINSON, B.Sc., A.m.i.C.e.
7.03. This division continued to maintain and operate the various installations connected with the daily supply of water.
Supply Section
7.04. At the end of the year over 12,000 million gallons of water were held in storage compared with 9,250 million gallons at the same time last year. The yield from catchment areas was also higher and
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the quantity received from China doubled. All storage reservoirs were overflowing during 3 days in September and 3 days in October, so that the dry season started with the maximum quantity of 16,816 million gallons in storage, excluding the supply from China.
7.05. Considerable repairs to catchwaters were necessary particularly as a result of tropical storm 'Agnes' in September when damage to the Shek Pik catchwaters alone amounted to an estimated $2 million. The bulk of the blockages were cleared and slopes stabilized and in some cases channels decked over to help prevent future damage. It was also decided to install a radio transmission system between all the major control gates on Lantau to facilitate tighter control.
7.06. Complete overhaul and repainting of control gates was put in hand and normal maintenance of catchwaters and routine inspection and cleaning of service reservoirs, access roads and station surrounds continued. Several new service reservoirs were put into use during the year including Tsz Wan Shan, Beacon Hill High Level, Kwun Tong High Level, Chung Hom Kok and the western half of Mount Davis.
Distribution Section
7.07. 24-hour water consumption increased by 8 per cent compared with last year and averaged over 113 million gallons daily, with an all time record of 138.6 million gallons on 31st August.
7.08. Corresponding with Government planning areas, four major supply zones in Kowloon and New Kowloon were created and con- sideration was given to re-adjusting the existing supply zones on Hong Kong Island.
7.09. Work continued on extensions to serve new development, enlargement of undersized and defective mains and alterations neces- sitated by road construction. Apart from mains laid on specific projects approximately 44 miles of pipe were laid to distribute fresh and salt
water.
7.10. Systematic waste detection was carried out on a greatly increased scale and 86 areas were checked. A number of major leaks were discovered and repaired resulting in a daily saving of nearly two million gallons.
Housing Service Section
7.11. With separate metering now being required for all new flats and tenements there was an increase of 44% in the number of meters installed.
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Water Quality Control Section
7.12. The exploitation of new and comparatively polluted resources to meet the increasing demand for water necessitated not only the installation of more elaborate filtration works but also closer control of the processes of purification. To meet this need a water quality control section was formed which is responsible for all matters concern- ing treatment and quality control of the Colony's water supplies.
7.13. A fully equipped laboratory was set up at the Sha Tin Treat- ment Works for carrying out chemical and bacteriological examination of water samples and investigating various problems connected with the water industry in general.
7.14. The bacteriological quality aimed at for the final supply throughout the distribution system is the absence of coliform organisms in samples of a hundred millilitres. In fact 96.4 percent of 355 samples taken at service reservoirs and 93.6 percent of 1,132 samples from con- sumers' taps conformed to this standard. Dirty storage tanks and defects in the internal plumbing systems were the main causes of sub-standard tap samples. In each of these cases after remedial works were carried out subsequent samples proved satisfactory.
7.15. The standard of chemical quality of supply was satisfactorily maintained and fluoridation was continued at levels of 0.7 parts per million during the summer months (May to October) and 0.9 parts per million during the winter months (November to April).
7.16. In addition to the supervision of treatment at all filter stations and the routine monitoring of water quality throughout the supply system, the Section assisted in evaluating the quality of new resources particularly in connexion with the Plover Cove and North West Water schemes, and in planning the Tai Po/Sheung Shui Treatment Works. A variety of work connected with water quality and treatment was undertaken for a number of other Government departments, H.M. Forces, and commercial firms.
General
MECHANICAL AND ELECTrical DivisION
Chief Engineer:
J. M. PETTIGREW, A.M.I.Mech.E.
7.17. The division continued to operate and maintain all waterworks plant and equipment, as well as to install all new waterworks plant and equipment other than that for works supervised by consulting engineers.
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Mechanical Section
7.18. Several major pumping stations were put into service includ- ing those for the Plover Cove Scheme at Tai Po Tau, Sha Tin and the Shing Mun Supply Basin. Five pumpsets of 60 m.g.d. total capacity at each of the former two stations and four of 20 m.g.d. total capacity at the latter station were installed by the consulting engineers for the scheme and taken over for operation by the Waterworks Office. The Sandy Bay Pumping station handling the water from Shek Pik became fully operational with a pumping capacity of 45 m.g.d. to the high level Mount Davis Reservoir and 25 m.g.d. to the low level western areas of the Island.
7.19. The temporary pumping station at the River Indus was further run down with two pumps removed for subsequent installation at Diamond Hill Pumping station. In addition one of the pumps from the permanent River Indus Pumping station was temporarily removed to the Muk Wu Pumping station now taking the increased supplies from China and for which additional pumps are on order but not yet received.
7.20. In the Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung area, five pumping stations were under preparation with the bulk of the plant having arrived from overseas for the Tsuen Wan No. 2. Fresh Water and the Central Salt Water Pumping stations while orders were placed for the plant for the other three stations. In Kowloon and Hong Kong a number of fresh and salt water pumping stations were commissioned or partly commis- sioned including the first fully automatic diesel station situated at Telegraph Bay.
7.21. Reflecting the increasing number of pumping stations being operated there was a 40% increase in the number of major engine over- hauls carried out compared with the previous year and a 25% increase in the number of major pump overhauls. Generally the workshops con- tinued working at about the same level as previously. With the separate metering of new flats now being required, consideration was given to setting up a separate workshop to deal with the repair and overhaul of meters. In addition to overhauling over 30,000 meters during the year exhaustive tests were carried out on sample meters submitted by overseas suppliers in order to determine the most suitable for future use.
Electrical Section
7.22. Routine electrical maintenance and rectification of faults continued at about the same level as last year. However with the
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increasing use of automatic controls for waterworks installations, it was decided to separate the Electrical section into three sub-sections to deal with high tension, low tension and instrumentation. New work- shops were accordingly being set up at Bullock Lane and Argyle Street depots for this purpose. It was decided to let contracts for electrical maintenance works in order to deal more effectively with electrical installation and repair.
7.23. An automatic control system to link the treatment works, pumping stations and service reservoirs in the Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Development was designed and the bulk of the necessary equipment ordered. Cable ducts were being laid in conjunction with mainlaying. Air conditioning plant was installed by contract at the new offices at Argyle Street depot and tenders were received for the supply and installation of air-conditioning plant at Bullock Lane depot.
General
CONSTRUCTION DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
J. S. DON, B.Sc. (Hons.), A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)
7.24. The division is responsible for the design and preparation of contracts and supervision of the construction of all new water supply works other than certain schemes being carried out by consulting engineers and also some minor works carried out by the Distribution division.
7.25. The extensive construction programme continued throughout the year with an expenditure by the division of nearly $55 million compared with $47 million last year. Five fresh water and three salt water service reservoirs were completed and construction finished on seven fresh water and one salt water pumping stations. In addition a further thirty miles of trunk main were laid ranging in diameter from 21-ins. up to 54-ins.
7.26. Appendix O gives full details of works under construction and completed during the year.
Hong Kong Island
7.27. The remaining works on Hong Kong Island in connexion with the Shek Pik scheme were substantially completed. Only the staff quarters remain to be built at Sandy Bay and both the pumping station which receives the Shek Pik water and the 30 million gallon Mount
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Davis Reception Reservoir became fully operational. The construction of the 6.5 million gallon Kennedy Town Service Reservoir was also nearly completed.
7.28. Excavation work for a new 10 million gallon service reservoir at Eastern Filter station was substantially completed. This reservoir will receive water from the Plover Cove scheme by way of the proposed new cross harbour pipeline and is planned to meet the growing demand in the Wan Chai area.
7.29. Work on the Pok Fu Lam Supply scheme continued with Telegraph Bay Pumping station put into service and the construction of the 2-million gallon Kai Lung Wan Service Reservoir and associated mainlaying well advanced. Construction works also proceeded on schemes to improve both fresh and salt water flushing supplies in several other areas including Mount Cameron, Magazine Gap, Chai Wan, Aberdeen and Kennedy Town.
Kowloon and New Kowloon
7.30. Laying of several new 48" and 54" dia. trunk mains was commenced as part of the planned distribution of water received under the Plover Cove scheme through Lion Rock Tunnel.
7.31. In the Kwun Tong area, construction of the fresh and salt water pumping station at Shum Wan Shan was completed and pumping to Kwun Tong High Level Service Reservoirs commenced. These salt and fresh water reservoirs were also completed during the year and have begun supplying the Sau Mau Ping and Ham Tin estates where main- laying was advancing in conjunction with development. At Ham Tin an 8 million gallon service reservoir intended to improve supplies to lower areas of Kwun Tong was half completed. Further south at Yau Tong, a 6 million gallon fresh water and a half million gallon salt water service reservoir were constructed in readiness for development in that area. More than half of the trunk mains to feed the new Yau Tong and Ham Tin Service Reservoirs were also laid.
7.32. Work was well advanced on the Ho Man Tin Development Water Supply scheme. A 5 million gallon high level fresh water service reservoir was completed, the necessary trunk mains laid and a start made on construction of the pumping station which will lift water from the Ma Tau Wei Service Reservoir to the new high level reservoir.
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7.33. The scheme to provide flushing water to the eastern part of Kowloon was commenced and some 24 miles of trunk main was laid between Tai Wan waterfront at Hung Hom and the existing salt water reservoirs at Diamond Hill and Lo Fu Ngam. Works also proceeded on schemes to provide both fresh and salt water supplies to other areas including Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation and the Lung Cheung Road Development.
New Territories
7.34. Work on the major project to supply the Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Development with both fresh and flushing water continued. Four pumping stations and five service reservoirs were under construction. In addition over 4 miles of trunk main and a further 9 miles of distribution main were laid.
A trunk main to supply untreated water to industrial development at Tsing Lung Tau was laid along the Castle Peak Road from the Tai Lam Chung Feed at Sham Tseng.
At Tai Po works were commenced on a scheme to supply the Tai Po and Sheung Shui areas with a filtered water supply. Water is to be pumped from the Tai Po Tau Pumping station to a treatment works and service reservoir located on top of the adjacent hill and thence piped to Tai Po and Sheung Shui.
7.35. On the outlying islands, a scheme to provide Hei Ling Chau with fresh water by laying an underwater pipeline from the Shek Pik submarine pipeline cross connexion chamber was completed and a similar scheme to provide a supply to Peng Chau including a pumping station and service reservoir was nearly completed. On Cheung Chau excavation was in hand preparatory to building a new service reservoir.
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CONSULTANTs Liaison DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
A. W. P. Cox, A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Mun.E.
7.36. The division continued to be responsible for liaison with the consulting engineers working on behalf of the Waterworks Office includ- ing exercising financial control on the schemes involved and negotiations for any necessary modifications. Expenditure on work carried out by waterworks' consulting engineers amounted to over $136 million during the year.
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Plover Cove Scheme
7.37. Stage I of this scheme which includes pumping raw water from the Tai Po River at Tai Po Tau through eight miles of tunnel to Sha Tin Treatment Works and then on through Lion Rock Tunnel into Kowloon was practically completed. The water taken from the Tai Po River includes the yield extracted and pumped from the River Indus as well as most of the water received from China. These resources are further increased by deep shafts which draw the yields of streams between Tai Po Tau and Sha Tin into the 8-mile long supply tunnel. The large earth dam across the Shing Mun River below Jubilee Reservoir forms a balancing reservoir for all these yields.
7.38. Inflatable neoprene-coated nylon dams were installed in the River Indus and at Tai Po Tau and Tau Pass. These can deflate during periods of excess flows thus reducing the possibility of flooding the surrounding countryside.
7.39. The capacity of Sha Tin Treatment works which were first brought into service last year was increased to 57 million gallons of water a day and will be further extended to 80 million gallons a day with provision for ultimate duplication to 160 million gallons per day at some future date. Equipment is now being installed at Sha Tin to make it the control centre for the Plover Cove scheme with all pumps, principal valves and sluice gates remotely operated from this one central point.
7.40. Work on Stage II of the Plover Cove scheme proceeded satisfactorily and when the Plover Cove Reservoir is completed in 1968 together with the tunnels connecting Plover Cove and Tai Po Tau, the combined cost of the first two stages, including the associated work being carried out by the waterworks' Construction division, will have amounted to HK$540 million and will be the largest water project ever undertaken by the Hong Kong Government.
7.41. The sealing of the Plover Cove sea inlet by a 11 mile dam and two smaller dams continued and the necessary dredging for the main dam was completed and just over half of the decomposed rock and sand layers placed to form the dam itself. Of the 6-mile long supply tunnel from Plover Cove to Tai Po Tau only one section remained to be holed through. Excavation of the subsidiary tunnels to Lau Shui Heung and Nam Chung Lo Uk was also nearly complete and concrete lining of the tunnel system commenced.
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River Indus Flood Pumping Scheme
7.42. The greater part of this $25 million project has been completed although progress on civil works was somewhat behind schedule. The scheme involves construction of a pumping station with an installed capacity of 230 million gallons which will extract the flood flow from a basin behind a fabridam. Erection of the fabridam was completed and three low lift pumpsets installed and ready for operation.
Shek Pik and Tung Chung Scheme
7.43. This scheme, at a cost of $264 million including the associated works carried out by the Waterworks Construction division, has increased the Colony's storage capacity by 50 per cent and is now fully operational. The catchwaters and tunnels are being extended to the north side of the island of Lantau in order to bring water from that area to Shek Pik Reservoir and work on this addition, under the title of the Tung Chung Scheme, was well advanced. Included in the latter scheme is a permanent road from Cheung Sha on the south coast, over the central mountain range of Lantau to Tung Chung on the north
coast.
Water Supplies to Resite Areas
7.44. About $600,000 was spent on the provision of water supplies to the Chai Wan, Mount Davis, Jordan Valley and Sau Mau Ping resite areas including the provision of small pumping stations, reception tanks and pipelines.
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Planning Division
Chief Engineer:
W. D. A. TUCKER, M.A. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.
7.45. The division is concerned with the preparation in broad out- line of proposals for providing water to new development throughout the Colony and also for the planning of major schemes in conjunction with consulting engineers.
Hydrological Section
7.46. Improvements and alterations were made to the raingauge network. Rainfall is now measured at 35 waterworks stations in addi- tion to those of other departments and close supervision of these stations was maintained. An evaporation station was set up at Ting Kok near
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Plover Cove and the data collected will be used in conjunction with the older Royal Observatory station at King's Park, Kowloon, to assess evaporation losses from Plover Cove Reservoir.
7.47. Models of two stream gauging stations were made and tested by the University of Hong Kong. In both cases there were significant differences between the theoretical head discharge curve previously assumed and the curve derived from the model work. A triangle flume was built at Tai Tam East catchwater to record catchwater performance through a wide range of flows. Digital recorders producing a punched paper tape record were installed at four reservoirs to measure overflow.
7.48. All significant hydrological information collected up to March, 1965, was summarized and described in a report entitled 'Hong Kong Rainfall and Runoff, Volume I'. Much of the computation work for this report was done on the Commerce and Industry Department's computer.
Water Resources Survey Section
7.49. Two major studies on which the Survey unit concentrated in the year were regulation studies and operation studies. The former studies were concerned with the assessment of the amount of supply that can be given at any time for a given reservoir system at various degrees of security. The latter studies provided the rule for the daily amount to be drawn from each reservoir to make up the supply. An electronic computer was used in carrying out the regulation study. From preliminary results of the regulation studies, an interim report on Development of Resources was prepared and submitted to the Water Resources Policy Committee. The practicability of re-use of water was looked into, and general notes on this subject were prepared and discussed.
Planning Section
7.50. Supply proposals and estimates for Tsing Yi development and Castle Peak new town were completed. Plans were prepared showing the proposed fixed major water supply zones for Hong Kong Island and future requirements for trunk mains and principal distribution mains for the urban area between Kennedy Town and Chai Wan. Proposals for the system of trunk mains radiating from Hong Kong landfall of the future Plover Cove Scheme Cross Harbour Main were prepared. In addition preliminary reports for the extension of the salt water flushing requirement of the Western, Central and Shau Kei Wan districts were completed.
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7.51. Preliminary proposals were framed for the supply of the high level area above Kwun Tong which will be met by water pumped from the Shum Wan Shan pumping station. Plans for Sau Mau Ping high level salt water supply were finalized and the fresh and salt water supply position generally in the Ham Tin and Sau Mau Ping areas was reviewed. The site for the proposed Ham Tin High Level Fresh Water Service Reservoir was investigated and found suitable.
ACCOUNTS SECTION
7.52. This section continued to record all Waterworks expenditure and be responsible for reading water meters and issuing water accounts. It also maintained the register of consumers and licensed plumbers and issued various licences required by the Waterworks Ordinance.
7.53. The volume of work handled exceeded that of the previous year owing to a 20 percent increase in the number of meters installed, enquiries resulting from the rise in the price of water and the com- mencement, towards the end of the year, of preliminary office work on the mechanization of the accounts.
STAFF TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
7.54. Five members of the staff with over 30 years service retired during the year including Mr. YAU Shun-kwai, Senior House Service Inspector, who retired on the 9th September, 1965, after completing 33 years of service.
7.55. Quarters for staff were completed at Peng Chau and Shum Wan Shan Pumping stations. The canteen at Bullock Lane was reno- vated and tenders called for air conditioning the offices at this depot.
Training
7.56. A weekly training school for training of Instrument Technicians and Artisans was started in February. The mechanical apprenticeship scheme permitting one day a week at technical college continued with two additional apprentices enrolled during the year. An electrical craft apprenticeship scheme was also commenced, whilst an engineer com- pleted nine months study leave in the United Kingdom during which time he attended courses on computer programming and management.
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Welfare
7.57. 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 low salaried staff. This was held in January, at Wah Yan College, Kowloon by kind permission of the headmaster and was attended by over 1,000 persons, including 800 children.
7.58. Two seven-a-side football teams were entered in the Governor's Cup Competition organized by the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants Association. Twenty-four inter-departmental teams participated in the competition which was won by the Waterworks Kowloon team without loss, winning nine and drawing two matches.
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EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE
8.01. The total expenditure by the Department amounted to $732,815,000. This included works carried out by Consultants and is 21.03% greater than the expenditure of $605,449,000 during the previ- ous year. Major public works, including World Refugee Year Schemes ($2,299,000), accounted for some $589,698,000. $70,332,000 was spent on recurrent maintenance work and $72,785,000 on administration, salaries and other charges.
8.02. The following comparative statement illustrated graphically at Appendix A, shows public works expenditure over the ten years 1956-57 to 1965-66. It is to be noted that the Non-Recurrent figures for 1963-64 to 1965-66 include special expenditure incurred during the Water Emergency in 1963 and 1964, mainly on the chartering of tankers. 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 $
1856-57
21,048,000
1957-58
24,145,000
Recurrent Expenditure
$ 21,113,000 118,051,000 30,563,000 119,906,000
Non-Recurrent
Total
160,212,000
174,614,000
1958-59
26,886,000
29,092,000
145,026,000
201,004,000
1959-60
33,702,000
39,923,000
175,768,000
249,393,000
1960-61
40,397,000
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
468.413,000
1963-64
51,352,000
41,145,000
497,256.0000 589,753.000
1964-65
61,854,000
52,021,000
1965-66
72,785,000
70,332,000
491,574.000(2) 605,449,000 589,698,000(3) 732,815,000
Note: (1) Includes $49,819,760 Water Emergency expenditure.
(2) Includes $16,119,222 Water Emergency expenditure. (3) Includes $ 222,197 Water Emergency expenditure.
8.03. A further breakdown of expenditure for the years 1961-62 to 1965-66 is given at Appendix B and for 1965-66 is shown diagramatical- ly at Appendix C. A comparative table of the value of contracts for capital works let during the same period is given at Appendix D.
8.04. Revenue collected by the Department totalled $155,759,000. Premia from sales of Crown land brought $66,624,000; fees for the temporary occupation of Crown land-$6,378,000; sale of water-
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$50,704,000; sale of crushed stone-$3,376,000; fees under the Build- ings Ordinance-$4,916,000; works executed on private account- $6,052,000 and other receipts-$17,709,000.
STAFF WELFARE
9.01. Many members of the staff took part in a variety of depart- mental competitions and sporting and social activities, details of which are given separately under each sub-department's report.
APPRECIATION
10.01. This year has been comparatively quiet in that we have had no repetition of the drought of 1963-64 or the series of typhoons of 1964-65. Nevertheless, the year has not been without incident and as always all officers have responded to the varied and numerous demands made upon them. I wish to take this opportunity to record my thanks for the support given to me and my sincere appreciation of the excel- lent work down by officers of all grades throughout the year.
A. M. J. Wright,
Director of Public Works.
10th July, 1966.
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DOLLARS
750
700
+00
APPENDIX A
EXPENDITURE FROM 1956/57 TO 1965/66
WATER
EMERGENCY
NON-RECURRENT
RECURRENT
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURE
$50
PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS
OTHER CHARGES
100
450
400
150
AND
MILLION DOLLARS
780
700
600
$50
450
400
350
100
300
250
200
100
100
30
1987198
1959)00
196061
1961/62
1962)63
(FINANCIAL YEAR 1st APRIL - 3M MARCH)
Digitized by
1945)40
250
200
130
100
APPENDIX B
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEARS ended 31st March, 1962 TO 31ST MARCH, 1966
GROSS EXPENDITURE
Administration-
Personal Emoluments
Other Charges
Special Expenditure
Total P.W.D.
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:
:
:
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
40,576,339
42,341,858 48,777,576
58,402,051
69,088,433
1,913,788
765,324
43,255,451
1,900,225
706,106 636,296
44,948,189 51,351,810
1,937,938
2,199,912
2,580,011
1,252,004
1,116,445
61,853,967
72,784,889
Public Works Recurrent→→→ Buildings and Lands
Engineering (other than Electrical and Mechanical and Waterworks)
Electrical and Mechanical
Waterworks
8,692,534
9,038,304
8,820,364 11,086,803 12,278,706
13,732,653
2,412,995
12,103,348
Works executed on private account
3,268,914
Total P.W.R.
40,210,444
15,684,565 14,021,970 3,037,651 3,264,269 12,916,716 10,598,392 4,625,508 4,440,377 45,302,744 41,145,372
18,072,590 17,988,198
3,831,940 3,698,577
13,525,294 30,892,567 5,504,709 5,474,098
$2,021,336 70,332,146
1961-62
$
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
APPENDIX B-Contd.
Buildings and Lands Engineering (other than Waterworks) Waterworks
114,557,434 166,738,490 245,091,636 230,814,560 251,976,288 76,971,804 92,721,082 91,029,523 94,276,095 144,884,282 90,031,139 118,636,518 159,949,216 165,359,606 190,538,004
Total P.W. Non-R.
281,560,377
378,096,090 496,070,375 490,450,261 587,398,574
Public Works Non-Recurrent-
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Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes
2,765
393
World Refugee Year Schemes
924,431
58,935
1,183,825
1,121,245
2,299,358
Local Development Projects
15,472
6,730
2,140
2,325
942,668
66,058 1,185,965 1,123,570
2,299,358
Sub-total Capital works
282,503,045 378,162,148 497,256,340 491,573,831
589,697,932
Grand Total Expenditure
365,968,940
468,413,081 589,753,522 605,449,134 732,814,968
APPENDIX c
P.W.D. TOTAL NON-RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
FOR YEAR 1965 1966
ARCHITECTURAL
37.1
CIVIL ENGINEERING
23.8%
OFFICES
HEADQUARTERS
WATERWORKS
32.3%
HEADQUARTERS
ARCHITECTURAL
Resettlement and
Low Cost Housing
$125,050,867
Others (including
$2,299,358 for
World
Refugee
Year Schemes)
CIVIL ENGINEERING
WATERWORKS
(including $222.197 for Water Emergency)
TOTAL
EXPENDITURE
$ 39,912,767
$ 93,865.929
$218,916,796
$140,330,365
$190,538,004
$589,697,932
Digitize
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
APPENDIX D
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF VALUE OF CONTRACTS FOR CAPITAL WORKS AWARDED
DURING THE YEARS 1961-62 to 1965-66
83
:
:.
Engineering (other than Waterworks)
Architectural
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Waterworks
Total
158,983,000 130,745,000 242,539.000 200,992,000 148,291,000
65,477,000 91,025,000 134,055,000 89,392,000 126,737,000
82,327,000 52,117,000 271,409,000 61,128,000 38,089,000
...
:
:
306,787,000 273,887,000 648,003,000 351,512,000 313,117,000
(Revised basis including subsidiary tender boards)
Digitized by
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APPENDIX E
STAFF FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1966
(excluding vacancies)
Profes-
Assistant Inspec-
Adminis-
Technical
sional
Profes- torate sional
(i)
(ii)
trative & Clerical Others Executive
Total
Headquarters
Architectural Office
Buildings Ordinance Office
:
:
:
:
:
Civil Engineering Office Crown Lands and Survey Office Electrical and Mechanical Office
Waterworks Office
Total
Note:
5
I
41
* * * * * *
83
59
84
45
17
1 22
265
14
1325
66
52
22
38
8 2 000
16
94
68
614
21
160
85
84
92
494
112
1,602
2,476
20
5
313
54
326
762
12
5
43
280
N
56
1,840
2,238
53
38
99
437
120
1,643
2,394
324
223
337
1,811
29
498
5,516
8,738
(i) Includes clerks of works, assistant clerks of works, etc.
(ii) Includes Engineering Assistants, Surveying Assistants, Cartographic Assistants, Laboratory Assistants etc.
APPENDIX F
RATES OF PAY
Wages per month
Grade
Average Number Employed
Lowest
Highest
Average
$
Artisans Class I
1,393
251
299
276
Artisans Class II
585
226
265
246
Semi-skilled Labourers
540
194
221
209
Labourers
1,540
171
191
181
Apprentices...
70
171
191
181
:
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APPENDIX G
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
NEW BUILDING Projects, Costing more tHAN $50,000, COMPLETED in the Financial Year 1965-66
Belilios Public School ...
Project
Shau Kei Wan Secondary Modern School
Central District Primary School and Ellis Kadoorie School (Western)
Fire Guard Hut at Ta Kwu Ling
Extension to Apron Workshops, Kai Tak
Extension to Freight Building, Kai Tak
Magazine Gap Quarters (100 Type II)
New Government Service Flats, H.K.
Reprovisioning of Tai O Marine Licensing Station, Castle Peak... Extension to Farm Road Offices
Reprovisioning of Instrument Landing System Localiser Building Temporary Building for Cable & Wireless (New Rodney Block)
Estimated
Cost
$
3,425,000
2,083,000
4,613,000
76,400
415,600
1,272,000
9,496,500
5,959,000
89,700
351,600
50,000
...
1,907,300
74,400
198,700
55,750
66,500
77,000
155,500
60,100
5,816,000
12,854,800
...
16,878,200
389,300
Wood Panelling for Corridors and Staircases in Supreme Court Building Temporary Seamen's Recruiting Centre
Government Publication Centre
***
Alterations to Radio Hong Kong Premises at Mercury House
Alterations and Improvements to Murray House
Central Government Offices--Alterations
Treasury Coin Store
...
Low Cost Housing Estate at Shek Kip Mei
***
Low Cost Housing Estate at Wong Tai Sin Area 'C' East Low Cost Housing Estate at Valley Road
A
***
Low Cost Housing Estate at Tsz Wan Shan, Site Formation Kowloon Hospital Alterations, Additions and Improvements Tsuen Wan Outpatients Clinic
Yuen Long Clinic
Kam Tin Government Building
Yuen Long District Branch Office
Plover Cove District Office, Quarters and Police Station New Police Training School, Aberdeen, Stage II
Kwun Tong Divisional Police Station
***
***
Mong Kok Police Station Stage I-Police Station, Single Quarters and
Barracks
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1,300,000 2,018,000
1,818,000 155,500
2,664,000
602,000
2,578,300
3,842,800
6,092,000
¿
APPENDIX G-Contd.
Estimated
Project
Cost
$
Yuen Long Police Station
Marine Police Operational Base at Tai Lam Chung
Marine Police Operational Base at Tai Po Kau
Rank and File Quarters for the Marine Police Operational Base at
Aberdeen and for staff of the New Police Training School
:::
5,035,000 1,904,000
413,600
2,035,000
Ta Kwu Ling Police Station Extension
62,000
Border Posts-Electricity Supply
***
63,000
Alterations and Improvements to Police Headquarters, Kowloon
125,500
Cheung Sha Wan Post Office and Abattoir Staff Quarters Resettlement Estate at Aberdeen (Tin Wan) Resettlement Estate at Chai Wan Stage III Resettlement Estate at Tai Wo Hau, Block X Resettlement Estate at Tai Wo Hau, Stage III Resettlement Estate at Tung Tau, Stage II ...
2,285,000
14,200,000
24,750,000
EU
3,220,000
19,766,000
20,020,000
Resettlement Estate at Tsz Wan Shan, (Site Formation)
Resettlement Flatted Factories Nos. 4 and 5 at Cheung Sha Wan
Resettlement Factories Nos. 5 and 6 at San Po Kong
Resettlement Factories No. 3, Tsuen Wan
***
Resettlement Department Staff Quarters at Tai Wo Hau, Stage III Site Formation in Kwai Chung Industrial Area 28 Resettlement Factories Nos. 1 and 2 Kwun Tong ... Tai Hang Tung Community Centre ... Playground for Chai Wan Resettlement Estate
8,086,000
3,836,500
4,746,000
眼病
1,923,000
465,000
1,066,000
3,998,000
•
...
1,530,000
***
135,000
Latrine and Bathhouse at Hing Man Street, Shau Kei Wan
180,909
Latrine and Bathhouse at Fat Cheung Street
184,700
Latrine and Bathhouse at Flower Market Street (Sai Yee Street)
96,300
Latrine and Bathhouse at Kwun Tong Housing Zone II (near Market) ..
91,000
City Hall: Sound Insulation of Banqueting Hall
72,700
Beach Building at Silverstrand
118,300
Sheung Shui Village Children's Playground
40,000
Tai Wai Playground
93,400
Yuen Chau Tsai Playground, Tai Po
103,100
Kat O Playground, Tai Po
80,000
Latrine and Bathhouse at Fanling (Fanling Wai)
708,000
Latrine and Bathhouse at Tai Po, Pak Shing Street
145,500
Sharn Tseng Market
216,600
Tsuen Wan Hawker Bazaar, Area 5...
216,500
Air-conditioning of Central Magistracy
J
330,000
Installation of 134 room coolers in 72 different locations
230,400
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APPENDIX H
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
BUILDING PROJECTS ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION OR SITE FORMATION COMMENCED DURING 1965-66
Estimated
Project
Cost
$
Technical College Extension
Hong Kong Technical College-Establishment of Wool Section... Fire Services Departmental Headquaters and Hong Kong Stores &
Workshops
1,900,000
917,000
5,036,000
Shau Kei Wan Fire Station
...
1,393,000
Western Fire Station, Kennedy Town
1,389,000
Ngau Chi Wan Fire Station
1,369,000
Tai Po Fire Station
1,393,000
Fire Services Training School and Fire Headquarters and Ambulance
Depot, Shek Kong
6,414,000
Ambulance Depot, Hong Kong
1,299,000
Ambulance Depot, Kowloon (Ma Tau Chung)
1,377,000
Caroline Hill P.W.D. Depot and Civil Aid Services Headquarters Government Offices, Murray Barracks
9,467,000
25,055,000
Married Staff Quarters for Preventive Services Scheme II (North Point) Site Formation, Pipers Hill
1,455,000
1,690,000
Air Radio Station, Tathong Point
***
740,000
Statue Square-Restoration of Car Park as Garden and Other
Improvements
786,000
Civil Aid Services Kowloon and New Territories Command Post Reprovisioning of Agriculture and Fisheries Department Chemical
Laboratory
***
104,000
98,600
North Kowloon Magistracy Alterations
70,000
Kai Tak Airport--Improvements to Passenger Processing Facilities Kai Tak Airport-Alterations to Customs Hall
120,000
67,000
Alterations for Display Centre and Export Promotion Division at the
Ocean Terminal
***
975,000
Low Cost Housing Estate at Aberdeen (Wong Chuk Hang) Low Cost Housing Estate at Ngau Tau Kok, Area 'A' Low Cost Housing Estate at Ngau Tau Kok, Area 'B' Low Cost Housing Estate at Tsz Wan Shan Building Low Cost Housing Estate at Yau Tong Bay Queen Mary Hospital Extensions and Alterations: Operating Theatre
Block
...
31,350,000
+
24,500,000
21,200,000
8,650,000
25,000,000
7,830,000
Queen Mary Hospital Extensions and Alterations: Professional Suites ... Queen Mary Hospital Extensions and Alterations: Quarters
5,108,000
5,835,000
New Lai Chi Kok Hospital
39,000,000
Cheung Sha Wan Clinic
977,700
Yau Ma Tei Health Centre (Public Square Street)
3,200,000
Kowloon City Maternal and Child Health Centre Extension Addition to Castle Peak Mental Hospital
235,000
...
New Medical Headquarters, Lee Gardens (Fitting Out) Tuen Mun San Hui Government Building ...
1,901,600 200,000
270,000
88
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APPENDIX H-Contd.
Estimated
Project
Cost
$
Departmental Quarters and Primary School, Au Tau
Police Headquarters Stage III
Improvements to Police Stations
8,250,000
12,800,000
1,137,000
Police Inspectorate Staff Quarters, Park Road
3,620,000
Police Rank and File Quarters at Kennedy Town
9,421,000
Police Rank and File Married Quarters at Wong Tai Sin
9,291,000
New Depot for Police Training Contingent at Pak Uk Au
5,100,000
Lamma Island Police Post
158,000
Kowloon Central Post Office...
10,900,000
Sai Ying Pun Post Office and Quarters
1,520,000
Tong Fuk Short Term Prison
腰
9,680,000
Stanley Prison Imhoff Tank for Sewage Disposal
Resettlement Estate at Aberdeen Shek Pai Wan
Resettlement Estate at Cheung Sha Wan
Resettlement Estate at Ham Tin (Kwun Tong)
Resettlement Estate at Ham Tin Area 'B'
Resettlement Estate at Jordan Valley West (Ngau Tau Kok)
Resettlement Estate at Kwai Chung (North)
Resettlement Estate at Sau Mau Ping
Resettlement Estate at Shek Kip Mei (Extension N.E.)
Resettlement Estate at Tsz Wan Shan
Resettlement Estate at Yau Tong Bay
Resettlement Estate and Flatted Factory at Yuen Long
150,000
***
...
26,000,000
32,400,000
45,250,000
36,000,000
51,400,000
43,400,000
75,000,000
66,300,000
120,000,000
22,600,000
:
Resettlement Department Staff Quarters for Jordan Valley, Lo Fu
Ngan and Wang Tau Hom Estates
Site Formation for Resettlement Estate, Kwai Chung North, Stage II Two Resettlement Factories at Kwai Chung Area 28, Stage I Two Resettlement Factories at Shek Kip Mei (Extension N.E.) Resettlement Department Headquaters-Middle Road Hostel Kowloon Probation Home
Albany Garden Staff Quarters
Beach Building at Big Wave Bay
Beach Building at Shek O
Beach Building at St. Stephen's Beach
Latrine and Bathhouse at Whitty Street, Queen's Road West
*
Upper Albert/Caine/Arbuthnot Roads Junction: reprovisioning of
existing latrine
:
Abattoir at Kennedy Town
Abattoir at Cheung Sha Wan
Abattoir Senior Staff Quarters, Hong Kong
Abattoir Junior Staff Quarters, Hong Kong
Alterations and Improvements to the City Hall
Sai Kung Park ..
Pak Tai Temple Playground
Latrine and Bathhouse at Kam Tin Site 2
Latrine and Bathhouse at Sheung Shui (Sheung Shui Wai) Rehousing of Plover Cove Villagers...
Air-conditioning of Supreme Court
Air-conditioning of Government Printing Workshop
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22,650,000
1,260,000 10,500,000
3,315,000
***
3,200,000
150,000
516,000
207,000
...
116,000
...
96,000
103,800
135,000
55,000
29,226,700
25,000,000
1,040,000
1,930,000
94,000
**
56,000
•
60,000
58,100
51,600
9,100,000 460,000 59,300
Digitized by
APPENDIX I
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
LIST OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY PRIVATE ARCHITECTS
AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS
(1) Projects Undertaken by Private Architects------
Belilios Public School
Central District Primary School and
Ellis Kadoorie School (Western) :
Married Staff Quarters for Preventive
Service, North Point
Statue Square Garden
:
Messrs. Hsin-Yieh Architects and
Associates.
Mr. W. H. KWAN.
:
Messrs.
Hsin-Yich Architects and
Associates.
Mr. W. SZETO.
Messrs. Spence, Robinson, Prescott &
Thornburrow.
:
Display Centre and Export Promotion
Division, Ocean Terminal
:
Tsuen Wan Outpatients Clinic
:
Mr. W. SZETO.
Yuen Long Clinic
:
Mr. W. SZETO.
Queen Mary Hospital Additional
Quarters
:
Mr. Eric CUMINE.
Yau Ma Tei Health Centre
: Messrs. Leigh & Orange.
Yuen Long District Branch Office
:
Mr. W. SZETO.
Kwun Tong Divisional Police Station
:
Mr. Eric CUMINE.
Mong Kok Police Station
:
Messrs.
Hsin-Yieh Architects
and
Associates.
Yuen Long Divisional Police Station
:
Mr. Eric CUMINE.
Abattoir at Kennedy Town
:
Messrs. Hal Williams & Company.
Abattoir at Cheung Sha Wan
: Messrs. Hal Williams & Company.
(2) Private Quantity Surveyors Engaged on Various Government Building Projects-
Mr. David Bailey.
Messrs. Langdon & Every (Far East).
Messrs. Bridgewater & Coulton (Hong Kong),
Messrs. C. John Mann & Son and Yeoman & Edwards.
Messrs. P. C. Russell and Partners.
Messrs. Harriman Realty Co. Ltd.
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APPENDIX J
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
NEW CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS COSTING OVER $100,000 COMPLETED IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1965-66
Project
Estimated Cost
$
(a) Roadworks, Drainage & Bridges
(i) Hong Kong:
Connaught Road Reconstruction (Hill Road to Rumsey
Street)
1,633,500
Magazine Gap Site Development-Roads and Drainage,
Stage I
509,200
...
Magazine Gap Site Development-Roads and Drainage,
Stage II
...
236,480
Magazine Gap Road Improvements, Lower Hairpin Bend... Construction of Trunk Sewer in Wong Nai Chung Road
(between Leighton Road & Bule Pool Road)
210,500
...
297,300
Construction of Trunk Sewer in Tin Lok Lane and Marsh
Road
354,400
***
Belcher's Street Intercepting Sewer
***
1,172,700
Nullah and Nullah Bridge, Staunton Creek, Aberdeen,
Stage I, Part I
1,032,400
**
Drainage and Road Works South of Central Areas, Chai
Wan
694,800
Chung Hom Kok Sewerage Scheme .....
151,800
Lower Albert Road/Ice House Street Junction Improvement
143,000
Junction of Arbuthnot Road/Hollywood Road/Wyndham
Street Interim Improvement
129,000
Extension of Stormwater Drains in Central Reclamation,
Stage II
266,500
***
Extension of Stormwater Culverts in Western
Reclamation, Aberdeen
222,400
Construction of 11'-6′′ Square Box Culvert near Q.B.I.L.
8, Quarry Bay
463,765
(ii) Kowloon:
Construction of Roads in Kwun Tong Housing Zone 13
(Ngok Yue Shan)
924,000
Sha Tin Tunnel Approach Road, South Portal to Lung Cheung Road, Stage I-Site Formation and drainage
536,000
91
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APPENDIX J-Contd.
Project
Estimated Cost
$
(ii) Kowloon (Contd.)
Eastern Half of Waterloo Road Extension ...
277,000
Nathan Road Reconstruction (Arran Street/Nullah Road
to Boundary Street)
356,000
Kwun Tong Industrial Zone 5, Section C-Roads.
624,000
Kwun Tong Industrial Zone 5, Section D-Roads Nathan Road/Gascoigne Road Junction Improvement
320,000
213,000
Castle Peak Road-Provision of Additional Carriageway around Lai Chi Kok Hospital (Extra works at junction and on rock faces)
757,000
Kwun Tong Housing Zone 10, Drainage and Roads
(Stage I)
1,000,000
Waterloo Road Sewer Duplication
Kam Cheong Street Sewer
Shun Ning Road, Apliu Street
Lime Street, Larch Street, Fir Street
Lomond Road and Grampian Road
Ma Tau Kok Road
Kwun Tong Road, Stage I
Screening Plant House and Staff Quarters at Eastern
Sewerage Scheme, To Kwa Wan
Resettlement Estate at Ham Tin (Kwun Tong)-Drains,
roads and surfaces, Stage I
Resettlement Estate at Tse Wan Shan-drains, roads and
surfaces, Stage IV
Trunk Sewer in Tsui Ping Road and King Yip Street
King Lam Street Culvert
138,000
:
234,000
246,000
114,000
+
458,000
604,000
...
2,057,000
...
3,471,000
1,203,000
186,000
284,000
635,000
Resettlement Factories Nos. 1 and 2, Kwun Tong-
drains, roads and surfaces
•
170,000
Low Cost Housing Estate at Wong Tai Sin, Area 'C'
East-drains, roads and surfaces
781.000
***
Resettlement Estate at Sau Mau Ping-Drains and Roads,
Stage I
***
3,826,000
Resettlement Estates of Kowloon City Group-Drains and
Roads
2,475.000
92
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Project
Estimated
Cost
$
(ii) Kowloon (Contd.)
Resettlement Estate at Shek Kip Mei-Drains and Roads Resettlement Estate at Yau Tong-Drains and Roads,
Stage II
Resettlement Estate at Kwai Chung Central Area 'C'-
drains, roads and surfaces, Stage II and Stage III Resettlement Estate at Tai Wo Hau-drains, roads and
surfaces
...
360,000
892,000
1,400,000
1,450,000
Resettlement Estate at Wang Tau Hom-Drains, roads
and surfaces
3,944,000
Resettlement Flatted Factories Nos. 5 and 6 at San Po
Kong-drains, roads and surfaces...
160,000
Resettlement Department Staff Quarters for Lo Fu Ngam
and Wang Tau Hom Estates-drains roads and surfaces
100,000
(iii) New Territories:
Road and drainage works in flatted factory at Yuen Long
640,501
***
Road and drainage works in Resettlement Estate at Yuen
Long
801,917
Kam Tin Road Widening (through Kam Tin)
Tsuen Wan Bus Terminus
Yuen Long Flood Control, Stage II
543,300
...
250,000
2,429,700
Yuen Long Flood Control Stage V and Shan Ha Road Sai Kung to Tai Mong Tsai Feeder Road Widening,
Stage I (Sai Kung to Tai Wan)
***
3,448,200
713,300
Texaco Road Improvements, Stage III (Cemetery Road to
Seawall)
...
370,300
Road Works on Refuse Dump in Gin Drinker's Bay
:
128,600
(b) Port Works
Site formation at Aberdeen Resettlement Estate
2,040,300
Temporary Sand Depot, Kwun Tong
111,219
Alteration to Kweilin Street Refuse Pier
24,818
Dredging to improve natural anchorage at Tai O Creek
685,595
Navigation Light at Shek Kok Tsui Lamma Island
28,515
Seawall-Silverstrand Beach
Tai Long Pai Flashing Beacon
75,795
64,617
93
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APPENDIX K
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS ON WHICH ConstructION COMMENCED DURING 1965-66
Project
Estimated
Cost
$
(a) Roadworks, Drainage and Bridges
(i) Hong Kong:
Kennedy Road Improvements (Queen's Road East to
St. James Primary School) ...
Pok Fu Lam Road Widening, Stage II
Branch Road off Repulse Bay Road...
Wong Chuk Hang Road Widening, Stage II (Staunton
Creek to Police Training School Access Road) Public Dump at Wong Nai Chung Gap Road Garden Road Complex, Stages I and II
Garden Road Complex, Stage III(a) Foundations and
Substructures for Queen's Road East Flyover Garden Road Complex Stage III(a) Kapok Drive and Culverting of Albany Nullah, Queen's Road East to Government Offices Building
450,000
2,500,000
875,000
:
1,435,000
716,000
2,220,000
841,400
1,476,500
Construction of Trunk Sewer in Wong Nai Chung Road
and Morrison Hill Road
668,000
Construction of Trunk Sewer in Luard Road, Ship Street
and Queen's Road East
***
448,000
Construction of Intercepting sewer in Hollywood Road
and Queen's Road West
***
690,000
Tin Hau Temple Road Area Development, Drainage and
Roads, Stage I, Phase II
最
1,386,000
Formation for Widening King's Road fronting I.L. 5528
134,000
Mount Butler Quarry-Mechanization
1,400,000
Diamond Hill Quarry....
4,250,000
Construction of Chai Wan Trunk Sewer and Extension of
Chai Wan Road
945,000
Shek Pai Wan Resettlement Estate-Construction of
Roads and Drains
959,000
(ii) Kowloon:
Boundary St/Tai Po Road/Cheung Sha Wan Road
Junction Improvements
650,000
Choi Hung Road Improvements
2,560,000
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads and Drainage for
Housing Zones I, II and III and Commercial Centre
5,800,000
94
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APPENDIX K-Contd.
(ii) Kowloon (Contd.)
Project
Estimated Cost
$
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads and Drainage for
Industrial Zone 5, Section A
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads and Drainage for
Industrial Zone 5, Section B
:
5,180,000
2,600,000
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads and Drainage for
Industrial Zone 6
1,750,000
King Lam Street
560,000
Lai Chi Kok Road Extension (Tonkin Street to Kom
Tsun Street) Stage I
...
2,200,000
Lai Chi Kok Road/Nathan Road Junction Improvements
700,000
Ma Tau Chung Road Extension
350,000
Princess Margaret Road Improvement
**
850,000
Reconstruction of Nathan Road, Stage V
...
1,200,000
Sha Tin Pass Road Reconstruction
...
1,280,000
Sha Tin Tunnel-Approach Road-South Portal to
Lung Cheung Road
1,850,000
Tai Po/Castle Peak Road Link
4,926,000
Road from Tsim Sha Tsui to Airport:
Chatham Road/Ma Tau Wai Road Junction
Improvements, Stage I (Signals Scheme) .
Road from Tsim Sha Tsui to Airport:
Chatham Road Widening (Salisbury Road to Gascoigne Road)
***
Roads and Ancillary Drainage at To Kwa Wan
Reclamation
Flyover at Waterloo Road/Argyle Street/Princess
:
550,000
1,350,000
800,000
Margaret Road Junction
***
2,986,000
Waterloo Road, Extension to Lung Cheung Road
1,000,000
Reconstruction of Waterloo Road (Boundary Street to the
flyover at Nairn House Intersection)
520,000
Wong Tai Sin Bus Terminus ...
...
710,000
Construction of Sections of Beach Street, Sycamore Street,
Fuk Tsun Street and Pine Street
150,000
Road through Lion Rock Tunnel
8,400,000
King Fuk Street, Tseuk Luk Street, Tai Yau Street
258,000
San Po Kong Industrial Area
New Road Catholic Cemetery
Sheung Lung Street and Foo Yuen Street
South Kowloon Peninsula Sewerage Scheme (a) 66′′
Submarine outfall
Kwun Tong Sewerage Scheme
680,000
100,000
134,000
1,451,000
•
6,750,000
**
95
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APPENDIX K-Contd.
Project
Estimated
Cost
$
(ii) Kowloon (Contd.)
Hammer Hill Road Widening and Drainage Improvements
3,050,000
Kwun Tong New Town Roads and Drainage for
Industrial Zone 5, Section C, D and E
3,600,000
Kwun Tong Housing Zone 10, Drainage and Roads
1,000,000
Lei Yue Mun Road (Adjacent to Yau Tong Bay
Resettlement Estate) Stage I
400,000
Ngok Yue Shan, Kwun Tong, Roads and Drainage Resettlement Estate at Jordan Valley West (Ngau Tau
Kok)
5,500,000
3,000,000
Resettlement Estate at Kwai Chung Central Area 'C'-
drains, roads and surfaces, Stage III
1,400,000
Resettlement Estate at Shek Lei-drains, roads and
surfaces, Stage I
2,100,000
Resettlement Estate and Sau Mau Ping-drains, roads and
surfaces, Stage II
7,200,000
Resettlement Estate at Tai Wo Hau-drains, roads and
surfaces, Stage II
••
...
1,450,000
Resettlement Estate at Tse Wan Shan-drains, roads and
surfaces, Stage V
10,000,000
Resettlement Factories at Kwai Chung Central-Area 28,
drains, roads and surfaces
...
300,000
Lei Muk Shue, Stage I
*
5,000,000
Low Cost Housing Estate at Ngau Tau Kok, Stage II
1,000,000
Low Cost Housing Estate at Yau Tong Stage I
1,700,000
Ham Tin Resettlement Estate Area B
1,400,000
Lung Cheung Road Development Area No. 1
310,000
(iii) New Territories:
Yuen Long Roads and Drains, Stage I
5,000,000
Tsuen Wan (North) Roads and Drains
11,140,000
Tsuen Wan (South) Roads and Drains
7,500,000
Kwai Chung Development Areas 17 and 29 (Part),
Drainage and Roads
4,600,000
Kwai Chung Industrial Areas 27, 28 and 29 (Part)
Drainage and Roads
8,200,000
Construction of Drains in Tsing Long Tau, New
Territories
1,195,000
Yuen Long Flood Control, Stage I
5,700,000
Yuen Long Flood Control, Stage IV
10,500,000
Tsuen Wan Area 8, Roads and Drains-Additional
Resite Area
1,150,000
Kwai Chung Development Areas 10B and 10E (Part)
Roads and Drainage
4,350,000
96
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APPENDIX K-Contd.
(iii) New Territories (Contd.)
Project
Reconstruction of concrete road bends at Castle Peak Road M.S. 14, Culs. Nos. 8 & 10 and M.S. 15, Culs. Nos. 2 & 4. Cottage Resettlement Area at Fo Tan
Estimated
Cost
$
150,000
784,000
Sha Tin Tunnel Approach Road-North Portal to Sha Tin...
7,940,000
Yuen Long Intercepting Sewer and Sewage Disposal,
Stage I
9,500,000
Sha Tin Bridge...
Pillar Point Road, Stage I
...
2,000,000
690,000
(b) Port Works
Incineration Plant, Hong Kong Island
20,000,000
Aberdeen Reclamation and Typhoon Shelter, Stage I
7,137,000
Central Reclamation, Stages II and IV
***
19,700,000
Chai Wan Seawall, Stage I
8,000,000
Kennedy Town Reclamation
...
1,200,000
Aberdeen Reclamation Model
150,000
Sandy Bay Reclamation, Stage II
5,700,000
Marine Police Pier and Access Road, Aberdeen
1,000,000
Wan Chai Reclamation, Stage II
19,000,000
Wan Chai Reclamation, Stage I
24,500,000
Aberdeen Southern Breakwaters
11,000,000
Cattle Pier at Kennedy Town
*
720,000
Seawall and Pumphouse at Kennedy Town Incineration and Composting Plant Kowloon
***
299,000
:
***
21,000,000
Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation, Stage II
2,500,000
Hung Hom Reclamation, Stages IIB, IIA and Main
Drainage
7,500,000
Cha Kwo Ling Seawall, Stage I
600,000
Cha Kwo Ling Seawall, Stage II
A
4,000,000
Yau Ma Tei Slipway, Reprovisioning, Stage I Seawall and Breakwater, Sam Ka Tsuen Kowloon Bay Seawall, Part I
Airconditioning Pumphouse at Kai Tak Kau Lau Wan Pier, Long Harbour Wong Shek Pier, Long Harbour
...
...
...
5,993,000
2,891,000
4.
5,113,000
299,000
***
450,000
Landing Stage, Waglan Island
Pier at Rennies Mill
Widening of Peng Chau Pier
Shuen Wan Typhoon Shelter ...
Extension of Tsim Bei Tsui Pier
Seawall at Sha Tin Railway Workshop
97
:
430,000 577,000 160,000
90,000 5,500,000 82,000 4,300,000
Digitized by
APPENDIX L
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
Summary of Major Land Formation Works
Area to Estimated Area
Location
be formed
cost
(acres)
($M.)
Completed (acres)
Expenditure (†M.)
to 31.3.66
Kwun Tong
614.48
105.00
573.6
81.0
Kowloon Bay
530.38
94.20
139.80
2.00
Sam Ka Tsuen
40.00
12.60
22.00
5.01
Ho Man Tin
121.00
22.70 55.00
8.38
Lung Cheung Road
Development
Area No. 3
47.00
7.50 47.00
4.95
Remarks
Kwun Tong Industrial Zone 5, Section E incor- porated in Kowloon Bay Scheme.
Reclamation being formed by public dumping. Full scheme not yet approved.
Site formation and drain- age work in hand; for industrial use.
Sites for residential and community use. Site for- mation works and road surfacing in progress.
Sites for residential and commercial use completed. Internal road works nearly completed.
Lung Cheung Road
Development
Area No. 1
153.50
26.79
11.50
2.99
Sites for Government and community use.
Kwai Chung North
Development
Area 9 Stage I ...
93.10
22.00 53.00
5.37
Sites for resettlement, low- cost housing and private development.
Kwai Chung
Development
Stage II ...
225.00
64.00 200.00
60.00
Ho Tung Lau, Sha
Tin
20.90
5.50
98
0.80
Under Consultants. Sites for resettlement, low-cost and private housing and industrial development.
For railway workshops, etc.
Digitized by
APPENDIX M
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY ConsultantS
Kwai Chung Development Scheme, Stage II...
Incineration Plant, Hong Kong Island...
Incineration and Composting Plant, Kowloon
Messrs. Scott & Wilson, Kirk- patrick & Partners.
Messrs. Haigh, Zinn and Associates.
- do -
99
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APPENDIX N
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
GENERAL Statistics
Hong Kong Kowloon
New Territories
Total
(A) Length of Road Works Carried Out (Miles)
New Roads Completed
Existing Roads Reconstructed Existing Roads Resurfaced
(B) Drainage Works Carried Out
New Drains Laid (Feet)
Defective Drains Replaced (Feet) Connections Provided (Nos.) Chokes Clearance (Nos.)
Sand cleared from Culverts (cu. yd.)
2.50 1
6.50
629
2.50
18
620
14.50
5.50 33.50
27,257 105,087
74,900
207,244
14,422
4,804
20
19,246
998
1,890
254
3,142
9,550
8,386
680
18,616
17,000 169,000
25,000
211,000
(C) Road Opening Permits Issued
Utilities, service departments Government Sub-departments
1,857 2,528
202
4,587
...
1,657
645
98
2,400
(D) Work carried out in New Resettlement and L.C.H. Estates
Length of roads constructed (Miles)
Length of drains laid (Miles)
.90 1.30
5.05
.80
6.75
11.00
2.70
15.00
(E) Production in Government Quarries
Total Crushed Stone (Ton)
1962-63 1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
Mainland Island
Total
...
98,074
95,698
67,979
84,650
103,297
87,357
78,858
69,886
:
201,371
183,055
146,837
154,536
Mainland Island
Total
...
Bitumen Coated Materials (Ton)
(F) Materials Testing Laboratory
1962-63 1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
70,186
85,277
65,708
81,050
36,130
33,674
29,633
40,361
106,316
118,951
95,341
121,411
Physical tests on soil and building materials carried out during the year totalled 48,026 and comprised the following:
1.
Concrete tests
2.
Cement tests
3.
Aggregate tests
4.
Metal tests
5.
Bitumen and Bituminous materials tests
6.
Soil tests...
7.
Miscellaneous tests
100
27,499
435
1,718
13,091
297
3,510
1,476
Digitized by
APPENDIX O
WATERWORKS OFFICE
WORKS COMPLETED, UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY CONSULTANTS
Estimated
Project
Overall
Cost
$
(1) Works completed
Enlargement of Distribution Mains in Stubbs Road Area Choi Hung Estate Supply
150,000
235,230
Tai Pang Chau (Mirs Bay) Water Supply
•
440,000
(2) Works under construction
Hong Kong Island
Chai Wan Distribution System
Conduit Road Service Reservoir
Eastern Extension Service Reservoir
Improved Supplies to Middle Gap, Black's Link, Shouson Hill
and the Ridge, Stage II
Improved Supplies to Mount Cameron and Magazine Gap-~
Stage II ..
Pok Fu Lam Water Supply:
Stage I-Queen Mary Hospital
Stage II
***
...
***
Additional Salt Water Flushing Supplies at Aberdeen
Salt Water Flushing Systems:
(1) Chung Hom Kok
(2) Kennedy Town... (3) North Point
(4) Chai Wan
...
Kowloon and New Kowloon
Beacon Hill Service Reservoir and Pumping Station... Trunk Main across Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation Ham Tin Service Reservoir
14
Ho Man Tin Development Water Supply, Stage II Kowloon East Salt Water System (Mains)
Kwun Tong New Town Supply:
(1) Housing Zones I, II and III and Commercial Centre
(2) Industrial Zone 5, Section B
(3) Industrial Zone 5, Section C
:
:
1,000,000
1,996,000
9,000,000
200,000
1,260,000
2,400,000 3,500,000
760,000
400,000
700,000
1,600,000
800,000
***
3,620,000
600,000
4,800,000
6,500,000
...
1,600,000
510,000
155,000
110,000
(4) Industrial Zone 5, Section D (5) Housing Zones 13 and 14
200.000
470,000
Kwun Tong High Level Supply...
5,500,000
Supply to Tsz Wan Shan and Wang Tau Hom Resettlement Estates
4,450,000
101
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APPENDIX O-Contd.
Project
Estimated
Overall
Cost
$
Yau Tong Water Supply:
(1) Stage II (Extension of Trunk Feed and Construction
of Fresh Water Service Reservoir)
雖
3,750,000
(2) Stage III (Construction of Salt Water Pump House and
Reservoir)
A
Salt Water Flushing Systems:
(1) Cheung Sha Wan
...
(2) Jordan Valley
(3) Kwun Tong
(4) Wong Tai Sin (Kai Tak)
(5) Kwun Tong-Jordan Valley
Trunk Supply Mains-Kowloon East
Waterworks Depot, Argyle Street, extension
Sau Mau Ping Estate
New Territories
眼角
Cheung Chau Water Supply, Stage II
:
Peng Chau (Silvermine Bay) Water Supply, Stage II.....
Plover Cove Water Scheme, Stages I and II
Shek Pik Scheme ...
:
:
÷
1,823,000
3,900,000
3,400,000
3,350,000
4,700,000
3,250,000
4,600,000
1,250,000
1,500,000 1,600,000
***
Sheung Shui-Tai Po Supply
Tsing Lung Tau Unfiltered Supply
***
Irrigation Works in the New Territories, Minor Works Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Development Water Supply East River-Shum Chun Scheme
Water Emergency-Terminals and associated works
(3) Projects undertaken by Consultants
Shek Pik Water Scheme (except work
on Hong Kong Island and catchwaters)
Tung Chung Water Scheme
North Western Water Scheme
Plover Cove Water Scheme, Stages I & II (up to and including treatment works)........ River Indus Flood Pumping Station
and Intake
Water supplies to four resite areas
11,000,000 850,000
6,971,000
72,000,000
•
4,524,000
Messrs. Binnie & Partners
Plover Cove Water Scheme Joint Engineers (Messrs. Binnie & Partners with Messrs. Scott & Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners) R.K.W. Suez and Associates
102
Digitized by
(i) Rainfall (in inches)
APPENDIX P
WATERWORKS OFFICE
GENERAL STATISTICS
Rainfall recorded by the Royal Observatory in 1965-66
Average rainfall recorded in Waterworks catchments in 1965-66 Average annual rainfall
(ii) Yield (in million gallons)
***
99.61
96.43
***
85.39
*1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
Yields from catchment areas Pumped from the River Indus
5,604
27,522
29,814
1,778
3,611
2,211
Extracted from the Muk Wu Wells Imported by Tankers from China
139
125
3,077
1,214
Imported by Merchant Ships
17
2
Received from China by pipeline
2,470
5,611
11,435
Total
13,085
38,085
43,460
* Critical Drought Year.
(iii) Storage (in million gallons)
Total storage capacity of Colony's impounding reservoirs
Date
1st April, 1965
1st July, 1965 ...
1st October, 1965
1st January, 1966
31st March, 1966
(iv) Consumption (in million gallons)
Urban areas
New Territories
Total
Daily average .
***
Highest daily consumption
(v) Pumping Stations
:
404
:
Fresh water pumping stations Salt Water pumping stations
16,816
Quantity Stored
Remarks
9,250
58,30% full
13,098
77.90% full
***
16,809
99.96% full
15,199
90.40% full
12,029
71.50% full
1964-65
1965-66
:
:
31,069
(4,826 hours)
40,669 (8,760 hours)
675
825
31,744
41,494
***
::
103
113.5
138.61 (on 31.8.65)
37 (including 6 temporary) 14 (including 2 temporary)
Digitized by
Raw Water
Filtered Water
...
Total Fresh Water
Salt Water
APPENDIX P-Contd.
Quantity pumped (in million gallons):
(vi) Meters
Additional meters installed
...
Total number in service at end of year
(vii) Routine Mechanical and Electrical Works
Items of work carried out in Workshops
Meters overhauled
...
100
Major engine overhauls
Top engine overhauls
Major pump overhauls...
...
1964-65
1965-66
::
::
30,117
41,777
18,690
29,321
48,807
71,098
5,517
7,156
1964-65
1965-66
...
19,175
27,443
...
118,993
142,583
1964-65
1965-66
...
...
:::
2,200 37,652
1,943
32,281
26
37
...
21
22
21
26
...
...
1,500
1,586
...
109
205
Electrical inspections
Electrical faults repaired
(viii) Distribution Mains
Extensions to the fresh and salt water distribution system (excluding mains laid under Public Works Programme Items)
Steel 21" dia, and over
Cast Iron 4" to 18" dia.
Asbestos Cement 3" to 24" dia.
Galvanized Iron 3" to 6" dia.
...
P.V.C. 3" to 6" dia.
Fresh Water Salt Water
(ft.)
(ft.)
5,714
373
...
54,796
3,583
25,191
38,515
91,414
860
J
12,234
(ix) Trunk Mains
Fresh and salt water trunk mains laid under Public Works Programme items:
Fresh Water Salt Water
Steel 36" to 54" dia.
24" to 33" dia.
18" to 21" dia.
...
Asbestos Cement 15" to 18" dia.
Cast Iron 15" dia.
...
104
...
(fr.)
(ft.)
37,662
7,900
60,502
15,420
12,000
1,915
12,961
3,769
Digitized by
APPENDIX Q
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
I. GENERAL STATISTICS
(a) 1,039 Occupation permits for 1,642 buildings completed, in which 31,709
units of domestic accommodation were provided.
(b) 240 Notices for removal of unauthorized structures.
(c) 2,501 Miscellaneous permits for matsheds, hoardings and scaffoldings
(including renewal of permits).
(d) 52 Cease works orders.
(e) 567 Demand notes for permits to erect balconies and canopies over
public streets and Crown Land to the value of $4,828,382.00.
Registration of Architects and Contractors
Architects registered
Building Contractors registered ...
Lift Contractors registered
Escalator Contractors registered
General
Drain Tests
::
***
Exclusion Orders granted under the Landlord and Tenant
Ordinance
•
Inspections of licensed premises and schools Prosecutions
II. General divisioNS
•
...
:..
:
39
133
1
1
1,322
125
1,067
1
A total of 10,250 approval permits were issued in respect of the following operations:
Sites and Buildings
Demolition
Access Roads
Site Formation
Sea Walls
Dredging
Residences
::
Apartments*
Tenementst
Apartment/Commercial‡....... Tenement/Commercial§
:
::
::
***
:
+
1,059
2
183
***
::
::
::
::
::
::
ས་
::
***
:
:
***
3
1
24
55
2
53
534
105
Digitized by
:
75
104
25
32
8
44
22
:
::
***
:
::
:
::
1
2
12
1,019
***
6,091
•
::
Commercial
Industrial
Warehouse
APPENDIX Q-Contd.
School/Religious Centre...
Hospital/Clinic
Welfare/Recreational
Public Utilities
Fishermen's housing scheme
Low cost housing estate
•
:
:
T
:
Major extensions and additions to existing buildings
Minor alterations and additions
Amended plans (i.e. plans to amend approved plans)
Structural
Piling, Superstructure, etc.
Amended plans
Drainage and Well
:
:
曲
Drainage and Well
Note:
:
4,295
2,563
1,516
* An apartment building is a building consisting of self-contained units of
accommodation.
† 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 for tenements.
III. DANGEROUS builDINGS DIVISION
Statistics of Orders and Notices referred to under Paragraph 3.08,
Closure Orders obtained
Demolition Orders issued
Notices to carry out repairs Redevelopment Notices served Redevelopment Orders issued
:
:
306
281
150
273
243
106
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APPENDIX R
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
LAND STATISTICS
(The previous year's figures are shown in parentheses)
Premia received from Land Transactions in the Urban Area:
1.
(i) Sales by Auction:
$
$
Island
Kowloon
3,370,750.00 (8,154,750.00)
3,952,200.00 (6,165,960.00)
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong)... 19,969,113.30 ( 53,265,264.34)
(ii) Private Treaty Grants:
Island
Kowloon
7,232,127.10 ( 450,082.00)
1,248,585.00 ( 2,304,960.35)
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong)...
2,834,785.85 ( 2,148,053.99)
***
(iii) Exchanges and Extensions:
Island
Kowloon
2,514,423.80 (2,311,393.08)
***
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong)...
873,722.00 ( 2,539,146.34) 11,658,040.17 ( 416,698.00)
(iv) Modifications of Lease Conditions:
Island Kowloon
***
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong)........
(v) Regrants of Crown Leases:
Island Kowloon
***
New Kowloon
...
1,429,939.71 ( 4,832,747.20)
755,401.00 (4,195,142.00) 2,173,948.74 ( 5,138,195.67)
13,954.03 ( 192,469.51) 11,101,638.77 (36,613,852.16)
NIL
(NIL)
Hong Kong
69,128,629.47 (128,728,714.64)
2. Number of Transactions completed by categories in the Urban Area:
New Kowloon (including Kwun Tong)
Kowloon
Total
(i) Sales by auction and
tender
9 (15)
4 (28)
14 (96)
27 (139)
(ii) Private Treaty Grants
17 (13)
16.(10)
81 (18)
114 (41)
(iii) Exchanges and
Extensions...
37 (41)
3 (17)
21 (13)
61 (71)
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APPENDIX R-Contd.
(iv) Modifications of
Lease Conditions ...
5 (25)
5 (22)
16 (19)
26 (66)
(v) Modifications of
Building
Covenants.
123 (49)
36 (29)
247 (264)
406 (342)
(vi) Regrants of Crown
Leases
(3)
61 (168)
(----)
61 (171)
191 (146)
125 (274)
379 (410)
695 (830)
3. Details of Miscellaneous Short Term lettings in the Urban Area:
Determined
Issued
Valid at 31st March
Revenue (Approx.) $ million
(i) Crown Land Permits
317 (869) 253 (287) 3,261 (3,325)
5.2 (5.9)
(ii) Short Term Leases
and Licences
(iii) Government Buildings
42 (58) 35 (78) 71 (78)
No. of Lettings
4.3 (5.7)
***
203 7.0 (-)
4.
Total Revenue Collected in the Urban Area.
(i) Premia on land sales
$66,624,339.32 (118,408,840.26)
(ii) Premia on land sales credited to
Development Loan Fund
2,504,290.15 ( 10,319,874.38)
(iii) Permit Fees
5,251,708.77 ( 5,909,645.62)
(iv) Rental from annual and monthly
tenancies
4,295,091.97 ( 5,737,351.18)
(v) Rent derived from Government
Buildings
7,019,559.80 (
$85,694,990.01 ($140,375,711.44)
5.
Table of premia received from sales of Crown Land in the Colony:
Period
1961-1962
1962-1963
1963-1964
1964-1965
1965-1966
:
:
:
:
108
$107,225,301.38
234,402,780.18
207,157,985.13
143,295,983.24 75,859,685.12
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APPENDIX S
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
MAJOR PLANNING SCHEMES COMPLETED OR DEALT WITH DURING 1965-66
A. HONG KONG Island
(i) Statutory Plans
(a) Approved by the Governor-in-Council
H.K.P.A. No. 20-Chai Wan Outline Development Plan LH 20/9
H.K.P.A. No. 8-North Point Outline Development
Plan
***
...
H.K.P.A. Nos. 15 & 16-Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau
Outline Development Plan
***
(b) Under consideration by the Town Planning Board
***
LH 8/32
LH 15/26
H.K.P.A. No. 5--Wan Chai Outline Development Plan LH 5/21
H.K.P.A. Nos. 3 & 4-Central District of Victoria
Outline Development Plan
将
H.K.P.A. No. 9-Shau Kei Wan Outline Development
Plan
(ii) Departmental Plans
(a) Approved by the Colonial Secretary
LH 3/20B
•
LH 9/26
H.K.P.A. No. 16-Aberdeen Industrial Area Layout
Plan
LH 16/11C
LH 5/12U
LH 17/25D
H.K.P.A. No. 5-Morrison Hill Area Layout Plan H.K.P.A. No. 17-Wong Nai Chung Gap Development
Plan
(b) Agreed by the Land Development Planning Committee
H.K.P.A. No. 8-North Point Outline Development
Plan
...
...
***
LH 8/30F
H.K.P.A. No. 20-Chai Wan Outline Development Plan LH 20/73
B. KOWLOON & NEW KOWLOON
(i) Statutory Plans
Under Consideration by the Town Planning Board K.P.A. No. 1-Tsim Sha Tsui Outline Zoning Plan K.P.A. No. 9-Hung Hom Outline Zoning Plan K.P.A. No. 15-Sam Ka Tsuen Outline Zoning Plan
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D
LK 1/40
LK 9/13
LK 15/30
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(ii) Departmental Plans
APPENDIX S-Contd.
(a) Approved by the Colonial Secretary
K.P.A. No. 5-Industrial Area North of King Lam
Street, Lai Chi Kok Layout Plan
(b) Adopted by the Director of Public Works
K.P.A. No. 3-Tai Kok Tsui Outline Development Plan K.P.A. No. 11-Kai Tak Outline Development Plan K.P.A. No. 12-Ngau Chi Wan Outline Development
Plan
...
(c) Agreed by the Land Development Planning Committee
LK 5/19B
B
LK 3/4/1Q LK 11/61G
LK 12/42G
K.P.A. No. 16-Lai Chi Kok and Kau Wa Keng
Outline Zoning Plan
K.P.A. No. 17-Kowloon Bay Reclamation Outline
Development Plan
C. NEW Territories
(i) Statutory Plans
(a) Approved by the Governor-in-Council
Tsuen Wan & District Outline Development Plan
(b) Under consideration by the Town Planning Board
Castle Peak Outline Zoning Plan
Sha Tin Outline Zoning Plan
(ii) Departmental Plans
(a) Approved by the Colonial Secretary
Kwai Chung Area 29B-Layout Plan Tsuen Wan Area 18 (Part)-Layout Plan Tai Po Residential Area 19-Layout Plan
:
:
LK 16/12B
LK 17/1E
LTW/103
LCP/32
LST/47
--
LTW/98
...
LTW/32L
LTP/23D
(b) Adopted by the Director of Public Works and the
District Commissioner New Territories
Proposed Eastern Bus Terminus-Yuen Long Tsuen Wan Area 8 (Village Re-site Area)-Layout Plan... Kwai Chung Commercial Centre Area 17-Layout Plan
LYL/23
LTW/34
LTW/86T
Tsuen Wan Area 20-Layout Plan
LTW/97
(c) Agreed by the Land Development Planning Committee
Tsuen Wan Area 26-Layout Plan
LTW/101
Tsuen Wan Area 27-Layout Plan
LTW/102
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2,574 ( 2,426)
241 (
312)
134 (
181)
47 (
162)
17,186 ( 51,364)
15,384 (41,821)
3,118 ( 2,547)
843 (
472)
92 (.
78)
APPENDIX T
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
Survey StaTISTICS
(The previous year's figures are shown in parentheses)
(i) Survey Work Completed
Control Points fixed by Triangulation and Traverse
Miles of Traverse run
Miles of Levelling run
Benchmarks fixed
Acres of large scale detail survey
Acres of large scale contour survey
营备
Revenue surveys for Leases, Surrenders, Sales etc.
Boundary Stones fixed...
Site surveys for Government Buildings
Fees for Survey work collected
(ii) Drawing and Reproduction work completed
:
:
:
:
:
:.
:
:
:
:
Revenue Plans for Sales, Leases, Permits, Grants, etc.
Survey Sheets, Transparencies drawn
Name Sheets compiled for Air Survey
Miscellaneous Plans drawn and traced
Land Office Title Searches
New Layout Plans
Extract Layout Plans
Reproductions by all methods
Photos taken
Sale of Plans to Public
...
...
:
:
:
F:
:
:
Maps issued to Government Departments
:
:
:
:
:..
F...
:
:
:
111
$93,227 ($120,560)
2,716 ( 3,568)
153 (
304)
170 (
124)
10,737 (
12,585)
1,601 (
1,886)
86 (
75)
124 (
398)
191,711 ( 174,633)
4,970 ( 6,334)
$26,869 ($ 29,807)
7,295 ( 2,213)
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APPENDIX U
SCHEDULE OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT MAINTAINED
BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE
Item
Motor cycles
MECHANICAL
Cars and light vans
Heavy vehicles
Road rollers
Diesel-driven generating set
Parking meters
Water pumps
:
:
:
Dental equipment
Steam boilers and equipment
Air-conditioning plant
Refrigeration plant
Room-cooler units
Dehumidifiers
Ventilation plant
Exhaust fans
Refrigerators
...
:
1964-65
1965-66
535
601
693
838
770
821
43
49
240
245
2,822
4,512
1,032
1,063
324
534
396
408
•
112
126
27
30
2,140
2,621
236
245
351
426
1,055
1,953
2,002
3,530
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
...
:
:
:
:
:
:.
:
:.
:
:
:
:
:
ELECTRICAL
:
:
3,404
3,904
21,468
22,852
15,368
16,238
2,098
2,091
4,588
4,998
1,540
1,619
10,827
13,360
:
:
1
:
:
:
:
:.
:
:
:
:
Electrical motors
Fans
Heaters and radiators
Cookers and hotplates...
Water heaters and wash boilers
Traffic controls and traffic aids
Miscellaneous items
112
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APPENDIX V
OCCUPANTS OF SENIOR DUTY POSTS
Holder
HEADQUARTERS
Director of Public
Works
Director of Engineer- ing Development
Director of Building
Development
Hon. A. M. J. WRIGHT, A.R.I.B.A.,
F.R.I.C.S.
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. P. NORTON, A.R.I.B.A. Mr. J. C. CHARTER, A.A. Dip.,
A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
Government Architect
From
To
1. 4.65 3. 1.66
5. 7.65 10. 2.66
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)
5. 7.65 | 10. 2.66
Government Building
Surveyor
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
Mr. P. V. SHAWE, F.R.I.C.S.,
M.R.S.H.
Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey
CROWN LANDS & SURVEY OFFICE
Mr. R. H. HUGHES, M.A., F.R.I.C.S.
113
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Duty Posts
APPENDIX V-Contd.
Holder
From
To
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
Government Civil
Engineer
Mr. J. ALEXANDER, B.Sc. (Eng.),
A.M.I.C.E.
Mr. G. J. SKELT, B.SC., D.I.C.,
A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)
1. 4.65 3. 1.66
Government Electrical
& Mechanical Engineer
ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL
Mr. D. W. Walker, B.Sc., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E.
Mr. K. B. BAKER, A.M.I.Mech.E.
(Acting)
9.11.65 28.11.65
Director of Water
Supplies
Government Water
Engineer
WATERWORKS OFFICE
Mr. T. O. MORGAN, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E. Mr. E. P. WILlmot-Morgan, O.B.E.,
B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.W.E. (Acting)
Mr. E. P. WILMOT-Morgan, O.B.E.,
B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.W.E.
19.11.65 27.12.65
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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 MEI
CHEUNG SHA WAN
STONECUTTERS ISLAND
SHAM SHUI PO
WONG TAI SIN
KOWLOON TONG
KOWLOON
CITY
DIAMOND HILL
NGAU CHI WAN
(AREA)
(AREA)
500' CONTOUR
SAN PO KONG
H. K. AIRPORT
MONG KOK
HO MAN TIN
MA TAU KOK
YAU MA TEL
0
KENNEDY TOWN
WESTERN DISTRICT
SAI YING PUN,
CENTRAL DISTRICT
MOUNT DAVIS
DRAWN BY C. L. & S. O. 1963
MID LEVELS
PEAK
POK FU LAM
KING'S PARK
HUNG HON
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
YAU TONG
SHAU KEI WAN
CHAI WAN
LEI YUE MUN
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