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ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORT
BY THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
A. M. J. WRIGHT, C.M.G., A.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.C.S.,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR 1966 - 67
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CONTENTS
1. GENERAL
Introduction Organization
Staff
Training
Visitors
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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
General Divisions
Dangerous Buildings Division
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Control and Enforcement Section Staff, Training and Welfare
4. CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
General
Castle Peak New Town Division Development Division
Port Works Division .
Roads and Drainage Divisions. Traffic Engineering Division Staff, Training and Welfare
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1.01 - 1.12
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1.20 1.21
1.22 - 1.27
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2.01 - 2.06
2.07 - 2.09
2.10 2.11
2.12 - 2.13
2.14 - 2.19
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2.25 2.65
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5. CROWN LANDS AND Survey OffICE
General
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Crown Lands Division
Survey Division.
Planning Division
Staff, Training and Welfare
6. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE
General
Electrical Division
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Mechanical Division.
7. WATERWorks Office
General
Distribution Division
Construction Division
Planning Division
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Mechanical and Electrical Division
Consultants Liaison Division
Water Quality Control Section. Accounts Section
Staff, Training and Welfare
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9. APPRECIATION
10. APPENDICES
A. Expenditure from 1957-58 to 1966-67.
B. Comparative Table of Departmental Expenditure, for the
years ended 31st March, 1963 to 31st March, 1967.
C. P.W.D. Total Non-Recurrent Expenditure for year 1966-67.
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10. APPENDICES-Contd.
D. Comparative Table for Value of Contracts for Capital Works awarded during the years 1962-63 to 1966-67.
E. Statistical Summary of P.W.D. Non-recurrent expenditure
1966-67.
F. Rates of Pay.
G. Staff for year ending 31st March, 1967.
H. Architectural Office: Work completed during 1966-67.
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Architectural Office: Building projects in progress during 1966-67.
Architectural Office: Private Architects and Quantity Surveyors.
K. Civil Engineering Office: New Projects completed during
1966-67.
L. Civil Engineering Office: Projects commenced during 1966-67. M. Civil Engineering Office: Summary of Major Land Forma-
tion Works.
N. Civil Engineering Office: Projects undertaken by Consultants. O. Civil Engineering Office: General Statistics.
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Waterworks Office: Work completed, under construction and undertaken by Consultants.
Q. Waterworks Office: General Statistics.
R. Building Ordinance Office: General Statistics.
S. Crown Lands and Survey Office: Land Statistics.
T. Crown Lands and Survey Office: Major Planning Schemes
completed or dealt with during 1966-67.
U. Crown Lands and Survey Office: Survey Statistics.
V. Air Survey: Reception of Final Transparencies.
W. Schedule of Plant and Equipment Maintained by the Elec-
trical and Mechanical Office.
X. Occupants of Senior Duty Posts.
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QUANTITY
BUILDING
MAINTENANCE
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CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
WATER
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ROADS & DRAINAGE DIVISION (New TerritorIES)
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION
ELECTRICAL
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MECHANICAL
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OPERATION AND ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HONG KONG.
1967
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 1966) of 3,785,300. 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 approaching 200,000. The frontispiece map shows the extent of these built-up areas.
1.02. P.W.D. Non-recurrent and Recurrent expenditure excluding personal emoluments totalled $572 million compared with $660 million in 1965-66. Expenditure on Public Works Non-recurrent at $480 million showed a drop of $110 million on the previous year. This reduction was caused by many factors including delays to new projects following the June rainstorms and the need to redeploy staff, under-expenditure on Works for the Services, a significant reduction in the prices tendered for Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing contracts and the deferment for administrative or financial reasons of several major build- ing and engineering projects after contract documents had been com- menced. Recurrent expenditure was increased considerably by emergency expenditure following the disastrous rainstorm which is referred to in the next paragraph.
1.03. During the night of 11th June there was continuous and fairly heavy rain, which culminated in an exceptional downpour early on Sunday June 12th when the Aberdeen raingauge recorded 6.18 inches of rain between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. and 5.51 inches between 7 and 8 a.m. For the day, 15 inches were recorded at the Royal Observatory. Over 500 landslides and washouts were recorded and though a number of these were relatively minor it was necessary for staff to visit, report and take remedial action on them all. As always when faced with prob- lems of this sort departmental staff, as well as the contractors who were called upon to assist, showed initiative and ingenuity.
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1.04. The effects of this exceptional rainfall and the measures which were taken to effect repairs and restore essential services with the minimum of delay are recorded in greater detail in paragraph 4.02. Several illustrations are also included in this report.
1.05. The Resettlement Building Programme continued at a high level. Domestic accommodation to house 125,000 people was completed and buildings to house another 238,000 were under construction on 31st March, 1966. In the Government Low Cost Housing Programme completed accommodation at 5,000 individual units was disappointing but buildings to house 66,000 people were under construction.
1.06. The capital cost of completed building works in the private sector for the year was $963 million, a figure which represents a decrease of 10.9% compared with $1,078 million for 1965-66. The slowing down of development in the private sector is illustrated more clearly by a drop of 34.6% in the number of approval permits issued under the Buildings Ordinance.
1.07. In last year's Report reference was made to tenders which had been received for the supply and erection of a sea water distillation plant capable of producing either two or three million gallons of fresh water daily. After consideration of the tenders and taking into account the overall situation in regard to conventional supplies it was decided not to proceed with the scheme.
1.08. In the field of transport the consultants made good progress on their Feasibility Study on Mass Transport Systems and during the year the same consultants were appointed to undertake a Long Term Road Study. Another firm of consultants was commissioned to prepare a report on a new highway linking Tsuen Wan and Castle Peak. The Report on Sewerage and Sewage Disposal in the New Territories referred to in last year's report was completed.
1.09. Detailed planning of the cross harbour tunnel landfalls and other associated road works continued in association with the Tunnel Consultants. No firm decision to proceed with the tunnel had been taken by March 31st 1967.
1.10. Rainfall during the last 8 months of the year was very low and in view of the poor storage position it was necessary to introduce water restriction on 15th February when the supply was restricted to 16 hours daily. In November 1966 the People's Council of Kwangtung Province agreed to increase the water that could be drawn from the East River
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Scheme during the supply period October 1st 1966 to June 30th 1967 from 15,000 million gallons to 16,800 million gallons. This was a precau- tionary measure in case the summer rains should be delayed.
1.11. Stage I of Plover Cove has been completed and work on Stage II is proceeding satisfactorily. The main dam was closed in February 1967 and pumping out of the sea water started.
1.12. Average daily water consumption for the year was 123.6 million gallons with a peak of 149.5 million gallons. Of the 45,109 million gallons consumed during the year 14,925 million gallons or about 33% came from China.
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.
Engineering.
Land.
Water.
The design and construction of Government build- ings and the control of private development. Port Works, Roads, Drainage, Land Development, Traffic Engineering and Electrical/Mechanical.
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- 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-
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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.
1.16. One of the main advantages of Hong Kong's compactness is the comparative ease with which P.W.D. Headquarters can keep in touch not only with all sub-departments of the P.W.D. but also with Government departments and public bodies. As the Colony grows the responsibilities of the Department increase correspondingly and more and more time of senior Headquarters officers is spent at meetings.
1.17. The Director of Public Works besides being a member of Legislative Council and Finance Committee is an ex-officio member of the Urban Council, Chairman of the Town Planning Board, Vice- Chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and a member of the Port Committee, Housing Board, Transport Advisory Committee, Public Works Sub-Committee of Finance Committee and the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries Board of Management.
1.18. The Director of Engineering Development is a member of the Town Planning Board, the Traffic, Roads and Parking Sub-Committee of the Transport Advisory Committee, the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee of the Urban Council and the Land Development Planning Committee.
1.19. The Director of Building Development is a member of the Markets Select Committee of the Urban Council, the Parks, Recreation and Amenities Select Committee of the Urban Council, the Resettlement Management Select Committee of the Urban Council, the Authorized Architects Liaison Committee, the Town Planning Board and the Land Development Planning Committee.
STAFF
1.20. The total staff numbered more than 9,100 of whom 595 were professional or assistant professional officers. Occupants of superscale posts, distribution of staff and rates of pay of artisans and labourers are given in Appendices X, G and F respectively.
1.21. During the year the following senior officers left Hong Kong on leave prior to retirement:
Mr. K. B. Baker, Chief Mechanical Engineer, on 30th April, 1966.
Mr. J. T. MALLORIE, Assistant Government Architect, on 12th August, 1966.
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Mr. A. F. Evans, Government Quantity Surveyor, on 19th August, 1966. Mr. F. A. FISHER, Chief Engineer, on 9th September, 1966.
Mr. R. H. HUGHES, Superintendent of Crown Lands and Survey, on 11th
November, 1966.
Mr. J. C. Charter, Government Architect, on 15th February, 1967.
TRAINING
1.22. Training facilities continued to be provided for technical and assistant professional staff. Altogether 70 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.
1.23. A total of 20 engineering graduates from the University of Hong Kong were on indenture to the Director of Engineering Develop- ment as Apprentice Engineers to gain some of the experience required for the professional interview of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 6 Apprentice Architects, 1 Apprentice Air-Conditioning Engineer and 3 Apprentice Electrical Engineers were also under training.
1.24. The Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey undertook the training of 90 Surveying Assistants (Land) and 9 Surveying Assistants (Engineering).
1.25. 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. 9 students from the same University were attached to the Architectural Office and 6 students were given instruction in the Electrical and Mechanical Office.
1.26. Altogether 30 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.
1.27. Further details of training are included in the section for each sub-department.
VISITORS
1.28. (i) Some twenty members of the Institution of British Engineers visited Hong Kong in April. They made a tour of the reservoir
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site at Kwun Tong, Lion Rock Tunnel and Princess Margaret Road flyover.
(ii) Forty three senior officers of the West German Government visited this Department in May and had a general discussion on Planning and Housing with officers of this Department.
(iii) The Right Hon. Frederick LEE, M.P., Secretary of State for the Colonies and Mrs. LEE visited Hong Kong in August. They were shown the Plover Cove Water Scheme and models of the New Towns of Castle Peak and Sha Tin.
(iv) Sir Robert HARCOURT, Assistant Director (Public Health Engi- neering) of the Department of Health, Wellington, New Zealand, held discussions with senior officers concerned with sewage disposal, trade wastes, water pollution, water supply and laboratory services while he was here in August.
(v) Mr. J. F. MACDONNELL, Chief Engineer, Commission of Public Health, Australia, visited the Kennedy Town Incinerator in September and discussed matters concerning water supply, water conservation and water treatment.
(vi) Mr. G. M. BINNIE, senior partner of Messrs. Binnie and Part- ners, Chartered Civil Engineers, who have been responsible for the design and construction of various water projects in Hong Kong, called on the Director of Public Works and visited the Plover Cove Water Scheme and the Shek Pik - Tung Chung works during his stay in Hong Kong in October.
(vii) Five senior officials of the Thai National Economic Develop- ment Board were here in December. They were shown the Plover Cove Water Scheme at Tai Mei Tuk.
(viii) Field Marshal Sir Richard HULL, Chief of the Defence Staff, and Lady HULL were in Hong Kong at the end of February. During their stay here they inspected the Plover Cove Water Scheme.
(ix) Col. W. D. C. WIGGINS, O.B.E., Director of Overseas Survey visited the Colony at the beginning of March. He held dis- cussions concerning the new topographical maps with senior officers of the Crown Lands and Survey Office.
(x) In March the Right Hon. Herbert BoWDEN, C.B.E., M.P., Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs inspected the
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Plover Cove Water Scheme. He was also shown models, maps and details of other public works projects, including the Lai Chi Kok Bridge and the New Towns planned at Castle Peak and Sha Tin.
Other visitors included Mr. Mashar MUNIR, Chief Planning Officer of West Pakistan: Mr. L. D. SMITH and Mr. J. R. PRESTON of Messrs. J. D. & D. W. WATSON; Mr. R. SILVESTER of the University of Western Australia; Mr. J. van GENT, Chief Engineer of Continental Engineering Ltd., Amsterdam; Mr. R. V. MOORE, G.C., C.B.E., Managing Director of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority; Mr. Andrew FONG Sip-chee, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, Singapore; Messrs. Maurice ORBACH, M.P., Albert James MURRAY, M.P., W. R. REES Davies, M.P., and Sir John LANGFORD-HOLT, R.N., M.P., of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; Messrs. Anthony ROYLE, M.P. and C. FLETCHER-Cooke, M.P.; Mr. P. KRISHEN, Permanent Under-Secretary, Ministry of Public Works and Buildings, Government of India; twelve municipal engineers from Thailand; Mr. Hubert P. LORD, Managing Director of the General Electric Company (Installation Equipment) Ltd.; Messrs. Lionel de ROSARIO and A. RADHAKRISHNAN of the Public Works Department, Singapore.
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ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
GENERAL OPERATION & ORGANIZATION CHART
1. 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 LEASED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICE AND THE
EXISTING PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS EXCEPT THOSE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT.
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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 FOUND- ATIONS AND THE SUPERVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PART OF BUILDING PRO-
JECTS.
QUANTITY SURVEYING DIVISION
I. 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.
BUILDING
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.
MAINTENANCE
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BUILD-
I. THE REPAIR AND MAINTEN - ANCE OF EXISTING 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. (to 14.2.67) C. R. J. DONNITHORNE, A.R.I.B.A. (from 15.2.67)
Assistant Government Architect:
J. T. MALLORIE, A.R.I.B.A., A.M.T.P.I. (to 11.8.66) C. R. J. DONNITHORNE, A.R.I.B.A. (12.8.66 - 14.2.67) W. E. Levie, Dip.Arch. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A. (from 15.2.67) D. G. FARROW, A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
GENERAL
2.01. The Architectural Office is responsible for the control of the greater part of the Government building programme. Whilst most of the work is designed and supervised by the staff of the Office it is some- times 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 Government is the responsibility of the Maintenance Division of the Office.
2.03. The Architectural Office staff numbered 581 excluding junior staff. All work was carried out on contract and expenditure on new works, excluding furniture and equipment, amounted to $182,860,000. Of this sum $120,333,000 was spent on Resettlement and Low Cost Housing projects, $46,484,000 on the remainder of Government building projects undertaken by the Office and $16,043,000 on Government build- ing projects undertaken by private architects. Work ordered on the Maintenance Contracts amounted to $12,391,000 and included expendi- ture on maintenance, alterations and additions, typhoon and rainstorm damage and works carried out for other departments. A total of $2,016,000 was spent on power and the cleaning of Government build- ings 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. The Office has a clerical section and also has its own outdoor staff com- prising clerks of works, electrical and air-conditioning inspectors together with subordinate inspectorate staff who undertake the supervision of the building and maintenance programmes.
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2.05. The Quantity Surveying Division and Building Services Divi- sion continued to advise the Director of Education on drawings, specifi- cations, contract documents, final accounts, electrical installations and maintenance work for grant-in-aid and subsidized schools and site inspections continued to be made. Work estimated at $18,100,000 was started on 43 new projects whilst work costing $12,362,800 was com- pleted on 34 schools. Repair and maintenance estimated at $1,100,000 was started on some 115 schools and was completed at a cost of $924,600 on 121 schools. Advice was also given on interest-free loans to two schools amounting to some $3,870,000.
2.06. Staff of the Architectural Office attended as members of the following inter-departmental or public committees, boards, etc.:
Committee
Representative
Authorized Architects' Examination
Board (Chairman)
Government Architect
University of Hong Kong Ad Hoc
Government Architect
Government Architect
Building Advisory Committee Architects' Disciplinary Board Contractors' Disciplinary Board Schedules of Accommodation
Vetting Committee (Chairman) Buildings (Alterations, Additions
and Improvements) Committee (Chairman)
Air-conditioning Committee
Building Industrial Committee of
the Industrial Training Advisory Committee
Resettlement Programme
Committee
Urban Council Air-conditioning
Select Committee
Advisory Committee for the
Department of Electrical Engineering, Hong Kong Technical College
Buildings (Alterations, Additions
and Improvements) Committee (Member)
Hong Kong Airport Terminal
Building and Terminal Area Planning Committee
Government Quantity Surveyor Assistant Government Architect
Assistant Government Architect
Assistant Government Architect Chief Electrical Engineer Chief Architect (Division II)
Chief Architect (Division III)
Chief Electrical Engineer
Chief Electrical Engineer
Chief Maintenance Surveyor
Senior Architect (Specialist)
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ARCHITECTURAL DIVISIONS
Chief Architect, Division I:
W. E. Levie, Dip.Arch. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A. M. A. DISERENS, A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
Chief Architect, Division II:
C. R. J. DONNITHORNE, A.R.I.B.A. (to 11.8.66) D. G. FARROW, A.R.I.B.A. (from 12.8.66)
D. W. MCDONALD, D.A. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S. (Acting)
Chief Architect, Division III:
C. BRAMWELL, Dip.Arch. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A.
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 8 architectural assistants. Division III, dealing with the expanded Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing Programme, consisted of 3 architects, 3 assistant architects and 5 architectural assist- ants. In addition to the architectural groups there were three Senior Architects who, with supporting staff, assumed responsibility for indi- vidual major projects.
2.08. 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, enabling each group to acquire a background of experience of the building requirements of their client departments.
2.09. Consultations were held on all projects between architects, structural, electrical and air-conditioning engineers and quantity sur- veyors. The Maintenance Division and the Library and Materials Committee also assisted with comments and advice on materials and with dissemination of useful information.
QUANTITY SURVEYING DIVISION
Government Quantity Surveyor:
A. F. Evans, F.R.I.C.S. (to 10.8.66)
H. MILLER, F.R.I.C.S. (from 11.8.66)
2.10. This Division is under the control of the Government Quantity Surveyor and is divided into sections, supervised by five Senior Quantity
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Surveyors and staffed by 23 Quantity Surveyors, with 7 professional as- sistants and supporting technical staff for computing, checking, 'working- up', site measurement and similar duties. The Division is responsible for the preparation of estimates, bills of quantities, contract documents, valuations for interim payments and final accounts for all Architectural Office projects and for arranging contracts and checking accounts for the maintenance of all Government buildings. During the year under review 100 contracts were placed to a total value of $122 million and some 4,800 accounts were checked for work executed under the Main- tenance Contracts, costing approximately $12.6 million. Due to improved recruiting of staff, it has not been necessary to engage the services of private quantity surveyors for projects other than those undertaken by private architects.
2.11. The Division has, in addition, been responsible for the collec- tion of statistical and cost advisory information and for providing advice to other departments on grant-in-aid and subsidized schools and co-operative housing schemes.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DIVISION
Government Structural Engineer:
Au Sik-ling, B.Sc. (Lingnam University), M.I.Struct.E. CHENG Hon-kwan, B.Sc. (C.E.) (Kung Shang University), D.I.C., M.I.Struct.E. (Acting)
2.12. This Division, under the control of the Government Structural Engineer, is sub-divided into three groups, each headed by a Senior Structural Engineer, which deal respectively with (a) major works; (b) Resettlement and Low Cost Housing; and (c) minor works and main- tenance. Each group is staffed by varying numbers of structural engineers and assistant structural engineers with supporting technical staff.
2.13. The Division is responsible for the structural design of all projects undertaken by the Architectural Office. This includes main- tenance work, the preparation of structural drawings, details and rein- forcing bar bending schedules, the supervision of reinforced concrete and structural steel works on site and the design and supervision of piling and foundation works, together with advising other divisions of the office on the structural feasibility of projects. During the year the Division completed the structural design of over 100 separate new build- ings and supervised the progress on the foundations and structural work
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at over 100 sites and also the sinking of over 4,600 precast and in-situ piles. The abnormal rainstorms in June 1966 caused land slides at eight different sites which required action to determine the nature and extent of necessary remedial work.
BUILDING Services DiviISION
Chief Electrical Engineer:
B. M. ROACH, M.I.E.E.
2.14. This Division, headed by the Chief Electrical Engineer, is divided into two main sections-New Works and Maintenance. The New Works Section is sub-divided into 3 groups each with its comple- ment of Electrical and Air-conditioning Engineers, Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants and supervisory staff. Each group is responsible for the design, specification and supervision of electrical, lift, air-condi- tioning, refrigeration and mechanical services within its province, i.e. Hong Kong; Kowloon and New Territories; and Special Projects includ- ing Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing. The Maintenance Section has a similar complement of staff and is responsible for the maintenance of electrical and lift installations in existing Government establishments.
2.15. In addition to projects designed in the Architectural Office, liaison was maintained with private architects and consultants engaged on Government building projects and assistance was given to the Agri- culture and Fisheries Department, to the Education Department on the subject of electrical installations in grant-in-aid and subsidized schools and to the Commissioner 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 engi- neering services on new works to the total value of $15 million and work to the value of $1.15 million was ordered on the electrical and lift maintenance contracts. In addition, material to the value of $2 million was ordered through the Government Stores Department.
2.17. The Division was also engaged in designing electrical installa- tions suitable for incorporation in the "Tilt-up' and 'Slip Form' systems of prefabrication for resettlement building projects and the preparation of estimates and designs for the rewiring of 239 Mark I and Mark II resettlement blocks.
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2.18. A survey of emergency supplies in police stations was carried out and estimates prepared for the redistribution of supplies and the allocation and reallocation of emergency generators.
2.19. Designs for the permanent floodlighting of the Supreme Court and illumination of the Botanic Gardens were prepared and decorative lighting was installed in selected parks during the festive seasons.
MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Chief Maintenance Surveyor:
H. W. Grace, A.R.I.B.A., A.L.A.A., M.R.S.H. K. R. R. BOYCE, A.R.I.C.S. (Acting)
2.20. 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 in Section (a) and three Maintenance Surveyors are similarly in charge of the 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.
2.21. Scheduled maintenance programmes were carried out on Gov- ernment buildings and leased properties, while day-to-day maintenance of buildings and redecoration of quarters was carried out as necessary. Total expenditure on this work amounted to $9,394,000.
2.22. During the year two Maintenance Contracts for a period of three years each, with option to terminate at the end of one year or two years, were let. Hitherto, Maintenance Contracts have been for a period of one year only.
2.23. A total of 914 items of alterations, additions or improvements to Government buildings were executed at a cost of $825,200.
2.24. Other items of work undertaken by the Maintenance Division included minor security and defence works and items for other Depart- ments ordered on the Maintenance Contracts and amounted in all to some $2,172,000. Regular inspections were made by the Building Super-
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visor and his staff on those offices and non-departmental quarters for whose cleaning and general management the Maintenance Division is responsible. In addition, inspections and reports were made on prop- erties which Government considered acquiring on lease.
NEW WORKS
2.25. 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 H and I. At Appendix J appear the names of private architects 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
2.26. A five-storey extension to the Hong Kong Technical College was completed, providing 20 additional classrooms, a model room, 9 larger rooms of 1,000 sq. ft. each for geography, typing, draughting and art, 5 laboratories, stores, staff rooms and students' common rooms. Also completed at the opposite end of the Technical College was a five- storey Wool Section for which a private architect was engaged and which will provide facilities for training in the processing of wool dyeing, spinning, weaving, knitting and garment making. The cost of the Wool Section is being met by the Federation of Hong Kong Indus- tries and the International Wool Secretariat.
2.27. A 30-classroom primary school at Au Tau in the New Terri- tories was completed. A 3-classroom primary school forming part of the Tong Fuk Short-term Prison project on Lantau Island and a similar 3-classroom primary school as part of the Plover Cove Village Re- housing Scheme at Tai Po in the New Territories were completed. An extension to the Peak Primary School was also completed, providing 5 additional classrooms together with toilets and staff common room.
2.28. Piling work was in hand for an 18-classroom secondary school at Yuen Long in the New Territories. The cost of the school is being met jointly by Government and the Heung Yee Kuk who have donated a sum of $600,000 towards the cost of the superstructure.
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Fire Services Buildings
2.29. At North Point an eleven-storey building was completed which will house the Fire Services Departmental Headquarters and will pro- vide workshop and storage facilities and space for a Public Works Department Laboratory. Three fire stations at Shau Kei Wan, Kennedy Town and Ngau Chi Wan were completed during the year and also two ambulance depots, one on Hong Kong Island and one in Ma Tau Chung, Kowloon. Standard designs for the fire stations and ambulance depots were used. Each building provides a two-bay operational station at ground and mezzanine floor levels with nine upper floors containing married quarters for four officers and 48 rank and file and includes one floor which is designed for use as an open-sided play area.
2.30. Five additional quarters for Eastern Fire Station, providing accommodation for duty officers on the Station and also five additional bachelor quarters at Central Fire Station were under construction.
2.31. Construction of the Fire Services Training School, Fire Head- quarters and Ambulance Depot at Shek Kong in the New Territories was well advanced. 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.
2.32. Construction of two further standard eleven-storey fire stations was in hand at Hung Hom in Kowloon and at Tai Po in the New Territories.
General Government Buildings
2.33. Buildings at Caroline Hill, providing depots, workshops and offices for the Public Works Department and for the Civil Aid Services Headquarters were completed. These new buildings comprise a 12-storey block, including basement, the upper floors of which provide offices and workshops for the Electrical and Mechanical Office, the basement ac- commodating the Civil Aid Services Zone Headquarters. This building is linked by a single storey wing containing stores and workshops to a 7-storey block which provides offices and training facilities for the Civil Aid Services. Provision has also been made for a Roads and Drainage depot. These buildings complete the development of the site.
2.34. Site formation was completed at the southern end of the former Murray Barracks area for the construction of a 27-storey build-
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ing, including basements, for Government offices and the main sub- structure for the building, consisting of caisson type foundations and the erection of basement walls, was in progress.
2.35. A scheme by a private architect to provide 110 lower grade married quarters at North Point for the Preventive Service was completed.
2.36. Various works at Kai Tak Airport terminal building were also completed. These consisted of improvements to the passenger processing channels and to the customs hall to facilitate movements of passengers on arrival and departure and the handling of baggage and also the provision of additional airline offices on the first floor of the building to meet the increasing demand for office space.
2.37. Work on the restoration of Statue Square Car Park into a garden area, designed and supervised by a private architect, was also completed. The garden area consists of paved promenades at slightly varying levels, small piazzas, several fountains and water sprays directed on low walls, oriental style shelters, shallow ponds and a small foot- bridge together with several areas of planting, shrubs and turfing.
2.38. Several other small projects were completed during the year, including the reprovisioning of the Chemistry Laboratory of the Agricul- ture & Fisheries Department, a small addition to the Civil Aid Services Kowloon and New Territories Command Post and alterations and addi- tions to the staff married quarters at Government House. Alterations at the new Ocean Terminal were also completed by a private architect to provide a Display Centre and Export Promotion Division for the Trade Development Council.
2.39. Also completed was the new Probation Home at Kwun Tong. The three-storey building contains administrative offices, two hobby rooms, two interview rooms, a library, dining and recreation room and kitchen on the ground floor. The two upper floors contain a laundry, sick bay, staff room, stores, quarters for the Superintendent and Principal Supervisor and ten dormitories each to accommodate six young men. The roof of the building was designed for use as a playground.
2.40. Construction work was in hand to provide approximately 10,000 square feet of Government office accommodation on the upper deck level of both arms of the public pier on the Victoria central reclamation area while site formation was completed at Smuggler's Ridge, north of Kowloon, to provide an access road and flat areas
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for the construction of the Radio Hong Kong medium wave transmitter station which is to be re-sited so that the present station in Kowloon can be demolished and the site made available for other purposes.
Medical Buildings
2.41. Major extensions and alterations at Queen Mary Hospital con- sisting of a new Operating Theatre and Pharmacy Block and a new Radio-diagnostic Wing were completed and a new Sisters' and Nurses' Quarters building, by a private architect, was also completed. Another new building, which provides professorial suites, laboratories and lecture and demonstration facilities for medical students, was partially completed.
2.42. New wards for 240 additional patients at the Castle Peak Mental Hospital and a standard new urban clinic at Cheung Sha Wan were completed. A new Health Centre, by a private architect, was completed at Yau Ma Tei with funds donated by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club and an additional floor, also by a private architect, was completed and equipped at Tsan Yuk Hospital. Work on a further standard clinic at Castle Peak was commenced.
2.43. Site formation for the proposed large new hospital at Lai Chi Kok continued during the year; site formation, including certain demoli- tion works, was commenced on the site of the new Convalescent Ward Block at Kowloon Hospital and alterations were in hand on the 4th and 5th floors of the Tsan Yuk Hospital.
New Territories Administration Buildings
2.44. At San Hui a small Government building which will provide a post office, a sanitation depot and quarters, was nearing completion.
2.45. A scheme to provide 344 quarters of varying grades in eight separate five-storey blocks and including four shops was also under construction at Au Tau for the staff of various Government departments who require to be housed conveniently close to their places of work. A 30-classroom primary school situated within the same compound was completed.
2.46. In connexion with the development of the Plover Cove Water Scheme in the north east part of the New Territories a number of five- storey tenement type housing blocks for the re-housing of villagers were completed on reclaimed land at Tai Po. The blocks provided 488 tene- ment flats on the upper floors and 122 shops at ground floor level. A
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3-classroom school was included in the overall scheme and there are also four areas of open space.
Police Buildings
2.47. At Kennedy Town, a project to provide 721 police rank and file married quarters was completed. According to its grade each quarter provides a combined living and sleeping room of 200 or 260 square feet, a small kitchen, toilet and balcony. A similar scheme was also nearing completion at Wong Tai Sin in which a total of 791 such quarters, together with a clinic, are being provided.
2.48. A police post on Lamma Island was completed, consisting of a report room, mess and kitchen, with barrack accommodation for seven rank and file and bedroom for the N.C.O. in charge. A typhoon signal mast has been provided within the compound. An extension consisting of barrack accommodation for 22 rank and file with recreation room and toilet facilities was also completed at Sha Tin Police Station.
2.49. Site formation for the proposed Sub-divisional Police Station at Aberdeen was completed. Site formation and foundation work for Police Inspectorate Quarters at Park Road was also completed and construction was commenced. These quarters will provide 48 two and three bedroom married quarters in two thirteen-storey blocks and also an Auxiliary Medical Services Store.
Post Office Buildings
2.50. The new ten-storey Sai Ying Pun Post Office and Quarters building was completed, providing parking and storage space in the lower ground floor, a post office on the ground floor, with a children's library and playground, part covered and part open, on the first floor. The remaining seven floors provide 60 married quarters for junior grade staff and barrack accommodation for 48 single officers of various Government departments.
2.51. Progress on the construction of the new 20-storey Kowloon Central Post Office, fronting Nathan Road, continued to be slow. When the building is completed 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. There will be a canteen on the floor above and the 14 upper floors will each provide about 5,300 square feet of general office space for various Government departments.
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Prisons Department Buildings
2.52. The Open Prison at Tong Fuk on Lantau Island was com- pleted. This scheme, on a steeply sloping site, comprises 12 two-storey dormitory blocks, each to accommodate 100 prisoners, an administra- tion building containing offices and stores, a combined dining and recreation hall, workshops, laundry, clinic and chapel. Quarters for 4 prison officers, 97 other married quarters of differing grades and barrack accommodation for 60 single warders are also provided.
2.53. Towards the end of the year a start was made on the construc- tion of a new Staff Training School and Prison Officers' Quarters at Stanley Prison. The project consists basically of two groups of buildings which will provide three standard classrooms with administrative offices for the Commandant and his executive staff, a separate drill hall/ gymnasium complete with dressing rooms, dormitory and hostel accom- modation for 120 warders and 20 officers, together with dining facilities, two senior grade married quarters for training school staff and 22 addi- tional quarters for Stanley Prison Officers. A parade ground and a children's play area have also been incorporated in the site.
Resettlement and Low Cost Housing
2.54. During the year Resettlement buildings containing 125,000 adult domestic living units were completed and others containing 238,000 units were under construction. In addition, three Resettlement flatted factories providing about 323,000 square feet of working space were completed. Eleven estate schools containing 264 classrooms were handed over for occupation and construction of twenty further estate schools was in hand.
2.55. Construction of the new Mark V domestic Resettlement build- ings made good progress at Sau Mau Ping and Ngau Tau Kok. The Mark V design provides domestic units of four different sizes which are based on the results of a survey taken to determine the average sizes of families in Resettlement estates and it incorporates the individual toilets provided in the earlier Mark IV block and introduces an individual water supply to each domestic unit.
2.56. Site formation was in hand at six sites on which accommoda- tion for some 290,000 people can be built.
2.57. Development of sites for Government Low Cost Housing estates has continued with the use of standard 12 and 20-storey domes-
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tic buildings and the incorporation of estate schools to provide primary school facilities. Each estate school contains 24 standard classrooms, two larger rooms for special classes, administration accommodation and a covered ground floor area for physical training and recreation. By the end of the year three such schools were under construction at various locations.
2.58. The first 20-storey domestic housing block was completed at Ngau Tau Kok. Construction was in hand on eighteen further blocks to provide about 66,000 domestic living units while site formation was in progress on two other sites which, when formed, will provide domestic accommodation for some 59,000 people.
Urban Services Buildings and Recreation Areas
2.59. The final stages of Kowloon Tsai Park were completed and six playgrounds, sports grounds and parks at various locations in the urban areas and in the New Territories were either finished or in course of formation. In addition to these projects, a large programme of urban amenities was carried out in the form of works for the provision of, or improvements to, smaller playgrounds, rest gardens and sitting-out areas.
2.60. Three public latrines and bathhouses were completed in various localities and five others were in course of construction.
2.61. Three beach buildings were constructed at Big Wave Bay, Shek O and St. Stephen's Beach. 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.
2.62. A hawker bazaar at Yuen Long in the New Territories was approaching completion at the end of the year and will provide 399 hawker stalls together with an office, store, refuse loading bay and public toilets.
2.63. Progress was maintained on the two large abattoir projects, the designs for which were prepared by private architects and engineers in Britain. The Kennedy Town Abattoir will provide lairage for 1,000 head of cattle, 9,500 pigs and 400 sheep and goats in a five-storey build- ing and the four-storey slaughterhouse will contain slaughter halls for processing some 210 cattle, 3,200 pigs and 50 sheep and goats in an 8-hour day. Refrigerated storage will be provided to accommodate 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. Steel framed construction was adopted for the slaughterhouse blocks because
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of the concentration of loads, while the remainder of the buildings are of reinforced concrete construction.
2.64. At the Kennedy Town Abattoir site, formation of pile caps and erection of structural steel framework was completed and progress on the main building contract was well maintained. At Cheung Sha Wan, formation of pile caps and erection of structural steelwork was also completed and a start was made on the superstructure work.
2.65. On separate sites at Kennedy Town a building containing 17 quarters for senior abattoir staff was completed and a further building was nearing completion which will provide quarters for junior grade abattoir staff, comprising 144 married quarters and barrack accommoda- tion for 21 single men.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
2.66. During the year the following members of the Architectural Office departed on leave prior to retirement:
Mr. J. C. CHARTER
19 years service
(Government Architect)
Mr. J. T. Mallorie
19 years service
(Assistant Government Architect)
Mr. A. F. EVANS
20 years service
(Government Quantity Surveyor)
Mr. J. S. HIRST
11 years service
(Senior Architect)
Mr. CHENG Yuk-fai
13 years service
8 years service
(Assistant Architect)
Mr. C. NEWTON
(Clerk of Works, Class II)
2.67. One professional officer did not renew his contract and left the Service to return to Britain.
Training
2.68. 64 junior grade staff members received practical instruction in the course of their normal work and six of these secured promotion on passing the annual examinations held by the various divisions of the Office.
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2.69. 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 61 building and electrical foremen and junior grade technical office staff.
2.70. 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 attended by four members of the Structural Engineering Division, while extra-mural study courses at Hong Kong University on soil mechanics, mechanization in architecture and communication in architecture were attended by a number of officers.
2.71. A Hong Kong Government Scholarship was awarded to a Structural Engineer enabling him to undergo a nine-month course of practical training on pre-stressed concrete and steel frame design in the United Kingdom.
2.72. One Structural Engineer was awarded a Scholarship by the Confederation of Building Industry enabling him to attend a nine-month course of specialized training in pre-stressed concrete in London, follow- ed by a short course of training in computer analysis of structural problems.
2.73. One Air-Conditioning Engineer and one Assistant Air-Condi- tioning Engineer attended courses of lectures at Minneapolis and La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.A.; one course covering instruction on automatic control systems for air-conditioning and refrigeration systems, the other course covering modern air-conditioning techniques and allied subjects.
2.74. During the year one Architect participated in the '28th World Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning' held in Tokyo and one Senior Architect attended a conference on 'Airport Requirements for the 1970's' at Seattle, Washington, in con- nexion with the Kai Tak Airport Terminal Investigation which com- menced before the end of the year.
2.75. A working party on the training of surveyors was set up 'ards the end of the year under the aegis of the Secretariat Training and Examinations Unit and two Quantity Surveyors from the Architec- tura Office participated in preliminary discussions on the subject.
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Welfare
2.76. Three dinner parties were arranged during the second half of the year by the professional staff of the Architectural Office to mark the retirement of Mr. J. C. CHARTER, Government Architect, Mr. J. T. MALLORIE, Assistant Government Architect, and Mr. A. F. EVANS, Government Quantity Surveyor, whose aggregate total of Government service in Hong Kong was in excess of 58 years.
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BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
OPERATION & ORGANIZATION CHART
FUNCTIONS
(A) THE CONTROL OF ALL PRIVATE BUILDINGS AND STREET WORKS.
(8) TO DEAL WITH PRIVATE BUILDINGS CONSIDERED TO BE IN A DANGEROUS OR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STRUCTURAL CONDITION.
GENERAL, DIVISIONS
MyONG KONG
KOWLOON
DUTIES
AS DETAILED UNDER HONG KONG DIVISION.
DUTIES
(A) THE SCRUITINY AND APPROVAL OF ALL SITE FORMATION, PILING, BUILDING STRUCTURAL DRAINAGE, WELL,PRIVATE STREETS, ACCESS ROADS AND ALTERATION AND ADDITION PLANS SUBMITTED BY AUTHORISED ARCHITECTS TOGETHER WITH THE ISSUE OF ALL REQUIRED CONSENTS TO COMMENCE THESE WORKS AND THE EVENTUAL ISSUE OF OCCUPATION PERMIT WHERE APPLICABLE: ALL AS LAID DOWN UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE AND ALLIED LEGISLATION
TO ENSURE THAT ALL SUCH WORKS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH LEASE CONDITIONS AND STATUTORY TOWN PLANS.
(8) STRUCTURAL, AND OTHER ADVICE, TO
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND SUB- DEPARTMENTS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS REQUESTED : ES .LICENSING OF BUILDINGS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. (C) MEETINGS AND EXCHANGES OF VIEWS WITH FIRE SERVICES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHERE COLLABORATION IS NECESSARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE STRUCTURAL SAFETY OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS. MEANS OF ESCAPE IN CASE OF FIRE, INTER- RELATION OF THE VARIOUS ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS AND DEMARCATION OF AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY, ETC.
NEW TERRITORIES
DUTIES
AS DETAILED UNDER HONG KONG DIVISION.
CONTROL & ENFORCEMENT SECTION
DUTIES
THE SURVEY OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS SUSPECTED TO CONTAIN BUILDING WORKS, OR MATERIAL CHANGES OF USE, WHICH CONTRAVENE THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, AND TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO SECURE REINSTATEMENT, ALTERATION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF ILLEGAL USE, AS MAY BE NECESSARY. TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE .
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
DIVISION
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.
(B) THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS (REDEVELOPMENT OF SITES) ORDINANCE UNDER WHICH VENANTS OF PROTECTED BUILDINGS CLOSED OR DEMOLISHED MAY OBTAIN COMPENSATION AND THE OWNERS OF SITES INVOLVED MAY BE REQUIRED TO REDEVELOP.
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BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
Government Building Surveyor:
P. V. Shawe, J.P., 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 Buildings Ordinance Office is responsible for the control of all private building and street works; for dealing with dangerous, or potentially dangerous structures; illegal alterations and change in use of existing buildings; the examination and registration of authorized architects; and registration of contractors.
The Office is represented on the following standing committees:
Committee
Authorized Architects Examination
Board
Hong Kong Society of Architects/
P.W.D. Liaison Group
Representative
Government Building Surveyor
Government Building Surveyor &
Assistant Government Building Surveyor
3.03. The territorial grouping of the Office into three general divi- sions dealing respectively with Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories including New Kowloon, has remained unchanged. As indicated in last year's report, organizational studies had been put in hand for the formation of a separate section to deal with unauthorized building works resulting in contraventions of the Buildings Ordinance. The outcome was the establishment, in October 1966, of a Control and Enforcement Section to unify and augment action against illegal build- ing works and material changes of use in private buildings. The neces- sary personnel to staff the new section were drawn from the general divisions. The chart on page 25 shows the organization of the Office.
3.04. During the year, 3 meetings of the Public Works Department/ Hong Kong Society of Architects Liaison Group were held. This group consists of 3 representatives of the Society, the Director of Building Development, Government Building Surveyor and Assistant Govern- ment Building Surveyor and was formed to provide a means of resolv- ing difficulties or differences which arise in the administration of the Buildings Ordinance; to discuss proposed amendments to and inter- pretation of the provisions of that Ordinance; and generally to foster
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and maintain good relations between authorized architects and the staff of the Buildings Ordinance Office.
3.05. No serious typhoon occurred during the year and the emer- gency organization, run in conjunction with the Police, was called into operation only in connexion with the disastrous June rainstorm, with its calamitous effect on property, particularly on Hong Kong Island. This event required a sustained effort by staff of all divisions to assess and report on the damage caused and the action to be taken to prevent further collapses and possible loss of life.
Hong Kong Division
Chief Building Surveyor:
GENERAL DIVISIONS
Kowloon Division
Chief Building Surveyor:
R. A. WATTERS, F.R.I.C.S.
New Territories Division
Chief Building Surveyor:
S. C. CHEN, A.M.I.Struct.E.
G. L. LOWMAN, A.R.I.C.S.
3.06. The functions of the three general divisions continued to be the scrutiny and checking of all proposals for private building works; the granting of consent to commence work; supervisory inspections during construction; and the issue of occupation permits at completion.
3.07. The general slowing down in proposals for new building development, commented on in last year's report, continued through the period under review, and a fall of 34.6% in the number of approval permits issued was recorded. Nevertheless, 6,703 such permits were issued, indicating that the building industry is by no means at a standstill.
3.08. 959 occupation permits were issued, including 113 for build- ings exclusively for domestic use and 597 for combined domestic/non- domestic use. 29,750 units of domestic accommodation were completed by private developers during the year, compared with 31,709 in 1965-66.
3.09. The capital cost of completed building works for the year was $963,000,000. This represents a decrease of only 10.9% compared with $1,078,000,000 for 1965-66 and the effect of the current slowing down in development has yet to become apparent with regard to completed buildings.
3.10. There was continued liaison with the Fire Services, Police and other Government Departments in need of specialist advice. Structural and planning advice in connexion with licensing procedures for various types of user in private buildings was also given when requested.
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DANGEROUS Buildings DIVISION
Chief Building Surveyor:
J. G. STEAN, A.R.I.C.S.
3.11. The work of this division stems from three sources:
(a) Emergencies (fire, collapses and typhoon or rainstorm damage). (b) Complaints from the public.
(c) A programme of planned surveys.
The efforts of the division are primarily directed to safeguard the lives of the public and to achieve this objective satisfactorily much incidental work is necessary, particularly in dealing with the rights of tenants of buildings controlled under the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance.
3.12. This has been a particularly busy year as far as emergencies are concerned. Notable among these were a large fire at the Chung Kiu Emporium, Nathan Road, where extensive repairs to the structure were required, and the collapse of a retaining wall of La Salle College Play- ground in Boundary Street which took a heavy toll of dead and injured. In each of these cases an extensive technical investigation was carried out and evidence was given at subsequent Death Inquiries. Two large fires near Kowloon City occurred which made it necessary to undertake extensive emergency demolition work. Most noteworthy of all however was the havoc resulting from the June rainstorms. The Division was assisted by staff from the general divisions and a major effort was required in order to deal with the various problems that arose. During the month of June, 82 Closure Orders were obtained (almost 3 times the average monthly total); most of these orders were of a temporary nature, and were withdrawn when the necessary remedial works had been carried out. In addition to this closure action, there were numerous cases of damage which required attention.
3.13. Many complaints from the public were received during the year, all of which were investigated and appropriate action taken. Progress was also made with the programme of planned surveys not- withstanding the Division's other commitments. The object of these surveys, which are now being carried out in several parts of the Colony, is to seek out dangerous buildings so that action can be taken to remove the danger. Apart from leading to the discovery of buildings which require immediate attention, much useful information is gained concern- ing the general condition of buildings in the area covered by the survey.
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CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT SECTION
3.14. This Section has now assumed responsibility for the investiga- tion of illegal building works and of material changes of use in private buildings; particularly where such changes present a fire, structural or health hazard to the occupants, or the public at large. Initially, its task was to deal with an accumulated back-log of complaints. Over 1,000 complaints from both the public and Government sources were inves- tigated in the period October 1966 to March 1967. As a result, 318 Statutory Notices under Section 24 of the Buildings Ordinance were issued and 155 have been complied with. Of the remainder, a number have yet to run their full term and enforcement action is in train to deal with the balance.
3.15. Illegal alterations to escape routes in multi-storey buildings, which have contributed materially to the number of fatalities arising from fires in buildings in recent years, have been found to be wide- spread. Securing the reinstatement of escape staircases and associated fire-resisting doors and lobbies is an important aspect of the Section's work.
3.16. Work has started on the systematic re-inspection of all recently completed buildings and it is ultimately hoped to extend this to all post-war buildings.
Staff
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
3.17. The following new posts were created and filled during the year:
(a) Chief Structural Engineer.
(b) Senior Building Surveyor (Control & Enforcement).
(c) 4 Building Inspectors Class II.
(d) Executive Officer (H.K. Division).
(e) Supporting clerical staff for the Control & Enforcement Section. Two Building Surveyors on contract terms indicated that they did not propose to continue their employment with the Government and the professional strength is well below establishment. Efforts at recruitment of Building Surveyors, both locally and abroad, have so far produced little result. The post of Senior Surveying Assistant (Building), was filled by promotion of an officer from another P.W.D. sub-department.
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Training
3.19. Of eight professional trainee Surveying Assistants one resigned and two were appointed Assistant Building Surveyor. The remaining five trainees were supplemented by an additional appointment early in the year. Of these six trainees two have now passed the Intermediate Examination of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and when they have completed four years service will be considered for appoint- ment as Assistant Building Surveyors. Three others passed their First Examination of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Four Surveying Assistants (Building) Class III passed the departmental exami- nation; one, who had the requisite experience, was promoted to Class II towards the end of the year and the other three will be promoted when they have served the required period.
3.20. Every effort is made to place professional trainees with qualified professional officers on a one-to-one basis. The close contact thus created gives the trainee valuable experience and at the same time he receives the necessary professional instruction in carrying out his duties in the administration of the Buildings Ordinance.
Welfare
3.21. In the sporting field, a team was entered in the Governor's Seven-a-side Football Competition and did well to finish second in their section. The P.W.D. Golfing Society also continued to be strongly sup- ported by members of the office and many enjoyable matches were played.
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CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OPERATION AND ORGANISATION
GENERAL
1 DESIGNS, CONSTRUCTS AND MAINTAINE THE PUBLIC ROAD, SEWERAGE & DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND
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3. MAINTAINS OR INCREASES AS REQUIRED THE DEPTH OF THE HARBOUR.
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S DESIGNS & CARRIES OUT MAJOR SITE FORMATION WORKS ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
6. SUPERVISES PUBLIC DUMPING ON RECLAMATIONS ON HONG KONG ISLAND
7. PREPARES FEASIBILITY REPORTS ON MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES FOR HONG KONG ISLAND.
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L PLAN, DESIGN, CONSTRUCT • MAINTAIN ALL THE PUBLIC ROAD, BRIDGE AND SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS OF THE COLONY,
2. ENSURE THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, BE CONNECTED WHERE APPLICABLE, CAN INTO OF THE PUBLIC SYSTEM ROADS
ANO DRAINS.
3. THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT QURRIES AND ADMINISTRATION
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OF LONG-TERM PRIVATE QURRIES ON CONTRACT.
INVESTIGATE AND DESIGN WORKS TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS RESULTING FROM THE OVERLOADING OF THE EXISTING SEWERAGE SYSTEMS IN THE URBAN AREAS.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
1. PLANS AND DESIGNS FOR THE EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF
DIVISION
MOST PASSENGERS AND
GOODS ON THE COLONY ROAD SYSTEM
2. PROVIDES THE POLICE WITH TECHNICAL ADVICE & INFORMATION ON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CONTROL AND REGULATING MEASURES ON STREET PARKING
3. PLANE & DESIGNS ALL TRAFFIC AIDS & PUBLIC LIGHTING OF STREET" AND OPEN SPACES 4. PROVIDES TECHNICAL ADVICE & INFORMATION TO THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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PRELIMINARY PLANNING, CO-ORDINATION, DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF ALL CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS REQUIRED FOR THE
NEW TOWN OF CASTLE PEAK
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
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. T. K. Hum, M.Eng. (McGill), A.M.I.C.E., M.E.I.C. (Canada) (Acting)
GENERAL
4.01. The Civil Engineering Office is responsible for all civil engi- neering work carried out by Government, with the exception of that connected with water supply. The works are divided between seven divisions with specific responsibilities as set out in the organization chart on page 31. 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 main- tenance, are carried out by contract, a direct labour force is employed for the operation of the two Government quarries and routine minor maintenance to roads and drains.
4.02. As in previous years the Office maintained a 24-hour skeleton organization for dealing with any emergencies which may arise. This is reinforced during the wet season and is readily expanded to deal with typhoon and rainstorm damage. The organization was fully tested with the occurrence, on Sunday, 12th June, of what has now become known as the 'June Rainstorm'. The first 11 days of June were perhaps not abnormal but nevertheless over 15" of rain fell during this period. On Sunday the 12th, therefore, the ground was completely sodden and on this day a further 15" of rain fell. This is the highest daily total ever recorded at the Royal Observatory for the month of June and the third highest recorded for any month. Of this total 4.26" were recorded at the Royal Observatory between the hours of 7 and 8 a.m., which is the highest figure recorded there for a one-hour period but over 5′′ of rain fell during this hour on a wide area of Hong Kong Island with a peak of 5.51" at Aberdeen. This rain coupled with the saturated ground condition caused approximately 500 landslides, mostly on Hong Kong Island of which some dozen were of a size which either completely blocked or caused the collapse of a road. These landslides also blocked many of the main stormwater drains so that widespread flooding occurred in the low lying parts of Victoria, Wan Chai and North Point where traffic on several important roads was brought to a stand-still.
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A special Emergency Repairs Works Unit was set up and, following round the clock road clearance and temporary works, flood waters were controlled and main city roads open to traffic by the Monday evening and all roads reopened to traffic within three weeks. Permanent repairs on some of the worst affected roads are still proceeding. The cost of the damage incurred is estimated at $12,500,000.
4.03. Total non-recurrent expenditure this year amounted to $117,200,000 and further $30,400,000 was spent on recurrent works including maintenance, minor improvements, typhoon and rainstorm damage and works executed on private account.
4.04. The following officers served on the undermentioned inter- departmental committees:
Committee
Port Executive Committee Colony Outline Plan
Working Committee No. 4
(Utilities and Services) Working Committee No. 5
(Transportation) Transport Advisory Committee
Land Public Transport
Sub-committee
Traffic, Roads and Parking
Sub-committee Waterborne Transport
Sub-committee
Committee on Control of Ports,
Harbours and Waters of the Colony
Port Works Liaison Committee
Container Committee
Terminal Sub-committee
Resettlement Programme
Committee
Road Opening and Co-ordinating
Committee
Advisory Committee to
Department of Building,
Surveying and Structural
Engineering (Technical College)
Representative
Government Civil Engineer
Government Civil Engineer
Chief Engineer, Traffic Engineering
Division
Chief Engineer, Traffic Engineering
Division
Chief Engineer, Traffic Engineering
Division
Chief Engineer, Port Works Division
Government Civil Engineer
Assistant Government Civil Engineer
(Hong Kong)
Assistant Government Civil Engineer
(Mainland)
Chief Engineer, Port Works Division
Chief Engineer, Development
Division
Chief Engineer Roads & Drainage
(Hong Kong)
Chief Engineer Roads & Drainage
(Kowloon)
Senior Engineer/Training
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CASTLE PEAK NEW Town Division
Assistant Government Civil Engineer:
F. R. WHITEHEAD, B.Sc. (Eng.) (Hon.), A.M.I.C.E.
4.05. Slackness of the land market and a downward revision of the population projection figures for the Colony made it necessary to re- examine the timing of Stage I of the Castle Peak Development Scheme so as to ensure that the project did not proceed too far ahead of the need for land and facilities. It was subsequently decided to subdivide the first stage into Stage IA and Stage IB and to proceed only with Stage IA for the time being.
4.06. Stage IA, which will take about 5 years to complete, will provide 175 acres of formed land for private residential purposes, government and government-aided housing, industrial sites, areas for Government institutional and community uses as well as open space for recreation. This stage will accommodate about 100,000 persons com- pared with 396,000 persons for the full Stage I.
Engineering Works
4.07. Engineering works for Stage IA include the construction of approximately 1,000 ft. of seawall, which will provide limited cargo handling facilities and a temporary ferry berth; 6,000 ft. of river train- ing walls; 4 miles of trunk and intercepting sewers; site formation; main storm water drainage; and road works. Plans also include the extension of Pillar Point Road as far as Pillar Point to facilitate the laying of the intercepting sewer. A short length of submarine pipeline will be laid from Pillar Point through which untreated sewage will be discharged. It is planned to introduce primary treatment of sewage at a later stage of development and at the same time extend the submarine pipeline approximately 1 mile out to sea.
Progress of Works
4.08. A detailed programme of engineering works together with a critical path analysis was prepared. Frequent discussions were held with the New Territories Administration on clearance requirements, resiting of squatters and other connected matters. Meetings were also held with the Waterworks Office on the provision of water supplies, the Planning Section of Crown Lands and Survey Office on the detailed planning of the different areas to be formed and with the Traffic Engineering Division on the design of road intersections.
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4.09. Work commenced on a site formation contract involving the reclamation of about 40 acres of land near Tuen Mun San Hui. By the end of March, 1967 a total of 21 acres had been completed, 8 of which were handed over to the New Territories Administration for the tem- porary resiting of squatters. Tenders were invited for the construction of 3,400 ft. of river training wall and road embankment, together with main culvert outfalls for some of the storm water drains. Detailed design proceeded for other sections of the main drainage system for Stage IA and also for further site formation works.
4.10. Work was completed on the first stage of Pillar Point Road to provide access to sawmill sites being developed privately on the west side of Castle Peak Bay. Preparation of drawings for the extension of this road to Pillar Point was well advanced.
General
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
A. H. Wilkins, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.
4.11. Where the formation and servicing of undeveloped areas in Kowloon and the New Territories for urban use involve major engineer- ing works, the Development Division is responsible firstly for investigat- ing the engineering feasibility of such development and secondly, in those schemes which are approved, for the formation of the land and the provision of services.
Planning and Investigation
4.12. A report was nearly completed on reclaiming and developing Kowloon Bay north of the Airport runway, where 580 acres can be reclaimed to provide land for the extension of the Airport and for industrial, open storage and other uses. A layout for a small areas to be formed at Wing Hong Street for exchange purposes was also under consideration.
4.13. A supplementary report was prepared on developing part of Tsing Yi Island for housing 100,000 people in a single Resettlement estate as an alternative to developing the island to the maximum extent for both industrial and residential purposes as previously investigated. A supplementary report was also prepared on a modified Stage I of the Sha Tin New Town development which would provide land for balanced development capable of supporting a population of up to 124,000.
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4.14. Most of the Department's subsoil investigations were again carried out under an annual contract supervised 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 15,610 feet of investigations of various types was carried out at various sites, activity being increased by investigations required following the June Rainstorm.
Projects under Construction
4.15. Statistical details of the development projects under construc- tion are given at Appendix M. A description of the various works carried out is given below under the appropriate district or section headings:
(i) Kwun Tong and Adjacent Areas
Progress on three site formation contracts was slow because of the high proportion of rock encountered and contractors' financial difficulties. During the year a total of 16.7 acres of level building sites was formed at Sau Mau Ping and at the old Ngau Tau Kok village site.
Reclamation continued in Kowloon Bay and some 1,663,000 cubic yards of materials from Government projects and private building sites were deposited to form 43.8 acres of land. A substantial part of the reclamation was being used by the Resettlement Department as a temporary resite area.
At Sam Ka Tsuen, work on the formation of 40 acres of industrial sites and the construction of roads and drains serving these sites neared completion.
(ii) Kowloon
Site formation of Stages VI and VIII of Ho Man Tin Development (medium density residential, schools and com- munity use) and Lung Cheung Road Area No. 1 (community and institutional use) continued, although at a reduced rate of progress.
Adjacent to Hilsea Barracks, good progress was made on a new contract for site formation and road construction. A total of 6 acres was formed, 4.2 of which were handed over to the Army as part of the Whitfield Barracks Agreement.
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The reclamation of Cheung Sha Wan was completed except for an area of 8 acres behind the new seawall. By the end of March 1967, 110 acres had been reclaimed. A good start was made on a new contract for the construction of the culvert to extend the existing Hing Wah Street Nullah across the reclamation.
(iii) Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan
Financial difficulties affected the progress of contractors engaged on site formation for low cost housing, resettlement and private development at Kwai Chung North. Of the three site formation contracts in hand it was necessary for Govern- ment to re-enter two and make other arrangements for the completion of outstanding works. Four platforms were handed over to the Architectural Office for construction of low cost housing and a further 19.4 acres of hillside terraces completed.
Stage II of the Kwai Chung Development Scheme under supervision of the Consulting Engineers was substantially completed. By the end of the year the gross area of land formed totalled 348 acres while 8,700 feet of the main re- inforced concrete culvert and 12,500 feet of a 4-lane dual carriageway road had been completed.
(iv) Sha Tin
A 320-feet long three span road bridge which will link the Lion Rock Tunnel road with Sha Tin was completed. The main prestressed concrete bridge girders, which are 107 feet long, carry a 24-foot wide carriageway as well as footpaths and service ducts. Foundations have been provided for future widening of the superstructure to carry a second carriageway. The scheme also included approach roads and river training works.
Progress on Sha Tin New Town was restricted to a limited amount of investigations and design work pending considera- tion of the report on the modified Stage I as previously described.
(v) Railway Section
Work proceeded well on the reclamation at Ho Tung Lau, Sha Tin and piling for the new railway workshops was com- pleted. The construction of the superstructure of the workshops
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proceeded on schedule and work on the branch line linking the workshops with Sha Tin Station was almost complete.
The reprovision of part of the existing railway workshops at Hung Hom was well underway; this includes construction of a temporary railway loop track, new running shed, new turntable facilities and a temporary washing shed for carriages.
PORT WORKs Division
Chief Engineer:
H. R. A. Chamberlain, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E.
General
4.16. Work progressed well throughout the year except during the month of June when the catastrophic rainstorm disrupted the works programme and contractors' efforts were diverted to emergency repair work. The Division's activities included the construction of breakwaters, seawalls, piers, incinerators and reclamations. General maintenance work was carried out on existing seawalls and piers and a number of minor projects including the construction of navigational aids at various points throughout the Colony were completed. Other activities included site investigations, hydrographic surveys and the removal of underwater obstructions by blasting.
Projects under Construction
4.17. Full lists of works completed and under construction are given at Appendices K and L and the following paragraphs describe briefly the progress on the more interesting projects.
Central Reclamation
4.18. Work on the seawalls and seawater pumphouses in Stages II and IV was completed. As much of the area behind the seawalls as possible without interfering with the temporary drainage system was reclaimed.
4.19. The District Services pier for use by the Hong Kong & Yaumati Ferry Company was officially opened on the 27th August, 1966. Two new Government piers were also completed up to main deck level and handed over to the Architectural Office for completion of the offices which are to be constructed over the piers at first floor level.
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Wan Chai Reclamation
4.20. Seawall and pumphouse contracts progressed well up to schedule. Work on a new two-berth ferry pier continued and a contract was let in March for the construction of a single berth ferry pier. These ferry piers are to replace those that will be absorbed in the reclamation scheme.
4.21. Filling for the reclamation fell behind schedule due to the reduced rate of public dumping and to counteract this a contract was let for bringing filling from Kowloon Bay by barge. This was necessary in order to meet the construction programme for the cross harbour tunnel which rises to ground level in the eastern part of the reclama- tion, near Kellett Island.
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4.22. Work continued satisfactorily on the construction of the Southern Breakwaters which, when completed, will provide a typhoon shelter of about 80 acres.
4.23. Model investigations carried out by the Hydraulics Research Station (England) on the optimum extent of any reclamation between Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau were completed and a report received.
Kowloon Bay Reclamation
4.24. The first 3,000 ft. of seawall fronting this reclamation was completed and tenders were called for the construction of further 1,000 ft.
Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation
4.25. Construction of the first 500 ft. of seawall fronting the reclama- tion to the west of the new shipyards has been completed. Work pro- ceeded on the final 600 ft. of seawall east of the shipyards. This seawall when finished will complete the protection to the Cheung Sha Wan reclamation.
Abbatoir Piers at Kennedy Town and Cheung Sha Wan
Construction of the cattle pier for the Kennedy Town Abbatoir was completed and work commenced on the cattle pier for the Cheung Sha Wan Abbatoir.
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Yau Ma Tei Slipway Reprovisioning
4.27. Work continued in the former Kowloon Naval Camber on Stage I of this scheme, which includes the construction of three slipways and a pier. These will replace the existing Marine Department facilities in Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter.
Cha Kwo Ling Reclamation
4.28. The contract for the seawall fronting the Cha Kwo Ling rec- lamation was completed. When this reclamation of 10 acres is finished it will provide land for the waterfront road giving easier access to the Yau Tong Bay shipyards and the proposed industrial development at Sam Ka Tsuen.
Sam Ka Tsuen Reclamation and Breakwater
4.29. The reclamation, seawall and breakwater have been completed. The 16 acres of reclaimed land are planned for industrial use. The break water has provided a much needed sheltered anchorage for small craft based in this area.
Waglan Pier
4.30. The construction of a new pier at Waglan Island was com- pleted. This pier facilitates the supply and relief of the crews who operate the marine and air navigation station situated on the island.
Kau Lau Wan and Wong Shek Piers
4.31. Work was completed on the construction of these two prestress- ed concrete piers thus providing the local farming and fishing com- munities with a much easier access to the markets for their produce.
Shuen Wan Typhoon Shelter
4.32. Tenders were called for completion of the breakwater arm, the core of which had already been formed using rock excavated from the Plover Cove Scheme tunnels. When completed the breakwater will provide 27 acres of typhoon shelter for local craft.
Refuse Disposal Incinerator
4.33. Progress on the plant installation is described in para. 6.18(i) of the Electrical and Mechanical Office section. The design of the civil engineering and building works was carried out by a firm of consultants while the contract management of the civil works was the responsibility of this Division. At Kennedy Town the building and civil engineering works were completed and at Lai Chi Kok they were substantially com-
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pleted. Progress of work on the internal road alignment and drainage scheme at Lai Chi Kok was delayed pending a decision on the location of a second incinerator.
Maintenance and Dredging
4.34. General maintenance was carried out to piers, seawalls, break- waters, navigation markers and light beacons. The two departmental dredgers removed a total of 124,600 cu. yds. of spoil mostly from nullahs, sewer outfalls and pier approaches. They also assisted the Marine Department by dredging around harbour moorings so that these could be lifted for maintenance purposes. 'Dredging No. 1' a new 800-cubic yard self-propelled grab hopper dredger for the Department was launch- ed in November.
4.35. The Division's divers carried out underwater inspections of seawalls, piers, pumphouses and pipelines including the new cross har- bour water main and a total of 384 hours was spent underwater. The old Port Works diving barge was replaced in December by a new, more up-to-date, diving boat capable of travelling at 10 knots.
Boring and Surveys
4.36. 544 marine boreholes totalling 11,404 ft. were sunk at various sites in the Colony waters.
4.37. Hydrographic and shoreline surveys were carried out at Castle Peak Bay for the proposed New Town Development and along the shore- line of the mainland for the proposed new Castle Peak Road. Echo sounding surveys for the proposed extension to the runway at Kai Tak on behalf of the Consultants, across Rambler and Lamma Channels for proposed watermains on behalf of the Waterworks Office and for the proposed Container Terminal at Kwai Chung were also undertaken. Float tests and current meter observations were made for the proposed cross harbour tunnel and the Castle Peak New Town sewer outfalls.
Roads And Drainage DivISIONS
Hong Kong Island: Kowloon
New Territories
Chief Engineers:
H. D. Stead, M.Sc., D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E. : G. A. G. Sapstead, A.M.I.C.E.
F. E. SHORT, A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)
: T. K. HUM, M.Eng. (McGill), A.M.I.C.E.,
M.E.I.C. (Canada)
C. W. H. Dallas, A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)
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Rainstorm Damage, June 1966-Peak Road, near Magazine Gap.
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Rainstorm Damage, June 1966-Magazine Gap Road, bend near May Road junction.
Rainstorm Damage, June 1966-Junction of Robinson Road/Glenealy.
Photo shows landslide blocking the road, burying motor-cars and damaging the nullah below.
by Aupezia.
Rainstorm Damage, June 1966-University Hostels at the end of Lyttelton Road.
Photo shows the landslide sweeping away the original steps from the road të the righest hostel (hẩm
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Rainstorm Damage, June 1966-Shek Pai Wan Road, near the Aberdeen Reclamation. Photo shows the complete cutting-off due to landslides.
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Rainstorm Damage, June 1966.
Severe structural damage suffered by a residential building an Stubbs Road.
General
4.38. By far the greater proportion of the work of the Civil Engineer- ing Office is in connexion with the design, construction and maintenance of roads and drainage works throughout the Colony. The Colony is divided up into three separate Roads and Drainage Divisions, namely: Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories, each under a Chief Engineer.
4.39. 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.
4.40. 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.
4.41. Details of roads and drainage projects, completed or under construction, are given in Appendices K and L and a summary of works carried out on roads and drains is given in Appendix O.
Road Works in Hong Kong
4.42. Further progess was made on the Garden Road Complex, with work substantially completed on the Queen's Road flyover and on the section of Kapok Drive between Queen's Road East and the new Government Offices to be erected in Garden Road. Work also started on the continuation of Kapok Drive towards Kennedy Road, involving mainly elevated road structures and the culverting of Albany Nullah.
4.43. Detailed design continued for the roadworks, major drainage works and several flyovers required for the Waterfront Road, which will extend from Harcourt Road along a widened Gloucester Road to the existing road network of North Point at Hing Fat Street via Cause- way Bay Typhoon Shelter and the seaward boundary of Victoria Park. In addition the detailed planning required for this road was co-ordinated with the work of consultants dealing with the immediate approaches to the cross harbour tunnel.
4.44. Roadworks were also carried out in conjunction with develop- ment areas at Tin Hau Temple Road and Morrison Hill.
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Drainage and Sewerage Works in Hong Kong
4.45. Repairs and improvements were put in hand on several storm- water drainage channels and culverts damaged, or which overflowed, during the June Rainstorm.
4.46. Nullah construction work to improve the present insanitary conditions and to permit better land development in Staunton Creek, Aberdeen, continued. By the end of the year, one thousand feet of the sixty-foot wide nullah had been completed and also a road bridge over the nullah.
4.47. Trunk sewers to relieve the overloaded existing sewers were constructed in Chai Wan, Happy Valley, Wan Chai and Hollywood Road. Special attention has been given to the design and immediate construction of many other sewers to cater for the present and future requirements.
4.48. Extensions of the existing and newly constructed stormwater drains in the Central Reclamation areas continued. The work will facilitate the completion of reclamation works and permit better utiliza- tion of these areas.
Road Works in Kowloon
4.49. Both north-south and east-west routes across Kowloon were improved; the former by the opening of Princess Margaret Road flyover and further improvements to the major route from Tsim Sha Tsui to Lion Rock Tunnel which itself was nearing completion. The final stage of Nathan Road reconstruction was finished and extension of Lai Chi Kok Road across the reclamation at Cheung Sha Wan was nearing com- pletion; this will additionally improve north-south communications and join up with the bridge now being built across Lai Chi Kok Bay to provide a fast route to Tsuen Wan and the Western New Territories.
4.50. East-west routes were greatly improved by the opening of Ching Cheung Road linking Tai Po and Castle Peak Roads. This provides a by-pass to Cheung Sha Wan and other industrial areas and a short traffic route from Kwun Tong and the Eastern Kowloon area to Tsuen Wan.
Drainage and Sewerage Works in Kowloon
4.51. Trunk sewers were completed in Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong and at Tai Hang Tung Road thereby relieving conditions in the existing overloaded sewers in the area.
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4.52. The screening plant and submarine outfall at Blackheads, Tsim Sha Tsui was brought into operation.
Road Works in the New Territories
4.53. Work continued on the Lion Rock Tunnel Approach Road from Sha Tin. At the end of the year over 97% of this road was com- pleted. A total of 9 miles of new roads was constructed at Kwai Chung, Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long and one bridge in Yuen Long along Kau Yuk Road was completed. Another 6 contracts involving the construc- tion of new roads and drains in Kwai Chung, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long, Tai Po and Kwun Tong were also in progress.
4.54. Reconstruction works were carried out along sections of Ting Kok Road and South Lantau Road from Mui Wo to Shek Pik; the bends at M.S. 14 and M.S. 15 along Castle Peak Road and M.S. 11 along Tai Po Road were also reconstructed. The access road to Fanling Police Depot was widened and a footbridge over Tai Po Road at Sha Tin was built.
4.55. Passing places were constructed along the Border Road from San Uk Wai to Lin Ma Hang Mine and along Tai Mong Tsai Road.
A total of 10 bus bays along various roads in the New Terri- tories were completed and a bus terminus at Yuen Long was constructed. 75,000 feet of new footpaths were provided along main traffic routes.
Drainage and Sewerage Works in the New Territories
4.57. The 8 miles of open channels and river training works extend- ing from the foothills through Yuen Long to the mouth of Kam Tin River are now complete; one quarter of these channels was constructed during the year under review. These flood relief works proved very effective as no flooding occurred in Yuen Long during the heavy rain- storms of June 1966.
4.58.
About 100,000 feet of stormwater and sewer drains were laid in development areas at Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Yuen Long, Tai Po and Sha Tin.
4.59. In Yuen Long the construction of an intercepting sewer was completed and quotations for the supply of screening plant were received.
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4.60. The consulting engineers who had previously submitted a report on suitable methods of sewage disposal in the Northern New Territories, namely Yuen Long, Fanling/Shek Wu Hui, Tai Po and Sha Tin, sub- mitted a supplementary report based on revised forecast population figures for these areas.
4.61. Investigations to ascertain the degree of pollution in streams in the New Territories were continued and float tests and probes of the sea bed were taken in the vicinity of Pillar Island to determine the most suitable line for the Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung sewer submarine out- fall.
4.62. Preliminary investigations and design were carried out for the Shing Mun River Flood Control Scheme and excavation works on Stage I, Phase I, of the Scheme were substantially completed in areas where no land resumption was involved.
Trenches
4.63. Development by Utilities continued unabated but close co- operation by all concerned ensured that there was a minimum of inter- ference with traffic.
Resettlement and Low Cost Housing Estates
4.64. Extensive road and drainage works were carried out in a number of estates mainly in Eastern Kowloon, Kwai Chung in the New Territories and the Aberdeen area of Hong Kong Island.
Private Works
4.65. A great deal of drainage connexion works for building develop- ment was undertaken and a total of 645 demand notes were issued for the purpose.
Quarry Section
4.66. The production of crushed granite aggregate, primarily for the manufacture of road surfacing materials, continued at the two Govern- ment Quarries.
4.67. At Mt. Butler Quarry mechanization of quarry operations was sufficiently advanced to obviate the need for stone breaking and loading by hand.
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BASIC STATISTICS
POPULATION; ROAD ACCIDENTS & MILEAGE; VEHICLES
600 $120
500 8100
ACCIDENTS IN 1,000 UNITS
2
100
ROAD
200
MILEAGE 8
40
12
VEHICLE REGISTRATION IN 1,000 UNITS
2
O
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09
80
POPULATION IN 100.000 UNITS
60
CAS AT END OF FINANCIAL YEAR)
ROAD MILEAGE
50
TOTAL PERSONAL 40 INJURY ACCIDENTS
30
20
10
POPULATION
·VEHICLE REGISTRATION
1956/7 57/8 58/9 59/60 60/1 61/2 62/3 63/4 64/5 65/6 66/7
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4.68. Despite the stage by stage transfer of operations to Diamond Hill, Hok Yuen Quarry continued to meet very heavy demands for bituminous premixed road surfacing materials. This was generally achieved by the use of stone supplied from site formation contracts together with a limited amount from Diamond Hill.
4.69. The establishment of the new quarry at Diamond Hill con- tinued, with most of the basic plant installed and quarry buildings com- pleted.
4.70. Mobile quarry plant and the services of the quarry staff were extensively used during the aftermath of the June Rainstorm.
4.71. The several private quarries let on long-term contracts and ad- ministered by the Quarry Section were, with few exceptions, badly affected by the continued low demand for quarry products. Many private quarries let on short-term permits which were reviewed by the Quarry Section were similarly affected. A detailed report on the future supply and demand of quarry products and the future of permit quarries was under consideration.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
W. C. BELL, D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E.
CHAN Nai-keong, A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.T.E. (Acting)
General
4.72. Traffic flow on the roads of the Colony continued to grow. The number of new vehicles registered was substantially the same as last year and represented a compound rate of increase of 5.3%.
4.73. In addition to vehicle registration, the graph on page 47 shows the general trend of statistics for population, road mileage and accidents over the past decade. Both population and road mileage con- tinued to increase at much the same rate as in the past few years but the curve for personal injury accidents shows a flattening over the past 4 years. In view of the general increase in vehicle registration and traffic flow, this flattening reflects the improved level of safety achieved through education, police control, road improvements and provision of the various traffic and safety aids.
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Traffic Aids
4.74. The installation and maintenance of various traffic aids con- tinued during the year. To meet anticipated demands over the next two years contracts were entered into with local manufacturers for the supply of stove enamel and reflective signs. To improve safety and to aid night driving, a programme of catseyes installation and replacement was car- ried out in a number of major rural roads in the New Territories and in Hong Kong. Pictorial directional signs were installed on all major traffic approaches to the vehicular ferries and to the Airport. Road markings continued to be a major item of traffic aids and approximately 12,000 gallons of paint were used during the year.
4.75. In implementing Government policy that all meters in the main commuter areas should charge at a rate of not less than 50¢ per hour, a programme for the necessary rearrangement of some 680 meters in the Central District of Hong Kong and Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon was carried out. Apart from this there was little change in the position of metered parking in the Colony with a total number of spaces metered on and off street standing at approx. 5,800. However, a programme for the installation of over 2,000 additional meters was finalized towards the end of the year and was endorsed by the Traffic Roads, and Parking Sub-Committee of the Transport Advisory Committee. Over 2,000 addi- tional free 'on-street' parking spaces were marked out on the ground.
Traffic Light Signals
4.76. The year saw a net increase of 48 sets of signals installed on the ground bringing the total number of sets installed in the Colony to 111. The new installations during the year included the linked sets in Nathan Road in Kowloon and in Queen's Road East in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong.
4.77. The design for a further 40 installations was completed during the year and the ordering of necessary equipment was in hand.
4.78. A proposal to experiment with the use of 'walking man' type aspects as an indication to pedestrians at signal controlled crossings has been endorsed by the Sub-Committee on Traffic, Roads and Parking of the Transport Advisory Committee. The necessary equipment for the experiment has been ordered and it is hoped that installations will be put in hand in mid-1967.
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Street Lighting
4.79. Installation of street lighting continued during the year with a total of 1,182 new lamps installed, including 320 in Hong Kong, 736 in Kowloon and 126 in the New Territories. The cost of street lighting rose by 6.73% to $4,019,000. The amount was made up as follows:
Hong Kong $1,619,500
Public Transport
Kowloon
$1,887,500
New Territories
$512,000
4.80. To keep pace with increasing demands on the public transport facilities of the Colony, substantial effort was again devoted to the design and planning of bus stops, termini, routes and other facilities. Major bus termini planned during the year included those at Kennedy Town, Wah Fu Housing Authority Estate, Tin Wan Resettlement Estate and Shek Pai Wan Resettlement Estate on Hong Kong Island and at Ham Tin Resettlement Estate, Tsz Wan Shan Resettlement Estate, Jordan Road Ferry Concourse, Shek Kip Mei, Kwun Tong Ferry Concourse, Sau Mau Ping and Yau Tong in Kowloon. A layout was also considered for a bus terminus at Silver Mine Bay in the New Territories.
4.81. The Mass Transit Feasibility Study being undertaken by con- sultants continued. Final route location for the rail rapid system has been completed whilst operational design and cost estimates are substantially complete. The draft final report of the consultants is expected in mid- 1967.
4.82. In conjunction with the Roxy Roundabout Interim Improve- ment Scheme, a tram turning loop was provided in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island. The provision of this loop enabled the Tramway Company to provide a quicker turn round and run more frequent serv- ices between this area and Central District.
4.83. A programme of bus bay construction was carried out in the main traffic routes in the New Territories.
Investigations
4.84. The Passenger Transport Survey Unit, which was set up in 1965, completed its main task of collecting and processing data on pas- senger travel in the Colony during the year. Preparation of plans and figures for inclusion in the final report was in hand and expected to be complete by May 1967. In addition to completing the main survey
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the Passenger Transport Survey Unit also completed a number of tech- nical reports.
4.85. In connexion with its day to day design work the Traffic Engineering Division completed some 60 minor counts at various locations. A 'before and after' study of traffic conditions at the junction of Des Voeux Road Central/Jubilee Street was carried out to assess the effects of the resiting of the eastbound tram stop at the western approach to the intersection. Substantial reduction in vehicle delays, including those of trams, were observed. A comprehensive survey was carried out on loading and unloading activities by privates cars, taxis and goods vehicles in the Central District of Hong Kong, to provide basic data for the replanning of the traffic network in the area.
Planning and Design
4.86. The study of and comment on town planning layouts con- tinued, with particular emphasis being given to the new satellite town at Castle Peak.
4.87. In liaison with the Town Planning Division of the Crown Lands & Survey Office, the Transport Office, the Mass Transit Feasibility Study consultants and the consultants for the cross harbour tunnel connexions, various layouts for the Kowloon tunnel portal area were considered. These layouts included cross harbour bus stopping and interchanging facilities, the toll plaza for the tunnel and access to the proposed development above the Hung Hom railway terminus.
4.88. Preliminary origin and destination data supplied by the Passenger Transport Survey Unit were studied and analysed to evaluate various proposals for the relief of the northeast corridor in Kowloon with particular reference to the Kowloon City roundabout.
4.89. A paper outlining various alternative alignments for the im- provement of Kennedy Road between Macdonnell Road and Monmouth Terrace, together with analysis of comparative costs and merits, was pre- pared for submission to the Secretariat Road Widening Committee.
4.90. Another major planning project in hand during the year was the replanning of the traffic network in the Central District of Hong Kong. Data on traffic flow, traffic generation characteristics of car parks, loading/unloading generation characteristics of existing commercial development in the area and directional vehicular counts at key inter- sections were employed as a basis for this replanning.
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4.91. A proposal for improving road communication between the Mid-levels and the Central District by the construction of a new western, north-south route linking Caine Road at the Seymour Road junction with Connaught Road Central at the junction of Morrison Street, was prepar- ed and circulated.
4.92. A large number of junction improvement schemes was finalised during the year. Major items included the Princess Margaret Road/Fat Kwong Street/Pui Ching Road junction, the Argyle Street/Princess Margaret Road/Waterloo Road junction and the Castle Peak Road/ Lei Muk Road junction on the mainland. On Hong Kong Island grade separation at the Garden Road Roundabout and improvements at the junction of Pokfulam Road/Bonham Road/Hill Road were considered.
4.93. On a smaller scale but nevertheless involving appreciable time and effort, proposals for 25 schools, 15 cinemas and 22 petrol filling stations, together with a large number of private development schemes, were considered with regard to the provision of satisfactory access, parking, loading facilities, etc.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
4.94. Efforts to recruit local professional and assistant professional staff to fill vacancies on the establishment of the Office, met with little success and it was necessary to appoint two Engineers on expatriate terms. Two local officers were promoted to Engineer from the Assistant professional grade. The Technical Training Unit has provided a steady flow of site supervisory staff and this has helped to make up the de- ficiencies in the Foremen grades.
4.95. A total of 30 officers retired during the year of whom the following had 25 or more years service:
Mr. CHAN Fook
Mr. TAM Ping
Foreman Class I
Foreman Class I
Mr. Chow Yan-sau
Foreman Class II
Mr. Law Kee
Mr. TAM Tak
Mr. Lok Kwai
Mr. Ho Ng
Mr. MA Kwok-kuen
Mr. Li Ip
Foreman Class II
Drain Chargeman
Plantman Class I
Semi-skilled Labourer
Special Class Clerk Labourer
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4.96. One overseas officer completed his tour under Agreement during the year.
Training
4.97. The scheme whereby Foremen Class III recruited in September, 1965 were given a 6 months full time course of lectures in the Civil Engineering Training School followed by 12 months in-service training in various divisions proved successful. It was, therefore, decided that a further intake of recruits should be started on a similar training scheme in September, 1966. This intake was made up of 25 new entrants and 11 serving Foremen Class III. The arrangements for attendance at the Hong Kong Technical College on part-time day-release continued.
4.98. A two month refresher course was given to 20 serving Foremen Class I and Class II. The programme was similar to the one for the Foremen Class III and included lectures on civil engineering construc- tion, contract procedure and other aspects of Civil Engineering Office work.
4.99. The Apprentice Engineers who are under indenture (see para. 1.23) to the Director of Engineering Development were given a two weeks induction course, during which professional staff from the various Civil Engineering divisions, Waterworks Office and the Electrical and Mechanical Office gave lectures on the workings of their own particular office.
Welfare
4.100. Canteen facilities have been provided at the new quarry at Diamond Hill and in the Caroline Hill Depot and it is hoped to bring these into full use in the coming year.
4.101. This year a seven-a-side football competition for indoor staff was organized in the Civil Engineering Office and was won by the Roads and Drainage (Hong Kong) Division, which also entered a team in the Governor's Cup seven-a-side competition, organized by the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants' Association.
4.102. In addition, the Roads and Drainage (Hong Kong) Division and the Training Unit provided competitors for athletics competitions; the former also took part in a Chinese chess competition.
4.103. Mr. J. M. WHELDON, an Engineer in the Castle Peak New Town Division, won the P.W.D. golf championship.
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CROWN LANDS & SURVEY OFFICE
GENERAL
OPERATION &
ORGANIZATION
(a) THE DISPOSAL AND CONTROL OF CROWN
LAND IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND
NEW KOWLOON.
THE PLANNING OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE COLONY.
(b)
(<)
THE SURVEY AND MAPPING OF THE
WHOLE COLONY,
CHART
PLANNING
DIVISION
IRELATING TO THE WHOLE COLONY)
( THE PREPARATION AND REVISION OF THE COLONY OUTLINE PLAN OUTLINING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND LAYOUT PLANS
(U) (THE RESERVATION OF SITES FOR GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY USE
* THE SCRUTINY OF AND ADVISING UPON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
JECTS.
DEVELOPMENT
PRO-
(d) THE PREPARATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION DISTRIBUTION FORECASTS FOR GOVERNMENT AND OTHER USE
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
(d) 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)
(a) ALL BASIC SURVEY PLANS & MAPS OF THE COLONY REQUIRED FOR LAND ADMINISTRATION (b) PROVISION OF GROUND CONTROL # FIELD CHECKING FOR AIR SURVEY
(c) SITE PLANS FOR GOVERNMENT
&
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
(d) CO-ORDINATION
BUILDING
WITH SERVICE DEPARTMENTS,
CIVIL AVIATION &
MARINE
DEPARTMENT.
(e) 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. (to 10.11.66) R. C. CLARKE, B.Eng., LL.B., D.P.A., F.R.I.C.S., A.M.I.Min.E. (from 11.11.66)
GENERAL
5.01. The Office is divided into three divisions which are reported on under individual headings. The year has been one of consolidation and increased support of other departments, rather than activity in the sphere of new land development which remained at a low level by com- parison with the 1950's and early '60's. On the other hand, the volume of transactions in respect of leased land handled by the Land Division increased and demands on the Planning and Survey Divisions remained at a high level. It was noticeable that developers were not only more selective in their choice of sites but also more concerned with the con- ditions of their leases in regard both to user and extent of building permitted. Land developers continued to have difficulty in finding pur- chasers or tenants for certain classes of accommodation, principally large flats. Following this same trend more staff time and effort was required in obtaining payments due and many land transactions were argued more fiercely than heretofore in the negotiating stage.
5.02. Service on departmental and inter-departmental committees made increasing demands on the time of senior staff; such diverse and important subjects as overhead transmission of electricity, containeriza- tion and cargo handling, airport expansion and the cross harbour tunnel, were dealt with in committee during the year. While the brunt of the work arising from the June rainstorms fell on the Civil Engineering Office, the many landslides gave rise to questions of liability between property owners and Government, requiring interpretation of land law and lease conditions. However, by the end of the year the majority of such cases had been settled.
5.03. The weekly Land Meeting, under the chairmanship of the Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey is one of a number of inter- departmental committees on which officers of this sub-department have served. Details are as follows:
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Committee
Land Development Planning
Committee
Port Executive Committee
Container Committee
Provisional Council for the
Conservation of the Countryside
Recreational Leases Committee
Working Party on Overhead
Electricity Transmission Lines Tunnel Co-ordination Committee
Cargo Handling Working Party
Committee on the Control of Ports, Harbours and Waters of the Colony
Town Planning Board
Resettlement Programme
Committee
Industrial Sites Co-ordination
Committee
Six Colony Outline Planning
Working Committees
Castle Peak and Sha Tin Works and Management Co-ordination Committees (4)
Representative
Superintendent of Crown Lands &
Survey
Assistant Superintendent (Planning) Superintendent of Crown Lands &
Survey
Superintendent of Crown Lands &
Survey
Superintendent of Crown Lands &
Survey
Superintendent of Crown Lands &
Survey
Superintendent of Crown Lands &
Survey
Principal Assistant Superintendent of
Crown Lands & Survey
Assistant Superintendent (Planning) Principal Assistant Superintendent of
Crown Lands & Survey
Principal Assistant Superintendent of
Crown Lands & Survey
Assistant Superintendent of Crown
Lands & Survey (Planning) Assistant Superintendent of Crown
Lands & Survey (Planning)
Senior Estate Surveyor (Kowloon) Assistant Superintendent of Crown
Lands & Survey (Land) Assistant Superintendent (Planning) Assistant Superintendent of Crown
Lands & Survey (Planning) Senior Planning Officer (Colony
Outline Planning Team)
Assistant Superintendent of Crown
Lands & Survey (Planning) Senior Planning Officer (New
Territories)
Committees with purely departmental representation are not included
above.
5.04. Notable features of the year were the expanded use of air survey both for mapping, in which connexion a start was made on a new series of topographical maps at 1/10,000 and 1/25,000, and for special purposes such as capacity tables for reservoirs. Work on the
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Colony Outline Plan reached the stage where useful advice based on the analysis of statistics could be made available to Government depart- ments and committees, utility companies, etc., to assist them in their forward planning. Much discussion took place within the Town Planning Board and elsewhere in connexion with the development of new towns at Tsuen Wan, Castle Peak and Sha Tin.
5.05. The Superintendent attended the United Nations Seminar on Planning for Urban and Regional Development including Metropolitan Areas, New Towns and Land Policies at Nagoya, Japan in October 1966. The Office was also represented at the 28th World Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning held in Tokyo in May 1966.
CROWN LANDS DIVISION
Assistant Superintendents:
W. L. T. CRUNDEN, F.R.I.C.S., F.A.I., F.R.S.H., F.I.Arb. I. L. STANTON, F.R.I.C.S.
J. P. POTTER, A.R.I.C.S., A.A.I. (Acting)
5.06. The work of the Lands Division is undertaken by four separate Sections, each controlled by a Senior Estate Surveyor.
Hong Kong and Kowloon Land Sections
5.07. The Hong Kong and Kowloon Land Sections deal with all sales, leases and allocations of Crown Land on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon and New Kowloon respectively and the general administra- tion and control of Crown Land in the urban area is vested in them. The property market continued to be quiet but it was evident from a number of sales that a demand still exists for industrial land. There were 21 sales by auction and tender, compared with 27 during the previous year.
5.08. Activities in the sphere of private treaty grants continued to be greater than in the field of auction sales and the number of grants made during the year was 47. There was no lessening in land requirements for Government and Government-sponsored projects and many alloca- tions were made for these purposes.
5.09. During the year two important concessions were announced, both designed to assist property owners overcome the difficulties they were facing. The first of these enabled the factory owner paying his
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premium by instalments to sub-let parts of his factory under certain conditions without having to pay up the outstanding balance of premium. The second affected land held on 75-year non-renewable leases and per- mitted payment of regrant premium by instalments in all cases of flatted development in multi-ownership where applications for regrant had not been completed prior to the new policy being announced.
5.10. Building development was still affected by difficulty in obtaining credit facilities and during the year Government approved a further con- cession in connexion with building covenants to permit an additional year's free extension in cases where one had been granted in the previous year; or a year's free extension in cases which would have been eligible under the initial concession but where the building covenant did not expire during the period covered by that concession.
5.11. Statistical details concerning land transactions are given at Appendix S.
Valuation Section
5.12. The Valuation Section is concerned with the enforcement and modification of lease conditions, the acquisition of land required for public purposes and valuations required in connexion with these func- tions, for estate duty and certain statutory assessments. In line with the general quietness of the property market, the number of applications for modification of lease conditions was less than in previous years but towards the end of the year there were signs of increasing interest. The Section made 249 assessments of incremental value under the Demolished Buildings (Redevelopment of Sites) Ordinance; conducted the case for the Crown before 6 Arbitration Boards under the Crown Lands Resump- tion Ordinance; and was concerned in two cases heard by the Supreme Court, one being an appeal against an estate duty valuation and the other concerning the assessment of revised rent on the expiry of the first term of a 75-year renewable lease.
Property Management Section
5.13. The Property Management Section is responsible for the letting and management of premises owned but not occupied by Government and it conducts negotiations for the letting of Government buildings and piers which are not required for the time being for Government pur- poses 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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5.14. By the end of the year this section was responsible for the collection of rents amounting to over $6 million per annum in respect of some 130 properties, 8 commercial piers and 18 ferry piers. Close co- operation is maintained with the Registrar General, who advises on the legal aspects of the Section's work and with the Maintenance Division of the Architectural Office, which supervises the carrying out of repairs.
General
SURVEY DIVISION
Assistant Superintendents:
R. GILES, F.R.I.C.S., F.R.G.S., F.V.I. (to 19.2.67)
J. T. COOPER, A.R.I.C.S., F.R.G.S. (from 20.2.67)
5.15. The work of the Survey division can be divided into three main categories:
(a) Control Survey. The provision of horizontal and vertical control, 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 preparation of large scale plans for the whole Colony and their subsequent revision at regular intervals.
(c) Revenue Survey. Surveys for title which involve defining boundaries and setting out new planned areas; surveys for sur- renders, grants, sales, exchanges, etc.
Various sections employed on the above type of work are stationed at the Central Government Offices and in Kowloon, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long and Fanling; from these offices the whole of the Colony is covered.
Control Surveys
5.16. Once again the main effort in respect of control surveys has been the provision of ground control for the air survey projects now in progress. The ground control programme for the 1/600 scale projects (Hong Kong and New Kowloon) was completed. On the 1/1200 scale programme (New Territories), the island of Lantau was completed.
Revision Survey
5.17. A large proportion of the staff normally employed on revision of plans has been employed on the checking of the machine plots sup-
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plied by the air survey contractor. At the end of the year the field checking of the 1/600 scale projects was almost completed and the checking of 1/1200 scale sheets of Lantau Island had commenced. On the mainland, checking was concentrated on the 1/1200 scale sheets in the Yuen Long and Fanling areas.
Revenue Survey
5.18. Work has continued at a steady pace.
Surveys for Government Projects
5.19. There has been a steady expansion in the demand for large scale site surveys for Government projects and the subsequent setting-out of earthworks, piling, buildings, etc. In addition an increasing number of check surveys on large site formation contracts has been required in connexion with interim payments to contractors: survey parties have had to be diverted from other tasks to meet this demand.
Survey Computations
5.20. The experiment undertaken last year to use an Anita electronic calculating machine with a Junior Machine Operator to check survey computations has proved successful. It has saved a considerable amount of the time of Surveying Assistants and a second machine of the same type has been ordered.
Air Survey
5.21. For another year a considerable proportion of the Survey Division's work was in connexion with the $6 million Air Survey con- tract commenced in 1963. The Division provides all ground control required by the contractors and carries out the field checking of machine plots, both detail and contour. It also provides name sheets to incor- porate in the final prints.
5.22. A special series of sheets covering the greater part of the New Territories at a scale of 1/4500 (400 to 1") and 1/9000 (800 to 1") was produced for planning and development purposes from the 1964 air photography. The 30 sheets of this series were checked and com- pleted in the field.
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5.23. The contractors supplied the following fair drawn sheets:
No. of Sheets
Scale
263
87
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1/600 (50′ to 1′′) 1/1200 (100′ to 1′′) 1/2400 (200′ to 1′′) 1/4800 (400 to 1′′)
1/9600 (800′ to 1′′)
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Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. New Territories.
Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Selected Areas in the New Territories for planning new townships.
5.24. The production of the new series of topographical maps by the Directorate of Overseas Surveys started. By the end of the year eleven sheets of the 1/10,000 series at the machine plot stage had been received for field checking; six of these were completed and returned for final drawing.
5.25. One sheet at 1/10,000 scale was printed and a proof copy sent to Hong Kong for discussion with the Director of Overseas Surveys, who paid an official visit to the Colony in March. The proof sheet was returned with various comments for final printing.
General
PLANNING DIVISION
Principal Assistant Superintendent:
R. C. CLARKE, B.Eng., LL.B., D.P.A., F.R.I.C.S., A.M.I.Min.E. (to 10.11.1966)
Assistant Superintendent (Acting):
D. L. T. Musson, F.A.I.
5.26. The work of the Division is divided into three main groups:
Group I
Group II
Group III
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· Urban Area and New Territories South District which con- centrates on the preparation of Town Planning Board, out- line development and layout plans and is responsible for development control and reservation of sites for Government departments, utility companies and for other purposes in the area.
- New Territories-Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long and Tai Po Districts 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 Govern- ment departments, utility companies and for other purposes in the area.
- The Colony Outline Planning Team which is responsible for the preparation of the Colony Outline Plan and prepares, maintains and analyses relevant surveys and statistical in- formation. It also undertakes special planning studies and is responsible for staff training.
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5.27. Appendix T sets out the current position of the main planning schemes prepared by the Division during the year.
Colony Outline Plan
5.28. The constitution and terms of reference of the various Working Committees having been finally agreed in 1965, work on the preparation of the 20-Year Outline Plan proceeded throughout the year. A total of 18 meetings of the six Working Committees were held to consider and advise on the papers presented to them covering their respective fields of responsibility. Book I in three volumes containing basic statistical data, the first edition of which was completed last year, was revised; work on Book II, the Committee Reports, was half completed by the end of the year.
Town Planning Board
5.29. The Town Planning Board met on 13 occasions. Major planning schemes considered by the Board included the outline zoning plans for Castle Peak and Sha Tin which were agreed by the Board and recom- mended for approval by the Governor in Council during the year. The outline zoning plan for Tsim Sha Tsui was still under consideration at the end of the year.
Land Development Planning Committee
5.30. The Division presented 34 papers to the Land Development Planning Committee which is responsible for advising Government on development proposals. The papers included outline development and layout plans, the allocation of land for open space in both old and new development areas throughout the Colony and a series of papers on density zoning control submitted with the aim of providing a basis for future policy.
Advice on Development Schemes
5.31. Planning advice was given on 180 development projects of which 84 or 47% were in the New Territories; these figures compare with 183 and 102 respectively last year and confirm the continued weak- ness of real estate business.
Liaison
5.32. The Division was represented on numerous committees and in particular close liaison was maintained with the consultants for the cross
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harbour tunnel scheme and the various departments concerned with its many facets. The usual quarterly circular listing all planning schemes, most of which can be purchased on application to the Cartographer (formerly the Chief Draughtsman), was issued to departments, public utility companies and other non-government organizations.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
5.33. The total authorized establishment amounted to 807, an increase of 64 over the previous year. The whole increase was in respect of local technical staff. The Office continued to recruit professional surveying staff for the New Territories Administration and the Civil Engineering Office.
5.34. New senior posts were filled during the course of the year by promotion of serving officers and senior recruitment included 2 Estate Surveyors on contract; these, together with promotion of a Land Assist- ant in the New Territories Administration who qualified professionally in the previous year, left 1 vacancy of Estate Surveyor unfilled at the end of the year. 3 Assistant Land Surveyors were promoted to Land Surveyors, 1 Land Surveyor and 2 Planning Officers on contract and 1 Assistant Planning Officer on the permanent establishment were recruited. At the end of the year, 1 vacancy still existed for a Land Surveyor and 4 vacancies for Planning Officers.
5.35. During the year, Mr. R. H. HUGHES, Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey retired after 27 years' service; Mr. A. R. Giles, Assistant Superintendent (Survey), retired with 18 years' service; and Mr. LIU Cheung, Head Survey Labourer retired with over 35 years' service.
5.36. Mr. LAU Yee, a messenger with 40 years' service was honoured by the award of the British Empire Medal by Her Majesty the Queen.
Training
5.37. 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 comprehensive course in Land Survey and thereafter the Engineering and Land streams are attached to various functional Survey sections for field and practical
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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.
5.38. The Survey Training School, staffed by officers of the Survey Division, continued to operate at the Technical College at Hung Hom. Six-month courses were given to classes of 24 Surveying Assistants in Land Survey and to 20 Cartographic Assistants in draughtsmanship and cartography, the latter being a new venture. This concentrated training has proved highly successful and reduced significantly the general train- ing period required before the trainees can undertake productive work without close supervision.
5.39. All Surveying Assistants Class III and Cartographic Assistants Class III are required to sit departmental examinations to obtain promo- tion to a higher class. During the year 79 sat and 48 passed this examination compared with 72 and 34 respectively in the previous year.
5.40. 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 to attend evening classes at the Hong Kong Technical College and Hong Kong University. There were 10 officers undergoing this form of training during the year.
5.41. The Superintendent attended the Administrative Development Course Part II in January/February 1967 and one Land Surveyor and one Planning Officer attended the Extra Mural Course in Digital Com- puter Programming in FORTRAN (i.e. Formula Translation) organized by Hong Kong University. One Planning Officer was granted study leave and attended a course on tropical planning at Melbourne University in Australia.
5.42. Whilst there is as yet no British professional association cater- ing for the needs of Cartographic Assistants wishing to become qualified, selected personnel are sent to the Directorate of Overseas Surveys for a 12 months course. During the year 2 completed and I started such
a course.
5.43. One Assistant Planning Officer returned after successful com- pletion of a 2-year post-graduate course in Civic Design, whilst 2 other officers started similar courses in September 1966. In addition two more
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officers were granted Government scholarships for courses starting in September 1967. During the year an Assistant Planning Officer was granted a merit trip of 6 months to Britain.
Welfare
5.44. Inter-divisional soccer matches between the Planning and Survey Divisions were played during the year and at Christmas a dinner party was organized. Farewell dinners for Mr. R. H. HUGHES and Mr. A. R. GILES were well attended.
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ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL OFFICE
GENERAL OPERATION & ORGANIZATION CHART
DEALS WITH THE MAJORITY OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WORKS CARRIED OUT BY GOVERNMENT.
ELECTRICAL
DIVISION
1. PLANS, ORDERS, INSTALLS, MAINTAINS AND OPERATES ALL GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL FACILITIES EXCEPT THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL AND WATER- WORKS OFFICES AND KOWLOON - CANTON RAILWAY.
2. ADMINISTERS THE LIFT AND ESCALATORS (SAFETY) ORDINANCE 1960. 3. INVESTIGATES AND REPORTS UPON ALL ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS NO- TIFIED TO IT.
MECHANICAL
DIVISION
PLANS, ORDERS, INSTALLS AND MAINTAINS ALL GOVERNMENT WORKS
OF A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MATURE EXCEPT THOSE OF THE
WATERWORKS OFFICE AND THE
KOWLOON - CANTON RAILWAY.
NEW
PROJECTS SECTION
PLANS, ORDERS AND INSTALLS ELEC- TRICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT FOR MAJOR
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING WORKS, OTHER THAN FOR THE WATER-
WORKS OFFICE.
TWO INSTALLATION SECTIONS DESIGN, ORDER AND INSTALL A WIDE RANGE OF ELECTRICAL PLANT, EQUIP- MENT AND APPLIANCES.
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TWO MAINTENANCE SECTIONS MAINTAIN ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES INSTALLED BY THE DIVISION AND THE ARHITECTURAL OFFICE.
ELECTRICAL SERVICES SECTION MAINTAINS AND OPERATES THE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL FACILITIES IN THE CITY HALL.
AIRPORT
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES SECTION
MAINTAINS AND OPERATES ALL ELECTRICAL. MECHANICAL AND AIR-CONDITIONING PLANT AND EQUIPMENT IN AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE AIRPORT.
WORK SHOP
SECTION
I. OPERATES MECHANICAL AND ELECTRIC- AL WORKSHOPS IN HONGKONG, KOW- LOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. 2. MAINTAINS ALL GOVERNMENT VEHICLES EXCEPT FIRE APPLIANCES.
3. MAINTAINS A WIDE RANGE OF MECHANIC- AL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING STEAM APPLIANCES.
4. MANUFACTURES SPECIAL MECHANICAL. EQUIPMENT AS REQUIRED.
MAJOR PLANT SECTION
1. 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- MICLE BODYWORK.
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2. DESIGNS AND SUPERVISES THE INSTALLATION MECHANICAL 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.L.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.I.Mech.E., F.I.E.E.
GENERAL
6.01. The functions of this Sub-Department can be divided into three categories: firstly the designing of equipment for new projects and its subsequent installation; secondly the operation of mechanical, electrical and refrigeration workshops; and thirdly the operation of plant such as is used for air conditioning, steam raising and, most recently, refuse incineration.
6.02. Last year the head office, together with the electrical and air-conditioning workshops, moved to new premises alongside the mechanical workshops at Caroline Hill, thus establishing a centralized workshop covering all activities on both sides of the harbour. The date of this move was put forward slightly as a result of the rainstorms in June which caused extensive damage to equipment at the old Harcourt Road premises.
6.03. The Kowloon riots in April resulted in considerable damage to traffic installations, as well as to parking meters and although their repair put an unusually heavy demand on the workshops, the damage was repaired within a relatively short while.
6.04. The undermentioned officers served on committees as follows:
Committee
Committee for Scientific
Co-ordination
Working Party on Overhead
Electricity Transmission Lines Engineering Trades Industrial
Sub-Committee of the Industrial Training Advisory Committee
Representative
Government Electrical & Mechanical
Engineer
Government Electrical & Mechanical
Engineer
Chief Mechanical Engineer
ELECTRICAL DIVISION
Chief Electrical Engineer:
S. T. YUEN, B.Sc., M.I.E.E.
6.05. The Electrical Division, which has a direct labour force of over 600 men of various grades and trades, carries out the installation and maintenance of electrical plant and equipment of considerable
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diversity, ranging from incinerator plant and quarry installations to traffic lights, emergency generators and submersible pumps. To cope with installation and maintenance responsibilities of such magnitude, as well as the design of new installations, the Division is divided into the following Sections:
New Projects Installation
Maintenance
Kai Tak Airport E. & M. Services (Maintenance and operation) City Hall (Maintenance and operation)
New Projects Section
6.06. This Section is responsible for the design, preparation of specifications and working drawings and the construction, either by contract or direct labour, of electrical installations for major civil engineering projects. Design work was completed for the Lai Chi Kok incinerator plant, including a 2,500 K.W. turbo-alternator; new work- shops for the Kowloon-Canton Railway at Sha Tin; covered slipways and piers at the Government Dockyard, Yau Ma Tei; and a washing shed, running shed and locomotive turntable for the Kowloon-Canton Railway at Hung Hom Reclamation. Orders were placed for a complete system of lighting for Lion Rock road tunnel and for the supply of toll collection, tunnel control, traffic counting and other specialized equip- ment required for the operation of the tunnel.
Installation Section
6.07. Using direct labour, this Section undertakes new installations and carries out the re-wiring or modernising of existing installations. Work was completed on the Kennedy Town Incinerator Plant and Kowloon East sewage screening plant and steady progress made on the piers at the Government Dockyard, ventilation houses at Lion Rock Tunnel, running and washing sheds for the Kowloon-Canton Railway at Hung Hom, quarry plant at the Diamond Hill and Mount Butler Quarries and Kai Tak Seawater Pumphouse.
6.08. Traffic signal installations and other traffic aids continued to form a large proportion of the work of this Section. Traffic signal control systems were installed and commissioned at 48 new locations, while 315 other illuminated traffic aids were installed or re-located.
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A major project completed during the year was the Nathan Road linked traffic signal system controlling a total of 15 junctions from one master controller. Five more installations were added to the Central District linked traffic light signal system bringing the number of junctions supervised by the present master controller to 14. Another linked system consisting of 8 road junctions was completed for Queen's Road, East.
Maintenance Section
6.09. Electrical equipment and appliances registered and maintained by this Section totalled 68,000 items and the 24-hour fault call service which it provides dealt with 27,564 reports of faults or breakdown ranging from a 600 H.P. compressor motor to defective sockets in offices and quarters.
Kai Tak Airport E. & M. Service (Maintenance and operation) Section
6.10. Electrical installations and air-conditioning in the Terminal Building at Kai Tak Airport, as well as the vitally important runway lighting, landing approach lights, navigation beacons, and sub-station equipment were regularly overhauled and maintained. This work is undertaken by staff based at the Airport, who maintain a 24-hour
service.
City Hall (Maintenance and Operation) Section
6.11. The maintenance of all the electrical facilities at the City Hall continued to be carried out by this Section, together with the operation of the stage lighting equipment in the City Hall Theatre and Concert Hall and the cinema projectors in the Theatre and the High Block Lecture Room North. An indication of the volume of work involved can be gathered from the fact that there were 645 stage performances, not counting 207 rehearsals and 418 cinema performances during the year.
6.12. In addition to the functions enumerated in the preceding para- graphs this Division administers the Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance. The total number of lifts and escalators registered at the end of the period under review were 5,314 and 89 respectively. A total of 6,229 certificates were issued as required by the Ordinance and 23 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. (to 30.4.66)
J. A. Wallace, M.I.Mech.E. (from 1.5.66)
6.13. The activities of the Mechanical Division embrace maintenance and operation in a variety of fields: e.g. automobiles, air-conditioning, refrigeration, hospital services, steam and hot water supplies, incinera- tion plant, mechanical handling plant, stand-by generator sets. These functions, in addition to the handling of a multitude of minor items, are undertaken by the following Sections.
Workshops and Plant Section
6.14. The work of this Section continued on very much the same lines as in previous years, the usual annual increases in commitments for motor vehicles, plant and mechanical equipment being successfully absorbed. A summary of the various categories of equipment under E. & M. maintenance is given in Appendix W and the total number of jobs handled by the mechanical workshops during the year was 141,772.
6.15. At the time of the June rainstorm the Section recovered 152 wrecked or disabled private cars and 110 Government vehicles; pro- vided evening servicing for U.S.D. refuse collection vehicles; arranged a 24-hour emergency service and delivered fuel to various sites; removed concrete road slabs blocking Stone Nullah Street and pumped out the City Hall, the Sailors' Home, Harcourt Road, the Star Ferry Subway and a construction site in Garden Road.
6.16. A further large parking meter installation programme was embarked on towards the end of the year and the total number of meters in service on 31st March, 1967 was 7,693. The number of meter faults attended to by the maintenance staff reached a total of 51,203, over 50% of which were caused by foreign articles in the coin slot. During the Kowloon disturbances 750 parking meters were damaged, over 200 being beyond repair. 2.000 meters were removed at the height of the riots under police escort, being re-installed later. 1,091 meters which were damaged by flood waters during the rainstorm in June were completely overhauled.
6.17. Subsequent to modifications and improvements carried out by the Kowloon Workshops to the existing sewage pumping plant at Sheung Shui Pumping Station, the rated delivery capacity was exceeded. Prior to the alterations the pumping plant was unable to reach the
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designed output. Of interest among the many items manufactured were two ceremonial joss paper burners for the Cemetery Office, Hung Hom.
New Projects Section
6.18. (i) Incinerator Plants
Kennedy Town. The erection of this 1,000 tons per day incinerator plant was completed together with the 1,200 KW alternator and the 30,000 lbs/hour waste heat boilers. Com- missioning continues. Many adjustments had to be made and modifications carried out to overcome difficulties of operation. A lot remains to be done before the plant can be considered completely satisfactory.
Lai Chi Kok. The erection of this plant which is of the same capacity as that installed at Kennedy Town was commenced in November and by the end of the year was approximately 40% complete. Three boilers and four economizers were installed and the fabrication of the blow down vessels commenced.
(ii) Queen Mary Hospital Extensions
The installation of steam, fuel oil and compressed air services in the Sisters' and Nurses' Quarters, Operating Block, Radio- diagnosis and Professorial Block was completed. Major items of steam equipment installed included two 7,500 lbs/hour packaged type steam boilers, five 500 gallon storage pattern calorifiers and a 60 gallon rice cooker. Two gas fired incinera- tors for the disposal of medical wastes were installed. In addition a small locally made lifting platform was installed in the pharmacy.
(iii) Reprovisioning of Yau Ma Tei Slipway
Indents were placed for a 10-ton electrically operated fixed crane and four 2-ton manually operated jib cranes. Shipments of one 500-ton winch and two 300-ton winches, together with their respective slipway cradles, were received. Details of the 350-ton fuel oil storage tanks for the refuelling station were prepared.
(iv) Lion Rock Tunnel
The installation of the ventilation system which was com- menced in July 1966 was approximately 25% complete. The
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conversion of an old conservancy collecting vehicle for the cleaning of the tunnel walls and the servicing of the tunnel lighting system was in progress.
(v) Waglan Island Lighthouse
Two new 60 K.V.A. diesel-driven generators and two 10,000- gallon sectionalized oil storage tanks were installed to meet the extended domestic power requirements on the island and for running the radio station and lighthouse. Work was started on the improved ventilation scheme for the existing generator house. A cable trolley was being designed to haul stores and equipment from the landing stage to the station at the top of the rock.
(vi) Oil Storage Tanks
The installation of 9 oil storage tanks was completed and another 9 additional tanks were ordered. The sizes of these tanks ranged from 250 to 15,000 gallons.
(vii) Passenger Ferry Pier Tidal Lifts & Ramps
The erection and installation of the lifts and ramps at Central Reclamation Jubilee Street Ferry Pier was satisfactorily com- pleted and commissioned, the pier being opened on 27th August, 1966. An indent was placed for the manufacture of the Wan Chai Reclamation Stage I Ferry Pier lifts and ramps. (viii) Seawater Pumping Stations & Sewage Screening Plant
Two 700 g.p.m. pumps were ordered for Wan Chai Reclama- tion Seawater Pumphouse. Installation of the pumps for the Airport air-conditioning seawater system was commenced and a trolley for conveying chlorine drums designed and con- structed. A sewage pumping and screening plant was installed at Kowloon East Sewage Pumping Station.
6.19. Among the varied lesser works were the installation of three new Dupress press machines in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Laundry with the necessary extensions to the steam and compressed air systems; 23 fibreglass flushing water tanks at Kowloon Hospital Rehabilitation Centre; an oil fired medical wastes incinerator at Cheung Sha Wan Clinic; a spiral mail chute and an undercounter parcel conveyor in the new Kowloon Central Post Office. Tathong Point Fog Signal Station was resited, the generator and fog signal control gear being completed and tested.
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Motor Vehicles Section
6.20. (i) New Vehicles
Special types of vehicles produced to meet the individual requirements of various departments included a military lorry, two prison vans, a health educational van, a laundry van, a school bus, a prison bus, 6 refrigerated meat delivery vans, 2 medium general purpose vans, 2 light, clothing vans, two light, cemetery vans, 69 3-ton covered lorries, three 3-ton dropside lorries, four 5-ton covered lorries and twentytwo 15 cwt. pick-up trucks. A design of a fibreglass canopy for standard 3-ton open dropside lorries was completed.
(ii) Vehicle Modifications
Amongst the vehicle modifications carried out were:
(a) painting 136 new vehicles including the fitting of wire mesh protective screens. In addition 200 sets of vehicle window protective screens were manufactured for use on Government vehicles;
(b) fitting body wire mesh grilles to the special requirements
of the Police Force on 20 standard covered lorries;
(c) fitting 32 vehicles of the Hong Kong Regiment with special
lighting for tactical moves at night.
(iii) Refuse Hand Carts, Trolleys & Trailers
160 refuse hand carts and 250 replacement bins were con- structed and issued to the Urban Services Department. In addi- tion 18 bulk refuse containers and 8 trolleys for Government buildings were manufactured for the Government Architect. 20 articulated twelve cubic yard refuse collection trailers which were received in a completely knocked down condition were assembled, painted and placed in service.
Transport Section
6.21. The Government Transport Pool operated by this Section made 27,749 trips with 125 vehicles during the year. In addition com- mercial lorries were hired on 5,018 occasions to supplement pool lorries. 618 candidates for motor driver vacancies throughout the entire public service were tested and 452 were engaged. Government vehicles of all departments were involved in 981 accidents.
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STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
6.22. During the year, Mr. K. B. BAKER, Chief Mechanical Engineer, retired from Government service after having served in Hong Kong since 1947. A past President of the local Cine Club, Mr. Baker was presented with a cine projector as a farewell gift from his colleagues. Mr. Wallace, his successor, was transferred from the Waterworks Office in February 1966.
6.23. Mr. NG Kan, Electrical Inspector, Class I, also retired from Government service during the year. Mr. No first joined Government as a daily-rated Apprentice in 1930 and rose to the post of Electrical Inspector, Class I, in 1960. In recognition of the valuable service given by him, he was awarded the M.B.E. in 1966.
Training
6.24. Mr. YAN Bing-shun, Foreman, Class II, with the Parking Meter Section, was sent in November on an extended course of training in the United Kingdom. The course, on plant and motor vehicle maintenance and repair work, will last for 17/18 months.
6.25. 10 apprentices completed their indentures during the year and an additional seven were engaged. Apprentices under training included 29 in the mechanical section, 17 in the electrical section and 3 in the air-conditioning section. In addition 6 graduates of Hong Kong Univer- sity spent a three month vacation course in the workshops and 18 engineering students from Hong Kong Technical College completed a four week period of practical training.
Welfare
6.26. With the movement of the Electrical and Air-conditioning Workshops from Harcourt Road into the high block at Caroline Hill, the Caroline Hill (P.W.D.) Sports Club took over the running of the new canteen as a welfare service to provide tea, soft drinks and light refreshments at highly competitive prices. The service has been well received by the staff, and in consequence, the canteen is well patronized.
6.27. The football team, after a bad start, has had a very satisfactory season, the highlight being their winning the Golden Jubilee Competition (Junior Division), beating Telephones 4 - 2 on aggregate, in a two-match final. The team is also through to the quarter final of the 2nd/3rd Divi- sion Shield Challenge matches and enjoys a place in the upper half of the 2nd Division league table.
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WATERWORKS OFFICE
Į MANTAINE AND QUONEES THE PUBLIC HATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF THE COLONY
2 PLANS ANG CONSTRUCTS ALL EXTENSIONS TO THE SYSTEM 3. LRASION WITH & ADMINISTRATION OF WATERWORKS CONSULTING ENGIMERES
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DISTRIBUSTION DIVISION
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL OPERATION E MAINTENANCE OF WORKS CONNECTED WITH EME DARY SUPPLY OF WELLI
CONSTRUCTION DIVISION
DEMENS, CONTRACTS, AND SUPERVISES CONSTRUCTION OF ALL WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS OTHER THAN CELAIN MAIER SCHEMES BEING CARRIED OUT BY CONSATING ENGINEERS
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL DIVISION OPERATES & MAINTAINS ALL WATERWORKS PLANT ANO EQUIPMENT ORDERS & INSTALLS MET PLANT OTHER THAN FOR SCHEMES SUPERVISED BY ZOMBATING 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 YO DEVELOPMENT AREAS YMROUGHOUT THE COLLMY
WATER QUALITY
CONTROL SECTION
TESTS SAMPLES FROM RAM, TREATED, AND TAR SOURCES AND CONTROLS TREATMENT OF WATER SUPPLIED
TESTS WAYER SAMPLES POR GOVT DEPARTMENTS ALSO FOR MILITARY AND PUBLIC AGAINST PAYMENT
SUPPLY SECTION
OPERATES, AND MAINTAINS CATCHWATERS, TUNNELS. TRUNK MANS, SUPPLY AND SERVICE NESERVOIRS REGLALATES THROUGHOUT OF TREATMENT WORKS AND PUMPING STATIONS,
DISTRIBUTION SECTION
OPOLITES AND HABETAM THE ENSTRŒUTION MAN'S SYSTEM INCLUDING THE CARRYNÄ OUT OF MASTE DETECTION TESTS & THE LAVING OF REPLACEMENY AND EXTENSION SECTIONS,
HOUSE SERACE
MCTION
PROVIENES CONNECTIONS FROM THE DISTRIBUT÷QN MAINS À VNSTALLS MATEN KREYERS ALSO ĮWSPECTS AND APPROVES PRIVATE WATER INSTALLATIONS IN BUILDINGS
MĚCHANICAL SECTION
ORDERS. INSTALLS, AND MAPYADE LECHANICAL PLANET AND EQUIPMENT ALSO COMERATER PURPO SERVICES ALL DOMESTIE AND MAINË METERS
ELECTRICAL SECTION
ORDERS, INSTALLS, AND MAINTAINS WATERWORKS ELECTRICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THAT FOR TREATMENT MONES, PLAPPING STATIONS, OFFICES AND QUARTERS
HYDROLOGICAL
SECTION
COLLECTS BASIC DATA FROM STREAM -FLOWS, BAIM CAUCES ETC, AND PROCESSES INFORMATION FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
WATER RESOURCES SUPPLY SECTION
ASSAGES, FUTURE OVERAL DEVAND PON WATER AND INVESTIGATES FURTHER SCHEMES TO MEET THIS DEMAND ALSO CONSIDER METHODS TO IMPROVE THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM GENERALLY.
PLANNING SECTION
KANG MAKR MEW HORES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
DEVELOPMENT WELONG
A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME OF SERVIER RESERVOIR CONSTRUCTION É MAINS
LATING
ACCOUNTE SECTION
CONTROLL THE SEASUNG
OF WATER METERS AN INKLES WATER ACCOLMES. MUNTAINS REGISTERS OF LICENSED PLUMBERS AND "SSUER LICENCET URDER WATERBORKS ORDINANCE. RECORDS ALL WATERWORKI EXPENDITURE,
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OPERATION & ORGANIZATION OF WATERWORKS OFFICE
IMPOUNDING RESERVOIR
LEGEND:
MAJOR SUPPLY RESERVOIR
PUMPING STATION (P/S)
TREATMENT WORKS (T/W)
TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
SUPPLY NETWORK EXISTING
SUPPLY NETWORK UNDER CONSTRUCTION
China
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Supply From Mainland China Muk Wu P/S
River indrs P/S
Tai Mei Tuk P/S,
Tai Po Tau P/S)
& T/W
Tai Po Tau Intake
Lam Tei P/S
Yuen Long T/W
Castle Peak T/W
New
Territories
Tại La Cung Res
Jubilee Res.
Settlement
Basin
Tsuen Wan T/
&P/S-
Tung Chung
Silver Mine Bay Treatment Works
Shak Pik Res.
Lantau
Hei Ling
Chau
Pui O P/S
Shap Long Res.
Cheung
Chau
Plover Cove Res.
Harbour
Kowloon
Lower Shing Mun Res. & P/S
Group Rese Sha Tin Treatment Works
& P/S
Kau Wa Keng P/S-
Shek Li Put T/W -
Lion Rock
Tai Po Rd.
Kowloon
victoria
Supply Res.
New Kowloon
Mt. Davis S.
Elliot
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Hong Kong
Sandy Bay
P/S
Pok Fu Lan Res.
Eastern T/W
Aberdea Res.
&T/W
Wong New Chung Res. &T/W
Wan T/10
Tam Group,
am Tuk P/S
Red Hill
WATERWORKS PRINCIPAL SUPPLY NETWORK
Taipang Wan
(Mirs Bay)
SCALE OF MILES
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WATERWORKS OFFICE
Director of Water Supplies :
T. O. MORGAN, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E. (died 20.4.66) E. P. WILMOT-MORGAN, O.B.E., B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.W.E. Government Water Engineer:
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 (Maintenance and Operation): J. M. PETTIGREW, A.M.I.Mech.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. Apart from a short period of water restrictions which had to be imposed on Hong Kong Island due to damage caused to installations by the June Rainstorm, a 24-hour supply was maintained throughout the urban areas until the 15th February, when the supply was reduced to 16 hours a day. This was necessary in view of the low storage position resulting from the very low rainfall since the end of August 1966. Following talks in November, the People's Council of Kwantung Prov- ince agreed to make an additional 1,800 million gallons available from Sham Chun and in December agreed to the daily draw off being increased from 62 to 64.9 million gallons a day.
7.02. Waterworks is represented on various working parties and committees, details of which are as follows:
Committee
Water Resources Policy
Committee
Plover Cove Progress Committee Provisional Council for the Use
and Conservation of the Countryside
Colony Outline Plan Committee
No. 6-Community Requirements Colony Outline Plan Committee
No. 4-Utilities and Services Building Contractors' Association/
P.W.D. Joint Meeting Resettlement Programme
Committee
Co-ordinating Committee Kwai
Chung/Tsuen Wan
Castle Peak and Sha Tin New
Towns Works Committee Castle Peak and Sha Tin New
Towns Management Committee
Representative
Director of Water Supplies &
Government Water Engineer Director of Water Supplies
Director of Water Supplies
Director of Water Supplies
Government Water Engineer
Director of Water Supplies
Chief Engineer (Distribution)
A Senior Engineer
A Senior Engineer
A Senior Engineer
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7.03. Details of rainfall, storage, consumption and other general statistics are given in Appendix Q.
DISTRIBUTION Division
Chief Engineer:
T. H. TOMLINson, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E.
General
7.04. This Division continued to maintain and operate the various installations connected with the day to day supply of water.
Supply Section
7.05. At the end of the year 5,291 million gallons of water was held in storage compared with 12,029 million gallons at the same time last year. The yield from the catchment areas was much lower than last year but the quantity drawn from China was greater. Due to the agree- ment by the People's Council of Kwantung Province to increase the quantity to be drawn from Sham Chun, the quantity available during the supply period became 16,800 million gallons and at the end of the year the amount still due was 5,375 million gallons. The June rainstorms filled most of the storage reservoirs but a period of unusually dry weather followed and the normal dry season started with only 13,510 million gallons of water in storage.
7.06. The 24-hour a day supply which had been generally main- tained for 897 days from the 1st September, 1964 was discontinued on the 15th February when the supply of water was restricted to 16 hours a day; e.g. from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Restrictions were necessary in view of the poor storage position which resulted from a continuation of the dry spell which began in the summer and were aimed at reducing consumption by 5%. This has in fact been attained.
7.07. Consumption on a 24-hour a day supply increased by 10 per cent over the previous year and averaged 126 million gallons a day, with an all time record of 149.5 million gallons on the 15th August.
7.08. Considerable damage to Waterworks installations was caused by the rainstorm on the 12th June. In particular, the supply for Hong Kong Island was seriously affected by the flooding of Sandy Bay Pump- ing Station, damage to the Sandy Bay balance tank and the wash-out of the supply main from Aberdeen. This resulted in the supply on Hong Kong Island having to be restricted to 8 hours a day for 3 days. Catch-
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waters on Hong Kong Island and Lantau and the distribution system on Hong Kong Island were also severely damaged. The total expenditure on the repairs, which have all been completed, amounted to $3.37 million.
7.09. Normal overhaul and repainting of control gates, maintenance of catchwaters and filter stations and routine inspection and cleaning of service reservoirs, access roads and station surrounds continued. New fresh water service reservoirs put into use included Kennedy Town, Pok Fu Lam (extension), Cheung Chau and Peng Chau while salt water service reservoirs were commissioned at Aberdeen and Kwai Chung North.
7.10. Upon the completion of the tunnels of the Tung Chung Scheme, on Lantau Island, the yield from the Tung Chung Valley is now being collected in the Shek Pik Reservoir. The yield from the Stage I intakes on the Plover Cove Scheme is also now being collected.
Distribution Section
7.11. Six major supply zones corresponding with Government plan- ning areas were established on Hong Kong Island and a similar zoning system in Kowloon and New Kowloon continued to operate.
7.12. 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 39 miles of pipe were laid to distribute fresh and salt
water.
Waste Detection Section
7.13. Systematic waste detection was continued on a greatly increased scale and 163 areas were checked. A number of major leaks were dis- covered and repaired, resulting in a daily saving of over 4 million gallons.
House Service Section
7.14. With separate metering now being required for all new Reset- tlement estates as well as all new flats, there was an increase of 34 per cent in the number of new meters installed compared with the previous year.
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CONSTRUCTION Division
Chief Engineer:
J. S. DON, B.Sc. (Hons.), A.M.I.C.E.
General
7.15. 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.
7.16. The extensive construction programme continued throughout the year, with an expenditure by the Division of nearly $46 million compared with $55 million last year. Eight fresh water and three salt water service reservoirs were completed and construction finished on four fresh water and four salt water pumping stations. In addition a further twelve miles of trunk main were laid ranging in diameter from 12 ins. to 54 ins.
7.17. Appendix P gives full details of works under construction and completed during the year.
Hong Kong Island
7.18. The June Rainstorm caused substantial damage to the Sandy Bay balance tank, through which all the water from Shek Pik passes, and inundated the Sandy Bay Pumping Station. A 24" diameter main was laid to bypass the balance tank and the pumping station was back in service within three days. The Division also undertook the emergency repair work to Shek Pai Wan Road and Victoria Road above Sandy Bay. The former had not only been blocked in one place by a large slip but an adjacent section had been completely washed away, carrying with it the Aberdeen-Elliot trunk main. By working 24 hours a day the road was reconstructed above a new 40 feet high retaining wall and opened to the public exactly nine weeks after the storm. Repairs to Victoria Road above Sandy Bay were completed in November.
7.19. Remaining works on Hong Kong Island in connexion with the Shek Pik Scheme were substantially completed with the 6.5 million gallon Kennedy Town service reservoir becoming fully operational; only the staff quarters remain to be built at Sandy Bay.
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7.20. The mass concrete walls for the new 10 million gallon service reservoir at Eastern Filter station, which will receive water from the Plover Cove Scheme, were substantially completed and a start was made on the construction of the pre-stressed concrete roof. Work on the con- struction of the additional staff quarters at Eastern Filter station was also started.
7.12. A contract was awarded for the laying of approximately 2 miles of 27′′, 24′′ and 21′′ diameter mains in the North Point area to feed the Plover Cove water, received by way of the new cross harbour pipeline, into service reservoirs on Hong Kong Island.
7.22. On the Pok Fu Lam Water Supply Scheme, the construction of a 2 million gallon service reservoir at Kai Lung Wan and associated mainlaying work were completed and the high level service reservoir capacity was increased by converting the slow sand filters into a service reservoir of 0.18 million gallons capacity. Construction work on schemes to improve supplies in several other areas including the fresh water supply to Mount Cameron, Magazine Gap, and Mount Gough and the salt water supply to Aberdeen and Kennedy Town was well advanced.
Kowloon and New Kowloon
7.23. Works in connexion with the Plover Cove Scheme continued with the laying of another 3 miles of 54′′ and 48′′ diameter trunk mains. Two 30 million gallons reception service reservoirs, one at Shek Kip Mei and the other at Ho Man Tin, were under construction. To convey the Plover Cove water to Hong Kong Island, a contract was awarded for the laying of approximately one mile of 42" diameter pipe- line under the harbour from Tai Wan Bay to North Point. All prepara- tion works, including dredging the sea bed to receive the pipes, were completed towards the end of the year.
7.24. In the Kwun Tong area, mainlaying work continued in con- junction with the development in the Housing Zones, Commercial Centre and Industrial Zones. At Ham Tin, an 8 million gallon service reservoir and the associated trunk main were nearing completion. This reservoir will provide supply to the lower areas of Kwun Tong.
7.25. Work on the Ho Man Tin Development Water Supply Scheme was well advanced. The Ma Tau Wei Fresh Water and the Queen Elizabeth Salt Water pumping stations were constructed in readiness to
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supply the Ho Man Tin High Level Service Reservoirs with fresh and flushing water. The laying of distribution mains in the area was deferred pending land development.
7.26. The scheme to provide flushing water to the eastern part of Kowloon proceeded with an additional one mile of trunk main being laid between Tai Wan and the existing salt water service reservoirs at Diamond Hill to Lo Fu Ngam. This scheme was rendered operational with the construction of a temporary pumping station at To Kwa Wan, which will eventually be replaced by a permanent station at Tai Wan when land is made available at the Tai Wan Bay Reclamation.
7.27. Works to provide both fresh and salt water supplies to Lung Cheung Road Development continued. A salt water pumping station at Beacon Hill was under construction and some 11 miles of 12′′ diameter fresh water together with one mile of 6′′ diameter salt water mains were laid.
New Territories
7.28. Work on the project to supply the Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Development with both fresh and flushing water continued. Three pump- ing stations and two service reservoirs were completed; while two pump- ing stations and four service reservoirs were under construction. In addition 1 miles of trunk mains and a further 12 miles of distribution mains were laid.
7.29. At Tai Po, work on the scheme to supply the Tai Po and Sheung Shui areas proceeded. A service reservoir at Tai Po Tau was completed and the filter station was under construction.
7.30. A scheme to bring water from Tai Lam Chung Reservoir to the new development at Castle Peak by a system of tunnels and pipe- lines was commenced and over 5,700 feet of tunnel was driven.
7.31. On the outlying islands, a scheme to provide fresh water to Peng Chau was completed with the commissioning of a pumping station, service reservoir and associated mains. The supply is via an underwater pipeline connected to the Shek Pik submarine pipeline cross connexion chamber. On Cheung Chau a new service reservoir was completed and put into operation.
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PLANNING Division
Chief Engineer:
W. D. A. TUCKER, M.A. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.
7.32. This Division deals with the preparation of outline 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
7.33. The principal function of this Section is to collect and study hydrological data from catchments in the Colony in order to assess the water yield. Observations were made at 112 rain gauging stations, 13 stream gauging stations, 7 reservoir overflow stations and 2 evaporation stations. A new type of stream gauge, particularly suitable for measuring flows with heavy silt burden was being constructed at a stream above Tai Lam Chung reservoir to replace a weir which became continually silted up after each storm. Two new stream gauging stations integrally constructed with the Yuen Long Flood Control Channel were recently completed. These stations will give valuable information on yields from lowland catchments in this area.
7.34. Volume II of the Hydrological Data Book containing rainfall and runoff data collected in the year from various catchments in the Colony was published. A method was established for synthesizing catch- ment runoffs from rainfall records which have been collected over a period of 82 years. This information was used by the Water Resources Survey for the regulation and operations studies.
Water Resources Survey Section
7.35. The Water Resources Survey is carried out in conjunction with Messrs. Binnie & Partners.
7.36. Work on the regulation and operations studies continued. Com- puter programmes were written in London. These essentially comprise the forming of a mathematical model of the water supply system, feeding in observed and extended hydrological records in a chronological order with supplies governed by trial rules and analysing the results to obtain the best rule. From results of the regulation study, yields of the existing system and proposed future extensions at various degrees of security
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were worked out and the results were submitted to the Water Resources Policy Committee to obtain a decision on the criteria which should be used in assessing reservoir yields. The report also presented an economic comparison of four possible sequences of development of major water supply schemes.
7.37. An estimate of future demand was made by projecting observed consumption in the past two years. A further estimate was made by breaking down the Census and Statistical Planning Department's popula- tion projection into different classes of consumers and applying per capita consumption figures derived from observed values.
Planning Section
7.38. Proposals were made to provide improved supplies to the eastern high level areas of Hong Kong Island and to Stanley and Repulse Bay. A treated water supply was planned for Shek O. Proposals for increasing the supply to Yuen Long were also completed with estimates of cost. A preliminary layout of trunk distribution mains for Sha Tin New Town Development Stage I was prepared with proposals for a supply of treated water to the Chinese University at Sha Tin.
7.39. Proposals for the extension of salt water supply in the Hong Kong Island Central District were completed. Tests were carried out to determine the optimum chlorine dosage required to suppress marine growth in salt water mains. Preliminary proposals for a salt water supply in South Kowloon were framed.
General
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL Division
Chief Engineer (Acting):
R. J. JOHNSON, A.M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.W.E.
7.40. The Division continued to operate and maintain all Waterworks plant and equipment and, in association with other divisions as appro- priate, to design, procure and install all new plant for Waterworks installations, other than those designed and supervised by consulting engineers.
New Works
7.41. During the year, seven new installations were completed and work was commenced on a further four. Orders were placed for
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mechanical and electrical plant for another three installations together with electrical plant for a fourth. Preliminary design work necessary for the ordering of plant was carried out in respect of several projects at the planning stage.
In connexion with the cross harbour main-Hung Hom to North Point-which forms part of the Plover Cove Scheme, orders for the control and metering equipment have also been placed.
Mechanical Section
7.42. Pumping from the wells which were sunk during the Water Emergency in 1963 at Muk Wu was resumed in the latter part of the year. It has been possible to extract in the order of 1.2 million gallons daily from the wells.
7.43. The bulk of the permanent plant for Muk Wu Pumping Station arrived during the year. Surge protection equipment for the mains con- necting Muk Wu Pumping Station with the Indus River flood pumping station was ordered.
7.44. Owing to the reclamation of Kowloon Bay, from which salt water was pumped by the Kai Tak Salt Water Pumping Station to reser- voirs at Lo Fu Ngam and Wong Tai Sin, all of the pumping plant at Kai Tak was removed and reinstalled together with an additional pump- set at a temporary site at To Kwa Wan, southwest of the runway. A total of six pumpsets are now operating at To Kwa Wan.
7.45. As a result of the implementation of the policy to provide separate meters for all new domestic flats and Resettlement blocks, 33,000 1" domestic water meters were purchased during the year. In preparation for the increased volume of work on the maintenance of water meters, a training workshop for female meter repairers was set up on the site of the old Jordan Valley Salt Water Pumping Station which had become inoperative as a result of reclamation two years ago. Five living quarters were converted into the training workshop and extensive alterations were carried out to provide facilities for the trainees. Work also commenced on the conversion of the pumping station building itself into a meter repair shop.
Electrical Section
7.46. Routine electrical maintenance activities continued at an increased level as a result of accepting responsibilities for new works
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completed during the year and the commissioning of the Plover Cove Water Scheme. The volume of high voltage plant under maintenance increased considerably and it is of interest to note that this Office is now the largest industrial user of high voltage equipment in the Colony, with the exception only of the two power companies. A contract for maintenance of control and instrumentation equipment associated with the Plover Cove Scheme was entered into, provision being made for in- service training of personnel to take over associated responsibilities.
CONSULTANTS LIAISON DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
A. W. P. Cox, A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Mun.E.
General
7.47. This Division continued its responsibility for liaison with the consulting engineers working on behalf of the Hong Kong Government. The expenditure on work carried out by the consulting engineers during the year amounted to over $97 million.
Plover Cove Scheme
7.48. Stage I works which include pumping water from Tai Po Tau, through eight miles of tunnel to a treatment works at Sha Tin and thence via Lion Rock tunnel into service reservoirs in Kowloon was completed. The scheme enables water from China and flood water from the River Indus and the Tai Po river to be treated at Sha Tin Treatment Works. A reservoir at Lower Shing Mun collects the yield of the catch- ment area between Tai Po and Lower Shing Mun by means of stream intakes and deep shafts which divert the stream flows into the eight mile long tunnel.
7.49. The Sha Tin Treatment Works was completed to its design capacity of 80 million gallons per day and work on remote control of the system from Sha Tin was well advanced.
7.50. Stage II works proceeded satisfactorily. The main dam at Plover Cove was closed on 6th February, 1967 and pumping out of the im- pounded sea water begun. The lining of the main tunnel linking Plover Cove with Tai Po Tau was virtually complete. This tunnel will carry pumped water from Plover Cove Reservoir to Tai Po Tau for repumping to Sha Tin Treatment Works and will also be able to deliver surplus water from the Tai Po River, the River Indus and China by gravity.
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from Tai Po Tau for storage in the Plover Cove Reservoir. Minor work only remained on the intakes and shafts which divert water from the streams in the catchment between Plover Cove and Tai Po Tau into the main tunnel. Work on the overflow spillway from Plover Cove Reservoir was nearing completion. An ecological report on the biological effects likely to accompany the transition in Plover Cove from marine to fresh water conditions was compiled as a result of investigations undertaken in this and the preceding year.
7.51. The construction of two dams at Lau Shui Heung and Hok Tau to provide storage for irrigation of a large cultivated area was commenced in October 1966. A tunnel will link the two reservoirs, surplus water being diverted by means of a drop shaft and tunnel into the Stage II tunnel system.
River Indus Flood Pumping Scheme
7.52. The remaining civil engineering works connected with this scheme were substantially completed. One of the three high lift pumps and three of the ten low lift pumps were installed and operational. A further five low lift pumps were in course of erection. The remaining two high lift and two low lift pumps which had been temporarily install- ed in the existing Muk Wu Pumping Station continued in operation there.
Shek Pik and Tung Chung Schemes
7.53. All work on the Tung Chung Scheme, devised to bring water from the north side of Lantau to Shek Pik Reservoir, was completed and the system brought into operation. The irrigation work associated with the scheme remains to be completed.
Water Supplies to Resite Areas
7.54. Work on providing a water supply to the Chai Wan, Mount Davis and Jordan Valley resite areas was almost completed. The requirements for the Sau Mau Ping resite area were reviewed in the light of the continued necessity for a supply to this area.
WATER QUALITY CONTROL SECTION
Senior Waterworks Chemist:
D. L. Maker, A.R.I.C., P.A.I.W.E.
7.55. This Section is responsible for all matters concerning treatment and quality control of Water Authority supplies. A Central Laboratory
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at Sha Tin Treatment Works is fully equipped to carry out chemical and bacteriological examinations of water samples and an additional subsidiary laboratory was set up in Kowloon to deal mainly with bacteriological samples taken locally. A total of 10,024 samples were tested of which 3,058 were for bacteriological examination.
7.56. The supply to all urban areas is fully treated by coagulation, filtration, chlorination and fluoridation and the water is classed as very soft (average hardness 24 parts per million expressed as calcium car- bonate) and low in mineral salts content.
7.57. Fluoridation was continued, the levels aimed at being 0.7 part per million during summer months (May to October) and 0.9 part per million during winter months (November to April). The average level achieved in practice during the year was 0.77 part per million compared with the nominal average of 0.80 parts per million.
7.58. Much importance is attached to achieving a high degree of bacterial purity of supply throughout the distribution system, the standard aimed at being complete absence of coliform organisms in 100 millilitres of each sample examined. Out of 1,296 samples taken from service reservoirs (all of which are tested regularly) 99.4% conformed to this standard. Random samples are also taken from consumers' premises and 98.8% of 693 samples from taps connected directly to mains were satisfactory, whereas in the cases of 536 samples taken from taps fed from private storage tanks 94.8% were free from coliform organisms, the larger percentage of sub-standard samples in this category being largely due to the dirty condition of some tanks.
7.59. Considering the size of population served, complaints made concerning the quality of supply were relatively few. All were investi- gated and where appropriate check samples were taken. Out of 160 such notifications received 84% were of dirty or discoloured water, while objectionable taste or odour accounted for a further 14%.
7.60. The Section undertook a great variety of other work including investigations and advice in connexion with the Plover Cove Water Scheme, the Water Resources Survey project and the planning of new treatment works. A total of 447 analyses were also carried out for other Government departments, the armed services, commercial firms and the general public.
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ACCOUNTS SECTION
Treasury Accountant:
S. E. D. WESTLEY, A.I.M.T.A.
7.61. This Section continued to be responsible for recording all Waterworks expenditure and issuing water accounts. It also maintained the register of consumers and licensed plumbers and issued various licenses required by the Waterworks Ordinance.
7.62. The number of accounts issued for water consumed during the year rose by 28% on the previous year due largely to the policy of individually metering all newly constructed flats, including Resettlement estates. At the end of the year the number of consumers' accounts was approximately 215,000 compared with approximately 118,000 two years ago; an increase of 80%.
7.63. The proposal to computerize the billing of water accounts on an N.C.R. 315 Computer was abandoned and a preliminary investigation commenced, in conjunction with the Treasury, to determine the most economical and satisfactory method of billing.
7.64. Demand Notes for nearly 48,000 water deposits to the value of $4.6 M were issued during the year and at the end of the year the total value of deposits held exceeded $25 M.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
7.65. The Waterworks Office suffered the loss of Mr. T. O. MORGAN, the Director of Water Supplies, who, after 26 years' service, died sud- denly in April, while proceeding on leave.
7.66. Sixteen members of the staff with over 25 years' service, whose names are listed below, retired during the year.
Name
CHAN Yuen-yue
WONG Tsok-tung
CHOW Fan
LAU Mau
Lai Hung
SIU Fat
Grade
House Service Inspector Clerk, Special Class
Artisan, Class II
Artisan, Class I
Artisan, Class I
Artisan, Class I
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Name
TSANG Wing 'B'
CHEUNG Woon
LAI Kau
CHAN Chun-ling
Grade
Artisan, Class II
Semi-skilled
Artisan, Class II
Artisan, Class II Labourer
7.67.
YEUNG Man
LEUNG Shing 'A'
Artisan, Class II
POON Mee-wah
Artisan, Class I
LEUNG Tsung
Artisan, Class I
Artisan, Class II
Artisan, Class II
CHAN Sang 'B'
WONG Ming
Construction started on new Staff Quarters at Eastern Filters and Pumping Station. These will replace the old quarters which will be converted into a laboratory for the Waterworks Chemist. Air-conditioning of the offices at Bullock Lane Depot was substantially completed. Due to extreme overcrowding in the Head Office at Windsor House additional accommodation was sought and approval obtained to acquire space in an existing building on the old Royal Naval Dockyard site at Harcourt Road. Arrangements were well advanced for the Head Office Section of the Mechanical and Electrical Division to move to this new accommoda- tion.
Training
7.68. Five members of the Instrumentation Section started a six months full time training course on the maintenance of the instruments associated with Stage I of the Plover Cove Scheme. This course is being run under the Instrument Maintenance Contract and it is intended that all members of the Instrumentation Section will attend similar courses in rotation. Meanwhile the Saturday morning in-service training course for the remainder of the Section continued. The mechanical apprentice- ship and the electrical craft apprenticeship schemes, which permit one day a week to be spent at the Technical College, continued with fifteen students in the former and six in the latter scheme.
7.69. One engineer proceeded on a year's study leave in the United Kingdom during which time he will spend periods with a large firm of Civil Engineering Contractors and Messrs. Binnie & Partners, as well as attending a Middle Management Course. A Waterworks Inspector spent two weeks on a water meter repair course in Singapore.
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Welfare
7.70. Christmas Parties were held at the two depots, financed by those who attended. Chinese New Year Children's Parties, open to children and parents of low-salaried staff, were also held on both sides of the harbour. The parties were held at the Wah Yan Colleges in Hong Kong and Kowloon, by kind permission of the headmasters and were attended by approximately 300 and 800 children respectively. These parties were organized by the staff of the depots and were financed by subscriptions from senior staff as well as by the proceeds from the sale of raffle tickets.
7.71. Three seven-a-side football teams were entered in the Governor's Cup Competition organized by the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants Association. Twentysix inter-departmental teams participated in the competition and one of the Waterworks teams took 4th place.
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Accounts Office
FINANCE
8.01. By way of introduction to this section of the Report it should perhaps be explained that on financial and accounting matters the department has the services of a Senior Treasury Accountant, posted from the Treasury. This officer is directly responsible to the Director of Public Works for the proper execution of all accounting work relative to the day to day affairs of the Department. He is assisted by a general staff comprising two Executive Officers, two Special Class Clerks and 22 other General Clerical Service Officers. In addition, the services of the Senior Treasury Accountant are available to any sub-department wish- ing to obtain guidance or advice on accounting systems and procedures.
Expenditure
8.02. The total expenditure for 1966-67 amounted to $656,108,000 which represents a 10.47% decline compared with the previous year. However the Department remains the largest spending department in Government, the total being 36.32% of the Colony's expenditure for the year. Although overall expenditure dropped, there were significant in- creases under recurrent Votes.
Head 58- Public Works Department
Personal Emoluments and Other Charges
8.03. Expenditure under this Head totalled $84,499,000 as against $72,785,000 the previous year. This increase of 16.09% is largely ac- counted for by an $8.5 millions increase in the salaries bill, resulting from the implementation of a 16% salary award and an increase of $1.3 million in overtime allowances, mainly due to the June rainstorms. Over 50,000 overtime claims were processed during the year and total overtime worked amounted to 1,526,296 hours or 190,800 man-days. Other Charges expenditure shows increases of 38.1% in Stores & Equip- ment and 21.5% in Travelling Expenses. Both of these reflect increased activity. Under Special Expenditure, the necessary replacement of P.W.D. motor vehicles caused expenditure on this account to show an increase of $1 million over the previous year.
Head 59- Public Works-Recurrent
8.04. Total recurrent expenditure on maintenance works and services for the year, excluding works executed on private account, amounted to $85,497,000 an increase of 31.8% over the previous year. This increase
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may be attributed in part to the June rainstorms but is also due to rising maintenance expenditure inherent in any major capital works programme such as that carried out in Hong Kong over recent years.
Head 60-63
Public Works-Non-Recurrent
8.05. There are four separate non-recurrent heads of expenditure viz: Headquarters, Buildings, Civil Engineering and Waterworks. The accu- mulative total non-recurrent expenditure for the year was $480,000,000 i.e. 19.1% less than that estimated and 18.2% less than the previous year's actual expenditure. Reference is made elsewhere in this Report to the reasons why the Department did not realize the total estimated expenditure for the year. A 'Statistical Summary of Non-Recurrent Expenditure' at Appendix E sets out under each non-recurrent Head, the actual expenditure against the approved provision for the year.
8.06. The following comparative statement illustrated graphically at Appendix A shows public works expenditure over the ten years 1957-58 to 1966-67.
Financial Year
Personal Emolu- ments and Other Charges $
Recurrent Expenditure
Non-Recurrent
Total
1957-58
24,145,000
$ 30,563,000
$
$
119,906,000
174,614,000
1958-59
26,886,000
29,092,000 145,026,000
201,004,000
1959-60
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
497,256,000) 589,753,000
1964-65
61,854,000
52,021,000
491,574,000(2) 605,449,000
1965-66
72,785,000
70,332,000
589,698,000
732,815,000
1966-67
*
84,499,000
91,506,000(3)
480,103,000
656,108,000
Note: (1) Includes $49,819,760 Water Emergency expenditure.
(2) Includes $16,119,222 Water Emergency expenditure. (3) Includes $6,009,000 'Work executed on private account'.
Additional financial statistics will be found in the following appendices: Appendix B-Comparative table of departmental expenditure for the
year ended 31st March, 1963 to 31st March, 1967.
Appendix C-P.W.D. total non-recurrent expenditure for 1966-67 illus-
trated diagrammatically.
Appendix D-Comparative table of value of contracts for capital works
awarded during the year 1962-63 to 1966-67.
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Revenue
8.07. Revenue collected by the department totalled $142,704,000 compared with $155,759,000 in the previous year. The following sum- mary indicates the main revenue accounts concerning this Department and shows where the major increases and decreases occured.
1965-66 $
1966-67 $
Percentage
Over
Under
Crown Lands Sales
Crown Lands Fees
66,624,000
42,413,000
36.33
6,378,000
5,803,000
9.01
Water Account
50,704,000
68,938,000
35.96
Quarry Products
3,376,000
3,288,000
2.60
Building Ordinance (Balcony
fees ($2,703,000) and Build-
ing Contractor's registration
fees, etc.)
4,916,000
2,707,000
44.93
Other Receipts ...
23,761,000(1)
19,555,000(2)
17.70
155,759,000
142,704,000
Note: (1) Includes $6,052,000 Reimbursements: 'Works executed on private accounts". (2) Includes $6,490,000 Reimbursements: "Works executed on private accounts".
Works Executed on Private Account
Deposit Accounts
8.08. Developers requiring roads and drainage works to be carried out by this Department, are required to pay the estimated cost of such works in advance. All amounts so paid are placed in a specific deposit account which is cleared as the works are completed. The same pro- cedure is followed for other works executed on private account. The total payments for 1966-67 amounted to $6,490,000. The balance of all deposit accounts as at 31st March, 1967 was $4,562,000.
General
8.09. The additional responsibilities arising from the Department taking over the maintenance of Services' property from the Ministry of Public Building and Works, led to a systems investigation by a Treasury Accountant made available by the Accountant General. The purpose of this investigation was to established uniform works and accounting pro- cedures for civil and military works and services.
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8.11. The financial difficulties experienced by some contractors during the year led to the Department becoming involved in legal matters con- cerning contract payments to nominated third parties. In one civil action a judgement creditor sought and obtained a Garnishee Order against the Director of Public Works for $109,576.75. As a result the Depart- ment is now examining its General Conditions of Contract to see if there is justification for introducing less liberal contract payment facilities.
APPRECIATION
9.01. So far as the Public Works Department is concerned the main event of the year was without question the rainstorm of June 12th. Every sub-department was deeply involved and though the brunt had to be borne by the Hong Kong Roads and Drainage Division of the Civil Engineering Office, officers of all grades and seniority throughout the Department rose to the occasion and by their efforts brought great credit to themselves and to the Department.
9.02. In spite of the temporary dislocation caused by the rainstorm and the need to redeploy staff to undertake both emergency and long term repairs, normal work had to go on. Thus a greater load than usual was placed on all officers and as always they 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 during the year and my sincere appreciation of the excellent work done by officers of all grades.
A. M. J. WRIGHT, Director of Public Works.
30th June, 1967.
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800
750
APPENDIX A
EXPENDITURE FROM 1957/58 TO 1966/67
MILLION DOLLARS
800
750
700
700
WATER EMERGENCY
650
[650
NON-RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
600
600
PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS AND OTHER
CHARGES
550
550
500
450
400
350
500
1450
400
350
300
300
250
200
150
100
50
1957/58 1958/59 1959/60 1960/61 1961/62 1962/63 1963/64 1964/65 1965/66 1966/67
(FINANCIAL YEAR 1st APRIL 3rd MARCH)
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200
ISO
100
50
APPENDIX B
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31ST March, 1963 to 31st March, 1967
GROSS EXPENDITURE
Administration-
Personal Emoluments
Other Charges
Special Expenditure
Total P.W.D.
:
:..
:
:
98
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1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
$
$
$
$
42,341,858
1,900,225
706,106
44,948,189
48,777,576 58,402,051 69,088,433 79,013,429 1,937,938 2,199,912 636,296 1,252,004
51,351,810 61,853,967
2,580,011
1,116,445 2,534,708 72,784,889 84,499,411
2,951,274
Public Works Recurrent-
Buildings and Lands
9,038,304
8,820,364 11,086,803 12,278,706 13,143,880
Engineering (other than Electrical and Mechanical and Waterworks)
Electrical and Mechanical
Waterworks
Works executed on private account
Total P.W.R.
:
...
15,684,565 14,021,970 18,072,590 17,988,198 25,066,550 3,037,651 3,264,269 3,831,940 3,698,577 4,533,117 12,916,716 10,598,392 13,525,294 30,892,567 42,753,044 4,625,508 4,440,377 5,504,709 5,474,098 6,009,163 45,302,744 41,145,372 52,021,336 70,332,146 91,505,754
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1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
Public Works Non-Recurrent-
Architectural
Works, etc. for the Services and Lands Engineering (other than Waterworks) Waterworks
157,202,962
211,220,472 192,791,596 216,617,438 185,346,864 33,281,814 33,871,164 38,022,964 35,358,850 31,159,789 68,974,796 91,029,523 94,276,095 144,884,282 118,261,292 118,636,518 159,949,216 165,359,606 190,538,004 145,125,284
Total P.W. Non-R.
378,096,090 496,070,375 490,450,261 587,398,574 479,893,229
99
99
Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes
...
World Refugee Year Schemes
Local Development Projects
393
58,935
6,730
1,183,825
1,121,245
2,299,358
209,754
2,140
2,325
66,058
1,185,965
1,123,570
2,299,358
209,754
Sub-total Capital Works
378,162,148
497,256,340 491,573,831 589,697,932 480,102,983
Grand Total Expenditure
468,413,081 589,753,522 605,449,134 732,814,967 656,108,148
APPENDIX C
P. W. D. TOTAL NON-RECURRENT EXPENDITURE FOR YEAR 1966/67
Civil Engineering
24.63 %
Architectural
38.65 %
Headquarters
6.49%
Waterworks
30.23%
OFFICES
HEADQUARTERS
ARCHITECTURAL
Resettlement and
Low Cost Housing $121,684,627
Others (including
$209,754 for World Refugee
Year Schemes)
CIVIL
ENGINEERING
WATERWORKS
TOTAL
EXPENDITURE
$31,159,790
$63,871,992
$185,556,619
$118,261,291
$145,125,284
$480,102,984
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APPENDIX D
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF VALUE OF CONTRACTS FOR CAPITAL WORKS AWARDED
DURING THE years 1962-63 to 1966-67
Architectural
:.
:.
:
Engineering (other than Waterworks)
Waterworks
Total
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
:
:
130,745,000 242,539,000 200,992,000 148,291,000
137,680,000
91,025,000 134,055,000 89,392,000
126,737,000 60,647,000
52,117,000 271,409,000 61,128,000 38,089,000 28,159,000
273,887,000 648,003,000 351,512,000 313,117,000 226,486,000
Works, etc. for
the Services
Miscellaneous
HEADQUARTERS
APPENDIX
STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF P.W.D.
BUILDINGS
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t
Approved Estimate
Actual ¡Per-
Expendi❤
ture
cent- age
Approved Estimate
Expendi-
ture
Actual · Per- cent- age
i
Education
33,120,000 21,634,841 65.32;
Medical & Health
14,872,000 9,524,948 64.05|
Social Welfare .....
Low Cost Housing
Resettlement
3,480,000
2,732,190 78.51
17,078,400 12,813,054 75.02.
610,000 150,696 24.70
22,420,000 17,917,331| 79.92
119,529,500 103,973,554 86.99
Urban Services
(Urban Areas)
19,014,000 11,217,856 59.00
Urban Services
(New Territories)
1,436,000
536,801 37.38
1
Post Office
5,523,000
3,400,226 61.5
61.56
Police
11,310,000
4,568,708 40.40.
Prisons
5,350,000 2,616,204 48.90
'Fire Services
11,350,000 10,158,602) 89.50j
New Territories
2,711,000
1,562,965 57.65
General ...
10,800,000 4,509,783 41.76,
Miscellaneous
11,969,300
9,188,894 76.77|
Total
47,992,000 31,159,789 64.93
Total
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NON-RECURRENT EXPENDITURE 1966-1967
CIVIL ENGINEERING
WATERWORKS
Approved Estimate
Actual Per- Expendi- cent-
Approved Estimato
Actual Per- Expendi- cent-
ture
ago
ture
age
Hong Kong Island
Roads and Bridges
10,901,600 6,997,994
64.19
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon & New
Kowloon
6,912,000
3,824,879| 55.34
10,180,000
6,618,083| 65.01
" Drainage
3,700,000 2,578,384
*
Port Works &
Development
4
69.69 New Territories
11,635,000 15,480,872 + 33.05
(Excluding Plover Cove and Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Development Supply)
Plover Cove ...
17,465,000 17,049,301| 97.62
118,525,000 109,264,334 92.19
建
Kowloon &
New Kowloon
|Tsuen Wan/Kwai
Chung Develop- ment Supply
11,000,000) 7,672,138| 69.75
Roads and Bridges
14,643,000 14,839,572 + 1.34 General
894,500 696,349 77.85
Drainage
5,234,000 4,269,602
81.57
Port Works
Development
16,630,000| 14,230,670 85.57
18,067,000 14,918,551| 82.57
New Territories
>
Roads and Bridges
14,901,100 11,424,441 76.67
› Drainage
Port Works
¿Development
10,620,000 10,347,449| 97.43
1,880,000 1,534,689 81.63
17,355,000 14,380,780 82.86
Miscellaneous .......
12,072,000 7,258,287 60.12
&
Total
137,638,700) 118,261,291| 85.92
Total
164,976,500 145,125,284 87.97
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APPENDIX F
RATES OF PAY
Wages per month
Grade
Average Number Employed
Lowest
Highest
Average
$
S
$
Artisans Class I
1,492
380
440
410
Artisans Class II
616
350
410
380
Semi-skilled Labourers
563
300
345
323
Labourers
1,547
290
300
295
...
Apprentices
20
70
290
290
290
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APPENDIX G
STAFF FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1967
(excluding vacancies)
Profes-
sional
Assistant
Profes-
sional
Assistant
AdminisTM
Inspec-
torate
torate
Inspec- Technical | trative & ❘ Clerical Others Executive
Total
Headquarters
1
Architectural Office
Buildings Ordinance Office
46
21
Civil Engineering Office
92
23
82
23
5
68
18
97
102
55
65
47
272
3
54
93
3353
691
5
23
41
24
171
48
48
48
530
5
99 1,585
2,489
Crown Lands and Survey Office
Electrical and Mechanical Office
...
335
55
18
S
319
3
11
7
28
29
319
Waterworks Office
54
47
41
67
438
~
5355
325
780
56
1,969
2,421
121
1,685
2,457
Total...
365
230
195
196
1,901
26
494
5,699
9,106
APPENDIX H
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
NEW BUILDING PROJECTS COSTING MORE THAN $50,000
COMPLETED IN the Financial Year 1966-67
Project
Technical College Extension
Estimated Cost
2,880,000
Peak School Extension
Hong Kong Technical College, Establishment of Wool Section
Au Tau Primary School
Fire Services Departmental Headquarters and Hong Kong Stores and
Workshops
***
Shau Kei Wan Fire Station
Western Fire Station, Kennedy Town
175,000
1,084,700
***
:
1,245,000
6,000,000
1,393,000
1,389,000
Ngau Chi Wan Fire Station
1,369,000
...
Ambulance Depot, Hong Kong
...
***
1,300,000
Ambulance Depot, Kowloon (Ma Tau Chung)
1,525,000
Additional Quarters for Eastern Fire Station
...
***
124,000
Caroline Hill P.W.D. Depot and C.A.S. Headquarters
*
10,370,000
Married Staff Quarters for Preventive Services, Scheme II
1,500,000
Air Radio Station, Tathong Point
Statue Square-Restoration of Car Park as Garden and Other Improve-
ments ...
740,000
799,100
Civil Aid Services Kowloon and New Territories Command Post Reprovisioning of Agriculture & Fisheries Department's Chemistry
Laboratory
104,100
...
105,000
North Kowloon Magistracy-Alterations
70,300
Fanling Lodge-Swimming Pool
62,000
Kai Tak Airport-Improvements to Passenger Processing Facilities
:
120,000
Kai Tak Airport-Alterations to the Customs Hall
67,000
Alterations and Additions to Staff Quarters, Government House Alterations for Display Centre and Export Promotion Division at the
Ocean Terminal
150,000
975,000
Alterations to ex-Resettlement Department Accommodation, Pui Ching
Road
...
103,000
Queen Mary Hospital Extensions and Alterations; Operating Theatre
Block
8,210,000
Queen Mary Hospital Extensions and Alterations; Quarters Cheung Sha Wan Clinic
6,035,000
1,350,000
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APPENDIX H-Contd.
Project
Estimated
Cost
$
5,000,000
Yau Ma Tei Health Centre (Public Square Street)
Additions to Castle Peak Mental Hospital ...
New Medical Headquarters in Lee Gardens (Fitting Out) Police Rank and File Married Quarters at Kennedy Town Lamma Island Police Post
Sha Tin Police Station Extension
***
Alterations to the Airport Police Station Sai Ying Pun Post Office and Quarters
Tong Fuk Short-term Prison, Lantau
Stanley Prison-Imhoff Tank for Sewage Disposal
Resettlement Estate at Sau Mau Ping-Stage I
Resettlement Factory No. 3, Tsuen Wan
...
曲
...
:
:
...
Resettlement Department Staff Quarters for Lo Fu Ngam and Wang Tau
Hom Estates...
...
...
Resettlement Factories at Kwai Chung, Area 28, Stage I, 2 Factories Resettlement Department Headquarters-Middle Road Hostel, Kowloon Kowloon Probation Home
Kowloon Tsai Park, Stage II
Albany Gardens Staff Quarters
Beach Building at Big Wave Bay
•
Beach Building at Shek O
Beach Building at St. Stephen's Beach
2,260,000
200,000 9,940,000
158,000 110,000
70,000
1,520,000
...
9,680,000
150,000
13,800,000
1,923,000
***
1,260,000
...
3,900,000
150,000
580,000
***
760,000
260,000
110,000
109,000
404
107,000
385,000
54,900
:
1,270,000
94,000
...
***
80,000
60,000 70,000
Reprovisioning of Chatham Road Children's Playground and Rest
Garden
Upper Albert Road/Caine Road/Arbuthnot Road Junction: Reprovision-
ing of Existing Latrine
►
Abattoir Staff Quarters, Hong Kong (Senior)
Alterations and Improvements to the City Hall Sai Kung Park
Pak Tai Temple Playground, Cheung Chau
Latrine and Bathhouse at Kam Tin, Site 2 ...
***
Latrine and Bathhouse at Sheung Shui, Site 2 (Sheung Shui Wai) Re-housing of Plover Cove Villagers at Tai Po
Marine Police Operational Base, Aberdeen
Diamond Hill Quarry Buildings
Air-conditioning of the Supreme Court
***
:
:
***
***
:
Air-conditioning of Government Printing Workshop
...
107
80,000
9,313,400
160,000
600,000 509,500
59,300
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APPENDIX I
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
BUILDING PROJECTS ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION OR
SITE FORMATION WAS IN PROGRESS DURING 1966-67
Project
Heung Yee Kuk Secondary School, Yuen Long
Hung Hom Fire Station and Quarters
Estimated
Cost
$
2,900,000
1,400,000
Tai Po Fire Station
...
*
1,400,000
Fire Services Training School and Fire Headquarters and Ambulance
Depot, Shek Kong
6,414,000
Additional Quarters for Central Fire Station
148,000
Government Offices, Murray Barracks
25,080,000
Offices over Government Piers, Central Reclamation
1,129,000
Resiting of Radio Hong Kong's Medium Wave Transmitters (Smuggler's
Ridge)
***
1,340,000
Re-allocation of G.E.M.E. Buildings to Police Force, Fire Services and
P.W.D.
***
104,000
Conversion of the Old Sea Terminal Building
890,000
Seamen's Recruiting Office-Accommodation of Crowds Extensions to Buildings at Macau Ferry Terminal
95,000
***
200,000
Low Cost Housing Estate at Aberdeen (Wong Chuk Hang)
37,330,000
Low Cost Housing Estate at Ngau Tau Kok, Area 'A' Low Cost Housing Estate at Ngau Tau Kok, Area 'B'
24,500,000
最
21,200,000
Low Cost Housing Estate at Tsz Wan Shan, (Building)
8,300,000
Site Formation for Government Low Cost Housing Estate, Yau Tong Bay Low Cost Housing Estate at Kwai Chung, Area 9
6,300,000
20,400,000
Queen Mary Hospital Extensions and Alterations, Professorial Suites... New Lai Chi Kok Hospital
5,500,000
39,000,000
Tang Siu-kin Hospital
Castle Peak Standard 24-Bed Rural Clinic and Maternity Home
Kowloon City Maternal and Child Health Centre Extension New Convalescent Ward Block-Kowloon Hospital Tsan Yuk Hospital, Alterations to 4th and 5th floors San Hui Government Building
Departmental Quarters and Primary School, Au Tau
•
:
:
3,200,000
1,780,000
285,000
...
11,000,000
60,000
270,000 8,250,000
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Estimated
Police Inspectorate Quarters, Park Road
Police Headquarters, Stage III
Project
Aberdeen Sub-divisional Police Station
Improvements to Police Stations
Police Rank and File Married Quarters at Wong Tai Sin
Cost
$
12,800,000
A
1,550,000
***
1,137,000
Kowloon Central Post Office...
:
Women's Prison, Tai Lam
:
:
:
3,620,000
10,000,000
10,900,000
3,350,000
Prisons Department Staff Training School Reprovisioning and Stanley
Prison Officers' Quarters
***
2,500,000
Resettlement Estate at Aberdeen, Shek Pai Wan
...
26,000,000
Resettlement Estate at Ham Tin (Kwun Tong)
***
45,250,000
Resettlement Estate at Ham Tin, Area 'B'
36,000,000
Resettlement Estate at Jordan Valley West (Ngau Tau Kok) Resettlement Estate at Kwai Chung (North)
Resettlement Estate at Sau Mau Ping (Stage II)
...
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 Resettlement Estate at Kwai Chung North, Stage II Resettlement Department Staff Quarters at Chai Wan-Extension Resettlement Department Staff Quarters for Yau Tong etc. at Kwun
Tong
Perth Street Sports Ground
Ta Kwu Ling Park (Phase I)
***
...
Latrine and Bathhouse at Whitty Street/Queen's Road West
Latrine and Bathhouse at Gascoigne Road/Nathan Road Latrine and Bathhouse at Ngau Tau Kok
::
*
51,400,000
43,400,000
*
***
80,000,000
66,300,000
总
...
131,600,000
ANG
***
22,600,000
22,650,000
...
57,200,000 280,000
2,385,000
630,000 1,690,000
135,000
***
76,000
Abattoir at Kennedy Town
***
Abattoir at Cheung Sha Wan
***
230,000
23,426,700
19,731,000
Abattoir Staff Quarters, Hong Kong (Junior)
2,530,000
Tai Po Playground
常
500,000
Tsuen Wan Recreation and Sports Ground adjoining Housing Area 5
***
550,000
Latrine and Bathhouse at Tai O Mainland ...
340,000
Latrine at Texaco Road, Area 24, Tsuen Wan Yuen Long Hawker Bazaar
92,000 247,000
*
Air-conditioning of South Kowloon Magistracy
109
:
431,000
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APPENDIX J
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
LIST OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY PRIVATE ARCHITECTS AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS
(1) Projects Undertaken by Private Architects-
Hong Kong Technical College-
Establishment of Wool Section
Married Staff Quarters for Preventive
Service, Scheme II
Statue Square Garden
: Messrs. W. SZETO, Architects &
Engineers.
:
Messrs. Hsin-Yieh Architects and
Associates.
Messrs. W. Szeto, Architects &
Engineers.
Display Centre and Export Promotion
Division, Ocean Terminal
Messrs. Spence, Robinson, Prescott
& Thornburrow.
Queen Mary Hospital Extensions and
Alterations: Quarters
:
Messrs. Eric Cumine Associates.
Tang Siu-kin Hospital
:
Messrs. Hsin-Yieh Architects and
Associates.
Yau Ma Tei Health Centre
:
Messrs. Leigh & Orange.
Tsan Yuk Hospital Additional Floor
Kowloon Tsai Park
Abattoir at Kennedy Town
: Messrs. Eric Cumine Associates.
:
Messrs. Leigh & Orange.
:
Messrs. Hal Williams & Company.
Abattoir at Cheung Sha Wan
: Messrs. Hal Williams & Company.
(2) Private Quantity Surveyors Engaged on Various Government Building Projects-
Messrs. Langdon & Every (Far East).
Messrs. Bridgewater & Coulton (Hong Kong).
Messrs. C. John Mann & Son & Yeoman & Edwards.
Messrs. P. C. Russell, Bailey, Levett & Partners.
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APPENDIX K
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
NEW CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS COSTING OVER $100,000 COMPLETED IN THE FINANcial Year 1966-67
Project
Estimated
Cost
$
(a) Roadworks, Drainage and Bridges
(i) Hong Kong:
Wong Chuk Hang Road Widening, Stage II (Staunton Creek
to Police Training School Access Road) Formation for Widening King's Road fronting I.L. 5528 Foundations and Substructures for Queen's Road East Flyover Pok Fu Lam Road Widening, Stage II
***
...
1,435,000
134,100
836,400
2,500,000
Tin Hau Temple Road Area Development, Drains and Roads,
Stage I, Phase II
***
1,386,000
Construction of Chai Wan Trunk Sewer and Extension of
Chai Wan Road
946,000
Harcourt Road Flyover and Part of Kapok Drive Reconstruction of Brown Street and adjacent streets
2,220,000
152,000
Construction of Trunk Sewer in Wong Nei Chung Road and
Morrison Hill Road
...
669,000
Reconstruction of Embankment at the Junction of Tin Hau
Temple Road and Braemar Hill Road
141,000
Construction of Wong Chuk Hang Road Southern Carriageway
and Footpath from A.I.L. 155 to A.I.L. 290
114,000
Repairs to Victoria Road
14.
140,000
Road Reconstruction-Bisney Road, Crown Terrace and
Consort Rise
...
420,000
Construction of Trunk Sewer in Luard Road, Ship Street and
Queen's Road East
500,000
Construction of Intercepting Sewer in Hollywood Road and
Queen's Road West
810,000
Reconstruction of Road and Nullah-Stone Nullah Lane
147,000
Reconstruction of May Road at Landslip
180,000
Reconstruction of Cloud View Road at Hill Top
238,000
(ii) Kowloon:
Reconstruction of King Lam Street
$60,000
Ma Tau Chung Road Extension
350,000
Drainage Works in Kwun Tong Industrial Zone VI
***
1,350,000
Construction of Roads in Kwun Tong Industrial Zone VI and
Housing Zone II (Stage II)
830,000
Construction of Cherry Street (Tong Mi Road to Tai Kok
Tsui Road)
210,000
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APPENDIX K-Contd.
Project
Estimated Cost
(ii) Kowloon (Contd.)
Temporary Hung Hom Ferry Concourse
570,000
Kwun Tong Sewerage Scheme
6,750,000
Road from Tsim Sha Tsui to Airport: Chatham Road
Widening (Salisbury Road to Gascoigne Road)
1,350,000
South Kowloon Peninsula Sewerage Scheme-66′′ dia. Submarine
Outfall
最
3,490,000
Tai Po/Castle Peak Road Link (Ching Cheung Road). Construction of Western Half of Waterloo Road Extension Roads and Ancillary Drainage at To Kwa Wan Reclamation..... Roads from Tsim Sha Tsui to Airport: Chatham Road/Ma Tau Wei Road Junction Improvements, Stage I (Signals Scheme)... Tai Kok Tsui/Yau Ma Tei Sewerage District Development-
Tai Hang Tung Road Sewer
4,926,000
380,000
800,000
550,000
750,000
Reconstruction of Nathan Road, Stage V
1,200,000
Lai Chi Kok Road/Nathan Road Junction Improvement Reconstruction of Waterloo Road (Boundary Street to the approach ramp of the flyover at Nairn House Intersection)... Princess Margaret Road Improvement
700,000
520,000
2,500,000
2,986,000
728,000
Flyover at Waterloo Road/Argyle Street/Princess Margaret
Road Junction
Construction of Ventilation Houses for Lion Rock Tunnel Road construction work on Sha Tin Tunnel Approach Road-
South Portal to Lung Cheung Road
Boundary Street/Tai Po Road/Cheung Sha Wan Road
Junction Improvements
Resettlement Estate at Kwai Chung Area 'C"-Roads and
Drainage
Resettlement Estate at Tai Wo Hau-Roads and Drainage Resettlement Factories at Kwai Chung Central-Area 28-
Drains, Roads and Surfaces
Resettlement Estate at Lei Muk Shu-Roads, Drainage and
Surfaces, Stage I
Resettlement Estate at Pak Tin-Construction of Stormwater
Drain
**
:
:
:
1,850,000
650,000
1,400,000 1,450,000
300,000
5,000,000
257,000
Resettlement and Low Cost Housing Estates at Ngau Tau
Kok-Roads, Drains and Surfaces, Stage II
1,000,000
Resettlement Estate at Tsz Wan Shan-Roads, Drains and
Surfaces, Stage V ...
10,000,000
(iii) New Territories:
Kwai Chung Development Areas 17 and 29 (part)-Drainage and Roads-Road and Drainage Works in Area 29 Kwai Chung Stage I
414
1,546,000
Kwai Chung Development Areas 17 and 29 (part)-Drainage and Roads-Road and Drainage Works in Area 29 Kwai Chung Stage II
1,687,000
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APPENDIX K-Contd.
(iii) New Territories (Contd.)
Project
Kwai Chung Development, Areas 17 and 29 (part)-Drainage
and Roads-Road and Drainage Works in Area 17 Kwai Chung
Estimated Cost
$
1,719,000
Kwai Chung Industrial Areas 27, 28 and 29 (part)-Drainage
and Roads-Stage V
1,679,700
Kwai Chung Development-Areas 10B and 10E (part) Roads and Drainage Road and Drainage Works in Areas 10B and 10E (part) Stage I
1,943,600
Tsuen Wan South, Roads and Drainage-Road and Drainage
Works in Tsuen Wan South No. 5 Contract
2,268,000
Tsuen Wan (North) Roads and Drains-Construction of Road
and Drains at Chai Wan Kok
***
599,000
Castle Peak Road Dual Carriageway (Tsuen Wan to Castle
Peak)-Tsuen Wan-Castle Peak Road Investigation Clearance of Silt from Culverts in Kwai Chung... Construction of Drains in Tsing Lung Tau, New Territories
129,000
119,000
1,296,000
Yuen Long Roads and Drains, Stage I-South of Yuen Long
Main Road
1,830,000
Yuen Long Intercepting Sewers and Sewage Disposal, Stage
I-Yuen Long Intercepting Sewer-1st Section Yuen Long Flood Control, Stage I-Lower Section Yuen Long Flood Control, Stage IV--1st Section Yuen Long Flood Control, Stage IV-2nd Section Yuen Long East Bus Terminus
1,846,000
1,982,000
4,010,000
3,449,000
***
327,000
Tai Po Market Central Area, Roads and Drains, Stage I Reconstruction of Concrete Road Bends at Castle Peak Road M.S. 14 Culvert Nos. 8 and 10 and M.S. 15 Culvert Nos. 2 and 4
Tung Chung Access Road Improvement, Lantau Island
(b) Port Works
Kennedy Town Reclamation
Sha Kwo Ling Seawall, Stage I
1,220,000
150,000
450,000
1,200,000
...
600,000
Cattle Pier at Kennedy Town
720,000
Air-conditioning Pumphouse at Kai Tak
300,000
Seawall Foundation at Wan Chai Reclamation, Stage II,
Sect. 6-8 ...
600,000
Intake Chamber for Tsuen Wan Pumping Station
300,000
Kwun Tong New Town, Site Formation and Associated Works
-Kowloon Bay Seawall...
2,100,000
299,000
Seawall & Pumphouse at Kennedy Town
(c) Development Works
Kowloon Bay Reclamation, Stage I
Sha Tin Bridge
113
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1,930,000
2,000,000
APPENDIX L
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION
CONTINUED OR COMMENCED DURING 1966-67
Project
Estimated
Cost
$
(a) Roadworks, Drainage and Bridges
(i) Hong Kong:
Extension to Smithfield, Lower Section
800,000
404
Caine Road/Arbuthnot Road/Upper Albert Road Junction
Improvement
864,000
Queen's Road East Flyover Pier and Superstructure
U
1,669,000
Morrison Hill Area-Roads and Drainage, Stage I
500,000
Widening and Reconstruction of Ka Wai Man Road
400,000
Reconstruction of Tai Hang Road (True Light Middle School).......
395,000
Slope Protection at Tin Wan Hill Road, Tin Wan Resettle-
ment Estate
141,000
Tonnochy Road Storm Water Drain Diversion and Associated
Sewer Duplication Works
373,000
Nullah and Nullah Bridge, Staunton Creek, Aberdeen, Stage I,
Phase II
2,007,000
Park Road Improvements, Stage I (Breezy Path to Police
Quarters)
150,000
Culverting of Albany Nullah (between Helena May Institute
and Kennedy Road) and Formation of Slip Roads
532,000
Sea Outfall and Culvert in Healthy Street East
1,260,000
Construction of Culvert from Tin Hau Temple Road to Healthy
Street East
886,000
***
•
...
Construction of Main Drainage, Wah Fu Estate, Stage I Kapok Drive (New Government Office Building to Helena May
Institute)
446,000
1,051.000
Extension to Stormwater Drains in Central Reclamation, Stage
IV
***
299,000
Reconstruction of Road and Nullah-Sing Woo Road Repulse Bay Road Widening (Bridge over South Bay Road)
431,000
680,000
Improvement Works to Stream Course and Culvert, Ming
Yuen Western Street and Tin Hau Temple Road
112,000
Development South of Tin Hau Temple Road-Roads and
Drains, Stage I, Phase III
1,635,000
Reconstruction of Peak Road near Magazine Gap
246,000
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(ii) Kowloon:
APPENDIX L-Contd.
Project
Estimated Cost
$
Lai Chi Kok Bay Bridge, Bus Terminus and Adjacent Road
Works, Stage I
Construction of Toll Plaza, Administration Building and
Control Kiosk for Lion Rock Tunnel
Lung Cheung Road Extension, Stage I
Construction of Wing Hong Street (half width between Yu
Chau Street and Kwong Shing Street) ..
...
Reconstruction of Tung Chau Street (parts) and Kwong Lee
Road (part)
***
Extension of Aircraft Parking Apron, Kai Tak
Construction of Secondary Lining-Lion Rock Tunnel
Construction of part of roads surrounding Wong Tai Sin
Police Rank and File Quarters
18,000,000
250,000
1,200,000
:
150,000
315,000
4,690,000
360,000
102,000
Reconstruction of Granville Road and Humphreys Avenue
and Sewer Duplication at Cameron Road/Carnarvon Road/ Granville Road
434,000
Roads and Drainage in Cheung Sha Wan Resettlement Estate...
644,000
***
Pak Tin Resettlement Estate-Roads, Drains and Surfaces,
Stage II
260,000
Lei Muk Shu Resettlement Estate-Roads, Drains and Surfaces,
Stage II
1,890,000
...
Ham Tin Resettlement Estate-Roads, Drains and Surfaces,
Stage III
***
1,400,000
Ngau Tau Kok Resettlement and Low Cost Housing Estates-
Roads, Drains and Surfaces, Stage III
730,000
***
Shek Lei Low Cost Housing Estate-Roads, Drains and
Surfaces, Stage I
...
229,000
Tsz Wan Shan Resettlement Estate and Exchange Area-
Roads, Drains and Surfaces, Stage V
500,000
Choi Hung Road Improvements
2,560,000
Kwun Tong Road, Stage IV
1,800,000
:
5,800,000
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads and Drainage for Housing
Zones I, II and III and Commercial Centre
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
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads and Drainage for Industrial
Zone 6
:
:
115
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5,180,000
2,600,000
1,750,000
APPENDIX L-Contd.
Project
Estimated Cost
$
(ii) Kowloon (Contd.)
Lai Chi Kok Road Extension (Tonkin Street to Kom Tsun
Street)
Sha Tin Pass Road Reconstruction
Yau Tong Development, Roads and Drainage
Wong Tai Sin Bus Terminus
Road through Lion Rock Tunnel (Total overall cost)
Hammer Hill Road Widening and Drainage Improvements
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads and Drainage for Industrial
Zone 5, Sections C and D
Kwun Tong Housing Zone 10, Drainage and Roads
Lei Yue Mun Road (adjacent to Yau Tong Bay Resettlement
Estate) Stage II
***
3,850,000
1,280,000
2,144,000
710,000
8,496,000
:
3,050,000
3,600,000
1,000,000
100,000
Lei Yue Mun Road (adjacent to Yau Tong Bay Resettlement
Estate) Stage I
400,000
Ngok Yue Shan, Kwun Tong, Roads and Drainage
***
5,500,000
Completion of Roads and Drainage work at Fung Wong
Village/Tsz Wan Shan Exchange Area
事
1,330,000
Resettlement Estate at Sau Mau Ping-Drains, Roads and
Surfaces, Stage II...
•
7,200,000
Yau Tong Low Cost Housing Estate-Drains, Roads and
Surfaces, Stage I
1,700,000
(iii) New Territories:
Sha Tin Tunnel Approach Road-North Portal to Sha Tin
Construction of Cottage Resettlement Area at Fo Tan
Kwai Chung Offensive Trades Area 26A, Road and Drainage
Works-Stage I
...
6,761,500
892,000
281,600
Tsuen Wan Area 8, Roads and Drainage-Additional Resite
Area-Formation and Drainage Works in Tsuen Wan Area 8, Additional Resite Area
...
931,000
Yuen Long Roads and Drains, Stage I-North of Yuen Long
Main Road
•
***
1,474,600
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Project
(iii) New Territories (Contd.)
Road to Junk Bay, Stage I (Lei Yue Mun Road to Sau Mau Ping)
...
Tai Po Market Central Area, Roads and Drains-Stage II Shing Mun River Flood Control Scheme-Stage I, Phase I
(b) Port Works
Incineration Plant, Hong Kong Island
Aberdeen Reclamation Model
Estimated
Cost
$
1,547,100 1,061,500
758,000
21,000,000
150,000
Aberdeen Reclamation and Typhoon Shelter, Stage I
•
8,000,000
Cha Am Pai Beacon
Central Reclamation, Stages II and IV
Chai Wan Seawall, Stage I
Sandy Bay Reclamation, Stage II ...
Marine Police Pier and Access Road, Aberdeen
Wan Chai Reclamation, Stage I
Aberdeen Southern Breakwaters
Incineration and Composting Plant, Kowloon
Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation, Stage II ... Cha Kwo Ling Seawall, Stage II ...
Yau Ma Tei Slipway Reprovisioning, Stage I Shuen Wan Typhoon Shelter
Kau Lau Wan Pier
***
Wong Shek Pier, Long Harbour
Landing Stage-Waglan Island
Pier at Rennie's Mill
Demolition of Ngai Kap Pai Reef
19,700,000
8,000,000
5,700,000
1,000,000
24,500,000
14,000,000
28,600,000
:
2,500,000
4,000,000
5,993,000
5,500,000
450,000
430,000
...
580,000
:
**
160,000
路易
56,000
A
30,000
G.P.O. Lighter Pens, Central Reclamation
16,000
Pillar Marker-Yin Pai
20,000
Extension of Tsim Bei Tsui Pier
82,000
Site Formation at Aberdeen Resettlement
2,040,300
Cattle Pier at Cheung Sha Wan
500,000
Seawall at Sha Tin Railway Workshop
2,500,000
Seawall and Breakwater, Sam Ka Tsuen ...
***
2,947,000
Hung Hom Reclamation, Stages IIB and IIA and Main
Drainage
7,500,000
(c) Development Works
Stormwater Culvert Extension at Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation
3,350,000
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CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
SUMMARY OF Major Land Formation PROJECTS
Area Expenditure Completed
Área to Estimated
Location
be Formed
Cost
(8M.)
(Acres)
($M.)
(Acres)
to 31.3.67
Kwun Tong
614.48
105.00
590.30
84.5
Kowloon Bay
530.60
94.20
183.56
2.6
Remarks
Sites for resettlement and private development.
Reclamation being formed by public dumping. Full scheme not yet approved.
Sites for industrial use.
Sam Ka Tsuen
40.00
12.60
38.00
7.01
Ho Man Tin
121.00
22.70
64.70
8.96
Sites for residential and community use.
Lung Cheung Road
Development
Area No. 1
153.50
26.79
22.00
***
5.58 Sites for Government and
Community use.
Hilsea Barracks
Area
6.00
1.60
6.00
1.01 Road and site for Army
use.
Kwai Chung North
Development
Area 9 Stage I ...
93.10 22.00
72.40
Kwai Chung
Development
Stage II ...
348.00
67.50
348.00
Sha Tin New Town
Stage 1
**
613.00 300.00
Ho Tung Lau, Sha
Tin
20.90
5.50
15.90
Castle Peak New
Town, Stage IA... 175.00
54.50
21.00
8.30 Sites for resettlement low- cost housing and private development.
67.40 Site for resettlement, low- cost housing and private and industrial develop- ment. Revised area in-
cludes reclamation and covers gross areas formed.
0.10 Sites for high-density residential and industrial development.
3.65 For railway workshops,
etc.
1.30 Sites for Government and Government-aided hous- ing, private residential and industrial purposes.
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APPENDIX N
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY CONSULTANTS
Lai Chi Kok Bay Bridge, Bus Terminus and
Adjacent Road Works, Stage I
Cross Harbour Tunnel Road Connections,
Kowloon (Design and Investigation)
Kwai Chung Development, Stage II
Messrs. Scott, Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners.
.do
do
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APPENDIX O
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
General Statistics
(A) Length of Road Works Carried Out (Miles)
New Roads Completed
Existing Roads Reconstructed Existing Roads Resurfaced
*
Hong Kong
Kowloon
New Territories
Total
1.40
3.30
9.00
13.70
3.80
1.50
2.30
7.60
8.60
7.60
40.20
56.40
(B) Drainage Works Carried Out
New Drains Laid (Feet)
27,412
48,559
99,930
175,901
Defective Drains Replaced (Feet)
37,384
3,417
301
41,102
Connections Provided (Nos.)
1,195 1,421
490
3,106
Chokes Clearance (Nos.) ...
9,899
8,342
777
19,018
Sand cleared from Culverts (cu. yd.)
31,428 100,479
84,784
216,691
(C) Road Opening Permits Issued to:
Utilities and Service Departments
Government Departments
2,452 1,442
3,092
358
5,902
829
119
2,390
(D) Work carried out in New Resettlement and Low Cost Housing Estates
Length of roads constructed (Miles) Length of drains laid (Miles)
0.90
2.60
1.10
4.60
1.90
3.70
...
2.40
8.00
(E) Production in Government Quarries
Mainland
Island
Total
:
Total Crushed Stone (Ton)
1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67
98,074 95,698 67,979 84,650 86,291 103,297 87,357 78,858 69,886 50,969
201,371 183,055 146,837 154,536 137,260
Bitumen Coated Materials (Ton)
Mainland Island
Total
(F) Materials Testing Laboratory
1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67
70,186 85,277 65,708 81,050 86,845 36,130 33,674 29,633 40,361 29,947
106,316 118,951 95,341 121,411 116,792
Physical tests on soil and building materials carried out during the year totalled 45,050 and comprised the following:
Tests for compressive strength of concrete Tests on physical properties of cement
Aggregate grading and other tests...
Tests on steel and other metals
་་་
Tests on bitumen and bituminous products
Soil test
Pipe test
Miscellaneous tests
...
26,472
184
1,491
9,647
938 4,182
120 2,016
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APPENDIX P
WATERWORKS OFFICE
WORKS COMPLETED, UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY CONSULTANTS
(1) Works completed
Project
Estimated
Overall
Cost
$
Improved Supplies to Middle Gap, Blacks Link, Shouson Hill and
the Ridge, Stage II
Salt Water Flushing System--Chai Wan Kwun Tong High Level Supply...
**
...
Supply to Tsz Wan Shan and Wang Tau Hom Resettlement Estates...
Yau Tong Water Supply Stage II (Extension of Trunk Feed
and Construction of Fresh Water Service Reservoir)
Cheung Chau Water Supply, Stage II ...
***
Peng Chau (Silvermine Bay) Water Supply Stage II
Water Emergency-Terminals and associated works... Waterworks Depot Argyle Street, Extensions...
200,000
800,000
5,500,000
4,450,000
3,750,000
1,500,000
1,600,000
4,599,000
1,250,000
(2) Works under construction
Hong Kong Island
Chai Wan Distribution System ...
1,000,000
Chung Hom Kok Fresh Water Supply
200,000
Conduit Road Service Reservoir
1,996,000
Eastern Extension Service Reservoir
9,000,000
Improved Supplies to Mount Cameron and Magazine Gap, Stage II
1,260,000
Pok Fu Lam Supply:
(1) Stage I (Queen Mary Hospital)
2,400,000
(2) Stage II ...
3,500,000
Additional Salt Water Flushing Supplies at Aberdeen
760,000
Salt Water Flushing Systems:
(1) Chung Hom Kok
400,000
(2) Kennedy Town
告
700,000
(3) North Point
1,600,000
Additional Staff Quarters and Chemists' Laboratory at Eastern
Filters and Pumping Station, Stubbs Road...
***
450,000
Reprovisioning of Blake Pier and Rumsey Street Salt Water Pump
Houses
·
200,000
Kowloon and New Kowloon
Beacon Hill Service Reservoir and Pumping Station ... Trunk Main across Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation
**
3,620,000
600,000
Ham Tin Service Reservoir
A
A
4,800,000
Ho Man Tin Development Supply, Stage II Kowloon East Salt Water System (Mains)
6,500,000
1,600,000
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APPENDIX P-Contd.
Project
Estimated Overall
Cost
$
Kwun Tong New Town Supply:
(1) Housing Zones I, II and III and Commercial Centre
510,000
(2) Industrial Zone 5, Section B ...
*
***
155,000
(3) Industrial Zone 5, Section C
110,000
(4) Industrial Zone 5, Section D
(5) Housing Zones 13 and 14
Yau Tong Supply, Stage III (Construction of Salt Water Pump
House and Reservoir) ...
Salt Water Flushing Systems:
(1) Cheung Sha Wan
200,000
-
:
470,000
1,823,000
3,900,000
(2) Jordan Valley
(3) Kwun Tong
(4) Wong Tai Sin (Kai Tak)
(5) Kwun Tong-Jordan Valley
3,400,000
3,350,000
4,700,000
3,250,000
Mains)
**
New Territories
Kowloon East Salt Water System (Pumping Station and Additional
Trunk Supply Mains-Kowloon East
Castle Peak Water Supply, Raw Water Feed Plover Cove Scheme, Stage I and II
...
River Indus Flood Pumping Station and Intake
Shek Pik Scheme ...
::
:
3,650,000
***
4,600,000
8,000,000
Sheung Shui-Tai Po Supply, Stage II
Tsing Lung Tau Unfiltered Supply
Tung Chung Scheme
眼带
J
540,000,000
25,500,000 263,560,000
11,000,000
850,000
33,500,000
Yuen Long Balance Tank and Pipeline
Irrigation Works in the New Territories-Minor Works
Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Development Supply
East River-Sham Chun Scheme
Castle Peak Supply Stage 1A
(3) Projects undertaken by Consultants
Shek Pik Water Scheme (except work on Hong Kong Island and catchwaters)
Tung Chung Scheme
North Western Water Scheme
Plover Cove Water Scheme, Stages I and II (up to and including treatment works) River Indus Flood Pumping Station and
Intake...
Water supplies to three resite areas
...
3,200,000
6,971,000
72,000,000
4,524,000
15,400,000
Messrs. Binnie & Partners
Plover Cove Water Scheme Joint Engineers (Messrs. Binnie & Partners with Messrs. Scott, Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners) R.K.W. Suez and Associates
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APPENDIX Q
WATERWORKS OFFICE
GENERAL Statistics
(i) Rainfall (in inches)
Rainfall recorded by Royal Observatory in 1966/67
87.85
Average rainfall recorded in Waterworks catchments in 1966/67
83.76
Average annual rainfall
85.81
(ii) Yield (in million gallons)
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
Yields from catchment areas Pumped from the River Indus Extracted from the Muk Wu Wells Imported by Tankers from China
27,522
29,814
22,119
3,611
2,211
605
125
84
1,214
Imported by Merchant Ships
2
Received from China by pipeline.
5,611
11,435
14,925
Total
38,085
43,460
37,733
(iii) Storage (in million gallons)
Total storage in the Colony's impounding reservoirs
Date
Quantity Stored
Remarks
1st April, 1966
11,975
71.2% full
1st July, 1966
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15,863
94.4% full
13,415
79.5% full
8,760
52.1% full
5,291
31.5% full
1st October, 1966 1st January, 1967 31st March, 1967
...
(iv) Consumption (in million gallons)
Urban areas ...
New Territories
Total
Daily average
Highest daily consumption
(v) Pumping Stations
Fresh water pumping stations
Salt water pumping station
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123
1965-66
1966-67
40,669
44,392
(8,760 hours)
(8,380 hours)
825
717
41,494
45,109
113.5
123.6
138.6
149.5
38 (including 4 temporary) 15 (including 2 temporary)
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APPENDIX Q-Contd.
Quantity pumped (in million gallons)
Raw Water
Filtered Water
Total Fresh Water
Salt Water
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:
1965-66
1966-67
41,777
47,813
29,321
33,517
71,098
81,330
...
7,156
8,675
1965-66
1966-67
...
::
27,443
49,328
142,583
191,911
1965-66
1966-67
1,943
1,969
32,281
28,854
37
28
22
31
26
40
1,586
*
4,479
205
432
•
(vi) Meters
Additional meters installed
Total meters in service at end of year
(vii) Routine Mechanical and Electrical Works
Items of work carried out in Workshops Meters overhauled
Major engine overhauls
Top engine overhauls
Major pump overhauls
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" and over
Cast Iron 4" to 18"
Asbestos Cement 3′′ to 24*
Galvanised Iron 3" to 6"
P.V.C. 3" to 6′′
1965-66 1966-67
Fresh Water Salt Water
(ft.)
(ft.)
2,596
518
29,261
7,169
27,511
25,022
101,870
12,476
(ix) Trunk Mains
Fresh and salt water trunk mains laid under Public Works Programme items
Steel 36" to 54*
Steel 24" to 33"
Asbestos Cement 15" to 24"
Cast Iron 15 - 18′′
1965-66
1966-67
Fresh Water Salt Water
(ft.)
(ft.)
17,711
7,136
15,835
3,079
6,040
2,020
124
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APPENDIX R
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
1. GENERAL STATISTICS
(a) 959 Occupation permits for 1,197 buildings completed, in which 29,750
units of domestic accommodation were provided.
(b) 387 Notices for removal of unauthorised structures.
(c) 1,483 Miscellaneous permits for matsheds, hoardings and scaffoldings
(including renewal of permits).
(d) 39 Cease works orders.
(e) 322 Demand notes for permits to erect balconies and canopies over
public streets and Crown Land to the value of $2,990,575.11.
Registration of Architects and Contractors
Architects registered
Building Contractors registered...
Lift Contractors registered
Escalator Contractors registered
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19
131
2
3
General
Drain tests
1,047
Exclusion Orders granted under the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance
Inspections of licensed premises and schools
28
1,083
Nil
Prosecutions
II. GENERAL DIVISIONS
A total of 6,703 approval permits were issued in respect of the following
operations:
Sites and Buildings
Demolition
Site Formation
Residences...
Apartments*
Tenements†
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Apartment/Commercial+ Tenement/Commercial § ...
125
...
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384
137
25
22
6
25
147
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Industrial
APPENDIX R-Contd.
Warehouse...
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School/Religious Centre ...
Hospital/Clinic
**
Welfare/Recreational
Public Utilities
Low cost housing estate .
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w w wy a
56
50
7
37
1
30
35
Cowshed
Alterations and additions to existing buildings
Amended plans (i.e. plans to amend approved plans)
Structural
Piling, superstructure, etc.
Amended plans
Drainage and Well
Drainage and well
Note:
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:
1
653
2,556
1,183
898
446
* 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 use, the remainder being for apartments.
§ A tenement/commercial building is a building in which the ground floor
is intended for commercial use, the remainder for tenements.
III. DANGEROUS BUILDINGS DIVISION
Statistics of Orders and Notices obtained, issued and served
Closure Orders obtained...
Demolition Orders issued
Notices to carry out repairs Redevelopment Notices served Redevelopment Orders issued
***
...
•
...
351
266
293
258
225
126
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APPENDIX S
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
2,719,097.92 (3,370,750.00) 2,644,184.22 (3,952,200.00)
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong)..
21,191,302.77 (19,969,113.30)
(ii) Private Treaty Grants:
Island Kowloon
1,447,376.05 ( 7,232,127.10) 1,165,372.55 ( 1,248,585.00)
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong) .....
734,517.70 (2,834,785.85)
(iii) Exchanges and Extensions:
Island Kowloon
***
3,921,740.06 (2,514,423.80)
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong) ..
152,773.00 ( 873,722.00) 568,073,73 (11,658,040.17)
(iv) Modifications of Lease Conditions:
Island Kowloon
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong)
(v) Regrants of Crown Leases:
Island Kowloon
New Kowloon
...
424,957.00 ( 1,429,939,71) NIL (755,401.00) 408,015.00 (2,173,948.74)
69,841.07 ( 13,954.03) 9,133,987.22 (11,101,638.77)
NIL
44,581,238.29
NIL
(69,128,629.47)
2. Number of Transactions completed by categories in the Urban Area:
Hong Kong Kowloon
New Kowloon (including Kwun Tong)
Total
(i) Sales by auction and
tender
1 (9)
3 (4)
17 (14)
21 (27)
(ii) Private Treaty Grants
13 (17)
12 (16)
22 (81)
47 (114)
(iii) Exchanges and
extensions .......
25 (37)
5 (3)
13 (21)
43 (61)
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3.
APPENDIX S-Contd.
Hong Kong Kowloon
New Kowloon (including Kwun Tong)
Total
(iv) Modifications of
Lease Conditions ...
11 (5)
4 (5)
20 (16)
35 (26)
(v) Modifications of Building Conditions
59 (123)
27 (36)
139 (247)
225 (406)
(vi) Regrants of Crown
Leases
(~~)
28 (61)
(--)
28 (61)
109 (191)
79 (125)
211 (379)
399 (695)
Details of Miscellaneous Short Term lettings in the Urban Area:
Determined
Issued
Valid at 31st March
Revenue (Approx.)
$ million
(i) Crown Land Permits (ii) Short Term Leases
318 (317) 259 (253) 3,202 (3,261)
4.6 (5.2)
and Licences
(iii) Government Buildings
7 (42)
No. of Lettings
31 (35) 95 (71) 288 (203)
2.2 (4.3)
4.4 (7.0)
4.
Total Revenue Collected in the Urban Area:
(i) Premia on land sales
$42,412,506.19 ($66,624,339.32)
(ii) Premia on land sales credited to
Development Loan Fund
(iii) Permit Fees
(iv) Rental from annual and monthly
tenancies
(v) Rent derived from Government
Buildings
2,168,732.10 ( 2,504,290.15)
4,609,543.62 ( 5,251,708.77)
*
2,196,237.44 ( 4,295,091.97)
:
4,432,152.74 ( 7,019,559.80)
$55,819,172.09 ($85,694,990.01)
5. Table of premia received from sales of Crown Land in the Colony:
Period
1962-1963
1963-1964
1964-1965
1965-1966
1966-1967
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128
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$234,402,780.18
207,157,985.13
143,295,983.24
75,859,685.12
50,623,349.27
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APPENDIX T
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
MAJOR PLANNING SCHEMES COMPLETED OR DEALT WITH DURING 1966-67
A. HONG KONG ISLAND
(i) Statutory Plans
Under consideration by the Town Planning Board
H.K.P.A. Nos. 3 & 4-Central District Outline Zoning
Plan
H.K.P.A. No. 5-Wan Chai Outline Zoning Plan
H.K.P.A. No. 9--Shau Kei Wan Outline Zoning Plan
(ii) Department Plans
(a) Approved by the Colonial Secretary
LH 3/20B
...
LH 5/21C LH 9/31
H.K.P.A. No. 8-North Point Outline Development Plan LH 8/30F
(b) Adopted by the Director of Public Works
H.K.P.A. No. 20-Chai Wan Outline Development
Plan
B. KOWLOON & NEW KOWLOON
(i) Statutory Plans
LH 20/7K
...
LK 1/42
D
LK 9/15
LK 12/43
(a) 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. 12-Ngau Chi Wan Outline Zoning Plan K.P.A. No. 15-Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong and Lei Yue
Mun Outline Zoning Plan
(ii) Departmental Plans
(a) Approved by the Colonial Secretary
K.P.A. No. 14-Commercial Centre of Jordan Valley K.P.A. No. 16-Lai Chi Kok and Kau Wa Keng
Outline Zoning Plan
(b) Adopted by the Director of Public Works
LK 15/30A
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LK 14/7F
LK 16/12C
LK 2/28B LK 6/25B
LK 17/1F
K.P.A. No. 2-Yau Ma Tei Civic Centre Layout Plan ..... K.P.A. No. 6-Ho Man Tin Outline Development Plan K.P.A. No. 17-Kowloon Bay Reclamation Outline
Development Plan
129
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APPENDIX T-Contd.
C. NEW TERRITORIES
(i) Statutory Plans
(a) Agreed by the Town Planning Board Castle Peak Outline Zoning Plan
Sha Tin Outline Zoning Plan
**
(ii) Departmental Plans
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(a) Approved by the Colonial Secretary
Yuen Long Central Area Layout Plan Kwai Chung Area 9-Stage II
...
+4
(b) Adopted by the Director of Public Works and the
District Commissioner New Territories Tai Po Central Area-Layout Plan
LCP/32 LST/47
444
LYL/25B LTW/35K
Castle Peak Outline Development Plan
***
Castle Peak Stage I-Residential Area 10-San Hui
Layout Plan
***
***
Castle Peak Stage I-Industrial Area 9-Layout Plan
Sai Kung Layout Plan
Tsing Yi Outline Development Plan
Kwai Chung Area 9-Layout Plan
Tsuen Wan Area 26-Layout Plan
Kwai Chung Area 27-Layout Plan
品
...
LTP/28A
LCP/33A
LCP/34A
LCP/35A
LSK/4 LTY/15A
***
***
LTW/35K
LTW/101A LTW/102B
(c) Agreed by the Land Development Planning Committee
Peng Chau---Outline Zoning Plan ...
LPC/1
130
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APPENDIX U
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 surveyed
Acres of large-scale detail checked
Acres of large-scale contours surveyed
Acres of large-scale contours checked
Revenue surveys for Leases, Surrenders, Sales etc. Boundary Stones fixed
Site surveys for Government Building projects
Fees for Survey work collected
(ii) Drawing and Reproduction work completed
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:
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
...
Reproduction by all methods
Photos taken
Sales of Plans to Public
*
:.
:.
Maps 1/25,000 × 1/100,000 issued to Government
Departments ...
1,893 (2,574)
307 (
241)
164 (
134)
115 (
47)
10,608)
( 17,186)
86,963
2,980)
65,090)
( 15,384)
1,815 ( 2,118)
843)
333 (
106 ( 92)
$71,824 ($93,227)
***
2,869 (2,716)
72 ( 153)
193 ( 170)
2,879 ( 10,737)
3,451 (1,601)
50 ( 86)
466 (
124)
206,997 (191,711)
6,117 ( 4,970)
($26,869)
$18,901
1,284 ( 7,295)
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:
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1/600
1/1,200
1/2,400
APPENDIX V
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
AIR SURVEY
RECEPTION OF FINAL TRANSPARENCIES
No. of Sheets Received
263
87
11 (Detail & Contour separately)
2 (Detail & Contour separately)
24
6
11 (in Machine Plot)
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1/4,800
1/9,600
1/10,000
132
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APPENDIX W
SCHEDULE OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT MAINTAINED
BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE
MECHANICAL
1965-66
1966-67
601
653
838
913
821
882
49
52
245
294
4,512
7,693
1,063
1,117
534
551
408
437
126
143
30
33
2,621
3,035
245
265
426
435
1,953
2,084
3,530
3,696
3,366
3,416
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ELECTRICAL
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:
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1.
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:
:
:
:
Item
Motor cycles
Cars and light vans
Heavy vehicles ...
Road rollers
Diesel-driven generating sets
Parking meters ...
T:
:
Water pumps
Dental equipment
Steam boilers and equipment...
Air-conditioning plant
Refrigeration plant
Room cooler units
Dehumidifiers
Ventilation plant
Exhaust fans
Refrigerators
Miscellaneous
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
Item
Electrical Motors
Fans
系
Heaters and radiators
Cookers and hotplates
Water heaters and wash boilers
Traffic controls and traffic aids
Miscellaneous
133
1965-66
1966-67
3,904
4,232
22,852
23,673
16,238
17,391
2,091
2,141
4,998
5,221
1,619
1,818
13,360
13,520
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APPENDIX X
OCCUPANTS OF SENIOR DUTY POSTS
Holder
From
To
Director of Public
Works
Director of Engineering
Development
Director of Building
Development
Government Architect
Government Building
Surveyor
Superintendent of Crown Lands & Survey
Government Civil
Engineer
HEADQUARTERS
Hon. A. M. J. WRIGHT, C.M.G.,
A.R.I.B.A., F.R.L.C.S.
Mr. J. J. ROBSON, M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct. E. (Acting) Mr. J. J. ROBSON, M.I.C.Ë.,
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.
SUB-DEPARTMENTS
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE Mr. J. C. CHARTER, A.A. Dip.,
A.R.I.B.A.
Mr. C. R. J. DONNITHORNE,
A.R.I.B.A.
BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE
Mr. P. V. SHAWE, F.R.I.C.S.,
M.R.S.H.
CROWN LANDS & SURVEY OFFICE
Mr. R. H. HUGHES, M.A., F.R.I.C.S. Mr. R. C. CLARKE, B.Eng. (Min.) (Hons.), LL.B. (Lond.), D.P.A. (Lond.), A.M.I.Min.E., F.R.I.C.S.
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE 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)
ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL OFFICE
Government Electrical
and Mechanical Engineer
Director of Water
Supplies
Government Water
Engineer
Mr. D. W. Walker, B.Sc., M.I. Mech.E., F.I.E.E.
WATERWORKS OFFICE
Mr. T. O. MORGAN, B.Sc.,
A.M.I.C.E.
Mr. E. P. WILMOT-MORGAN, O.B.E.,
B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.W.E.
Mr. E. P. WILMmot-Morgan, 0.B.E.,
B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.W.E. Mr. A. S. ROBERTSON, B.Sc. (Hons.),
A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct.E., A.M.I.W.E.
11. 7.66 13.10.66
11. 7.66 13.10.66
1. 4.66 14. 2.67
15. 2.67 31. 3.67
1. 4.66 10.11.66 11.11.66 31. 3.67
11. 7.66 13.10.66
1. 4.66 20. 4.66
21. 4.66 31. 3.67
1.4.66 20. 4.66
21. 4.66 31. 3.67
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SO UK
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TIN
PASS ROAD
CHEUNG
AREA
LUNG
ROAD
LAI CHI KOK
SHEK KIP MES
CHEUNG SHA WAN
G
STONECUTTERS ISLAND
KENNEDY TOWN
WESTERN DISTRICT
SAL YING PUN
MOUNT DAVIS
DRAWN BY C. L. & S. O. 1963
MID LEVELS
SHAM SHUI PO
WONG TAI SIN
KOWLOON TONG
KOWLOON
CITY
SHOWING DISTRICT NAMES
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 TEI
CENTRAL DISTRICT
PEAK
POK FU LAM
KING'S PARK
HUNG HOM
TSIM SHA TSUI
VICTORIA
WAN CHAI
HAPPY
VALLEY
HARBOUR
CAUSEWAY
BAY
KOWLOON
BAY
RUNWAY
NORTH POINT
JORDAN VALLEY
NGAU TAU
KWUN TONG
KOK
QUARRY
BAY
YAU TONG
SHAU KEI WAN
CHAI WAN
LEI YUE MUN
Approximate boundaries only are shown on this plan.
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