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HONG KONG
ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORT
BY THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
J. J. ROBSON, J.P., C.ENG., F.I.C.E., A.M.I.STRUCT.E.
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR 1968 - 69*
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When dollars are quoted in this Report, they are, unless otherwise stated, Hong Kong dollars. The official rate for conversion to pound sterling is HK$14.54 £1 (HK$1=1s. 44d.). The official rate for conversion to U.S. dollars is HK$6.06= US$1 (based on £1=US$2.40).
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CONTENTS
1. GENERAL
Introduction
Organization
Staff
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Training
Visitors
2. HEADQUARTERS
General
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Finance and Stores
Technical Audit
3. ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
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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
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Dangerous Buildings Division
Staff, Training and Welfare
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Port Works Division .
Roads and Drainage Divisions Traffic Engineering Division
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Traffic and Transport Survey Unit Sewage and Drainage Advisory Unit. Staff, Training and Welfare
6. CROWN LANDS AND SUrvey Office
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Land Branch
Survey Branch
Planning Branch
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Staff, Training and Welfare
7. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE
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Electrical Division
Mechanical Division
Staff, Training and Welfare
8. WATERWORKS OFFICE
General
Distribution Division
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Construction Division
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Planning Division
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Mechanical and Electrical Division
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Water Quality Control Section .
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Consultants Liaison Section
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Accounts Section
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9. APPRECIATION
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10. APPENDICES
STAFF
A. Occupants of Senior Duty Posts.
B. Staff for year ending 31st March, 1969.
C. Rates of pay.
FINANCE
D. Chart showing expenditure from 1959-60 to 1968-69.
E. Diagram showing P.W.D. total non-recurrent expenditure
for the financial year 1968-69.
F. Comparative table of Departmental expenditure for the
years ended 31st March, 1965 to 31st March, 1969.
G. Statistical summary of P.W.D. non-recurrent expenditure
1968-69.
H. Comparative table of value of contracts for Capital Works,
awarded during the years 1964-65 to 1968-69.
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Statement of expenditure incurred in respect of works and services under the Defence Costs Agreement, for the financial year 1968-69.
J. Statement of Capital Works expenditure incurred under the £2.4 million Defence Costs Agreement, for the financial year 1968-69.
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
K. New projects completed in the financial year 1968-69.
L. Projects in progress during 1968-69.
M. Projects undertaken by private architects.
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
N. General statistics.
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New projects completed in the financial year 1968-69.
P. Projects in progress during 1968-69.
Q. Summary of major land formation projects.
R. Projects undertaken by Consultants.
S. General statistics.
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
T. Land statistics.
U. Major planning schemes, 1968-69.
V. Survey statistics.
W. Air Survey: final transparencies received.
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE X. Schedule of plant and equipment maintained.
WATERWORKS OFFICE
Y. Works completed, under construction and projects under-
taken by Consultants.
Z. General statistics.
MAPS AND CHARTS
Hong Kong and the New Territories.
P.W.D. Organization Chart
Architectural Office Organization Chart. Buildings Ordinance Office Organization Chart . Civil Engineering Office Organization Chart Basic Statistics: Traffic
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OPERATION AND ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HONG KONG 1969
GENERAL
INTRODUCTION
1.01. The Colony of Hong Kong has an area of approximately 400 square miles and a population approaching 4,000,000. The bulk of this population is concentrated in a very intensively developed area of some nine 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. The new town of Tsuen Wan in the New Territories a few miles to the north-west of Lai Chi Kok has developed rapidly and now has a population of 250,000. The extent of these urban concentrations is shown on the frontispiece map.
1.02. The year 1968-69 saw a return to more stable conditions following the political disturbances of the previous year and the banking crisis of two years before. There was an upsurge in activity in the property market with an increased demand for Crown Land, mainly for industrial development. Although the capital cost of completed private building works was the lowest for nearly a decade, there was a marked increase in the number of new projects being planned with particular interest in apartments, tenements and industrial buildings.
1.03. For the Public Works Department the year was one of re- appraisal. A planning and engineering feasibility study of a Pilot Scheme for Urban Renewal in the western part of the Central District on Hong Kong Island was completed and a Working Party which was appointed to assess the Underground Railway proposals of the Hong Kong Mass Transport Study submitted its report in August. A forecast of the Colony's road requirements for the next twenty years was contained in the report of the Hong Kong Long Term Road Study which was submitted to Government by the Consultants in October. The effect of all these proposals on public and private development had to be assessed in detail. As a result, some Government projects had to be modified and negotiations were started for acquisition of certain private properties where proposed redevelopment would have frustrated these schemes
1.04. The final report of the Water Resources Survey and a report on the possibilities of producing drinking water from sea water were
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received from the Consulting Engineers together with a detailed report on a scheme for a new reservoir at High Island in Rocky Harbour to develop the water resources of the Sai Kung Peninsula.
1.05. A new design for resettlement housing blocks was completed during the year. This design is based on an increased allowance of space per adult to make the space allotment in resettlement estates equal to that provided in Government Low Cost Housing.
1.06. Proposals for the re-organization of the Crown Lands and Survey Office into three branches divided into seven divisions were implemented during the year. Re-organization of the Electrical and Mechanical Office was also started and a scheme for the re-organiza- tion of the Civil Engineering Office was prepared. These re-organiza- tions will result in more efficient use of staff and allow for expansion to meet increased work programmes.
1.07. Expenditure on Public Works Department non-recurrent and recurrent items, excluding personal emoluments, totalled $391 million compared with $447 million in 1967-68. Although there was a significant increase in recurrent expenditure, the expenditure on Public Works Non-Recurrent dropped from $361 million to $292 million. The financial difficulties of some contractors, resulting in temporary delays on works, and low prices contributed to the fall in expenditure on building works but the main reason for the drop in expenditure on Waterworks and other Civil Engineering schemes was the completion of major projects and the re-appraisal of programmes for the next few years. Further factors in the slowing down of Civil Engineering works were the difficulty in filling vacancies in the establishment for Engineers and the increasing complexity of carrying out works in the congested urban areas aggravated by the increasing traffic volumes, which makes it necessary for works to be carefully phased and carried out in stages in order to reduce interruption to traffic. Administrative and legal procedures, which are necessary to protect private rights, also require more time when works are carried out in the heavily built-up areas.
1.08. The official opening of the Plover Cove Reservoir in January by His Excellency the Governor marked the formal completion of this major water scheme which increased the water storage capacity in the Colony threefold. The Reservoir became operational earlier in the year and had collected some 28,000 million gallons of water by the com- mencement of the dry season in October 1968. This, together with water
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from other older reservoirs and 15,000 million gallons from China, enabled a 24-hour supply to be maintained throughout the year. The average daily demand for water increased to 140 million gallons per day with the highest consumption for a 24-hour period reaching a new record of 173 million gallons.
1.09. A new treatment plant at Tai Po Tau was brought into service enabling a fully treated water supply to be provided to the Tai Po and Sheung Shui areas of the New Territories. Works to double the capacity of the Yuen Long Treatment Plant and the construction of a new Treatment Works at Castle Peak were commenced.
1.10. The completion of the 2,600 feet long Lai Chi Kok Bridge and the connecting Coastal Road which leads to the new town of Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung provided a new link between the north-west of Kowloon and the western part of the New Territories. The Bridge was officially opened by His Excellency, the acting Governor, on 29th October, 1968. Substantial progress was made in planning the first stage of a new trunk road between Kwai Chung and Castle Peak which will extend this link into the New Territories.
1.11. In view of the protracted negotiations over the financing of the Cross Harbour Tunnel, roadworks for the tunnel connections were limited to those which would be required even if the tunnel were not constructed. Satisfactory progress in the financial negotiations towards the end of the year led to a revival of activity in the planning of the other tunnel connections. Reclamation of the land required for the construction of the new Waterfront Road from Wan Chai to North Point was completed including the land required for the Cross Harbour Tunnel landfall on Hong Kong Island. Works under construction on this scheme include the flyovers at three grade-separated junctions.
1.12. A further stage of the Garden Road Complex on Hong Kong Island was completed with the opening to traffic of the first section of Cotton Tree Drive parallel to Garden Road, relieving congestion at the important Garden Road/Queensway junction. In Kowloon detailed designs were prepared and preparations were made to com- mence work on a scheme of major road improvements to relieve traffic congestion on the road connections in North East Kowloon between Kowloon City and Kwun Tong.
1.13. In February a new incinerator at Lai Chi Kok for disposal of refuse was opened by the Hon. Sir Albert RODRIGUES, C.B.E., E.D.,
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J.P. The commissioning of this large plant, together with a similar installation at Kennedy Town on Hong Kong Island, will reduce the requirement for dumping refuse in sea reclamation areas for which suitable space is now very limited. It is hoped that the third incinerator now being planned will almost eliminate the need for dumping of refuse.
1.14. The continuing programme of Government Resettlement and Low Cost Housing produced accommodation for 146,000 people while buildings to house another 286,000 were under construction. There was a slight slowing down in the programme because of the difficulties of finding suitable sites for new estates in or near the urban areas.
1.15. The foundations for a new technical institute at Morrison Hill were completed and the construction of the superstructure started. The building will provide trade training facilities for 900 full-time students and about 500 evening students. A new building for Radio Hong Kong was completed in Kowloon. The new building houses the Headquarters offices in addition to the radio studios.
1.16. Multi-storey car parks were under construction near Rumsey Street on the Central Reclamation, Hong Kong Island and in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. Each building will provide 8 floors of car parking: in addition, office accommodation for Government departments is included on the ground and mezzanine floors.
ORGANIZATION
1.17. The problems associated with nearly four million people living within a small area of land, much of which is in the process of redevel- opment to a very high density, coupled with the need to open up and service new land for immediate and future development, make it necessary for the Department to combine many functions which in other territories would be undertaken by a number of agencies. The main spheres of departmental responsibility are:
Building
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ings and the control of private development;
Engineering-Port Works, Roads, Drainage, Sewage Disposal, Land Development, Traffic Engineering and Elec- trical/Mechanical Engineering;
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Design, Construction of impounding and purifica- tion works and Distribution.
1.18. An organization chart, showing the division of the Department into Headquarters and six sub-departments is on page viii. The object of the organization is to decentralize wherever possible and day-to-day decisions on virtually all matters, other than departmental policy and the programming of future projects, are taken by sub-departments. Headquarters concerns itself with departmental policy, future works programmes and co-ordination of the needs of sub-departments. To provide this co-ordination, weekly meetings are held at which Head- quarters and sub-departmental representatives consider matters affect- ing land and development, while similarly staffed meetings to review departmental policy are held at monthly intervals. There is also very close contact between Headquarters and the Colonial Secretariat.
STAFF
1.19. The total staff numbered more than 10,500; of these 628 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 A, B and C respectively.
1.20. Mr. A. M. J. WRIGHT, C.M.G., left Hong Kong in March on leave prior to retirement and Mr. J. J. ROBSON was appointed Director of Public Works in his place. The following senior officers also left Hong Kong on leave prior to retirement during the year:
Mr. G. P. NORTON, Director of Building Development, on 8th May, 1968. Mr. D. G. Farrow, Chief Architect, on 30th May, 1968.
Mr. H. W. Grace, Government Maintenance Surveyor, on 21st June, 1968. Mr. D. L. T. MUSSON, Chief Estate Surveyor, on 21st January, 1969. Mr. R. A. Watters, Chief Building Surveyor, on 29th January, 1969.
TRAINING
1.21. 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.
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1.22. With the increasing workload in the Electrical and Mechanical Office the recruitment of properly trained artisans has proved more and more difficult. A new scheme has been developed in co-operation with the Government Training Unit and the Education Department for the training of craft apprentices with a annual intake of 120. The existing apprenticeship scheme has been redeveloped into a course of training for apprentice technicians.
1.23. A total of 24 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. Four Apprentice Architects, two Apprentice Electrical Engineers and one Apprentice Mechanical Engineer were also under training.
1.24. The Superintendent of Crown Lands and Survey undertook the training of 44 Surveying Assistants (Land) and 17 Surveying Assistants (Engineering).
1.25. During the summer vacation, 23 students from the University of Hong Kong were attached to this Department. Four were attached to the Architectural Office, nine to the Civil Engineering Office, four to the Waterworks Office and six were given instruction in the Electrical and Mechanical Office.
1.26. Altogether 49 officers of the Department were on, or completed courses during the year in Britain, Australia, Holland and the United States of America. Some of these courses were taken while the officers were on vacation leave.
1.27. Further details of training are included in the sections dealing with individual sub-departments.
VISITORS
April
1.28. Lt. Col. Qadeer A. MALIK of the Parkistan Army, during his vacation in Hong Kong, visited Lai Chi Kok Bridge, Lion Rock Tunnel and other civil engineering projects in Kowloon and the Tsuen Wan/ Kwai Chung area. He also visited the Plover Cove Water Scheme, the Shek Kip Mei Government Low Cost Housing Scheme and the Murray Building Government Offices under construction.
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May
Mr. A. F. REDDOCH, Chairman of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission of Sydney, Australia, during a brief stop-over in Hong Kong, visited the Plover Cove Water Scheme.
Mr. J. A. JARVIS, B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., Regional Director of Far East Region, M.P.B.W., visited the Director of Building Devel- opment, the Government Maintenance Surveyor and the Senior Architect, Defence Works Division of this Department.
A group of 12 Ford Foundation Fellows visited the Traffic Engineer- ing Division of the Civil Engineering Office and discussed the function of the Division and other transportation problems in Hong Kong.
June
Mr. C. T. L. HENSON, M.I.C.E., MNZIE (Civil), District Engineer of the City of Manukau, New Zealand, visited Hong Kong and was shown around the Kennedy Town Incinerator to observe refuse dis- posal techniques.
July
During their summer holidays in July and August, more than 500 school children from some 25 different schools visited various public works projects including Plover Cove Water Scheme, Lai Chi Kok Bridge, Sung Wong Toi Electrical and Mechanical Workshop, Kennedy Town Incinerator, Waterfront Road, Wan Chai Reclamation, Cheung Sha Wan Abbattoir and Murray Barracks Government Offices.
August
Messrs. K. C. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN, G. K. CHOUDHURY and U. M. PRADHAN, three senior officers of the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organization, visited the Planning Division of the Crown Lands and Survey Office, the Tsuen Wan New Town and the developments in Kwai Chung.
Mr. John CHADWICK, C.M.G., Director of the Commonwealth Foun- dation and Mrs. CHADWICK visited Hong Kong and called on the Director of Public Works.
Mr. G. C. HAMilton, Deputy Colonial Secretary, visited the Kennedy Town Incinerator and Abbattoir accompanied by the Director of Public Works, the Director of Engineering Development and the Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer.
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September
Two Filipino Engineers, Messrs. Eluderio S. Salvo and Teofilo I. ASUNCION, visited Hong Kong and had discussions with engineers of the Waterworks Office and Sewage and Drainage Advisory Unit of the Civil Engineering Office.
Mr. Bush of the Hong Kong Association, London, visited the Shek Pik Water Scheme.
Mr. R. W. W. GREEN, Director of Fiji Housing Authority and Mr. K. MILLS, the Authority's Architect visited the various Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing Projects.
Mr. C. D. Parker of Melbourne Water Science Institute Ltd. had discussions with staff of the Waterworks Office and the Sewage and Drainage Advisory Unit of the Civil Engineering Office.
October
Mr. N. F. IZMEROV, Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization visited Hong Kong and had discussions with staff of the Medical and Health Services Department and the Senior Chemist of the Waterworks Office of this Department.
Mr. H. M. BUBB of the Corporation of the City of Adelaide, South Australia, while in Hong Kong, visited the Planning Division of the Crown Lands and Survey Office and also discussed the various transpor- tation problems in Hong Kong with staff of the Traffic Engineering Division of the Civil Engineering Office and the Transport Department.
Mr. Latifar RAHman of the Directorate of Public Health Engineering in East Pakistan with Mrs. Rahman and Mr. ARBUTHNOT of Messrs. Camp, Dresser and Mackee visited the various aspects of Plover Cove and Shek Pik Water Schemes.
Mr. F. E. L. Carter, C.B.E., Director General of the Overseas Audit Service was another visitor in this month. He called on the Director and visited the Accounts Offices and the Technical Audit Unit of this Department. He was also shown around the Plover Cove Water Scheme.
A mission of seven representatives from the British Pump Manu- facturers' Association had a meeting with engineers of the Water- works Office, Electrical and Mechanical Office, Civil Engineering Office and Architectural Office.
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A South Australian Local Government Study Group was shown around the Princess Margaret Flyover, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, the Lai Chi Kok Bridge and Garden Road Complex and had short talks with staff of this Department on Colony Outline Plan and Development, urban traffic schemes and storm water drainage in Hong Kong and the planning and construction of housing projects.
Mr. Heinrich SPIES, Director of the Public Relations Department of the City of Essen was yet another visitor in this month. He had dis- cussions on town planning and traffic planning with senior staff of this Department.
November
A group of 20 Norwegian architects and engineers, members of the Norwegian Cement and Concrete Association, were shown around the construction sites of Wong Chuk Hang Government Low Cost Housing, Chai Wan Resettlement Estate, Canal Road Flyover, Fleming Road Flyover, Murray Barracks Government Offices and Garden Road Complex flyovers and Kapok Drive.
The Society of Medical Officers of Health, Hong Kong Branch, visited the Kennedy Town Incinerator.
A group of members of The Swiss Association of Masterbuilders visited Hong Kong and inspected Ngau Tau Kok and Sau Mau Ping Resettlement Estates, Lion Rock Tunnel, Plover Cove Reservoir and Lai Chi Kok Bridge.
Mr. D. E. WARREN, Director of Overseas Survey, Ministry of Overseas Development called on the Director of Public Works and visited the Crown Lands and Survey Office discussing the various mapping questions with senior staff in that office.
A group of 40 people from the German Institute for Traffic Science were given talks by the Senior Traffic Engineer of the Civil Engineering Office on the Transportation Scene in Hong Kong and inspected the Garden Road Complex structures.
Mr. H. ARMISTEAD, M.T.P.I., M.I.Mun.E., M.I.C.E., Town Planner of Greater London Council, called on the Director of Public Works, inspected various public works projects and held an informal discussion on Organization of Town Planning with staff of the Planning Division
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of the Crown Lands and Survey Office. He also gave a public lecture on 'Greater London Development Plan' which 106 officers of this Department attended.
January
Mr. A. A. G. KARANG, Police Commissioner of Bali visited Hong Kong and was shown around Lion Rock Tunnel, Lai Chi Kok Bridge and Kwun Tong Service Reservoir.
Dr. J. H. JELLETT, O.B.E., D.Sc., M.A., President and Rear-Admiral J. G. WATSON, C.B., B.Sc. (Eng.), Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers visited Hong Kong and attended the opening of Plover Cove Water Scheme. They also visited the Waterworks and Civil Engineering Offices and several construction sites.
March
Mr. A. T. PICKLES, Head of the Overseas Division, Building Research Station, visited Hong Kong and called on the Director of Building Development and the Commissioner for Housing.
Mr. J. W. PALLISTER, O.B.E., M.Sc., M.I.M.M., Head of Overseas Division, Institute of Geological Science, U.K., had discussions with the Director of Public Works and the Director of Engineering Develop- ment and also visited the Crown Lands and Survey Office to discuss geological mapping with senior staff.
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HEADQUARTERS
Director of Public Works:
A. M. J. WRIGHT, C.M.G., A.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.C.S. (to 27.3.69) J. J. ROBSON, C.Eng., F.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct.E. (from 28.3.69) G. P. NORTON, A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
Director of Engineering Development:
J. J. ROBSON, C.Eng., F.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct.E. (to 27.3.69) G. J. SKELT, B.Sc. (Eng.), D.I.C., C.Eng., M.I.C.E. (from 28.3.69) Director of Building Development:
G. P. NORTON, A.R.I.B.A. (to 7.5.68) P. V. SHAWE, F.R.I.C.S., M.R.S.H. (from 8.5.68)
Secretary:
M. D. SARGANT
Technical Secretary:
N. C. TUCKER, B.Sc., C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
GENERAL
2.01. The Director of Public Works, in overall control, is assisted by the Director of Engineering Development and the Director of Building Development. These two officers exercise a general control over the appropriate engineering and building sub-departments as shown in the organization chart on page viii. The Director of Water Supplies and the Superintendent of Crown Lands and Survey exercise control from within their respective sub-departments at present and being part of the P.W.D. Directorate will form part of the Headquarters when office space becomes available. In support of the Directorate there is a small professional and executive staff within Headquarters whose duties are detailed below.
2.02. The Departmental Secretary is responsible for co-ordinating executive and clerical services throughout the Department and for all establishment matters. He is assisted in Headquarters by a Deputy Secretary and two Assistant Secretaries.
2.03. The Technical Secretary is a professional officer seconded from one of the sub-departments for a period usually of twelve to eighteen months during which time he gains administrative experience. During the year, a second professional/assistant professional officer was second- ed as Assistant Technical Secretary. This experiment has proved success- ful and will be continued.
2.04. Financial and accounting matters are the concern of a Senior Treasury Accountant. This officer who is seconded from the Treasury
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is directly responsible to the Director of Public Works for the prope execution of all accounting work relative to the day-to-day affairs of the Department. A Stores Officer, seconded from the Stores Department. is attached to the Accounts Section of Headquarters. The Stores Officer is in overall charge of 15 P.W.D. allocated stores depots attached to various sub-departments, including three military stores taken over from H.B.M. Ministry of Public Buildings and Works.
2.05. A Technical Audit Unit under the control of a Chief Technical Examiner is responsible for checking works contracts and departmental tendering and contractual procedures and controls.
2.06. 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 Govern- ment 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.
2.07. 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.
2.08. 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.
2.09. The Director of Building Development is a member of the Town Planning Board, the Markets Select Committee of the Urban Council, the Recreation and Amenities Select Committee of the Urban Council, the Resettlement Management Select Committee of the Urban Council, the Authorized Architects Liaison Committee and the Land Development Planning Committee.
2.10. The Director of Water Supplies is a member of the Water Resources Policy Committee and was a member of the Provisional Council for the Use and Conservation of the Countryside.
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2.11. The Superintendent of Crown Lands and Survey is a member of the Port Executive Committee, the Container Committee, and the Land Development Planning Committee, and was a member of the Provisional Council for the Use and Conservation of the Countryside.
Expenditure
FINANCE AND Stores
Senior Treasury Accountant: K. W. CATTON
R. W. SAMPSON (from 1.2.1969)
2.12. The total expenditure for 1968-69 amounted to $495,613,000 which represents a drop of 8.5% compared with the previous year. Despite this, the Department continues to be the largest spending department in Government, the total being 26.4% of the Colony's total expenditure for the year and, if expenditure on military works and services is included, about 90% of the combined total of the next three large spending departments.
Head 58-Public Works Department
Personal Emoluments and Other Charges
2.13. Expenditure under this head totalled $110,570,000 as against $95,019,000 in the previous year. This represents an increase of 16%, largely attributable to higher expenditure on Personal Emoluments ($104,641,000) resulting from a larger establishment, annual increments and the 1968 Salaries Revision. A total of 59,508 overtime claims were processed during the year and total overtime worked amounted to 2,004,557 hours or 250,570 man-days; this is marginally higher than the previous year. Expenditure under other charges was some $690,000 higher than in 1967-68, principally because of increased spending on plant and equipment, although delays in delivery meant that only $2 million was actually spent on such items during the year against the $3,850,700 provided under special expenditure.
Head 59-Public Works Recurrent
2.14. Total recurrent expenditure on maintenance works and services for the year, excluding those executed on private account, amounted to $90,160,000; an increase of 10.8% over the previous year and the highest figure yet recorded for this head. Expenditure under eighteen individual subheads was up, two new subheads were created in 1968-69, and in no less than ten cases the increase was 20% or more.
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Heads 60-63-Public Works-Non-recurrent
2.15. The Public Works Programme is accounted for under three main heads of non-recurrent expenditure, namely 'Buildings', 'Civil Engineering' and 'Waterworks'. A further non-recurrent head 'Head- quarters' accommodates miscellaneous items of capital expenditure such as 'Compensation for surrenders and resumptions' which are outside the Public Works Programme. The total expenditure for the year under these four Heads was $292,445,000, i.e. $73,064,000 or 20% less than that estimated and 19% less than actual expenditure in the previous year, the reasons for this decrease being given in paragraph 1.07. A "Statistical Summary of Non-Recurrent Expenditure' at Appendix G sets out, under each non-recurrent head, the actual expenditure against the approved provision for the year.
Expenditure-summary
2.16. The following comparative statement, illustrated graphically at Appendix D, summarizes public works expenditure over the ten years 1959-60 to1968-69:
Financial Year
Personal Emolu- ments and Other Charges
Recurrent Expenditure
Non-Recurrent
Total
$
$
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(1)
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
1967-68 ...
95,019,000
85,922,000(4)
360,840,000
541,781,000
1968-69 ...
110,570,000
92,589,000(5)
292,454,000
495,613,000
Note: (1) Includes $49,819,760 Water Emergency expenditure. (2) Includes $16,119,222 Water Emergency expenditure. (3) Includes $6,009,000 'Works executed on private account'. (4) Includes $4,546,000 'Works executed on private account'. (5) Includes $2,429,000 'Works executed on private account'.
Additional expenditure statistics will be found in Appendices E, F, H. I, & J. The last two of these appendices show the value of work handled by the Department for H.B.M. Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, under the Defence Costs Agreement of 1967; this expenditure is met
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from subheads under the control of the Financial Secretary and is hence not included in the Departmental total of $495,613,000 shown in paragraph 2.10.
Revenue
2.17. Revenue collected by the Department totalled $147,941,000 compared with $124,523,000 in the previous year. The following table shows the main items and indicates the percentage variations compared with 1967-68:
1967-68
1968-69
Percentage Increase Decrease
$
$
Crown Lands Sales
30,592,000
35,401,000
15.72%
Crown Lands Fees
6,217,000
5,148,000
17.19%
Water Account
66,544,000
75,421,000
13.34%
Quarry Products
3,387,000
2,947,000
12.99%
Building Ordinance (Balcony
fees and Building Contrac-
tor's registration fees, etc.) .
666,000
1,236,000
85.59%
Other Receipts ...
17,117,000(1)
27,788,000(2) 62.34%
124,523,000
147,941,000
Note: (1) Includes $3,792,000 Reimbursements: 'Works executed on private accounts'. (2) Includes $3,261,000 Reimbursements: 'Works executed on private accounts".
Deposit accounts-Works Executed on Private Account etc.
2.18. Private developers requiring roads and drainage works to be carried out by the Department paid $2,450,097 on deposit during the year 1968-69. Completed works totalled $3,261,344, which was trans- ferred to revenue, and the balance of all such deposit accounts at the year end was $2,201,568. This is $811,247 less than the balance at the end of 1967-68 which reflects the general slowing down in private development work.
Contractors' difficulties
2.19. The banking crisis in 1965 following by civil disturbances in 1966 and 1967 had a marked effect on a number of Public Works contractors in 1967-68 and the repercussions continued to be felt in 1968-69. One major contractor was in serious financial difficulties towards the end of the year and seven contracts held by this contractor and an associated concern were re-entered or determined after all attempts to keep work continuing on these contracts had failed. Some
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progress was made towards finalizing contracts re-entered in the previous year and, in one case, the Department was authorized to meet some $102,000 sub-contractor's wages arrears as a charge against the main contractor, the employees having assigned their rights under a Court award to Government. In general, however, the position on these re- entered contracts at the year end could not be considered satisfactory. Efforts continued to obtain settlement of the $99,547.83 owed by one contractor as liquidated damages and cost of extra work, but at the end of the year it had still not been possible to locate the proprietor of the firm in question to obtain judgement against him.
Military Works and Services
2.20. As shown in Appendices I and J. the expenditure on main- tenance, new services minor works and capital works handled by the Public Works Department under the Defence Costs Agreement totalled $15,512,000. This represents an
an increase over the corresponding 1967-68 expenditure of 76%.
2.21. Although many of the administrative and procedural problems associated with the take-over of these commitments from July 1967 had been resolved by the beginning of the year, fresh problems continued to arise and these, coupled with the increased workload, resulted in the accounts staff being hard-pressed to maintain satisfactory records and returns for accounting control and statistical purposes.
Accounting services
2.22. The 1967-68 report on the Public Works Department account- ing services prepared by the Senior Treasury Accountant was re-examined during the year and revised, in consultation with sub- departments, to incorporate changes in departmental work patterns and to determine priorities for accounting re-organization. This review was completed shortly before the year end and the revised submissions were forward to the Colonial Secretariat with recommendations for the early deployment of the additional accounting staff required.
TECHNICAL AUDIT
Chief Technical Examiner:
D. M. HARDING, F.R.I.C.S., F.I.Q.S., A.I.Arb.
2.23. This Unit in its second year continued to check that construc- tion work and materials were properly tendered for, contract agreements properly entered into and bills finalized under each sub-department's
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control and responsibility. Departmental tendering and contractual procedures and controls were kept under review. The Unit also provided an advisory service to sub-departments on contractors claims and other contractual matters.
2.24. The Unit has an approved establishment of one Chief Technical Examiner, four Technical Examiners and supporting staff. On 31st March, 1969 the actual establishment comprised one Chief Technical Examiner and two Technical Examiners; one Technical Examiner has particular responsibility for technical audit duties in the Civil Engineering Office and the other in the Waterworks Office. The third Technical Examiner returned to the Ministry of Public Building and Works, London in August 1969 on completion of his secondment to Hong Kong.
2.25. During the year the Unit has paid particular attention to the examining of tender and contract documents, re-measurement of work executed, site records, final accounts and bills for maintenance works. In addition investigations have been carried out on a variety of matters as a result of requests from sub-departments and the Police in order to effect economies in the expenditure of public funds and to deter malpractices.
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ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
GENERAL OPERATION & ORGANIZATION CHART
1. THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ALL NEW PUBLİC BUILDINGS TH THE COLONY, EXCEPT THOSE ERECTED BY THE WATERWORKS OFFICE, THE HOUSING DIVISION OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND MINOR BUILDING WORKS CARRIED OUT FROM TIME TO TIME BY CERTAIN OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
2. THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL EXISTING PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS LEASED BY GOVERNMENT EXCEPT THOSE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE WATERWORKS OFFICE AND THE
RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT.
3. THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS FOR THE BRITISH ARMED
FORCES.
THREE ARCHITECTURAL
DIVISIONS
L. THE PREPARATION OF SKETCH PLANS AND ARCHITECTURAL WORKING DRAWINGS.
2. THE OVERALL SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF BUILDING WORKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DIVISION
1. 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 THRS PART OF BUILDING PRO- JECTS.
QUANTITY SURVEYING DIVISION
L PREPARATION OF ESTIMATES, SPECIFICATIONS AND BILLS OF QUANTITIES FOR BUILDING WORKS.
2. THE TENDERING AND LET- TING OF CONTRACTS.
3. INTERIM PAYMENTS TO CON TRACTOR AND THE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS
FOR BUILDING WORKS.
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
DIVISION
BUILD-
1. 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:
C. R. J. DONNITHORNE, J.P., A.R.I.B.A. W. E. LEVIE, D.A. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A. (Acting) Assistant Government Architect:
W. E. LEVIE, D.A. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A. D. G. FARROW, A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
GENERAL
3.01. 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 sometimes necessary to engage private architects and quantity surveyors to assist with the programme of work.
3.02. The maintenance of buildings owned by, or leased to, Govern- ment is the responsibility of the Maintenance Division of the Office, including the routine management of Government-owned property.
3.03. Since July 1967 this Office has assumed responsibility for the construction and maintenance of the majority of buildings required for the use of the British Armed Forces and their dependants within the Colony. A number of staff formerly employed by H.B.M. Ministry of Public Building and Works were transferred to the service of the Hong Kong Government in order to achieve continuity of administration.
3.04. The Architectural Office staff, which in the year under review numbered 941 excluding junior staff, supplies a fully comprehensive range of the skills required for the design and construction of buildings of all types and includes architects, structural engineers, quantity surveyors, building services engineers and maintenance surveyors, together with subordinate technical staff and outdoor supervisory staff. In addition, the Office has its own clerical and accounting sections.
3.05. All work was carried out on contract and expenditure on new works, excluding furniture and equipment, amounted to $146,650,000. Of this sum, $91,190,000 was spent on Resettlement and Low Cost Housing, $47,900,000 on other Government projects undertaken in this Office and $7,560,000 on Government projects undertaken by private architects. The value of work ordered on the Maintenance Contract amounted to $15,600,000; $2,630,000 was spent on electricity and the cleaning of Government buildings under the control of this Office.
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3.06. The Quantity Surveying Division and Building Services Division advise the Director of Education on drawings, specifications, contract documents, final accounts, building services installations and main- tenance work for grant-in-aid and subsidized schools and site inspec- tions are made. Work estimated at $21,700,000 was started on 54 new projects and work costing $19,200,000 was completed on 42 schools. Repair and maintenance work estimated at $940,000 was started on some 111 schools and was completed at a cost of $1,890,000 on 101 schools. Advice was also given on interest-free loans to 4 schools. amounting to some $10,500,000.
3.07. The Office was represented by senior staff on the following public or inter-departmental committees or boards:
Committee
Authorized Architects Examination
Board
Representative(s)
Contractors' Disciplinary Board
Schedules of Accommodation
Vetting Committee
Improvements) Committee
Government Architect (Chairman)
Government Structural Engineer
Government Quantity Surveyor
Assistant Government Architect
(Chairman)
(Chairman)
Government Maintenance Surveyor
Buildings (Alterations, Additions and Assistant Government Architect
Leased Office Accommodation
Committee
Air-conditioning Committee
Urban Council Air-conditioning
Select Committee Advisory Committee for the
Department of Electrical Engineering, Hong Kong Technical College
Standing Committee for the Standard
Method of Measurement of Building Works for Use in Hong Kong Architects' Disciplinary Board Building Trades Industrial Committee
of the Industrial Training Advisory Committee
Resettlement Programme Committee Government Low Cost Housing
Programme Committee Hong Kong Airport Terminal Building and Terminal Area Planning Committee
Assistant Government Architect Government Building Services
Engineer
Assistant Government Architect
(Chairman)
Government Building Services
Engineer
Government Building Services
Engineer
Government Building Services
Engineer
Government Quantity Surveyor
(Chairman)
Chief Architect, Division I Chief Architect, Division I
Chief Architect, Division III Chief Architect, Division III
Senior Architect (Specialist)
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3.08. The Government Structural Engineer attended a Seminar on Industrialization of Housing for Asia and the Far East, convened in Copenhagen by the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, from 26th August to 14th September, 1968.
ARCHITECTURAL DIVISIONS
Chief Architect, Division I:
D. W. MCDONALD, D.A. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S.
Chief Architect, Division II:
D. G. FARROW, A.R.I.B.A. (to 22.9.68)
J. B. AITKEN, D.A. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A. (from 23.9.68) C. CHATWIN, D.A. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S. (Acting)
Chief Architect, Division III:
C. BRAMWELL, Dip.Arch. (Dunelm), A.R.I.B.A.
C. CHATWIN, D.A. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S. (Acting)
3.09. All three architectural divisions are engaged on new works and each is headed by a Chief Architect. Divisions I and II are each sub-divided into two groups, headed by a Senior Architect, each group forming a working team capable of handling the whole process of designing the buildings and preparing the architectural drawings for the projects allocated to them. To each of these groups is allocated the building programme of specific Government departments, whilst other buildings designated 'general' are distributed amongst the groups. This system simplifies liaison with the departments concerned and enables each group to acquire a background of experience of the building requirements of their client departments. Division III is responsible for the whole of the Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing programme in addition to a number of other projects. Attached to Divisions I and II are three specialist architectural groups, each headed by a Senior Architect, whose function is to concentrate on one or more large single projects. Examples of work currently in hand by these specialist groups are Lai Chi Kok and Kowloon Hospitals; Kai Tak Airport Redevelopment; Murray Building Government Offices; two new abattoirs and a General Post Office. Attached to Division III is an architectural group responsible for military and defence works projects.
3.10. Details of the many projects undertaken by these three Divisions, which were under construction or were completed during the year, are given in paragraphs 3.29 to 3.98.
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Quantity Surveying DivisiON
Government Quantity Surveyor: H. MILLER, F.R.I.C.S.
M. M. LUXTON, A.R.I.C.S. (Acting)
Chief Quantity Surveyor:
M. M. LUXTON, A.R.I.C.S.
E. D. MOTH, A.R.I.C.S. (Acting)
3.11. This Division is under the control of the Government Quantity Surveyor, assisted by a Chief Quantity Surveyor and is divided into five sections each under the supervision of a Senior Quantity Surveyor. dealing respectively with new projects generally; special projects (e.g. large hospitals, Kai Tak Airport etc.); Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing; maintenance of buildings; and estimates, materials supplied through Government Stores Department, cost statistics and Architectural Office library. The Division is staffed by 37 Quantity Surveyors and professional assistants; supporting technical staff is engaged on preparation of contract documents for minor works, com- puting, checking, 'working-up', site measurement and similar duties.
3.12. The Division is responsible for the preparation of estimates, bills of quantities, contract documents, valuations for interim pay- ments and final accounts for all Architectural Office projects. It is also responsible for arranging contracts and checking accounts for the main- tenance of Government buildings and British Armed Forces buildings, including checking of the measurement for all works orders for Forces buildings exceeding $1,600 in value.
3.13. During the year under review, 162 contracts were placed to a total value of $168 million and some 7,550 accounts were checked for work executed under the Maintenance Contracts to a total value of approximately $26 million. The engagement of the services of private quantity surveyors was necessary for certain very urgent work as well as for projects undertaken by private architects.
3.14. The Division has, in addition, been responsible for the colla- tion of statistical and cost advisory information relating to buildings and building materials, maintenance of the library and for providing advice to other departments on grant-in-aid and subsidized schools to the total value of some $33 million and on co-operative housing schemes.
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STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DIVISION
Government Structural Engineer:
Au Sik-ling, B.Sc. (Lingnam University), C.Eng., M.I.Struct.E. CHENG Hon-kwan, B.Sc. (C.E.) (Kung Shang University) D.I.C., C.Eng., M.L.Struct.E. (Acting)
3.15. This Division, under the control of the Government Structural Engineer, is responsible for the structural design of all projects under- taken by the Architectural Office. This includes maintenance work, the preparation of structural drawings, details and reinforcing 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.
3.16. The Division is divided into three groups, each headed by a Senior Structural Engineer, which deal respectively with major works; minor works, military works and maintenance; and Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing projects. Each group is staffed by varying numbers of structural engineers and assistant structural engineers with supporting technical staff.
3.17. During the year, the Division completed the structural design of over 180 separate new buildings and supervised foundations and structural works at over 130 sites and the sinking of over 6,400 precast and in-situ piles.
3.18. Difficulties were encountered in the piled foundations at several sites. One of the most difficult sites was the Kwai Hing Government Low Cost Housing Estate, where underground obstructions prevented the use of precast concrete piles. Concrete piles cast in-situ were used and required careful control to overcome the effects of underground water and a compressible soil stratum. Other problems included piling on a steep slope at Ho Man Tin site for Government service flats and the formation of piles in tight corners between existing structures at Kai Tak Airport Terminal building.
BUILDING SERVICES DIVISION
Government Building Services Engineer: B. M. ROACH, C.Eng., M.I.E.E,
G. A. JAMES, C.Eng., M.I.E.E. (Acting)
3.19. This Division, headed by the Government Building Services Engineer, is divided into two main sections; New Works and Main- tenance. The New Works Section is sub-divided into four groups each
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with its complement of building services engineers, assistant building services engineers, engineering assistants and supervisory staff. Each group is responsible for the design, specification and supervision of electrical, lift, air-conditioning, refrigeration, mechanical services and liquefied petroleum gas services within its province, i.e. Hong Kong. Kowloon and New Territories, Special Projects (including Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing) and military new works projects. The Maintenance Section has a similar complement of staff and is responsible for the maintenance of electrical and lift installations and all other building services, except mechanical plant and equipment, in existing Government and Services Establishments, including Army depots.
3.20. In addition to projects designed in the Architectural Office, the Division was responsible for the design, specification and installation of building services installations in buildings designed by private architects on behalf of Government. Close liaison was also maintained with consultants engaged on Government building projects. Assistance was given to the Agriculture and Fisheries Department and to the Education Department on the subject of building services 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.
3.21. During the year, contracts or sub-contracts were let for building services on new works to the total value of $25.4 million and work to the value of $3.45 million was ordered on the electrical and lift maintenance contracts. In addition, standard fittings and other materials to the value of $6.3 million were ordered through the Govern- ment Stores Department for the works.
MAINTENANCE Division
Government Maintenance Surveyor:
H. W. GRACE, A.R.I.B.A., A.I.A.A., M.R.S.H. (to 20.9.68) K. R. R. BOYCE, A.R.I.C.S. (from 21.9.68) Chief Maintenance Surveyor:
K. R. R. BOYCE, A.R.I.C.S. (to 20.9.68) P. J. Corser, A.R.I.C.S. (Acting)
P. J. Corser, A.R.I.C.S. (from 1.12.68)
3.22. This Division, under the overall control of the Government Maintenance Surveyor, is responsible for the maintenance, alterations and improvements to all Government buildings and Services establish-
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3.23. The work on Government buildings is divided into two sections on a regional basis: Hong Kong Island, sub-divided into 5 districts and Kowloon and New Territories, sub-divided into 7 districts. Three main- tenance surveyors, under the supervision of a Senior Maintenance Surveyor, are in charge of the work in the first section and three maintenance surveyors, under the supervision of a Chief Maintenance Surveyor, are in charge of the work in the second section. A clerk of works or assistant clerk of works, assisted by two building foremen, is responsible for the day-to-day supervision of work in each main- tenance district. Maintenance of electrical and other services, under building services engineers, assisted by inspectors, assistant inspectors and foremen, is also organized on a regional basis. Checking of accounts is carried out by a section of the Quantity Surveying Division and the Building Services Division.
3.24. The maintenance of Services establishments, responsibility for which was assumed from 1st July, 1967, is divided into three areas: Hong Kong Island; Kowloon; and New Territories and is administered through three Depot Superintendents each working from a depot situated in his area, with a supporting supervisory staff of clerks-of-works and foremen, together with clerical staff. Direct labour is employed in the execution of some of the work on Services establishments.
3.25. Scheduled maintenance programmes were carried out on Government buildings and leased properties. In addition, day-to-day maintenance of buildings and redecoration of quarters was carried out as necessary. Total expenditure on this work amounted to $13,500,000. Similar work was carried out on Services establishments and the portion carried out by contract amounted to $7,300,000.
3.26. During the year Annual Contracts were let for asphalt works, floor tiling and supply/repair of venetian blinds. Three-year Contracts were let for maintenance of gas-fired appliances in Services establish- ments and also for grass cutting at military sports grounds and barrack
areas.
3.27. A total of 192 major and 719 minor items of alterations, additions or improvements to Government buildings were executed at a cost of $1,200,000. Work of a similar nature carried out in Services establishments amounted to $1,400,000.
3.28. Other items of work undertaken by the Maintenance Division included minor security and defence works and items for other depart-
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ments ordered on the Maintenance Contracts and amounted in all to some $1,540,000. Regular inspections were made by the building supervisor and his staff of 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 acquired by Government on lease.
NEW WORKS
3.29. The following paragraphs briefly describe some of the Architectural Office projects which were completed or which were under construction during the year under review. Full lists of such proj- ects costing more than $50,000 each are given at Appendices K and L. Private architects and private quantity surveyors who were engaged on certain projects are listed at Appendix M. Excluded from this report are the many projects for which planning, design, working drawings or the preparation of bills of quantities or contract documents were in course of preparation.
Education Buildings
3.30. Site formation and substructure work for a new Technical Institute at Morrison Hill was completed and work on the super- structure was commenced. This building, when completed, will provide classrooms, trade workshops, laboratories for engineering and technical services, visual aids, assembly hall, canteen and administrative offices. The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club has provided funds for the entire cost of the project.
3.31. An 18-classroom secondary school was completed at Yuen Long in the New Territories. The building includes laboratories, craft rooms and library and the cost was met jointly by Government and the Heung Yee Kuk which donated a sum of $600,000.
3.32. A 3-storey extension to Cheung Chau Middle School consisting of four classrooms, two laboratories, library, needlework room, general purpose room and covered playground, was completed.
3.33. Work on the site formation and substructure was in hand for a Secondary Technical School at Kwun Tong, for which the funds have been provided by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club. Site formation for a similar school at North Kowloon was about to commence at the end of the year. When completed, each school will provide 21 teaching
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classrooms and 11 specialist rooms for science and technical subjects, general purpose room, assembly hall, library and offices.
3.34. Two additional classrooms were constructed as an extension to Aberdeen Primary School.
Fire Services Buildings
3.35. A standard eleven-storey fire station was completed at Hung Hom in Kowloon.
3.36. A total of four additional quarters for duty officers on the stations were provided at Kwun Tong and Yuen Long Fire Stations.
3.37. Piling work was completed and construction was well advanced on the new Canton Road Fire Station complex. This project will also include Fire Headquarters for Kowloon and the New Territories, main workshops for the maintenance of fire appliances, stores, accommodation for fire boats' crews, barrack accommodation and married quarters.
General Government Buildings
3.38. On 7th February, 1969, the Director of Public Works unveiled a marble commemorative plaque within the new Government office building of 27 storeys (including basements) which will house most of the Public Works Department. This building, to be known as Murray Building, is under construction on the site of the former Murray Barracks in Garden Road, Hong Kong. During the year the reinforced concrete structure progressed at the rate of two floors a month and other works were well advanced.
3.39. Piling work was completed and construction was in hand on the new Yau Ma Tei Government Slipway buildings. This project will provide workshops and marine stores, a small post office and also some 130,000 square feet of offices for various Government departments in a 15-storey building together with a six-storey block containing work- shops, offices, canteen and quarters for the Marine Department, a single-storey workshop block and a buoyage yard.
3.40. Work was in hand on the construction of Government Quarters at Junction Road, Kowloon and at Pipers Hill whilst site formation work was completed for a block of 105 new Government Service Flats in Kowloon.
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3.41. A new building for Radio Hong Kong was completed. This 4-storey building comprises production and recording studios, control rooms, rehearsal rooms, record and reference libraries, audience partic- ipation studio, tape recovery room, canteen, store rooms and all offices necessary for the functioning of the Department. The building was designed and supervised by consultants from Canada.
3.42. Piling work was nearing completion for the North East Kowloon Government Offices Scheme which, when constructed, will provide a 6-court magistracy in one building and about 74,000 sq. ft. of office accommodation in a separate 6-storey building. Piling work was completed for a similar magistracy at Tsuen Wan, New Territories.
3.43. Piling work was completed and construction commenced on a multi-storey car park at Rumsey Street Central Reclamation. This building will contain a Queen's Warehouse, Transformer Sub-station, eight floors of car parking and two floors at the top of the building will provide 51,000 square feet of office space. A further 23,000 square feet of office space will be available on the ground and mezzanine floors.
3.44. Piling work was completed and construction was commenced on the first phase of another multi-storey car park at Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon, which will provide eight floors of car parking and about 35,000 sq. ft. of office space on the ground and mezzanine floors.
3.45. Several alterations and modifications to the Kai Tak Airport terminal building were completed, including an extension over the East Transit Lounge, which was undertaken by a private architect. Work was started on alterations and additions to the Air Cargo Buildings and further modifications to the terminal building, including a new generator house and infilling structures to the eastern and central courtyards.
3.46. Other projects completed during the year, include a Motor Servicing Depot at Silver Mine Bay, Lantau Island, an additional mezzanine floor to the Caroline Hill Workshops, extension to Staff Quarters at Fan Gardens Depot, a Cargo Examination Shed at Shek Wu Hui, New Territories, and extensions to the Sung Wong Toi Road Workshops.
Medical Buildings
3.47. A standard 24-Bed Urban Clinic and Maternity Home was completed at Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island and the construction of a Dental Clinic at Tong Fuk, Lantau Island, was virtually completed.
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3.48. Site formation for the large new hospital at Lai Chi Kok continued during the year and work on the main building substructure was commenced at the end of the year.
3.49. The Tang Shiu-kin Hospital at Morrison Hill was virtually completed. The building was designed by a private architect appointed by Sir Shiu-kin Tang who donated $1 million towards the cost. The building, 6 storeys high, contains a casualty and out-patient department, maternal and child health clinic, casualty and maternity wards, general dermatology and social hygiene department, health nurse training school and nurses quarters.
3.50. Site formation work was completed for two hospitals at Siu Lam to be built on adjoining sites; namely, the Siu Lam Hospital for the Mentally Subnormal and a Prisons Department Mental Hospital. Both projects were designed by a private architect and construction work commenced towards the end of the year on the Siu Lam Hospital for which funds are being provided by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club.
3.51. Work on the substructure for the new Convalescent Ward Block at Kowloon Hospital was completed and construction of the main building was well in hand. The building, seven floors high, will accomodate 586 convalescent patients and thereby reduce the pressure on bed spaces in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, allowing more beds to be available there for acute cases.
3.52. Other projects completed during the year included an extension to the Tuberculosis Laboratory at the Government Institute of Pathol- ogy, Sai Ying Pun, whilst at Queen Mary Hospital extensions and alterations to provide additional beds were well in hand.
New Territories Administration Buildings
3.53. A scheme to provide 344 quarters of varying grades in eight separate 5-storey blocks, and including four shops, was completed at Au Tau, New Territories. A 30-classroom school on the same site had been completed in the preceding year.
Police Buildings
3.54. At Park Road on Hong Kong Island, two blocks containing 48 police inspectorate married quarters were completed, the super- structure of three blocks containing 70 similar quarters was under construction at Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, and site formation for a further
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two blocks containing 48 quarters on Hong Kong Island was com menced before the end of the year. Construction was well in hand for six Senior Officers' Quarters at Beas Stables in the New Territories.
3.55. Construction commenced on the third stage of redevelopment at the Police Training School at Aberdeen. This consists of five blocks of quarters providing accommodation for women police inspectors and women police rank and file and for married police officers, together with 12,000 sq. ft. of office accommodation and three single storey blocks containing stores, transport office and caretakers' quarters.
3.56. Construction of the new Sub-divisional Police Station at Aberdeen was well advanced and other works completed included a number of improvements to various Police Stations, a radio workshop at Police Headquarters and two motor vehicle inspection centres at So Kun Po on Hong Kong Island and at Tsuen Wan in the New Territories whilst work on a third centre at To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, was started.
3.57. Piling work for Stage III of the Police Headquarters building was nearing completion at the end of the year. This building will consist of a 20-storey high tower block rising from a 2-storey podium block, providing a net area of 128,000 sq. ft. of accommodation for police purposes and including facilities for helicopter operation.
Post Office Buildings
3.58. Work on fitting out private premises for use as post offices was completed at Wong Nei Chong Road, Happy Valley, and was nearing completion at Sai Kung, New Territories. Similar work was about to start on premises in Hennessy Road, Wan Chai.
Prisons Department Buildings
3.59. Construction of the new Women's Prison at Tai Lam in the New Territories was virtually completed by the end of the year. This prison will provide accommodation for 400 inmates and 150 staff and consists of several cottage-type buildings to separate the different cate- gories of offender, a dormitory block, hospital, laundry and staff quarters.
3.60. The second phase of the new Staff Training School and officers' quarters at Stanley was completed. The project consists of three class- rooms, administrative offices, drill hall/gymnasium, dormitory and
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hostel accommodation for 120 warders, dining room, and a total of 42 quarters, together with a parade ground and children's play area.
3.61. Site formation was started for a new Training Centre at Dragon's Back on Hong Kong Island. When completed this centre will provide training facilities for 170 boys and will include classrooms, workshops, assembly/mess hall, sick bay, laundry, offices, staff club room and boys' residential units together with senior and junior staff quarters.
3.62. Four cottage-type dormitory units, similar to those built at the Women's Prison, Tai Lam, contained in one two-storey building, were completed at Shek Pik Training Centre on Lantau Island. These units were built to replace accommodation in four bungalows originally built on the beach which were badly damaged or destroyed by typhoons in recent years.
Resettlement and Low Cost Housing
3.63. During the year under review 25 domestic resettlement build- ings containing 113,000 individual units were completed and a further 23 buildings containing 99,000 individual units were under construction. (An individual unit of accommodation means a unit of living space designed for one adult). In addition, fourteen estate schools, each containing 24 primary classrooms, were completed and construction of ten similar schools was in hand.
3.64. All the resettlement blocks now under construction are of the Mark V type, incorporating flats of three different sizes, each with its own private W.C. water supply and balcony. A new design, known as Mark VI and providing an increase in the size of individual units from the current 24 square feet to 35 square feet per adult has been approved and contracts were signed at the end of the year for the first of these new blocks to be built at Pak Tin and Ham Tin.
3.65. Work was in hand on site formation or piling on several sites and these, together with sites already formed but awaiting consolidation or other work, will provide for the building of accommodation for some 138,000 people.
3.66. Five estate welfare centres and five estate administration buildings were under construction in various locations and one estate welfare centre was completed at Ham Tin.
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3.67. Two 2-storey restaurants and one kindergarten were in course of construction at Sau Mau Ping and two blocks of staff quarters were nearing completion at the end of the year at Tsz Wan Shan and Kwun Tong.
3.68. A programme designed to provide individual water supplies for tenants in the older Mark III and Mark IV blocks was put in hand at several estates and work was completed at Tin Wan and Yau Tong Bay. A programme for the rewiring of the Mark I and Mark II blocks was also put in hand.
3.69. In the Government Low Cost Housing programme, nine blocks containing 33,000 individual units of 35 square feet were completed and a further 47 blocks containing a total of 187,000 individual units were under construction. These buildings range between 7 and 20 storeys in height.
3.70. Six estate schools containing a total of 144 primary classrooms were completed and work was in hand on a further eighteen 24-class- room schools.
3.71. Site formation work was completed or was in hand on three sites which are to provide 64,000 individual units of future accommo- dation.
Social Welfare Buildings
3.72. The Approved School for Boys was completed at Kau Wah Keng in the New Territories. This school will accommodate up to 140 boys at any one time and comprises an administration block, dormitory block and a separate quarters block grouped around a miniature foot- ball pitch and basketball court.
3.73. A Combined Training Centre for Mentally Defective Children and Adults, combined with a hostel for adults, was also completed at Kwun Tong. The four-storey building comprises a trade training centre with five workshops and five classrooms, together with five dormitories, dining/recreation room, play room, administrative offices and staff quarters.
3.74. Piling work was completed and construction commenced at the end of the year on the new Town Hall at Yuen Long, which will contain a hall with stage and dressing rooms, kitchen, lending and reference library, study rooms, day nursery, roof-top playground and space for activities of local organizations, youth and adult groups and vocational training. Funds have been provided from the Lotteries Fund.
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Urban Services Buildings and Recreation Areas
3.75. A large recreation and sports ground at Tsuen Wan, a children's playground at Yuen Long and a small playground at Sheung Tsuen were all completed. The final stage of Morse Park and a recrea- tion and sports ground at Yuen Long, for which funds were provided by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, were also completed whilst a park and playground at Tsuen Wan was nearing completion. Work on the Whitfield Park Scheme was starting by the end of the year.
3.76. Several other small playgrounds or parks of varying sizes were completed and work was proceeding on others as part of the continuing programme for the provision of recreation areas for both adults and children. A number of minor improvements to existing facilities were also carried out.
3.77. The construction of two new swimming pool complexes at Kwun Tong and Li Cheng Uk made very slow progress during the year owing to financial difficulties of the contractor and both these contracts were re-entered in March 1969. However, a good start was made on a third complex at Morse Park and progress was maintained. These three complexes will each provide several separate pools ranging from children's paddling and play pools to teaching pools and competi- tive swimming and diving pools. The entire cost of these three swimming pools will be borne by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club.
3.78. Two beach buildings were constructed at Silver Mine Bay and Turtle Cove beaches, providing refreshment kiosks, changing and toilet facilities, beach guard office, first aid post and catamaran store.
3.79. Two public latrines and two bathhouses with attached latrines were completed in the urban area and the New Territories and three more latrines or bathhouses were under construction.
3.80. Two temporary hawker markets were completed at Kwun Tong and at Ngau Chi Wan whilst construction of the new large permanent market at North Point on Hong Kong Island was well in hand. This market, when completed, will provide 12 shops and 42 market stalls on the two lower floors with a children's playground on the roof. Quarters for five market staff will also be provided.
3.81. Site formation tenders for the Ngau Tau Kok Market were received at the end of the year.
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3.82. Commissioning of the abattoir at Kennedy Town completed early in the year and full production was put in hand. The construction of the abattoir at Cheung Sha Wan was completed and commissioning was in hand. Both these projects were designed by private architects in Britain but the supervision has been the respon- sibility of the Architectural Office.
Services Projects
3.83. During the year work on the provision of accommodation and the adaptation of existing buildings at Osborn Barracks, to house personnel formerly quartered in Whitfield Barracks, was completed. A new social centre for families of R.A.F. personnel and 140 married quarters for Gurkha soldiers at Gallipoli Barracks, New Territories, were completed and the conversion work on 14 huts at Sek Kong was also completed.
3.84. Work under construction included extensions to Hilsea Primary School, alterations to quarters at Sek Kong, piling for a housecraft flat and workshop at St. George's School, a jetty at Stonecutters Island, helicopter pads and water supply system at Victoria Barracks.
Staff
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
3.85. Six members of the Architectural Office staff retired during the year.
3.86. Five professional officers did not renew their contracts and left the service to return to Britain, whilst ten professional officers renewed their contracts for a further tour of duty.
3.87. One local professional officer (on probation) and nine expat- riate professional officers (on agreement) joined the staff during the year and five local assistant professional officers were promoted to full professional grade,
Training
3.88. One Senior Structural Engineer undertook a 9-month training attachment programme with various firms in Britain.
3.89. The Government Structural Engineer attended a Seminar on 'The Industrialization of Housing for Asia and the Far East', sponsored by the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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3.90. One Quantity Surveyor attended a 3-week Middle Management : Course at Chester's College, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, whilst
on home leave.
3.91. One Assistant Building Services Engineer and one Engineering Assistant (Building Services) Class II attended a one-year full time Associateship Course in Environmental Engineering (Advanced Studies) at the National College in Britain.
3.92. Eight officers from the Quantity Surveying Division and two officers from the Structural Engineering Division attended courses at the Hong Kong Technical College leading to R.I.C.S. and I.S.E. examinations respectively.
3.93. Evening courses at the Hong Kong Technical College in subjects pertaining to architecture, building construction, structural engineering, quantity surveying and building services engineering were attended by 48 junior staff.
3.94. All junior staff received training during the normal course of their employment and 30 were promoted by examination boards during the year.
3.95. Twenty students of the Hong Kong Technical College (Elec- trical Engineering Course) and five students of the University of Hong Kong received summer training in the Office in the field of building services and architectural work respectively. Five lectures on air- conditioning installations and motor starters were arranged for selected staff of the Building Services Division.
Welfare
3.96. Two dinner parties were arranged by colleagues of Mr. H. W. GRACE, Government Maintenance Surveyor, and Mr. D. G. Farrow, Chief Architect, to mark the retirement of these two officers.
3.97. A dinner party was arranged at the end of the year by the staff of the Architectural Office to mark the retirement of The Honour- able A. M. J. WRIGHT, Director of Public Works, after 30 years service.
3.98. The Quantity Surveying Division held its annual dinner party during the Lunar New Year period.
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ORGANISATION & FUNCTIONS OF BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE 1968/69
PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS
{3} EXERCLES CONTROL OVER PRIVATE BUILDINGS AND STREET WORKS, INCLUDING POST-CONSTRUCTION CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT TO ENSURE CONTINUING COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING LAW
(3) DEALS WITH PRIVATE BUILDINGS CONSIDERED TO BE IN A DANGEROUS ON POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITION
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION
THREE GENERAL DIVISIONS (HONG KONG KOWLOON. NEW TERRITORIES)
(IN EACH DIVISION)
CONTROL & ENFORCEMENT SECTION
(A) THE SURVEY OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS SUSPECTED TO CONTAIN BUILDING WORKS OR MATERIAL CHANGES OF USE, WHICH CONTRAVENE THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, IN ORDER TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO SECURE REINSTATEMENT, ALTERATION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF ILLEGAL USE, AS MAY BE NECESSARY, TO OBTAIN COMPUANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE BUILDING S ORDINANCE (0) REPORTS TO OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPART- MENTS ON BUILDING USES AND OPERATIONS ENCOUNTERED WHICH APPEAR TO CONFUCT WITH LEGISLATION ADMINISTERED BY THOSE DEPARTMENTS; EG THE OBSTRUCTION OF FIRE ESCAPES, ETC.
GENERAL SECTION
(A) THE SCRUTINY AND APPROVAL OF ALL SITE FORMATION, MUNG, BUILDING, STRUCTURAL, DRAINAGE, WELL, PRIVATE STREETS, ACCESS ROADS, AND ALTERATION AND ADDITION PLANS SUBMITTED BY PRIVATE ARCHITECTS THE ISSUE OF ALL BEQUIRED CONSENTS TO COMMENCE THESE WORKS AND THE EVENTUAL ISSUE OF OCCUPATION PERMITS WHERE APPLICABLE, ALL AS LAID DOWN UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE AND ALLIED LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT ALL SUCH WORKS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH LEASE CON- DITIONS AND STATUTORY TOWN PLANS
(S) STRUCTURAL AND OTHER ADVICE TO OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND BUS-DEPARTMENTS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AS REQUESTED, EG SUCH AS IN CONNECTION WITH THE LICENSING OF BUILDINGS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
(C) MEETINGS AND EXCHANGES OF VIEWS WITH FIRE SERVICES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHERE WAISON IS NECESSARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE STRUCTURAL SAFE TY OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS, MEANS OF ESCAPE IN CASE OF FIME, INTER-RELATION OF THE VARIOUS ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS AND DEMARCATION OF AREAS OF INTEREST AND #ESPONSIBILITY, ETC
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS DIVISION
(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 DEMOLL- TION UNDER THE POWERS LAID DOWN IN THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.
(B) THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEMOUSHED BUILDINGS (REDEVELOPMENT OF SITE{} ORDINANCE, UNDER WHICH TENANTS OF PROTECTED BUILDINGE CLOSED OR DEMOUSHED MAY OBTAIN COMPENSATION AND THE OWNERS OF STEL INVOLVED MAY BE REQUIRED TO REDEVELOP.
(C) THE MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
REVERTED TO THE CROWN ON BEHALF OF THE CROWN LANDE & SURVEY OFFICE
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
Government Building Surveyor:
P. V. SHAWE, J.P., F.R.I.C.S. (to 7.5.68) E. H. ROWLEY, F.R.I.C.S. (from 8.5.68) J. G. STEAN, A.R.I.C.S. (Acting) Assistant Government Building Surveyor: E. H. ROWLEY, F.R.I.C.S. (to 7.5.68) J. G. STEAN, A.R.I.C.S. (from 1.7.68) G. L. Lowman, A.R.I.C.S. (Acting)
Chief Structural Engineer:
H. K. CHENG, B.Sc., D.I.C., C.Eng., M.I.Struct.E., M.A.S.C.E.
GENERAL
4.01. The Buildings Ordinance Office is responsible for the control of all private building and private street works; for dealing with dangerous, or potentially dangerous buildings; for the administration of the Demolished Buildings (Redevelopment of Sites) Ordinance; for investigating illegal alterations and changes of use in existing buildings; for the examination and registration of Authorized Architects; and for the registration of building, lift and escalator contractors.
4.02. Three general divisions, whose functions are described below, are responsible for Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Terri- tories (including New Kowloon) respectively, whilst a fourth division deals with the problem of dangerous buildings throughout the Colony. The Office is headed by a small headquarters division which is respon- sible for administrative control, policy, legislation and general co- ordination with other P.W.D. sub-departments. The organizational structure and main functions of the Office for the period under review may be seen diagrammatically on page 36.
4.03. The Office is represented on the following standing committees:
Committee
Representative
Authorized Architects Examination
Board
P.W.D./Authorized Architects
Liaison Group
Government Building Surveyor
Government Building Surveyor
Assistant Government Building
Surveyor
4.04. Two meetings of the P.W.D./Authorized Architects Liaison Group, which consists of two representatives from the Engineering Society of Hong Kong and two from the Hong Kong Society of
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Architects with three senior officers of the Department, were held during the year. These meetings provided an opportunity to discuss a number of topics of mutual interest and resolve differences arising from the interpretation and administration of the Buildings Ordinance. The Liaison Group was also consulted on a number of proposed amend- ments to existing building legislation.
4.05. The typhoon emergency organization of the Office was con- vened on only one occasion but, notwithstanding the fact that the 'eye' of Typhoon Shirley passed directly over the Colony, consequential damage to private property was negligible. The standing Office organiza- tion which may be called upon at any time to advise on and deal with building emergencies such as fires or building collapses dealt with 87 cases during the year.
4.06. Although the capital cost of new buildings completed fell to the lowest level since 1962-63, it should be pointed out that this is a reflection of the low number of buildings started during the period following the bank crisis. There are now reliable indications of an increasing interest in building development particularly on Hong Kong Island and in the New Territories.
4.07. A working party consisting of two senior members of the Office together with another senior P.W.D. officer and 3 Authorized Architects have had numerous meetings during the year with the object of incorporating comprehensive structural regulations in the Buildings Ordinance. This work is now nearing completion.
Hong Kong Division Chief Building Surveyor: G. L. LOWMAN, A.R.I.C.S.
GENERAL DIVISIONS
Kowloon Division Chief Building Surveyor: R. A. WATTERS, F.R.I.C.S.
New Territories Division
Chief Building Surveyor: S. C. CHEN, C.Eng., A.M.I.Struct.E.
A. L. AYLMER, A.R.I.B.A.
(from 1.7.1968)
General Sections
4.08. The principal functions of the general sections are to scrutinize all proposals for private building works; to grant consent to commence building work; to carry out supervisory inspections during construction; and to issue occupation permits at completion.
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4.09. A total of 476 buildings were certified for occupation. The declared capital cost of these buildings amounted to $427 million which represents a decrease of about 22% compared with the previous year.
4.10. During the year the number of building plans being approved every month showed a continuing increase and by the last quarter (January-March 1969) was three times greater than in the same quarter of 1968. Any suggestion that the building industry is becoming mori- bund is refuted by the statistical evidence to be found in Appendix N which reveals several encouraging factors pointing towards a return of confidence in real estate investment. In particular the value of balcony fees, which are paid to the Treasury at the time consent is given to commence building works above ground level, rose by nearly 60% over the previous year to $1,324,897; the number of approval permits issued, particularly for those forms of development which have been out of favour in the last few years e.g. tenement-commercial buildings and industrial buildings, shows a considerable increase over last year.
4.11. With the publication of the Mass Transport Study Report recommending construction of an underground railway, the road devel- opment proposals in Long Term Road Study Report, and slum clear- ance proposals in a Report on Urban Renewal, it was found necessary to institute new procedures to avoid possible frustration of these complex proposals. All applications for the development of affected sites have received careful consideration in consultation with other sub-depart- ments. This work, whilst essential, is time-consuming and has resulted, for the first time in several years, in delays in the processing of plans by this Office; every effort has been made to keep these delays to a minimum.
4.12. There were a number of noteworthy private developments which received occupation permits during the year. At Shau Kei Wan the 30-storey Tai On Building was completed; this is claimed to be the largest multi-owned residential complex in the world and contains nearly 1,900 self-contained flats housing some 12,000 people. The 28- storey office block erected for an international assurance company in Stubbs Road is an unconventional structure with pre-stressed floors supported by perimeter reinforced concrete mullions and a central service core. The completion of 8 residential 20-storey tower blocks containing a total of 1,074 flats, 24 shops and a school, represents about 60% of Stage 1 of the Mei Foo Sun Chuen estate at Lai Chi Kok. This is probably the largest privately sponsored housing project in
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South East Asia and it is anticipated that, on completion, it will house up to 80,000 people. Hotels are currently a focal point of interest and. although only two were under construction at the end of the year. a number are in the planning stage.
Control and Enforcement Sections
4.13. The interaction of such diverse factors as growing families. cottage industries, high rentals, rising living standards, ignorance of the law and its purpose, lack of community conscience and inadequate building management gives rise to the high incidence of unacceptable alterations, additions and uses to be found within many of the multi- storey buildings in the Colony.
4.14. A special section in each of the three general divisions is responsible for dealing with this problem and investigates all reports and complaints received from the public or other Government depart- ments but, with the current shortage of suitable staff and the large number of complaints received, priority is given to cases where illegal works or misuses present a significant fire, structural or health hazard to the occupants or to the public.
4.15. Whilst education of the public remains the ultimate goal, prevention being better than cure, results at the present time are mainly achieved by serving statutory notices on the owners to rectify the illegal alterations. Notices are followed by interviews and meetings, sometimes in conjunction with a City District Officer, to explain Government's objectives and to give advice on the best and most economical means of satisfying the terms of the notice.
4.16. Enforcement action in one building tends to discourage similar contraventions in neighbouring buildings and thus publicizes and assists the work of the sections. The removal of long-standing illegal works particularly where it may result in dispossession or a reduction in living or working space continues to be a frequent source of difficulty and requires considerable tact if results are to be achieved without creating circumstances which could possibly lead to a breach of the peace.
4.17. During the year 3,898 statutory notices were issued (compared with 1,429 for the previous year) for the removal of unauthorized structures or the reinstatement of the building to accord with the approved plans. At the same time 830 buildings were investigated and
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the large backlog of complaints has now been reduced particularly in the Kowloon Division where a start has been made upon block- by-block survey.
DANGEROUS BUILDING Division
Chief Building Surveyor:
K. B. O'SULLIVAN, B.Arch., A.R.L.B.A., M.R.I.A.I.
4.18. The Division was required to take emergency action in respect of only 13 buildings during the year, as there were no serious typhoons or rainstorms and fewer buildings were found in imminent danger of collapse. The Division was however concerned with a number of fires, minor collapses and landslides. 185 Magistrates' closure orders were obtained while demolition orders served under the Buildings Ordinance in respect of buildings beyond reasonable repair numbered 135 in Hong Kong and 24 in Kowloon and the New Territories, compared with 153 and 53 respectively in 1967-68.
4.19. The change, mentioned in last year's report, from the necessity to deal with dangerous buildings by closure and demolition to the carrying out of repairs continued. 421 repair orders were served in Hong Kong and 254 in Kowloon and New Territories, an increase of over 40% on the previous year and the highest figure recorded to date. In addition, a considerable number of buildings were repaired voluntarily by owners at the request of the Division. In some cases repairs were extensive requiring temporary closure orders to enable the work to be carried out safely but this course was justified by prolongation of the life of the buildings, enabling occupiers to retain their homes.
4.20. In addition to action on old buildings of traditional construc- tion, repairs were ordered to an increasing number of reinforced concrete framed buildings, both pre-war and post-war. This work involves considerable detailed supervision by the Division. In a number of cases, in default of the owners, demolition or repair work had to be carried out by the Building Authority at the owners' cost, often involving considerable complications where there is multiple ownership.
4.21. The Division keeps a large number of potentially dangerous buildings under periodical review and, although working with restricted staff, limited but steady progress has been made with the programme of planned building-by-building surveys.
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4.22. Repair work on buildings reverted to the Crown, undertaken by the Division for the Superintendent of Crown Lands and Survey. expanded greatly during the year, and the Division has been called upon to assist other sub-departments in connection with demolition and repair of various buildings.
4.23. The Division is responsible for the administration of two main functions under the Demolished Buildings (Redevelopment of Sites) Ordinance, namely, the issue of Redevelopment Notices and Redevel- opment Orders. The former are instrumental in affording compensation to tenants of demolished buildings previously protected under the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance, while Redevelopment Orders require owners to redevelop within a specified period. This work involves the consideration of various legal and technical aspects and the preparation and issue of these Orders form an appreciable part of the work of the Division. 150 Redevelopment Notices and 111 Redevelopment Orders were issued during the year.
4.24. An appeal was heard during the year by the Appeal Tribunal operating under the Buildings Ordinance in respect of two pre-war reinforced concrete framed buildings in Argyle Street, Kowloon, which the Building Authority had ordered to be demolished on the grounds that it would be unreasonable to order the owner to carry out very extensive repairs. The Tribunal upheld the Building Authority's declara- tion that the buildings were dangerous but allowed the request of the appellants to repair the buildings to the satisfaction of the Building Authority. These repairs are proving to be both extensive and complicated.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
4.25. The Office continued to be considerably under establishment. Although various recruitment exercises both locally and overseas pro- duced results towards the latter part of the year, the beneficial effects were offset by the retirement of a number of senior professional officers. Three Building Surveyors were recruited in the United Kingdom whilst five Student Building Surveyors were appointed by local recruitment. In September, 1968 a Building Surveyor was seconded to Departmental Headquarters for duty as assistant to the Technical Secretary.
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Training
4.28. A Professional Training Board was established at the begin- ning of the year to instruct and advise Student Building Surveyors, provide them with professional training on a broader base than can be obtained from the routine work of the Office and generally assist them in their preparation for the examinations of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. A scheme for the short-term secondment of these Students to other P.W.D. Offices has been recently introduced to further these objectives. During the year there were five Assistant Building Surveyors and eight Students under training one of whom passed the Intermediate examination of the R.I.C.S. There are eleven trainees now waiting for the results of the 1969 examinations.
4.29. The Technical Training Board, consisting of a small committee of professional officers deals with the training of the technical grades and assists trainees in their preparation for departmental up-grading examinations which are set by the Board. All trainees are now required to pass this examination before the expiry of their four-year trial period. Of the ten trainees (Surveying Assistants (Building), Class III) who sat this examination during the year, four were successful.
Welfare
4.30. Although the Office is the smallest in the Department, never- theless it managed to capture the E. & M. O. Cup, one gold medal (Mr. CHUN Hon-ling), two silver and two bronze medals in the various events at the P.W.D. Sports Day. Mr. S. W. G. HOLROYD gave a very spirited performance in winning a bronze medal in the Over-50's Sprint event.
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CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
GENERAL OPERATION AND ORGANISATION CHART
GENERAL
1. DESIGNS, CONSTRUCTS AND MAINTAINS THE PUBLIC ROAD. SEWERAGE & DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND PUBLIC PIERS AND SEAWALLS
2. INVESTIGATES THE ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE COLONY, 3. PLANS AND IMPLEMENTS MOST OF THE SITE FORMATION WORKS REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONY.
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
1. PREPARES FEASIBRITY REPORTS ON MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES FOR KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
2. DESIGNS AND CARRES OUT MAJOR SITE FORMATION WORKS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES
3. SUPERVISES PUBLIC DUMPING ON RECLAMATION IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
4. PRELIMINARY PLANNING, CO - ORDINATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ALL CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS REQUIRED FOR THE NEW TOWN OF SHATIN, PRIOR TO THIS WORK BECOMING EXPANDED INTO A SEPARATE DIVISION
5. PRELIMINARY PLANNING. CO-ORDINATION, DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF ALL CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS REQUIRED FOR NEW TOWN OF CASTLE PEAK.
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PORT WORKS DIVISION
1. DESIGNS, CONSTRUCTS AND MAINTAINS ALL PUBLIC PIERS AND SEAWALLS
2. CHECKS PLANS OF PRIVATE MARINE WORICS 3. MAINTAINS OR INCREASES AS REQUIRED THE DEPTH OF THE HARBOUR.
4 ARRANGES FOR THE APPROVAL OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RECLAMATIONS
$ DESIGNS AND CARRIES OUT MAJOR SITE FORMATION WORKS ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
• SUPERVISES PUBLIC DUMPING ON RECLAMATIONS ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
7 PREPARES PEASIBILITY REPORTS ON MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES FOR HONG KONG
ISLAND.
P. W. D. LABORATORY SECTION CARRIES OUT TESTS AND ISSUES REPORTS AS NECESSARY ON A WIDE RANGE OF MATERIALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS.
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THREE ROADS & DRAINAGE DIVISIONS (H.K, K. & N.T.)
1. PLAN, DESIGN.CONSTRUCT & MAINTAIN ALL THE PUBLIC ROAD, BRIDGE AND SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS OF THE COLONY
2. ENSURE THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. WHERE APPLICABLE, CAN BE CONNECTED INTO THE PUBLIC SYSTEM OF ROADS AND ORAINS.
3. THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT QUARRIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CRUSHED STONE AND DITUMEN COATED MATERIALS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF LONG-TERM PRIVATE QUARRIES ON CONTRACT
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION
I PLANS AND DESIGNS FOR THE MOST EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS ON THE COLONY ROAD SYSTEM. 2. PROVIDES THE POLICE WITH TECHNICAL ADVICE AND INFORMATION ON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CONTROL AND REGULATING MEASURES ON STREET PARKING,
3 PLANS & DESIGNS ALL TRAFFIC AIDS AND PUBLIC LIGHTING OF STREETS & OPEN SPACES
4. PROVIDES TECHNICAL ADVICE & INFORMATION TO THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
5. DESIGNS FERRY AND BUS CONCOURSES.
6. ADVISES GOVERNMENT ON THE LOCATION AND SIZE OF OFF-STREET CAR PARKS.
TRAFFIC & TRANSPORT SURVEY UNIT COLLECTS AND ANALYSES ALL DATA RELATING TO PASSENGER TRANSPORT
RAILWAY SECTION
PLANS, DESIGNS AND CONSTRUCTS THE NEW KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY TERMINUS AT HUNGHOM AND ASSOCIATED RAILWAY ENGINEERING WORKS IN KOWLOON AND
NEW TERRITORIES
TECHNICAL TRAINING UNIT
PROVIDES SITE SUPERVISION TRAINING FOR BETH HT W RECRUITS AFE SERVING STAPP
SEWAGE & DRAINAGE ADVISORY UNIT
PLANS, DESIGNS AND INVESTIGATES NOWORAGE. BEWAŁA DISPOSAL AHO STUUDESTAAT DARCALI
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
Government Civil Engineer:
G. J. SKELT, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.C.G.I., D.I.C., C.Eng., M.I.C.E. (to 27,3.69) J. R. WHITAKER, M.A. (Cantab.), C.Eng., F.I.C.E., F.I.Mun.E., Mem.I.T.E. (from 28.3.69)
Assistant Government Civil Engineers:
J. R. WHITAKER, M.A. (Cantab.), C.Eng., F.I.C.E., F.I.Mun.E., Mem.I.T.E. T. K. HUM, M.Eng. (McGill), C.Eng., F.I.C.E., M.E.I. (Canada) F. R. WHITEHEAD, B.Sc. (Eng.) (Hon.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
H. D. STEAD, M.Sc., D.I.C., C.Eng., M.I.C.E. (Acting) W. C. BELL, D.I.C., C.Eng., M.I.C.E. (Acting)
GENERAL
5.01. The Civil Engineering Office is responsible for all civil engineering work carried out by Government, with the exception of that connected with water supply. The work is divided among six divisions and three units, each with specific responsibilities as shown on the organization chart on page 44. Consulting engineers are appointed to carry out certain work either because it is beyond the capacity of the Office or because specialist expertise is required. A schedule of projects undertaken by consulting engineers is given at Appendix R. Although most works, including maintenance, are carried out by contract, a direct-labour force is employed for the operation of the two Government quarries, for routine minor maintenance of roads and drains and for manning dredgers and other floating craft engaged on port maintenance work.
5.02. The Office maintains a 24-hour skeleton organization through- out the year to deal with any emergencies which may arise. This is reinforced during the wet season and is readily expanded as necessary to handle any situation arising from storm damage or other natural disaster.
5.03. Engineering works were not unduly affected by weather conditions and, in general, progressed satisfactorily. On certain works, however, some effect was felt of the strict control on the distribution and use of explosives imposed by Government as a result of the 1967 civil disturbances. The non-recurrent expenditure this year amounted to $68,873,000 while $22,627,000 was spent on maintenance work, minor improvements, storm damage repairs and works executed on private account.
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5.04. One feature of the activities of the Office was the increasing use made of computer facilities for the design, programming and control of civil engineering work. Three desk-top computers were purchased for use on those aspects of the work which do not require the large capacity of the Government ICL 1902 and 12 professional staff were trained in programme-writing and machine operation.
5.05. Service on committees continued to make demands on the time of senior staff and details of inter-departmental committees on which officers served are as follows:
Committee
Port Executive Committee
Land Development Planning
Committee (Colony Outline Plan): Working Committee No. 4 (Utilities and Services) Working Committee No. 5
(Transportation)
Transport Advisory Committee: Traffic, Roads and Parking
Sub-Committee
Land Public Transport Sub-
Committee
Waterborne Transport Sub-
Committee
Standing Committee on Water-
borne Transport
Container Committee:
Terminal Sub-Committee
Port Works Liaison Committee
Resettlement Programme Committee
Committee on the expansion of
Jockey Club Facilities at Happy Valley
Members
Government Civil Engineer
Government Civil Engineer
Chief Engineer, Traffic Engineering
Division
Chief Engineer, Traffic Engineering
Division
Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Traffic and Transport
Chief Engineer, Port Works Division
Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Hong Kong and Headquarters Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Traffic and Transport
Chief Engineer, Port Works Division Government Civil Engineer Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Hong Kong and Headquarters Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Mainland
Chief Engineer, Port Works Division
Chief Engineer, Development Division Chief Engineer, Roads and Drainage
(Kowloon)
Chief Engineer, Roads and Drainage
(New Territories)
Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Traffic and Transport
Chief Engineer, Traffic Engineering
Division
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Advisory Committee to Department
of Building, Surveying and Structural Engineering (Hong Kong Technical College) Road Opening Co-ordinating
Committees
Government Low Cost Housing
Programme Committee
Cross Harbour Tunnel Co-ordinating
Committee:
Members
Senior Engineer, Headquarters
Chief Engineer, Roads and Drainage
(Hong Kong)
Chief Engineer, Roads and Drainage
(Kowloon)
Chief Engineer, Roads and Drainage
(Kowloon)
Chief Engineer, Roads and Drainage
(New Territories)
Hong Kong Works Sub-Committee Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Mainland Works Sub-Committee
Tsing Yi Planning Co-ordinating
Committee
Kwai Chung/Tsuen Wan Co-
ordinating Committee
Hong Kong and Headquarters Chief Engineer, Roads and Drainage
(Hong Kong)
Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Mainland
Chief Engineer, Roads and Drainage
(Kowloon)
Senior Engineer, Development Division
Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Mainland
Kwun Tong Co-ordinating Committee Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Priority Committee to The Traffic
and Transport Survey Unit
Roads Committee
North East Kowloon Corridor
Committee
Mainland
Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Traffic and Transport
Chief Engineer, Traffic Engineering
Division
Officer-in-charge, Traffic and
Transport Advisory Unit
Government Civil Engineer
Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Traffic and Transport
Government Civil Engineer
Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Mainland
Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Traffic and Transport
Chief Engineer, Roads and Drainage
(Kowloon)
Chief Engineer, Traffic Engineering
Division
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Urban Renewal Pilot Scheme
Planning/Engineering Feasibility Study Group
Defence Works Programme
Committee
Castle Peak New Town Works
Committee
Sha Tin New Town Works Committee
Members
Chief Engineer, Traffic Engineering
Division
Chief Engineer, Port Works Division Assistant Government Civil Engineer,
Hong Kong and Headquarters
Chief Engineer, Development Division
Chief Engineer, Development Division
5.06. Details of projects completed or under construction are given in Appendices O and P, while statistics relating to roads and drains and to production in Government quarries are shown in Appendix S. Appendix Q contains details of land formation projects. The following paragraphs describe briefly the progress on the more interesting works.
General
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
A. H. WILKINS, B.Sc. (Eng.), C.Eng., F.E.D.I., M.I.C.E.
F. E. SHORT, C.Eng., M.I.C.E. (Acting)
5.07. The Development Division is responsible for investigating the engineering feasibility of schemes for the provision of land for urban development in Kowloon and the New Territories. Where Government agrees to proceed with a scheme the Division also carries out the formation of the land and the provision of services.
5.08. The railway section, besides being responsible for the removal of the railway terminus from Tsim Sha Tsui to Hung Hom, held a watching brief on the proposals to construct a mass transit railway system and considered and advised on alterations to a number of building developments, both private and public, which might otherwise have seriously compromised the implementation of the mass transit proposals.
5.09. The reduced demand for land has tended to restrict the work of the Division but satisfactory progress was made on a number of projects.
5.10. The Division manages an annual contract for site investigations under which work is carried out for all divisions and offices of the Department and for Consulting Engineers engaged by Government. The total depth of probes, drill holes and open trial pits was 25,624 ft.
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5.11. At Sau Mau Ping the remaining site-formation contract pro- gressed very slowly because of the high proportion of rock encountered and the contractor's financial difficulties. The site-formation works at Ngau Tau Kok Cottage Area were completed providing 3.5 acres of public open space.
5.12. Reclamation continued in Kowloon Bay where some 318,500 cu. yds. of material from Government projects and private building sites were deposited to form 13 acres of land.
5.13. Preliminary consideration was given to the planning and the sequence of filling of the remainder of Kowloon Bay in the light of proposals for major road works, the mass transit maintenance depot and extensions to Kai Tak Airport. Planning and design of major stormwater drains in the area were undertaken.
Kowloon
5.14. Cheung Sha Wan reclamation was finally completed following the construction of a 2,000 ft. long stormwater culvert and the closing of the gap in the sea wall.
5.15. Reclamation at Tai Wan was completed providing an area of about 6 acres for development as a public park and swimming pool complex.
5.16. At the Ho Man Tin Development Area, the construction of the main roads in Stages I, VI and VIII was completed. This provided two new routes to Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan from Princess Margaret Road and also access to 15 acres of formed land for building develop- ment. A contract for forming two school sites, 1,200 ft. of roadway and land for the railway realignment was in progress in the Stage X area.
5.17. Three contracts were in progress at Lung Cheung Road Development Area No. 1 for forming 33 acres of land for community and institutional use and for the construction of roads to serve the area. The road works will also provide a valuable new link between Sham Shui Po and Lung Cheung Road.
Kwai Chung/Tsuen Wan New Town
5.18. Good progress was made on the formation of sites at Kwai Chung North for low cost housing, resettlement, private development and community uses. Of the two site-formation contracts carried out
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during the year, one was completed while the other was nearing com- pletion. A further 10.2 acres of hillside terraces were completed and three building platforms handed over for resettlement and low cost housing, a clinic and resettlement staff quarters.
5.19. Reclamation continued in Gin Drinkers Bay bringing the total area reclaimed to 235 acres, a substantial part of which was being used for the construction of low cost housing.
5.20. Investigations were carried out for the Port Works Division in connection with the preparation of a report on the feasibility of establishing a container terminal at Kwai Chung.
Sha Tin New Town
5.21. Owing to reduced demand for land it was decided to divide the scheme for development of Sha Tin into smaller sections and a design was prepared for the development of approximately 93 acres of formed land for residential, commercial, industrial and community use.
Castle Peak New Town
5.22. Stage IA of the Castle Peak development, which is due for completion in 1972, will provide formed land, roads and services for private residential purposes, government housing, industrial sites, areas for Government institutional and community use, as well as open space for recreation; it will accommodate about 100,000 persons.
5.23. Site-formation continued satisfactorily; about 30 acres of land were formed in the excavation areas and 60 acres were reclaimed. In the river channel, the extension of the training wall seawards was completed and work started on the upstream section and on two major stormwater drains discharging into the main channel.
5.24. Construction of the main primary distributor road in the formation area was also started together with the associated main drainage works.
5.25. Preliminary consideration was given to the next stage of development at Castle Peak.
Railway Section
5.26. The new railway workshops at Ho Tung Lau, north of Sha Tin, were completed and are now in full operation, the machinery having been transferred from the old workshops at Hung Hom.
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5.27. A running-shed and associated installations were completed on the site of the future terminus on the Hung Hom reclamation. This installation includes a temporary carriage-washing shed and is linked by a temporary track to the existing railway terminus at Tsim Sha Tsui.
5.28. Planning of the new terminus on the Hung Hom reclamation was completed but construction was deferred so that the detailed design could be co-ordinated with proposals for development on the podium above the terminus. Preliminary consideration was given to the provision of a second line between Hung Hom and Sha Tin and to the re- modelling of Sha Tin and Mong Kok stations.
5.29. To reduce the number of pedestrians crossing the railway line a new subway was under construction at Sha Tin Station.
General
Port Works Division
Chief Engineer:
H. R. A. CHAMBERLAIN, B.Sc., C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
5.30. Good progress was maintained throughout the year on most major projects. The main activities of the Division consisted of the construction of breakwaters, seawalls, piers, refuse disposal incinerators and reclamations. Other activities included site investigations, hydro- graphic surveys and under-water inspections of piers and water mains. General maintenance work was carried out on existing seawalls and piers, while a number of minor projects, including the construction of navigational aids at various locations, were completed.
Central Reclamation
5.31. Reclamation of the area between the Star Ferry pier and the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry piers was completed and the land is now available for development.
Wan Chai Reclamation
5.32. Good progress was maintained on the construction of the main seawall and about three quarters of it, including that at the cargo- handling basin has now been completed. Filling material for the reclamation was much more readily available and sufficient land for the new Waterfront Road and for the extension of the Canal Road flyover was provided.
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Causeway Bay Reclamation
5.33. This reclamation is required for a further section of the Water- front Road and work on the seawall was almost finished. As much of the area required for the road as was possible without interfering with the temporary drainage system, was reclaimed.
Development Works
5.34. Two site-formation projects were carried out. Work on a site for a service reservoir in Cloud View Road was completed while good progress was made on levelling a hill top near Braemar Hill Road to provide land for housing development and schools. The excavated materials from these two sites constituted a large proportion of the filling material for the Wan Chai and Causeway Bay reclamations.
Aberdeen
5.35. The construction of the two breakwater arms situated in Aberdeen Channel 'was substantially completed.
Queen's Pier
5.36. A new flexible fendering system was installed at Queen's Pier to accommodate the larger vessels now using it in increasing numbers.
Aldrich Bay
5.37. Work progressed satisfactorily on the rubble mound break- water which will form a typhoon shelter at the fishing port of Shau Kei Wan. Dredging work was completed and the dredged trench was backfilled with selected decomposed granite to form the foundation; the placing of the rock mound itself was well advanced.
Kowloon Bay Reclamation
5.38. Progress on the construction of a further 1,000 ft. of seawall to permit further reclamation of Kowloon Bay fell behind schedule, but three quarters of the job have now been completed.
Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation
5.39. The last section of the seawall required to retain the Cheung Sha Wan reclamation was completed.
Yau Ma Tei Slipway Reprovisioning
5.40. The construction of three slipways and a pier was completed while the installation of machinery and equipment continued.
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5.41. Work was completed on the construction of a saltwater pump- house sited on the outside of the breakwater arm of the ex-naval camber. The pumphouse provides a water supply for flushing and air- conditioning purposes to nearby buildings.
Tai Wan Reclamation
5.42. The construction of approximately 1,000 ft. of seawall at Tai Wan was completed and the area behind the seawall reclaimed.
Pier at Stonecutter's Island
5.43. A reinforced-concrete pier is being built at Stonecutter's Island to replace an old jetty. Progress was satisfactory with more than 65% of the work finished.
Tai Kok Tsui
5.44. Design and investigation work was carried out and tenders invited for the construction of about 1,100 ft. of seawall to retain a new reclamation required to provide a bus and ferry concourse area.
Shuen Wan Typhoon Shelter, Tolo Harbour
5.45. The armouring of the breakwater was completed thus provid- ing about 27 acres of safe anchorage for local craft.
Ferry Piers at Tsuen Wan and North Tsing Yi
5.46. Two piers at Yau Kom Tau and North Tsing Yi were com- pleted and opened for use by a minor ferry service operating between the Mainland and Tsing Yi Island.
Tathong Point Landing
5.47. To facilitate access to the navigational aids situated on Tung
Lung Island, a new landing was built at Tathong Point. Personnel and
equipment can now be put ashore in most weather conditions.
Sai Kung Typhoon Shelter
5.48. A contract was let and work was well advanced on the con- struction of about 1,000 ft. of breakwater to provide a typhoon shelter of about 28 acres at Yim Tin Tsai near Sai Kung. This typhoon shelter, when completed, will relieve the overcrowding which occurs during typhoons in the existing small sheltered anchorage at Sai Kung town.
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Pier at Chek Keng
5.49. Tenders were invited for the construction of a pier at the remote village of Chek Keng in Long Harbour. It will serve not only Chek Keng but also eight other villages in the area and will enable ferries to berth alongside instead of disembarking passengers by
sampan.
Pier at Ap Chau
5.50. The construction of a pier to serve the isolated population of Ap Chau, Sha Tau Kok, was virtually completed.
Peng Chau Pier
5.51. A reinforced-concrete roof was constructed over part of this pier for the benefit of the public.
Refuse Disposal Incinerators
5.52. The first refuse disposal incinerator in Kowloon, situated at Lai Chi Kok, was officially opened in February. (See also chapter 7. para. 7.25). Planning work was carried out in connection with a second incinerator to be sited adjacent to the first, while investigations of possible sites for a third plant were undertaken.
Kwai Chung Container Terminal
5.53. Work commenced in October on the preparation of an engineering report on a proposed container terminal to be sited at Kwai Chung. Site-investigation works comprising sounding surveys, marine and land borings, driving of test piles, current meter tests, float tests, silt-load measurements and a geophysical survey were carried out at the chosen site. The design of the terminal layout and of the quay walls was in hand.
Maintenance and Dredging
5.54. General maintenance and repairs were carried out to Govern- ment piers, seawalls, breakwaters, navigational markers and light beacons. Major repairs to the quay wall at the Naval Dockyard were completed.
5.55. The two old dredgers continued to operate alternately using only one crew carrying out maintenance dredging at nullah outfalls and pier approaches. In addition, assistance was given to the Marine
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Department by dredging around harbour moorings so that they could be lifted for maintenance purposes. The total quantity of spoil removed during the year by these two dredgers amounted to 69,000 cu. yds.
5.56. The self-propelled hopper dredger carried out work in the : Dangerous Goods Anchorage and in the Central Fairway and removed
a total of 210,000 cu. yds. of spoil.
5.57. The Division's divers made inspections of piers, seawalls, pumphouses and pipelines, logging a total of 503 hours underwater.
Boring and Surveys
5.58. 223 marine boreholes totalling 5,624 ft. were sunk at various sites in the Colony waters.
5.59. Current observations were carried out at various locations and float tests for the proposed container terminal were made at Kwai Chung and for the proposed submarine sewage outfall at Pak Kok, Castle Peak. Echo-sounding surveys were made to check the seabed level along the cross-harbour water mains between Hung Hom and North Point. Surveys were also carried out for checking the progress made on reclamations and site-formations, for measuring underwater work and for investigating sites of proposed works.
General
ROADS AND DRAINAGE DIVISIONS
Chief Engineers:
Hong Kong Island: A. T. ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT, C.Eng., F.E.D.I.,
Kowloon
New Territories
M.I.C.E.
: G. A. G. SAPSTEAD, C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
: C. W. H. DALLAS, C.Eng., M.I.C.E. (Acting)
CHAN Nai-keung, C.Eng., M.I.C.E., A.M.I.T.E.
(Acting)
5.60. These three divisions, regionally located on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and in the New Territories are responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of the roads and drainage systems.
5.61. The major effort of the Civil Engineering Office again was directed to road construction and further progress was made in the programme of works designed to meet the rising traffic demand.
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5.62. The basis of roadworks operations comprised the preservation and maintenance of the existing road network, the improvement and reconstruction of major routes and intersections, and the planning and construction of new roads, in some cases incorporating grade separation.
5.63. Further progress was made on the enlargement and duplication of sewers and the provision of new trunk sewers to relieve overloaded sewers in the densely populated urban areas.
5.64. Because of the density of traffic, road and drainage work in the urban areas is difficult and special arrangements were necessary to provide adequate alternative traffic routes, while close liaison was maintained with the utility companies so that inconvenience to the public was kept to a minimum.
5.65. The development and maintenance of the aircraft parking apron facilities at the international airport at Kai Tak are undertaken by the Kowloon division. This year considerable development was undertaken, while planning was carried out for works necessary to accommodate the 'jumbo' and supersonic aircraft expected in the near future.
Road Works in Hong Kong
5.66. The Garden Road complex, comprising the duplication of Garden Road with grade separation of cross routes, advanced another stage with the completion of the section of Cotton Tree Drive between Queensway and the Helena May Institute. The section was opened to traffic in June, and work started on the next section between the Helena May Institute and the Y.W.C.A.
5.67. Further progress was made on the Waterfront Road scheme to provide a high capacity link between Harcourt Road and King's Road. The first section through Victoria Park was completed in April. Construction of flyovers to provide grade separated intersections was under way at Arsenal Street, Fleming Road, Canal Road and Paterson Street, and the design of Tsing Fung Street flyover was completed.
5.68. New road construction in conjunction with development areas at Brick Hill, Chai Wan, Morrison Hill and Tin Hau Temple Road were completed. The realignment and widening of certain sections of Pok Fu Lam Road, Kennedy Road, and Stubbs Road were completed while major improvements to a section of Chai Wan Road continued.
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Wan Chai Reclamation, Hong Kong Island. The basin in the right
foreground will be for cargo lighters. (para. 5.32).
New Government slipway at Yau Ma Tei. (para. 5.40).
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Pier at Yau Kom Tau, Tsuen Wan for the minor ferry service connecting to Tsing Yi Island. (para. 5.46).
Yim Tin Tsai typhoon shelter near Sai Kung-breakwaters under construction.
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New section of Cotton Tree Drive connecting into Garden Road. The building in the centre of the picture houses the Lower Peak Tram station. At the bot- tom of the picture, the new Govern- ment office
building (Murray Building) can be seen under construction. (para. 5.66).
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Fleming Road Flyover under
construction. Wan Chai Reclamation and new Wan Chai ferry piers in the background.
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Part of the new road from Tai Mei Tuk to Luk Keng along the shores of Plover Cove Reservoir. This road replaces the old unsurfaced road now submerged by
the Reservoir waters. (para. 5.82).
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5.69. Work continued on extensions to five major stormwater : culverts in conjunction with the Wan Chai reclamation project; the
· Bowrington Canal extension was substantially completed.
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5.70. As part of a programme for the decking of nullahs, work on those in Nam Hong Street and Factory Street was finished with a consequent improvement in sanitary and traffic conditions.
5.71. In the Central, Wan Chai and Eastern districts, work was undertaken to improve and to increase the capacity of existing sewerage systems to meet the rising demand generated by development and redevelopment in the areas.
5.72. At Staunton Creek, construction of a further up-stream exten- sion of the nullah, which discharges to Aberdeen Harbour, was started.
Road Works in Kowloon
5.73. The 2,600 ft. long Lai Chi Kok Bridge which links the north- west of Kowloon to the coastal road leading to Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan was officially opened by His Excellency the Acting Governor on 29th October. With the completion of this bridge and the substantial progress made on the widening and reconstruction of Cheung Sha Wan Road and Tai Po Road, access from the urban areas to the thriving townships of the New Territories was greatly improved.
5.74. The increase in traffic density in Kowloon continued and a number of older roads were reconstructed to accept the heavier load. Because of the traffic density, the need to improve junction capacity is paramount and many at-grade schemes were implemented.
5.75. Three major grade-separated intersection schemes were in hand at the Princess Margaret Road/Fat Kwong Street/Pui Ching Road junction, the Lai Chi Kok interchange and the Chatham Road/Princess Margaret Road junction.
5.76. The major traffic problem in Kowloon exists in the northeast where traffic volume is over 100,000 vehicles per day. Improvement works in the area are estimated to cost in excess of $100 millions and a separate project team was established to design and construct the necessary works. Design work was commenced and preliminary works on diversionary routes were in hand.
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5.77. An extension of the international airport terminal apron was completed, thus doubling its original area, while construction of a third maintenance apron was started. Detailed planning for a long term parking apron and for a further extension of the main terminal apron was almost completed.
Drainage and Sewerage Works in Kowloon
5.78. Major sewer duplication work in the western districts of Kowloon was nearly completed and the emphasis was shifted to the improvement of screening plants and outfall conditions. Sewer cleaning operations were continued and extended.
Road Works in the New Territories
5.79. Substantial progress was made in the planning of the first stage of a new trunk road between Kwai Chung and Castle Peak which includes a bypass to Tsuen Wan. The Kwai Chung Road, to the south of Tsuen Wan, was completed as were improvements to its junction with Castle Peak Road and Lei Muk Road.
5.80. In Tsuen Wan, work was started on a pre-stressed concrete footbridge incorporating a single precast 110 ft. span across Castle Peak Road.
5.81. Reconstruction works were commenced along sections of the road from Castle Peak to Ping Shan and on sections of Castle Peak Road, Tai Po Road, Route I and Yeung Uk road.
5.82. The first stage of the construction of the road from Luk Keng to Tai Mei Tuk was completed as was the road to Junk Bay. The third stage of the South Lantau Road and the first stage of the road from Tai Wan to Ma On Shan were investigated and designed.
5.83. A total of 14 bus bays was built along various routes and the construction of a bus terminus in Tsuen Wan was completed. Improvements to bends in Anderson Road and Po Lam Road continued.
Drainage and Sewerage Works in the New Territories
5.84. The extension of the main intercepting sewer in Kwai Chung Valley was completed. This sewer will connect the newly-developed areas on the north side of Castle Peak Road to a sewage treatment works to be built at Pillar Island. Formation of the site for the treatment works was in progress.
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5.85. Other ancillary drainage and sewerage works continued in conjunction with development in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Yuen Long Tai Po and Sha Tin.
Trenches
5.86. Although the numbers of trench openings in roads by utility undertakings continued to be high, the standard of control exercised by all concerned improved considerably and the interference with traffic movement was reduced.
Resettlement and Low Cost Housing Estates
5.87. Engineering works, including new roads, drainage and sewerage systems were constructed for three estates in Hong Kong, four in Kowloon and five in the New Territories.
Quarry Section
5.88. Most of the crushed granite aggregate produced in the Government quarries was used in the manufacture of coated stone for road surfacing works.
5.89. The mechanization of Mount Butler quarry was completed and the installation of a new mixing plant for bituminous materials and of new dust suppression equipment was commenced.
5.90. At Diamond Hill, the new quarry to replace Hok Yuen was fully commissioned and Hok Yuen Quarry was closed down.
5.91. Privately-worked quarries, which operate under long-term con- tracts administered by the quarry section enjoyed an improvement in business as a result of an increase in the demand for quarry products.
5.92. The smaller privately-worked quarries and stone crushing sites which operate under short-term permits are gradually being phased out and replaced by larger quarries operating under long-term contracts, in accordance with a policy for improving conditions in quarries.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING Division
Chief Engineer:
A. H. WILKINS, B.Sc. (Eng.), C.Eng., F.E.D.I., M.I.C.E.
S. A. BARDEN, B.Sc. (Eng.) (Hons.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E., A.M.I.T.E. (Acting)
General
5.93. Traffic flow on the Colony's roads continued its upward trend throughout the year during which the number of vehicles registered rose
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5.99. 'Walking Man' type pedestrian aspects with flashing facility were introduced at the junction of Prince Edward Road and Lion Rock Road on an experimental basis and a study of the reaction to this installation by both vehicular and pedestrian traffic was carried out by the Traffic and Transport Survey Unit.
5.100. The phasing and timing of many existing signal installations were reviewed and, where necessary, adjustments were made to effect improvements.
Street Lighting
5.101. A total of 1,837 new street lamps was installed; 202 on Hong Kong Island, 1,181 in Kowloon and 454 in the New Territories.
5.102. Expenditure on street lighting rose by 6% to $4,700,000 this figure being made up as follows:
Hong Kong $1,554,000
Public Transport
Kowloon
$2,425,000
New Territories $721,000
5.103. To keep pace with the increasing demands on the public transport facilities of the Colony, substantial efforts continued to be devoted to the design and planning of bus routes, stops, termini and other facilities. The re-arrangements of bus routes and the re-siting of bus stops to suit the progress of road improvement works also formed a significant item in the day-to-day dealings on public transport matters.
5.104. Attention was centred on the provision of bus terminal facilities to serve resettlement and low cost housing estates. Layouts were designed for Wong Chuk Hang and Chai Wan Estates on Hong Kong Island, Sau Mau Ping, Yau Tong, Pak Tin, Cheung Sha Wan, Ho Man Tin and Ping Shek Estates in Kowloon and Shek Lei, Shek Yam, Kwai Hing and Lai King Estates in the New Territories. The construction of a new bus terminus at Cheung Sha Wan was included as part of the Lai Chi Kok interchange project.
5.105. In conjunction with the redevelopment of the Whitfield Barracks site in Kowloon, consideration was given to the feasibility of providing a public transport lane in Nathan Road between Haiphong Road and Austin Road.
5.106. The implications of the Supplementary Report to the Hong Kong Mass Transport Study, released during the year, were examined in general terms.
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5.107. As part of its day-to-day design work, the Division carried out 125 minor traffic counts in connection with schemes for pedestrian crossings, traffic-light-controlled intersections and junction improve-
ments.
5.108. Surveys at 65 locations were carried out by the Traffic and Transport Survey Unit and results published under Data Record 22 "Measurement of Pedestrian and Vehicular Volumes to
to Assess Priorities for Pedestrian Crossing Schemes'. Analysis of the results, to enable the requirements at each location to be evaluated, was commenced.
Planning and Design
5.109. This Division examines town planning layouts prepared by the Planning Division of Crown Lands and Survey Office and makes comments and recommendations on the traffic engineering aspects.
5.110. In October the report of the 'Hong Kong Long Term Road Study' was published. The study, carried out by Consultants, examined the predictions of road use in Hong Kong for the next twenty years and the report recommends a programme of road improvements and new road construction in five-year stages. The report provides an overall long-term road plan as a guide to current planning but individual road projects recommended in the report are being re-investigated. The timing of construction and detailed designs are being modified to meet current requirements.
5.111. A large number of designs for various schemes was completed. Design of the most important elements of the North East Kowloon Corridor project received special attention. Finalized designs for this scheme included the grade-separated intersections at Kowloon City roundabout and Choi Hung roundabout and the associated improvements to Prince Edward Road, Olympic Avenue and Argyle Street.
5.112. A preliminary plan for the road layout of the Hung Hom Railway Station complex was completed.
5.113. On a smaller scale but nevertheless involving appreciable time and effort, proposals for 28 schools, 22 cinemas and 33 petrol filling stations were examined, together with a large number of other develop- ment schemes, to ensure that the provision of vehicular accesses and parking and loading facilities was satisfactory.
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Traffic and Transport Survey Unit
Officer-in-Charge:
S. A. BARDEN, B.Sc. (Eng.) (Hons.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E., A.M.I.T.E.
NIP Kam-fan, M.A., M.Sc. (Eng.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E., A.M.I.H.E. (Acting)
General
5.114. The Traffic and Transport Survey Unit acts as a service agency to any Government Department requiring surveys or data connected with the movement of people or goods.
5.115. The findings of the more significant surveys are issued in the form of technical reports and technical notes: 19 were distributed during the year. 44 data records were also issued, containing the results of minor surveys.
The Traffic Census
5.116. A traffic census covering the urban areas of the Colony was established in 1965 as part of the work of the Passenger Transport Survey Unit. It involves the collection of data on hourly, daily and monthly traffic flows at 59 sites throughout the Colony, and the issue of biannual and annual summaries of the results obtained. Four such summaries were issued and, with the help of staff in the New Territories Administration, the census was extended to cover the New Territories.
Taxi Surveys
5.117. At the instigation of the Transport Advisory Committee, a survey was carried out in March 1968 to establish the level of service provided by the taxi system in the urban areas of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. The survey was a novel one in-so-far as it attempted to determine the adequacy of the service provided in terms of waiting times at taxi ranks and other locations chosen at random on the major road network. The results were used as a guide in predicting the possible effects of issuing more taxi licenses. Although the issue of more taxi licenses was deferred, the survey was repeated in July to check the results of the earlier survey and to note changes in the level of service.
5.118. Another taxi survey of a different nature was also completed. involving a study of the method of operation of the water-taxi or 'walla-walla' as it is more commonly known. Observations were made of the number of passengers and amount of freight carried by these
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vessels throughout the day and night, with a view to establishing the optimum size and capacity of vessel that would meet all normal requirements.
Traffic Generation at Kai Tak Airport
5.119. The proposals for the improvement of the road network in north-east Kowloon linking central Kowloon with Kwun Tong, revealed some degree of competition for road space between the needs of the airport and the other users of this important route. Predictions of the ground traffic needs of the airport varied considerably, and a study of the vehicular traffic generated by the airport was initiated in January. The field work, involving interviews with air passengers, vehicle drivers and passengers and pedestrians was completed, as was a study by questionnaire of travel-to-work by over 6,000 airport employees.
Miscellaneous Studies
5.120. Routine traffic counts to supplement the results of the traffic census and to provide data for the design and settings of traffic light signals continued. Surveys requiring vehicle speed studies and observa- tions of pedestrian crossing movements at 65 locations throughout the Colony were completed.
5.121. Other minor studies included comparisons of the service pro- vided by the dual purpose vehicle and the public bus system where both used the same route, a prediction of the probable effects of partially closing Princess Margaret Road in connection with the Gascoigne Road junction improvement scheme, an estimate of the road traffic associated with a private container port scheme in Tsim Sha Tsui, and a study of the rate of dispersal of racegoers from the Happy Valley racecourse after a race meeting.
General
Sewage and Drainage ADVISORY UNIT
Officer-in-Charge:
W. D. S. CANT, C.Eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E.
CHAN Yan, B.Sc. (Eng.), Dip.P.H.E., C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
5.122. The Unit provides the divisions of the Civil Engineering Office with an advisory service on sewerage problems such as sewer duplication requirements, sewage and industrial waste treatment and pollution control.
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5.123. Preparatory work continued on the planned improvements to the sewerage districts of Hong Kong Island. Tenders were invited for the supply of pipes and specials and contract drawings and documents were prepared for the construction of the Wan Chai (West) submarine outfall. Design work on the incoming sewers to the proposed Wan Chai (West) sewage screening plant continued, while preliminary investiga tions for the Wan Chai (East) submarine outfall were started.
5.124. For the planned improvements to the Kowloon sewerage districts, contract drawings and documents were prepared for the Yen Chow Street submarine outfall and sewage screening plant and detailed design work for the Lai Chi Kok outfall was carried out.
Studies and Investigation
5.125. Technical reports on the proposed sewage disposal system for Castle Peak New Town were prepared. These included a general functional and hydraulic design of the system comprising a long trunk sewer, pumping station, preliminary treatment facilities and a submarine outfall. Another report dealt with the condition of the existing sewage treatment plant in Queen's Hill Camp with the view to improving the sewage effluent discharged.
5.126. Studies of particular sewerage problems, such as providing air bubble barriers to prevent pollution of swimming beaches, and the possibility of using surface aerators and chemicals to alleviate odour problems in Kowloon Bay, were started.
5.127. Analysis of data obtained from gauging of sewers provided information on the quantities of sewage discharged per capita per day and the characteristics of sewage flow for checking and up-dating design criteria.
5.128. Preliminary discussions were held with consulting engineers for the construction and operational studies of the Shek Wu Hui sewage pilot plant. This plant will be the first sewage treatment works of this type to be constructed in the Colony. It will enable biological treatment for sewage disposal under local conditions to be studied.
5.129. Hydrological surveys of Victoria and Tolo harbours were started at the beginning of March 1969 and are being undertaken in association with the consulting engineers, Messrs. J. D. and D. M. WATSON. The object of these surveys is to investigate and to assess the effects of the disposal of sewage into these water bodies.
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5.130. The existing small sewage laboratory was enlarged and im- proved to deal with additional tests connected with the hydrological surveys. Over 5,000 samples of sewage and polluted water were tested.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
5.131. There were unfilled vacancies in professional and assistant professional staff grades throughout the year, although recruitment exercises were a little more successful than in the previous year. Seven engineers, including six recruited overseas, were appointed, together with eleven assistant engineers. Eight apprentice engineers and one engineer- ing assistant were promoted to assistant professional grade. These gains were partially offset by losses due to resignation, retirement or com- pletion of contract amounting to one senior engineer, four engineers and five assistant engineers.
5.132. At the technical level, there was a general shortage of qualified staff in the inspectorate grade, but some improvement was achieved in the numbers of foremen available as a result of the con- tinuing efforts of the Technical Training Unit.
5.133. A total of 42 officers retired during the year.
Training
5.134. Four officers returned to duty after completing 1-year or 2-year courses overseas and five others proceeded on study leave to undertake similar courses. Seven officers, including four expatriates on vacation leave, attended short courses or conferences outside Hong Kong.
5.135. A comprehensive course in the fundamentals of traffic engineering was conducted in collaboration with the Department of Extra Mural Studies of the University of Hong Kong and a similar course in traffic studies was arranged with the Hong Kong Technical College.
5.136. 16 engineering graduates of the University of Hong Kong were employed as apprentice engineers under Agreement for 2 years practical training in accordance with the regulations of the Institution of Civil Engineers. As part of their training they attended a 2-week intensive induction course.
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5.137. The Technical Training Unit continued to conduct courses for site supervisory staff. 22 newly-recruited foremen underwent a 6-month full-time course of lectures. This course is followed by a 12- month period of in-service field training and is supplemented by a 4-year part-time day-release course specially conducted by the Hong Kong Technical College.
5.138. Two refresher courses, each of eight weeks duration, were arranged by the Training Unit for serving officers at which 37 foremen attended lectures on civil engineering construction and contract pro- cedure.
Welfare
5.139. In order to promote understanding and co-operation between management and staff of the Office, Joint Staff Discussion Groups were formed on a divisional basis. Regular meetings are arranged at which representatives of the Staff are encouraged to make suggestions and to discuss their problems, while the opportunity is provided for management to explain its policies and objectives and the reasons for its decisions.
5.140. In sporting activities, the Office entered a strong team in the first annual sports meet organized by the Department and succeeded in collecting nine trophies. The Roads and Drainage (Hong Kong) Division again won the inter-divisional seven-a-side football championship.
5.141. The Technical Training Unit instituted an annual seven-a-side football competition for teams formed from foremen who have attended courses at the Unit. A trophy, won by Refresher Course 'A' team, was presented by past and present members of the staff of the Unit.
5.142. Mr. H. G. S. BRAMLEY, Inspector of Works Class I, presented a trophy to the Port Works Division on the occasion of his retirement; it will be competed for annually in a seven-a-side football competition within the Division.
5.143. The Roads and Drainage (Hong Kong) Division arranged two full-day outings to Silver Mine Bay for the divisional staff of about 600.
5.144. The annual departmental engineers' dinner was organized by the Office and was held in November. 144 professional staff attended.
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URBAN ESTATE DIV
LAND BRANCH
CROWN LANDS & SURVEY OFFICE
GENERAL OPERATION & ORGANIZATION CHART
(a) THE DISPOSAL AND CONTROL OF LAND
IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND
NEW KOWLOON.
(1) THE PLANNING OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE COLONY.
(c) THE SURVEY AND HAPPING OF THE WHOLE COLONY.
DIV
PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
PLANNING BRANCH
SURVEY BRANCH
DISTRICT PL
NNING DIV
COLONY OUTLINE PLANNING DIVISION
HO E ISLANDS DIV
MAINLAND DIY
THE DISPOSAL OF CROWN LAND FOR PRIVATE DEVE. LOPMENT BY SALE PUBLIC AUCTION OR TENDER GRANT BY PRIVATE TREATT EXCHANGE OR EXTENSION ISSUE OF CROWN LAND PERMITS AND ALLOCATIONS
CONTROL OF PRIVATELY HELD LAND BY ENFORCE- MENT OR MODIFICATION OF LEASE CONDITIONS REGRANTS A RENEWALS OF LEASES ACQUISITION FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES OF PRIVATELY
FOR GOVERNMENT PURPOSES, HELD LAND BY NEGOTIA-
TION FOR SURRENDER OR
RESUMPTION THROUGH
ARBITRATION BOARD
PROCEDURE
VALUATION FOR GOVERN
MENT TRANSACTIONS AND
PROJECTS INVOLVING THE
USE OF LAND FOR ESTATE DUTY AND FOR INCREMENTAL VALUE
UNDER THE DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS (RE-DEVELOP- MENT OF SITES) ORDINANCE
THE LEASING AND MANAGE MENT OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND THE CONTROL OF ADVERTISS- XENTS ON CROWN PROPERTY
THE PREPARATION OF DRAFT TOWN PLANNING BOARD OUTLINE ZONING AND DEPARTMENTAL LAYOUT PLANS THE RESERVATION OF SITES FOR GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY USE
ADVICE ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
LOCAL POPULATION FORECASTS
THE PREPARATION ANO REVISION OF LAND USE STRUCTURAL AND SAMPLE SURVEYS
THE PREPARATION AND REVISION OF THE COLONY OUTLINE PLAN
THE PREPARATION AND REVISION OF ASSESSMENTS OF POPULATION DISTRIBUTION THE PREPARATION OF SPECIAL STUDIES FOR LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT
URBAN RENEWAL STUDIES
PREPARATION AND REVISION OF ALL BASIC SURVEY PLANS OF THE COLONY FOR LAND ADMINISTRATION DELINEATION AND RECORDING OF ALL CADASTRAL BOUNDARIES IN HK KLN IN KLN AND IN PLANNED AREAS ON T
PROVISION OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CONTROL FOR GROUND AND AIR - SURVEYS PREPARATION OF SITE PLANS FOR GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
CO-ORDINATION WITH DIRECTORATE OF OVERSEAS SURVEYS IN PRODUCTION OF TOPOGRAPHIC MARS AND WITH SERVICE DEPARTMENTS FOR MILITART MAPS
CO-ORDINATION WITH GP IN PRODUCTION OF MAPS AND PLANS FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC. TRAINING IN LAND SURVEYING FOR ALL SUB- DEPARTMENTS OF PWD.
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CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
Superintendent of Crown Lands and Survey:
R. C. Clarke, J.P., B.Eng., LL.B., D.P.A., F.R.I.C.S., M.I.Min.E. W. L. T. CRUNDEN, F.R.I.C.S., F.A.I., F.R.S.H., F.L.Arb. (Acting) Principal Assistant Superintendent of Crown Lands and Survey: W. L. T. CRUNDEN, F.R.I.C.S., F.A.L., F.R.S.H., F.I.Arb. I. L. STANTON, F.R.I.C.S. (Acting)
J. T. COOPER, A.R.I.C.S., F.R.G.S. (Acting)
GENERAL
6.01. The year saw the re-organization of the Office into three Branches-Land, Planning and Survey, sub-divided into seven Divi- sions. The composition of the three Branches and the work undertaken during the year are set out in succeeding paragraphs. Preliminary work in connection with a number of major projects, particularly the Mass Transport underground railway system, the Long Term Road Study and Urban Renewal, coupled with a revival of interest in real estate develop- ment, resulted in increased demands on the services of the staff of each of the Branches and it was not possible to recruit professional and some grades of technical staff at a rate to keep pace with these demands.
6.02. The Director of Overseas Surveys, Mr. D. E. WARREN, F.R.I.C.S., visited the Office and discussed matters arising from the topographical mapping of the Colony currently being undertaken by the Directorate in conjunction with the Office. Lt. Col. G. H. TOMLINSON, R.E., the Assistant Director of Military Survey, Far East Land Forces, also visited the Office to discuss the military editions of new maps. A visit was paid by Mr. J. W. PALLISTER, O.B.E., head of the Overseas Division of the Institute of Geological Sciences, in connection with the geological survey of the Colony undertaken by specialists on his staff, who were completing the field work.
6.03. Service on committees continued to make increasing demands on the time of senior staff. The weekly Land Meeting with representa- tives of the Secretariat and the Registrar General's Department and the weekly main departmental Land Conference, supported by the fort- nightly Building Conference and Crown Land Conferences, handle all individual cases of Sales of private land and special cases where the building permitted on a site is controlled by lease conditions as well
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as deciding or advising on policy issues and sites for major Government projects. The other main inter-departmental committees on which officers of this sub-department serve are:
Committee
Land Development Planning
Committee
Port Executive Committee
Container Committee
Race Courses Committee
Provisional Council for the Use and Conservation of the Countryside
North East Kowloon Corridor
Committee
Town Planning Board Housing Board
Industrial Sites Co-ordination
Committee
Port Works Liaison Committee Roads Committee
Traffic Management, Road and
Parking Sub-Committee of the Transport Advisory Committee 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
Assistant Superintendent (Planning) Senior Planning Officer (Colony Outline
Planning Division)
Principal Assistant Superintendent
of Crown Lands & Survey Senior Estate Surveyor (Kowloon)
Senior Planning Officer (Urban Area) Assistant Superintendent (Planning) Assistant Superintendent (Planning) Assistant Superintendent (Land)
Assistant Superintendent (Planning) Assistant Superintendent (Planning) Assistant Superintendent (Planning) Chief Estate Surveyor
Assistant Superintendent (Planning)
Senior Planning Officer (New
Territories)
Six Colony Outline Planning Working Assistant Superintendent (Planning)
Committees
Resettlement Programme Committee
Government Low Cost Housing
Programme Committee
Senior Planning Officer (Colony Outline Planning Division)
Senior Planning Officer (New
Territories)
Senior Planning Officer (New
Territories)
Working Party on Questions for 1970 Senior Planning Officer (Colony
Census of buildings and
establishments and 1971 Census
of Population
Outline Planning Division)
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6.04. The Superintendent attended the Seminar on Regional and Physical Planning organized by the German Foundation and held in Berlin in April 1968, the inaugural meeting of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy held in London in August 1968, and the 12th Congress of the International Federation of Surveyors held in London in September 1968. The sub-department was also represented at the 3rd General Assembly of the International Carto- graphic Association held in New Delhi in December 1968.
General
LAND BRANCH
Assistant Superintendent:
J. P. POTTER, A.R.I.C.S., A.A.I. (Acting)
6.05. The year saw an upsurge in the work of the Land Branch as interest revived in the development of vacant sites in private ownership which had remained undeveloped during the past few years. Coupled with the small amount of vacant floor space remaining unlet or unsold. this revival of interest in development gave rise to an increased demand for new building land, mainly in the industrial sector. Correspond- ingly, the number of cases of failure to pay instalments of premium by Crown lessees diminished.
6.06. Government announced a fourth and final extension of building covenants by one year, free of premium, for those developers wishing to obtain the benefit of this concession. It was also announced that, following the expiry of this final year, developers could, on application, have their original building covenant re-imposed. The reason for placing a limit on further free extensions was that with the improved economic outlook for land development and the rapidly diminishing stock of vacant accommodation in completed buildings, there was a need for developers to proceed with their development proposals more expeditiously.
6.07. Government also announced a concession to lessees who had not accepted terms for the regrant of non-renewable 75-year leases: in certain circumstances, lessees can extend their occupation of the Property for a period of up to five years while retaining their rights to be offered terms of regrant for a further term of 75 years. The annual rent payable during the extension period is based on the full value of the property including any buildings. The aim of this concession is to
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enable lessees of lease-expired premises who have been unable or un- willing to accept regrant terms during the preceding three or four years to re-assess their position.
6.08. The work of the Land Branch is undertaken by three separate 1 Divisions, namely: Urban Estate, Property Management and Valuation.
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6.09. The Urban Estate Division is divided into two sections, one each for Hong Kong and Kowloon. The Division deals with all sales, new leases and allocations of Crown Land on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon and New Kowloon, and the general administration and control of Crown Land in the urban area. There was an increased demand for the purchase of Crown land, particularly industrial land, and prices realized at public auctions were close to those obtained in year 1963-64. There were 17 sales by auction and tender compared with 9 during the previous year.
6.10. Grant of land by private treaty and allocation of land for Government projects continued at a high level of activity. The number of private treaty grants made during the year was 32.
6.11. Statistical details concerning land transactions are given at ; Appendix T.
Property Management Division
6.12. The Property Management Division 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 purposes or which are intended for non-Government use. It also manages buildings on former leased land which have reverted to the ownership of the Crown either through re-entry or through expiry of leases.
6.13. During the year the amount of rent which this Division was responsible for collecting totalled about $7 million and the number of properties managed increased from 190 to 240. In addition, eight com- mercial piers and seventeen ferry piers were managed and various wayleaves, licences, etc. issued. Close co-operation was maintained with the Registrar General, who advises on the legal aspects of the Division's work, and with the Buildings Ordinance Office, which supervises main- tenance of reverted properties.
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Valuation Division
6.14. The Valuation Division is concerned with a wide variety of functions including acquisition of land for public purposes, the enforce- ment and modification of existing leases, the regrant and renewal of expired leases and the valuations required in connection with these as well as for Estate Duty, Statutory Assessments, Sales and Private Treaty Grants of land. It is currently acquiring property by negotiation for both Urban Renewal and Mass Transport proposals, in order that these schemes will not be frustrated if and when a decision to implement them is taken. The Division also provides expert witnesses to appear for the Crown before Arbitration Boards and Appeal Tribunals.
6.15. The Division made 157 assessments of incremental value under the provisions of the Demolished Buildings (Redevelopment of Sites) Ordinance; completed the regrant or Renewal of 52 leases and made valuations of property for Estate Duty purposes to a total of $55 million.
General
SURVEY BRANCH
Assistant Superintendent:
J. T. COOPER, A.R.I.C.S., F.R.G.S.
G. J. BENTLEY, M.I.S. (Aust.) (Acting)
6.16. The mapping of the Colony by aerial survey, both for large- scale plans and topographic maps, continued to demand the major proportion of the Survey Branch's effort, both in the field and the drawing office. Other features in the year were the continuing increase in the number of site surveys and setting-out jobs undertaken for the Architectural Office. There was also some increase in the number of special surveys carried out for the Police in connection with court cases. (For Survey Branch statistics see appendices V and W).
6.17. The work of the Branch is undertaken by two Divisions, namely: Headquarters and Islands Survey, and Mainland Survey. Functionally the task of the branch is divided into four main categories:
(a) Control Survey. The provision of the rigid framework of fixed points, on both horizontal and vertical planes, on which all surveys are based: viz. triangulation stations; picket-boxes; traverse stations and level datum bench marks.
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(b) Mapping Survey. Surveys for the preparation of plans and maps of the whole Colony at different scales and their subsequent revision at regular intervals.
(c) Title Survey. The delineation and recording of all property boundaries in the urban areas (and in planned areas of the New Territories); the implementation of all town planning layouts; surveys for surrenders, grants, sales, exchanges, Crown Leases, etc.
(d) Cartography. The production of plans and maps at different
scales for both 'mapping' and 'title' purposes.
Control Survey
6.18. For the first few months of the year the main effort continued to be in the provision of ground-control points for the large-scale mapping by air survey of the New Territories. This task was completed in July 1968 and the field staff which had been employed on this work for the last 5 years was distributed to other sections. This enabled more control surveys of other types and precise levelling to be undertaken for the rest of the year.
Mapping
6.19. The proportion of the survey staff employed on checking the machine-plots for the large-scale air survey as they are received from the contractors was reduced during the year as the plotting of Lau Tau was completed. Machine-plots for the Junk Bay, Hebe Haven, High Island and North-East areas of the mainland were checked. The last machine-plots at 1/1,200 scale were received in February 1969 and the work of checking these should be completed by July 1969.
6.20. An expanding programme of revision of large-scale plans is now well in hand. The number of survey staff employed on this work was increased as the task of machine-plot checking was completed.
6.21. In addition to a continuing demand for the setting-out of roads, Government buildings etc., the number of large-scale site surveys, mainly for Architectural Office, continued to rise, a total of 134 sites being surveyed. Requests from the Police for surveys and plans for court cases also rose, a total of 58 being completed during the year.
6.22. The number of Architectural Office sites on which this Office was carrying out regular interim check surveys for the measurement of earthwork quantities was reduced during the year from seven to four.
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The experimental project of measuring the earthwork quantities from air photographs taken by this office was completed but results were disappointing. Although the air photographs were excellent there were discrepancies in the final figures which indicated that the method and/or the computer programming needed more investigation before this system can be used successfully.
6.23. Production of the new topographical maps at 1:10,000 scale by the Directorate of Overseas Surveys continued at a steady rate. During the year 12 plotted sheets were received for field-completion and 17 completed and returned for fair-drawing. The sheets covering the built-up areas of Kowloon and Hong Kong are now being received; because these are plotted from air photography taken in December 1964, each sheet requires a large amount of additional surveying. plotting etc. to bring up-to-date. Negative proofs of five sheets covering the frontier area were received for comments and returned to the Directorate with minor amendments for final printing. 23 sheets were published during the year bringing the total number available at the end of the year to 26. Bulk supplies of most of these were received and distributed to Government departments.
6.24. A final printed proof of the first 1:25,000 scale sheet was received for comments and approved. Printing of the first few sheets at this scale is now in hand.
6.25. The Director of Overseas Surveys visited the Colony in November 1968 for discussions on the mapping programme. The Assistant Director of Military Survey, Far East Land Forces, Singapore, arranged to be present in Hong Kong at the same time and, at a joint meeting, agreement was reached on future co-operation between the Directorate of Overseas Surveys in United Kingdom, the Survey Branch of Far East Land Forces in Singapore and this Office for the production of military editions of the new topographic maps. Approval was obtained to proceed with arrangements to publish the revised editions of the new maps locally and for production in Hong Kong of Chinese- language editions in due course.
6.26. The field work in connection with the Geological Survey of the Colony was completed in March 1969 and the Geologist seconded from the Institute of Geological Sciences returned to United Kingdom. The special geological maps were all completed before his departure and it is hoped that his interim report will be available in July or August 1969.
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Title Survey
6.27. The demand for boundary surveys for land sales, dimensioned 1 plans and the setting-out of new lots and the re-establishment of old * lot boundaries continued to be small. There has been a slight increase, 3. compared with last year, in the number of surveys for lease plans and
surrenders. Two new major tasks were commenced during the year: the preparation of special Ministry of Defence Appropriation plans and the production of Government Land Allocation plans which fix the boundaries of all Government sites and enable accurate computation of the areas allocated to various departments.
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6.28. The Cartographic work in connection with the air surveys continues to occupy a significant proportion of the drawing office staff. As well as the preparation of name-sheets, the addition of ornament, etc., the recording and distribution of the new topographic maps makes increasing demands on staff time. The demand for plans for land alienation, Government development schemes, etc. continues to rise. A recent extra requirement has been the recording of decisions in connection with the proposed Mass Transit underground railway, the Long Term Road Study and the Urban Renewal schemes. Several Cartographic Assistants were also employed throughout the year on the preparation of maps for the Geological Survey of the Colony: these have now returned to normal duties. As a result of these special tasks, the re-drawing of distorted large-scale plans and the drawing of new detail supplied by the surveyors employed on plan revision has been retarded.
Local Air Surveys
6.29. Air photography for other departments and various purposes was carried out during the year.
General
PLANNING BRANCH
Assistant Superintendent:
A. F. MEYERS, M.I.S. (N.Z.), M.T.P.I., A.R.I.C.S.
6.30. The Planning Branch concentrated on the preparation of draft plans for the Town Planning Board, departmental layout and outline zoning plans. The Colony Outline Plan Working Committee reports were completed. Estimates were made of the general pattern of future
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population distribution to 1976. A planning and engineering feasibility study of a pilot scheme area for urban renewal in the West Central District of Hong Kong Island was completed.
6.31. The work of the Branch is undertaken by two Divisions, namely, District Planning and Colony Outline Planning.
District Planning Division
6.32. The District Planning Division is divided into two sections. One covers Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, New Kowloon and New Territories District South; the other Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long and Tai Po Districts of the New Territories. It deals with the preparation of draft outline zoning plans for the Town Planning Board and outline development, layout and outline zoning plans for consideration and agreement by the Land Development Planning Committee.
6.33. The Division is responsible for development control and reservation of sites for Government departments, utility companies and other purposes in the Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon areas. In conjunction with the New Territories Administration it advises on development control and reservation of sites for Government depart- ments, utility companies and other purposes in the New Territories.
6.34. Appendix U sets out the current position of the main planning schemes prepared by the Division during the year.
Colony Outline Planning Division
6.35. The Colony Outline Planning Division is responsible for the preparation of the Colony Outline Plan; it services the various Outline Plan Working Committee and prepares their reports. It also prepares, maintains and analyses survey and statistical information and under- takes special planning studies. The Division is responsible for staff training.
6.36. A total of 13 meetings of the Outline Plan Working Com- mittees were held during the year to consider and advise on papers in their respective fields of responsibility. The completed Book I which contains basic statistical data for the preparation of the reports of the six Working Committees was revised where necessary in the light of additional information and material. Work on Book II, the Committee Reports, was continued and the reports on Commerce and Industry, Community Requirements and Utilities and Services were completed
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dand considered by the Land Development Planning Committee. All the Working Committee reports have been completed but the Geography report and the Population and Housing report have not yet been con- sidered by the Land Development Planning Committee.
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6.37. The Town Planning Board met on 11 occasions and considered draft outline zoning plans for ten planning areas in the urban areas and two planning areas in the New Territories.
Land Development Planning Committee
6.38. The Branch presented 40 papers to the Land Development Planning Committee-the Committee responsible for advising Govern- ment on development proposals. Items considered included outline zoning and layout plans, provision of open spaces, density zoning control and Colony Outline Plan Working Committee Reports.
Advice on Development Schemes
6.39. Planning advice was given on 106 development projects of which 42 were in the New Territories. These figures compare with 132 and 42 respectively last year and 180 and 84 in 1966-67.
Liaison
6.40. The Branch was represented on numerous sub-committees in connection with the work of the Housing Board, the Provisional Council for the Conservation of the Countryside and the Census and Statistics Department. A circular listing all planning schemes, most of which can be purchased on application to the Cartographer, was issued quarterly to departments, public utilities companies and certain non-Government organizations.
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STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
6.41. The total authorized establishment amounted to 842 an increase of 13 over the previous year. The office continued to recruit professional Surveys staff for the New Territories Administration and the Civil Engineering Office.
6.42. Five Assistant Planning Officers were recruited and two resigned during the year. One Land Surveyor and five Estate Surveyors were recruited on contract. An officer who qualified professionally in
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the previous year was appointed as Assistant Planning Officer and two officers were appointed as Assistant Cartographers. At the end of the year seven vacancies existed for Estate Surveyors, six for Assistant Estate Surveyors, two for Planning Officers and two for Land Surveyors.
6.43. Seven members of the Crown Lands and Survey Office who had served for more than 10 years retired during the year.
6.44. The deaths of Mr. B. H. SMITH, Cartographer, on 9th May, 1968, Mr. B. R. THOMPSON, Land Surveyor, on 22nd July, 1968 and CHAN Ping, Surveying Assistant (Land), Class II on 16th July, 1968 are recorded with deep regret.
Training
6.45. 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 attend a comprehensive course in land survey and thereafter the Engineering and Land streams are attached to various functional survey sections for field and practical experience for a period of 12 months, whilst the Estate and Planning streams are similarly attached for 6 months before starting with their respective branches.
6.46. During the year, one six-month full-time course for newly- recruited Surveying Assistants (Land) and (Engineering), totalling 16 trainees, was completed at the Hong Kong Technical College. All instructors were supplied from Survey Branch staff. All Surveying Assistants Class III and Cartographic Assistants Class III are required to sit departmental examinations to obtain promotion to a higher class. During the year 90 sat and 63 passed compared with 75 and 40 respectively in the previous year. Three students passed the Inter- mediate Examination of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in the Land Survey Section.
6.47. 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 course and to attend evening Classes at the Hong Kong Technical College and Hong Kong University. There were eight officers undergoing this form of training
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6.48. Two Assistant Planning Officers were awarded Government Scholarships for two-year, post-graduate town planning courses at Universities in Australia and Britain; two returned after successfully completing similar courses. Two Surveying Assistants (Estate) Class II began a twelve-month training attachment to the Estates and Develop- ment Valuer, Plymouth and one returned from a similar attachment at Portsmouth. Two Surveying Assistants (Land) and two Surveying Assistant (Engineering) were offered Government scholarships to attend a twelve-month survey training course at the School of Military Survey, Newbury, United Kingdom.
6.49. Whilst there is as yet no British professional association catering 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 one Cartographic Assistant Class I completed the course.
Welfare
6.50. The Crown Lands and Survey Office Social Club continued its activities throughout the year. These included the second Annual Christmas Ball, which was held at the Officers' Mess of the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force, and Inter-office basketball matches. A bathing hut at Middle Bay on Hong Kong Island was rented for the use of members.
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MILITARY DIVISION
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ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE
Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer: J. A. WALLACE, C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E., M.B.I.M. J. Li, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E. (Acting)
GENERAL
7.01. This sub-department provides a service to other departments and sub-departments, acting as consultants and contractors on electrical and mechanical matters including maintaining most of the equipment used by Government and the whole of its 2,774-strong vehicle fleet.
7.02. The two divisions, Electrical and Mechanical, work closely together; by a re-organization of the sub-department, which is now in hand, these two divisions will be replaced by a Development and Planning Division and an Engineering Services Division. Towards the end of the year, as a start to the re-organization, the appointment previously known as the Chief Mechanical Engineer became Chief Engineer (Engineering Services) and the Chief Electrical Engineer became Chief Engineer (Development and Planning). Since the major part of this re-organization had not come into force at the end of the year, the activities of the Electrical and Mechanical Divisions are here dealt with separately. It also has to be recorded that the effective operation of the sub-department was hampered by the number of professional vacancies.
ELECTRICAL DIVISION
Chief Electrical Engineer:
S. T. YUEN, B.Sc., C.Eng., M.I.E.E. (to 28.11.68) W. J. HAMPTON, C.Eng., M.I.E.E. (from 29.11.68)
7.03. During the year the Division continued to provide services in connection with maintenance and the operation of plant and electrical installations for other government departments and advice was given on specialist matters relating to electrical engineering work. The Division has three sections; New Projects, Installation, and Maintenance and Operation. The Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance is also adminis- tered by this Division. The staff controlled by the Chief Engineer is headed by one Senior and four Electrical Engineers but at no time during the year was the establishment complete.
New Projects Section
7.04. Preliminary investigation, design work, preparation of draw- ings, specifications, indents, and contract documents were in various
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stages of progress for a number of projects. Among the major of these were the installation of apron and taxiway lighting at Kai Tak Airport and emergency generators for Radio Hong Kong and the Sui Lam Hospital for the Mentally Subnormal.
7.05. Contracts were signed and work was in progress to provide a fuel system and an emergency generator for Radio Hong Kong. Lung Cheung Road, the perimeter lighting, electrical commissioning and cabling work at Lai Chi Kok Incinerator and Compost Plants, and the installation of a new emergency generator and modifications to the alternator house under the Kai Tak Airport Interim Scheme.
7.06. A number of projects were completed, among which were the installation of a 290 KVA generator at Smugglers' Ridge for Radio Hong Kong and the installation of an emergency generator set in a hospital.
Installation Section
7.07. This Section carries out new installations and re-wiring of existing installations. Such work includes wiring installations for fire boat berths, navigation lights, main switches in City Hall Plant Room, Police Public Relations Unit and Police Headquarters Traffic Branch, installations of ceiling lights in tram and bus shelters, microphone announcing points, wiring installations of emergency generators in Hospitals, installation of general lighting and power circuits, work in laundries and many smaller items such as typhoon signals, pumps switchboards, etc.
7.08. The Installation Section is also responsible for the electrical engineering of traffic lights, their control systems and other traffic aids. Two types of system are in use in the Colony, namely; linked-fixed time and vehicle-actuated. In the former, one master controller controls a series of traffic lights at various road intersections, changing the lights at each intersection on a time basis to give a steady flow of traffic. In the vehicle-actuated system the lights at an intersection are changed either by the passage of a vehicle over a pad in the road or on a time basis. Traffic lights were installed or modified at 39 road junctions during the year; there are now 166 road junctions equipped with traffic lights and 1,957 other electrical traffic aids are in operation
Maintenance Section
7.09. This Section covers the workshop overhaul and site mainten- ance of electrical equipment ranging from electric clocks and tubular
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heaters to large horse-power motors and switchgear. Programmed preventive maintenance of electrical items was a major commitment; the 'day and night' fault call service was in action on 29,280 occasions.
7.10. The Kai Tak (Maintenance and Operation) Section maintained all the electrical, mechanical and air-conditioning systems at the Airport as well as the runway and landing approach lights, substation equip- ment and air navigation beacons. The City Hall (Maintenance and Operation) Section performed a similar function in respect of the Hong Kong City Hall. In addition to the maintenance services, operation was provided for the stage lighting required for 843 stage performances, 487 cinema projections and 31 slide shows.
Lifts and Escalators
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The Electrical Division also administers the Lifts and Esca- lators (Safety) Ordinance. There are now 6,086 lifts and 102 escalators in use in the Colony. 6,611 Certificates in respect of examinations and tests of safety equipment were issued and 29 investigations were made into lift accidents, unregistered lifts and complaints by the public.
MECHANICAL DIVISION
Chief Mechanical Engineer:
J. LIM, B.Sc., C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E.
G. J. Osborne, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.B.I.M. (Acting)
7.12. The activities of this Division embrace design, maintenance and operation in large number of fields. Among these, worthy of special mention, are automotive engineering, boilers and steam plant, cooling plant, diesel-driven machinery, engineering services in government and military hospitals, large incinerator plants, laundry machinery and parking meters. The Division is divided into a Workshops Maintenance Section, a Plant Operating Section, a New Projects Section and a Transport Section. The staff under the Chief Engineer is headed by two Senior and five Mechanical Engineers although at no time during the year was the establishment complete.
Workshops Maintenance Section
7.13. The Division operates two main workshops, one at Caroline Hill Road, Hong Kong and the other at Sung Wong Toi Road, Kowloon. Both workshops continued to operate on much the same lines as in former years and with further increases in commitments for mainten- ance of motor vehicles, mobile diesel-driven plant and cooling plant. These increases have been absorbed, but only with the greatest
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difficulty. Both workshops are under-staffed and overtime remains at a high level. A summary of the various categories of equipment main- tained is given in Appendix X.
7.14. Offices on the new mezzanine floor in the Caroline Hill Work- shops were opened in October 1968. The workshop on Lantau Island was completed in November 1968; it serves as an operational base for E. & M. Workshop servicing gangs maintaining items of Plant and General Engineering Equipment situated throughout the island. Exten- sions to the electrical and air conditioning workshops, paint shop. blacksmith's shop and vehicle-body overhaul section at the Sung Wong Toi Road Workshop were completed during the year.
7.15. In both vehicle workshops work has continued as before but at an increased tempo. Shortage of space is acutely felt although the opening of the new mezzanine floor offices at Caroline Hill Road Workshop and the subsequent demolition of the old offices has provided workshop space for 3 additional repair bays. The new workshop on Lantau Island referred to above services the 33 vehicles operating on the island.
7.16. A parking meter system was first introduced into the Colony in May 1959 with the installation of 150 meters in the Central District on Hong Kong Island with a staff of one man to deal with fault calls. 1960 and 1961 were mainly years of assessment and it was not until 1962 that there was a widespread introduction of parking meters. At the end of the year under review there were 5,382 meters in operation.
7.17. In the Parking Meter sub-section it was found that 72% of the 79,106 meter faults attended were caused by attempts to use foreign articles instead of proper coins. Many varieties of foreign articles are used to jam meters, the most common being an ice lolly stick. Ingenious methods are used to enable a 10 cent coin to give 50 cents' worth of time; mahjong counters, cardboard disks, washers are used in lieu of the correct coin.
Plant Operating and Hospital Engineering Services Section
7.18. This Section is responsible for the site maintenance and opera. tion of a large number of plants including major air-conditioning plants in government buildings, the incinerator plant and abattoir at Kennedy Town and also the provision of engineering services at government and military hospitals. The large incinerator plant and compost plant at Lai Chi Kok will soon be the responsibility of this Section.
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7.19. The Kennedy Town Incinerator has been running continuously 矍 since July 1968 when the downdraught system was installed. While there is little doubt that the principle of the downdraught system is sound, the construction still leaves much to be desired. The manufac- turers are investigating this problem and trials are in progress on a { new system fitted to one unit. Steam evaporation trials were carried out on each boiler of the incinerator plant towards the end of 1968; in each case the design figure of 15,000 lbs/hr. at 240 p.s.i.g. was reached. However, the present method of soot blowing is inadequate to remove the flue gas dust which readily adheres to the boiler tubes and quickly reduces the rate of evaporation. This problem is also being investigated by the manufacturers.
7.20. The Kennedy Town Abattoir has been fully operational since October 1968. As yet maintenance staff of this Section have had little major repair work to carry out and at present are having little difficulty in maintaining the plant.
7.21. The Hospital Engineering Section continued to operate and maintain the varied plant in government and military hospitals; in addition 23,088 repairs to plant were carried out. A large reduction in the number of machinery breakdowns in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital laundry has been noted.
7.22. Because there was excessive vibration, one of the air-condition- ing compressors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital was opened up for inspection during the winter. Extensive damage to the impeller, labyrinth glands and shaft was found to be due to a bent shaft but no conclusion could be arrived at as to why the shaft had bent. New labyrinths and shaft were made locally and the compressor was repaired in time for the hot weather. In the same hospital, combustion chamber stays were renewed during overhaul in one of the boilers.
7.23. A system of planned preventative maintenance is gradully being introduced in both the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary Hospitals. Provided some outstanding staff vacancies are filled the system will be introduced in the other hospitals during the coming year.
New Projects Section
7.24. Considerable assistance in an advisory capacity was again given to many government departments and offices on specialist matters relating to mechanical engineering work.
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7.25. One of the major plants brought into use during the year under review was the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator and Compost Plant This was officially opened by Sir Albert RODRIGUES, C.B.E., E.D., J.P., on the 28th February, 1969, at a Ceremony attended by a number of well-known personages. Prior to the opening, furnace and duct refrac tories were dried out and pre-commissioning trials carried out on the ancillary systems. After the first unit, No. 3, was started it was slowly brought up to working temperature in early March. During this period certain faults came to light; these were rectified by the manufacturers. The drying grate downdraught system of this plan will not be completed until the present trials at Kennedy Town Plant result in a thoroughly efficient and reliable installation.
7.26. Preliminary investigation, design work, preparation of draw- ings, specifications, indent and contract documents were in various stages of progress on 22 projects. Among these were the engineering services for the Yaumati Government Slipway (electric hoists, compressed air system and fuel oil storage); steam and power supply for the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator Plant (turbo-alternator set and associated steam pipe- work, sea water pumps and condenser cooling system); steam services, compressed air services, mechanical services, fuel oil systems in five hospitals and clinics; steam, mechanical services and equipment in five laundries; and conveyorized customs inspection units, together with the repositioning of existing trolley conveyors at Kai Tak Airport.
7.27. Contracts were signed and work started on 12 projects. Among the largest of these were contracts for the provision of the baggage handling conveyor systems and passenger access bridges to aircraft at Kai Tak Airport. Tenders were called for by Architectural Office in accordance with specifications prepared by the E. & M. Office. This Office will supervise the engineering aspects of these installations and co-ordinate work on site with contractors, other government depart- ments and P.W.D. sub-departments. Other major projects included the installation of underground fuel tanks and systems in three locations, alterations to existing steam services in a hospital and the erection of cranes and slipway cradles at the Yaumati Government Slipway.
7.28. 19 Projects were completed during the period under review including improvement to the diesel fuel system and installation of additional laundry equipment in Queen Elizabeth Hospital; installation of incinerators and associated burner equipment and fuel oil systems
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in two clinics; sewage screening plant in a low cost housing estate; replacement of fuel pipe lines for the police and work for the Kowloon- Canton Railway Workshops.
Motor Vehicle Section
7.29. During the year, specifications were drawn up for 445 vehicles. 465 vehicles, which figure includes vehicles ordered in the previous year and delivered during the year under review, were taken into service. Special purpose bodies were fitted to 26 of these and 68 standard bodies made and fitted to various chassis. Of special interest amongst the specialised vehicles constructed were a 30 cwt. mobile film unit, two 30 cwt. vans fitted with tail lifts, a 3-ton mobile Command Post and a Land Rover breakdown/recovery truck. Vehicles modified for other departments included 80 Land Rover Station Wagons for the Police Force. Replacement bodies for 91 refuse collecting vehicles of the Urban Services Department were manufactured and fitted. Worn bodies of 141 vehicles were repaired by local contract. 75 street sweeping carts and 300 replacement bins as well as 32 bulk refuse containers and 6 refuse bin trolleys for government multi-storey buildings were manufactured. In addition a metal canopy was constructed on a trailer for conveying hot meal trolleys.
Transport Section
1 7.30. The Government Transport Pool operated by this Section made 26,841 trips with 141 vehicles during the year. In addition com- mercial lorries were hired on 2,467 occasions to supplement pool lorries. 664 candidates for motor driver vacancies throughout the entire public service were tested and 98 were engaged. Government vehicles of all departments were involved in 1,123 accidents.
Staff
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
7.31. Once again great difficulty was experienced in recruiting to the grades of Engineer and Assistant Engineer. During the year one Engineer was recruited from overseas and one Assistant Engineer was promoted to Engineer. There were no appointments to the Assistant Engineer grade.
7.32. Twelve members of the staff who had served for more than 15 years in the sub-department retired during the year.
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Training
7.33. A Foreman Class II returned to Hong Kong in June after completing 18 months training in plant and automobile maintenance and repair work in England. Two professional officers attended Senior and Middle Management Courses at Chesters, University of Strathclyde, whilst on long leave in the United Kingdom and several senior officers made duty visits to engineering firms abroad whilst on leave.
7.34. A total of 12 apprentices completed their indentures and were awarded Certificates of Apprenticeship. A further 14 joined this sub- department for training. At the end of the year the number of appren- tices under training included 20 in the Mechanical Division, 12 in the Electrical Division and 9 in the Air-Conditioning Section. In addition, 6 under-graduates from Hong Kong University spent their 3 months summer vacation in the workshops and 15 Technical College Students spent one month in the workshops undergoing practical training. One Engineering Assistant, Class III, attended a 3-months' course in Work Study Training run by the Hong Kong Productivity Centre and 2 officers of technical grade attended a short course organized by the Technical College on traffic studies and parking problems.
7.35. Towards the end of the year under review, the first of what is hoped will be a series of Supervisory Development Courses for technical grades staff, was held in conjunction with the Government Training Division.
Sport and Recreation
7.36. The Caroline Hill (P.W.D.) Sports Club was dissolved in May and, although a football team is still fielded in the First Division of the Hong Kong Football Association League under the name of Caroline Hill this team is now disassociated from Government.
7.37. Members of the staff and their families participated in the first P.W.D. Sports Day held in February and performed creditably, winning a fair share of the trophies.
Staff Relations
7.38. The Head Office, Hong Kong, and Kowloon Joint Staff Discussion Groups were formed and by the end of the year the staff side were represented in all sections. In conjunction with these Discussion Groups, plans have been formulated to start an E. & M. Office Staff Club. This will primarily cater for sporting and social activities.
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MATER
EXAMINATION
TESTS SAMPLES FROM RAM, TREATED AND TAP
WATER
BOUNCES AND CONTROLS TREATMENT OF SURFED
TESTS WATER LAKOMES FOR GOVT SERMITMENTS ALKO POR MILITARY AND
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MAINTENANCE & OPERATION GROUP
WATERWORKS OFFICE
I CAMTAINS AND OPERATES THE PUBLIÉ MATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF THE COLONY
3 PLANS WHO COMETRICTS ALL EXTENSIONS TO THE SYSTEM
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ENGINEERS
* VESTS SAMAPLES OF FRESH ANG SEA MAYER POR THE MILITARY AND PUBLIC ALSO FOR ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
NEW WORKS GROUP
DISTRIBUTION DIVISION.
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
OVERALL OPERATION S MAINTENANCE OF WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE DAILY SUPPLY OF WATER
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL DIVISION OPERATES & MAINTAINS ALL, WATERRORIES PLANT
AND EQUIPMENT CIRDERS & INSTALLS NEW PLANT OTHER THAN POR SCHEMES SUPERVISED BY COMALTING ENGINEERS
PLANNING DIVISION
PLANS MAJOR SCHEMES IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND PREPARES IN BROAD OUTLINE PROPOSALS FOR THE PROVISION OF WATER TO DEVELOPMENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COLONN
CONSTRUCTION DIVISION
DESIGNS CONTILACTS AND SUPERVISESCONSTRUCTION OF ALL WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS OTHER THAN CERTAIN MAJOR SCHEMES. BEING CARRIED OUT BY CONSULTING ENGINEERS
SUPPLY
OPERATES AND MAINTAINS CATCHPRATENG, TUNNELS TRUNK MAPS, SUPPLY AND KERVICE RESERVOIRS REGIA,ATES THROUGH-PUT WORKS OF TREATMENT AND PLAYING STATIONS
DESTINATION
THE DISTRIBUITION VALLECE
SYSTEM BIGLADING THE CARRYING SZTOF MASTE DETECTION TESTS & THE LAYING OF REPLACEMENT AND EXTENSION LECTIONS
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PROVIDES CONNECTIONS
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MECHANICA
ORGERE INSTALLS MO MAINTAINS MEESANICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
ALSO OPERATES PUMPING
SERVICEB ALL DOMESTIC AND SAAINS METERS
ELECTRICAL
ORDERS INSTALLS AND SKINTARE UNA TEILWESTRICTE ELECTRICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THAT FOR TREATMENT BENRCS, PUMPING STATIONS OFFICES AND QUARTERS
HYDROLOGICAL
COLLECTS BASIC DATA FROKA SYREAM-FLOWE RAIN GAUGES ETC, AND PROCESSES INFORMAATION FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
WATERWORKS OFFICE
OPERATION & ORGANIZATION
CHART
CONSULTANTS
LIAISON
LIAISES WITH THE WATE MUTHONGLY VE CONSULTI ENGINEERS
ACCOUNTS
CONTROLS THE READING OF WATER WETENS ANO ISSUES WATER MOCKUPEES MAPIIRACE PEGISTES DE LIDEMBED. PR.CAREERS ANG (SIRES LOCENCES UNDER WATERWORKS ORIGINARICË BECOMES ALL, MATEPENOIANG,
WATERWORKS OFFICE
Director of Water Supplies:
E. P. WILMOT-Morgan, O.B.E., B.Sc., C.Eng., F.I.C.E., M.I.W.E., J.P.
Government Water Engineer:
A. S. ROBERTSON, B.Sc., (Hons), C.Eng., M.I.C.E., A.M.I. Struct. E., A.M.I.WE
W. T. KNIGHT, C.Eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., M.Inst.Q. (Acting)
J. M. PETTIGREW, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E. (Acting)
Assistant Government Water Engineers:
W. T. KNIGHT, C.Eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., M.Inst.Q. J. M. PETTIGREW, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E.
W. D. A. TUCKER, M.A. (Eng.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E. (Acting) T. H. TOMLINSON, B.Sc., C.Eng., M.I.C.E (Acting)
GENERAL
8.01. To ensure that a continuous 24-hour water supply to the Colony could be maintained, it was necessary to extract the saline water (over 1,500 parts per million) remaining in Plover Cove at the end of the dry season and refill with fresh water from all possible sources. This task was accomplished during the year to the extent that over 28 thousand million gallons of water of a salinity of less than 500 p.p.m. was stored in Plover Cove by the time the dry season started.
8.02. During the year forward planning proceeded to the stage where the consultants' reports on raising the Plover Cove dams and increasing the capacities of the Sha Tin treatment works and pumping station as well as Tai Po Tau pumping station were accepted for implementation and their report on the feasibility of building a large new reservoir with associated catchment facilities in the Sai Kung peninsula was being studied.
8.03. In the New Territories, a new treatment plant at Tai Po Tau to serve the Tai Po and Sheung Shui areas was commissioned, and a new main was laid to provide a fully treated supply to Sha Tin from the Sha Tin Treatment Works and to connect the Chinese University. A scheme was approved for extending the distribution system to provide fresh water supplies in many New Territories villages and, in addition, work commenced on doubling the capacity of the treatment plant at Yuen Long and on the construction of a treatment plant to serve Castle Peak. An extension of the urban distribution system from Kwun Tong to bring a fully treated supply to Sai Kung was started.
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8.04. Progress is also being made in improving the salt water flushing supplies in Hong Kong Central, Kwun Tong, Kowloon East and Kowloon West.
8.05. Waterworks is represented on various working parties and committees including:
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
Castle Peak and Sha Tin New Towns
Works Committee
Representative(s)
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
Castle Peak and Sha Tin New Towns A Senior Engineer
Management Committee
8.06. Details of rainfall, storage, consumption and other general statistics are given in Appendix Z.
General
DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
J. S. DON, B.Sc. (Hons.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
8.07. This Division maintains and operates the various installations connected with the day-to-day supply of water.
Supply Section
8.08. At the end of the year 33,016 million gallons of water was held in storage including 25,393 million gallons in the Plover Cove Reservoir. Storage at the same time last year was 16,476 million gallons of which 3,709 million gallons was stored at Plover Cove. Yields from catchment areas were higher than last year due to heavier rainfall and to the full utilization of the Plover Cove Stage I and II catchment areas further supplemented by water obtained from the overflow of Jubilee Reservoir as well as from the Indus River flood pumping station which
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IMPOUNDING RESERVOIR MAJOR SUPPLY RESERVOIR
PUMPING STATION (P/S} TREATMENT WORKS(T/W)}
TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
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Plover Cove Res
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Tei P/S
Yuen Long T/W
Castle Peak T/
Tai Lam Chung Res
Territories
Tung Chung
Silver Mine Bay Treatment Works
Lantau
PdOP/S
Hei Ling
Chau
Shek Pik Ars.
Rep Long Hes.
Cheung
Chau
Tsuen Wan T/W.
Tsuen Wan P/S-
Jubilee Res.
Kowloon
Loyret Shing Mus Res. & P/S
Group Res Sha Tin Treatment Works & P/S
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Lion Rock Supply Res.
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New Kowloon
Shek La Pui T/W -
18. Davis $.80/
Sandy Bay
1/8
Kowlood
Victoria
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Fu Lan Res.
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(Mirs Bay)
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OF MILLS
WATERWORKS PRINCIPAL SUPPLY NETWORK
was in operation throughout the year. Under the Agreement with the People's Council of Kwantung Province, 15,053 million gallons of water was received from China. Heavy rainfall in June and August filled nearly all reservoirs except Plover Cove but rainfall in September was exceptionally low. The normal dry season started with 14,680 million gallons or 87.2% of the total storage in the older reservoirs while the storage in Plover Cove Reservoir totalled 28,840 million gallons of water with a salinity of 480 parts per million of sodium chloride.
8.09. The 24-hour daily supply which had been generally maintained since 1st October, 1967 was continued throughout the year. Average daily consumption was 140.1 million gallons and a peak daily demand of 173.1 million gallons was recorded on 27th August, 1968. Winter consumption was higher than expected and averaged 135.0 million gallons per day during the period 1st October, 1968 to 31st March, 1969, showing an 18% increase compared with the figures recorded for the corresponding period of full supply in 1967-68.
8.10. Some damage was caused to installations during the heavy rainstorms of June and August and the total expenditure on repair work amounted to approximately $1.4 million.
8.11. The routine work of the Division includes overhaul and repainting of control gates, maintenance of access roads, treatment works and compounds, and the inspection and cleaning of service reservoirs.
8.12. New fresh water service reservoirs with a total capacity of over 68 million gallons at Shek Kip Mei, Ho Man Tin, Yau Tong, Jardines Lookout, Tai Hang, Stubbs Road, Aberdeen and a salt water service reservoir at Yau Tong were commissioned.
Distribution Section
8.13. Work continued on distribution mains extensions to serve new development. Undersized or defective mains were removed and altera- tions were made as necessary to facilitate road construction work. In addition to specific projects, approximately 39 miles of mains were laid to form extensions to the fresh and salt water distribution systems.
Waste Detection Section
8.14. Systematic waste detection was continued throughout the year and 499 areas were checked. A number of major leaks were discovered and repaired resulting in an estimated daily saving of over four and a quarter million gallons of water.
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House Service Section
8.15. A more liberal policy for the provision of free public stand- pipes was adopted. There was a decrease of 7% in the number of new meters installed compared with the year 1967-68. Work commenced towards the end of the year on the provision of metered individual connections to rooms in the Mark III and Mark IV resettlement blocks.
CONSTRUCTION DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
H. J. WOODTHORPE, C.Eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., A.M.I.W.E. (Acting)
General
8.16. The Division is responsible for designing, preparing contracts for and supervising the construction of all new water supply projects, other than schemes executed by consulting engineers and certain minor works carried out by the Distribution Division.
An expenditure of $27.36 million represented an increase of over $4 million compared with the previous year due to conditions in the Colony returning to normal.
8.17. The works completed comprise four fresh water service reservoirs, one salt water pumping station, and three blocks of staff quarters. 5.8 miles of 12 to 18 ins. dia. and 6.7 miles of water mains of 21 ins. dia. and over were laid. In addition, an old block of staff quarters was converted for use as a laboratory and an existing treatment plant was extended.
8.18. Appendix Y gives full details of works under construction and completed during the year.
Hong Kong Island
8.19. The conversion of the old quarters at Eastern treatment works into a fully equipped laboratory was completed. The trunk main from Eastern service reservoirs to Wan Chai was completed.
8.20.
The extension of the Aberdeen service reservoir from two and a half to five million gallons capacity was finished and minor site works to complete the project are in hand.
8.21. Work on the six million gallon Shau Kei Wan service reservoir was nearing completion and the contract for laying the inlet and outlet mains was put in hand.
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8.22. The extension of the Red Hill treatment works was finished and construction of the two and a half million gallon service reservoir was well advanced. As a result of the large proportion of rock en- countered and labour difficulties experienced by the contractor, the main between Red Hill and Repulse Bay was delayed and completion is not expected until the third quarter of 1969.
8.23. The new half million gallon service reservoir at Jardines Lookout, and the three-quarter million gallon extension of the Tai Hang service reservoir were both completed. Work was started on the three- quarter million gallon service reservoir at Mount Nicholson. Fencing and other minor works at Tai Hang and Jardines Lookout are in hand.
8.24. Construction of a standpipe supply system for the village and beaches at Shek O was started. This will include a small pumping station at Sai Wan, a treatment works, and a storage tank at Big Wave Bay.
8.25. Two blocks of staff quarters were erected adjacent to Sandy Bay pumping station as part of the Shek Pik scheme.
8.26. A tunnel for the diversion of the Aberdeen catchwater, required for the Deep Water Bay Road widening scheme, was holed through and grouting and lining were in progress.
8.27. A small chlorination house was built adjoining the salt water pumping station at Kennedy Town.
Kowloon and New Kowloon
8.28. The 14 million gallon service reservoir at Ho Man Tin was completed, and only minor works remained to be completed on the 30 million gallon service reservoir at Shek Kip Mei. These reservoirs form part of the Plover Cove Water Scheme.
8.29. The construction of the new salt water pumping station at Kwun Tong was well advanced and the salt water pumping station at Yau Tong was finished and handed over to Mechanical/Electrical Division for the installation of pumps.
8.30. Delays in completion of the filling for Tai Wan Bay reclama- tion limited work on the new pumping station for the Kowloon East salt water system to core-boring for site investigation. In other sections of the system, float valves were installed on the service reservoir inlets
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at Wong Tai Sin and Lo Fu Ngam, and the decking-over of the Wong Tai Sin service reservoir to form a four acre hard-surfaced recreation ground was completed.
8.31. Quarters were built for the staff of the recently constructed Beacon Hill fresh water pumping station.
8.32. The laying of the 48 inch fresh water trunk main from Lion Rock tunnel to Jordan Valley was completed. This main is designed to augment supplies to the Kwun Tong/Ham Tin/Yau Tong area and also to supply Sai Kung.
8.33. Mainlaying in the Kowloon West salt water supply area con- tinued but work on the new intake at Cheung Sha Wan was delayed to allow intake screens and pipe to be incorporated in a jetty being built by Port Works Division.
8.34. Construction of the Sau Mau Ping salt-water pumping station and the associated one and a half million gallon service reservoir and interconnecting mains was begun. This system will draw water from the Kwun Tong low level system and deliver it to the high level areas of Sau Mau Ping and Ham Tin.
8.35. Work for improvement of the inlet to Kwun Tong High Level Salt Water Service Reservoir was completed except for the in- stallation of the float and influx valves, the delivery of which was delayed.
New Territories
8.36. Tsuen Wan West water supply was nearing completion. The work includes a pumping station and four service reservoirs: salt water high level and low level and fresh water high level and low level. The fresh water low level service reservoir is designed for a capacity of 14 million gallons.
8.37. The six million gallon per day treatment works at Tai Po Tau was successfully commissioned with no major difficulty.
8.38. Progress on the Castle Peak water supply scheme included lining and grouting in the tunnel from Tai Lam Chung and site forma- tion for the new Castle Peak treatment works at San Hui. A contract was also let for the supply of the treatment plant equipment.
8.39. Construction of the two million gallon Yuen Long balance tank proceeded, though considerably delayed by the quantity of rock in the
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excavation being higher than anticipated and by restrictions on the supply of explosives.
8.40. A scheme was prepared for uprating the Yuen Long treatment works from two million to four million gallons per day and tenders were invited for the supply of the treatment plant.
8.41. A cross-country link main between Yuen Long treatment works and the Castle Peak treatment works site was being laid. This will deliver treated water to the new development at Castle Peak until the Castle Peak treatment works has been commissioned.
8.42. Laying of five miles of trunk main to supply treated water to Sha Tin and the new Chinese University at Ma Liu Shui was com- pleted, requiring only final testing to be carried out.
8.43. A temporary pumping station was in course of erection at the Sha Tin treatment works to supplement existing pumping capacity prior to the uprating of the permanent pumping station.
8.44. Work was in hand on erosion control works comprising grading, turfing and channelling in the Lower Shing Mun catchment
area.
8.45. Construction and maintenance of irrigation works in the New Territories continued. These included works carried out under the pro- gramme of minor irrigation works on behalf of D.A.F. and under the Plover Cove Scheme. One item was a 200 foot deep well which was sunk at Fung Yuen to receive an 8 inch submersible pump.
8.46. A contract was let for laying cast iron sewer at Tai Mui Tuk to link up the existing drainage systems of the Plover Cove quarters and other buildings and to discharge outside the reservoir catchment
area.
8.47. Preparations, including indenting for pipes, were in hand for the Sai Kung town water supply scheme, the construction of which is expected to commence later in the year.
8.48. With the improvement in the Colony's water supply system, the temporary Castle Peak flood pumping scheme, installed to pump river water to the Tai Lam Chung catchwater during the 1967 draught, was dismantled and the 21" diameter steel main removed for use elsewhere.
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General
PLANNING DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
T. H. TOMLINSON, B.Sc., C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
Li Hin-wing, B.Sc. (Eng.) (Lond.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E. (Acting)
8.49. 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 water schemes in association with consulting engineers.
Hydrological Section
8.50. The principal function of this section is the collection and study of hydrological data from catchments in the Colony in order that accurate assessments of yield may be made for any part of the Colony. Observations were taken at 120 rain gauging stations, 16 stream gauging stations, eight reservoir overflow stations and two evaporation stations. During the year the construction of a new weir at Nim Wan was completed to provide information on yields in the north-west part of the Colony.
8.51. Sets of generalized flood pumping curves were prepared show- ing the amounts of water that can be pumped at any site with varying pump capacities. A major revision of the report 'Gross Yield of Hong Kong Reservoirs' was almost completed by the end of the year. A study was made on the possible effects of afforestation on stream flow and a technical report on topics of 'The Effect of Afforestation on Stream-Flow in Hong Kong' was completed. The 1966 and 1967 hydrological data books were prepared for publication and a study was being made of hydrological data for a possible water scheme on the Sai Kung peninsula.
Water Resources Survey Section
8.52. The Water Resources Survey is being carried out in conjunction with Messrs. Binnie and Partners. Work continued on preparing regula- tion and operation rules for the management of water stocks and supplies with the adoption of computer methods for regulation studies. The 'Water Resources Survey Final Report' and the 'Report on Desalting' were received and technical notes on water demand and waste detection were revised and updated prior to finalization. Investi- gations were conducted on the demands and regulated yields for all
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existing and proposed development inclusive of the Sai Kung peninsula catchments and a report on the High Island water scheme was com- pleted by Messrs. Binnie and Partners. A study on the re-use of water was made and an interim report prepared.
Planning Section
8.53. Proposals for the improvement of supplies to the urban development of western Mid Levels were finalized and the capacity of the existing supply system in relation to future demand in the Peak Area was assessed. Investigations were carried out for improvements in the water supplies to Shau Kei Wan and Chai Wan. Design of distribu- tion mains in the Wan Chai reclamation area was completed.
8.54. Proposals were made for the provision of water supplies to military establishments and villages in the New Territories including Tai Po, Yuen Long and Sai Kung. The investigation for the provision of a raw water flushing system for Castle Peak New Town Stage IA, in advance of the ultimate salt water flushing system, was completed and a preliminary appraisal of a water supply to Ma Wan Island was made.
8.55. A study of 1976 mains requirements in Hong Kong and Kowloon major supply zones was put in hand and the effects of the Mass Transport and Long Term Road Study proposals on the existing and proposed waterworks installations were examined. A reassessment of industrial fresh water consumption was completed and an interim report on marine growth in salt water mains prepared.
General
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
R. J. JOHNSON, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.W.E.
8.56. The Division is responsible, in association with other divisions, for the operation and maintenance of all waterworks electrical and mechanical plant and equipment and for the design, procurement, installation and commissioning of all new waterworks plant in the Colony with the exception of the plant associated with the Plover Cove Water Scheme.
Operation and Maintenance
8.57. Commissioning of new installations increased the total number of pumping stations operated by the Division to 55.
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8.58. The year brought with it the opportunity to dewater the Plover Cove Reservoir for the second time and for this purpose, the capacity of the floating pumping station was increased from forty million to eighty million gallons per day. The dewatering operation was success- fully carried out. This plant was later removed and brought ashore for storage following the commissioning of the permanent pumping plant at Tai Mei Tuk.
8.59. A temporary cross-connection made at Tai Po Tau enabled the standby element of the pumping plant installed for the local supply to the Sheung Shui/Tai Po area to be used for delivering extra water to the Sha Tin Treatment Works.
8.60. Subsequent to the commissioning of the new electrical salt water pumping station at Central Reclamation, the old diesel powered pumps at Blake Pier and Rumsey Street were dismantled and removed.
8.61. Four diesel engine pumping sets were temporarily installed to add 12 million gallons per day to the pumping capacity at the River Indus Pumping Station so that the amount of water pumped from China to the Tai Lam Chung Reservoir would not be affected by any breakdown of the existing high lift pumps.
8.62. Maintenance programmes introduced during the year 1967-68 were revised in the light of experience. The in-service training of instrument mechanics and trade apprentices continued.
New Works
8.63. Six new pumping stations were commissioned during the year including a salt water pumping station at Yau Tong. Pumping plants for another six pumping stations were ordered and work commenced on the design of two more.
Water QualiTY CONTROL SECTION
Senior Waterworks Chemist:
D. L. MAKER, A.R.I.C., P.A.I.W.E.
8.64. This Section is responsible for maintaining the chemical and bacteriological quality of water supplied by the Water Authority to internationally-accepted standards as well as controlling the purification of raw water. During the year its facilities were expanded by the opening of a third fully equipped laboratory at the Eastern filter station to control and check on standards of supplies on Hong Kong Island,
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in addition to the existing Laboratories at Sha Tin and Kowloon on the mainland. The biological unit at Plover Cove Reservoir was also incorporated into the section on 1st August, 1968. The total number of water samples examined increased by 93% over the previous year to 25,033 of which 5,769 were for bacteriological testing.
8.65. All urban and many rural areas are supplied with water which is fully treated at the older treatment works by coagulation with alum and lime followed by rapid gravity filtration, chlorination, pH value correction and fluoridation whilst at the contemporary waterworks designed to deal with water resources subject to pollution, filtration is preceded by sedimentation and additional chlorination.
8.66. Inflows reduced the salinity of water in Plover Cove Reservoir from 2,100 parts per million expressed as sodium chloride (NaCl) in May to a minimum of 460 parts per million by September. Algal activity, which had previously caused some filtration difficulties at the Sha Tin treatment works, gradually declined towards the end of the year. Regular hydrological and biological surveys of the Plover Cove reservoir continued and 660,500 freshwater fish fry were introduced as part of the stocking programme.
8.67. The blending of Plover Cove reservoir water into the system reducing the salinity of water supplied to around 300 parts per million NaCl and hardness to 100 parts per million as CaCo, was accepted by consumers without adverse comment, in contrast to the previous year when the higher salinities of up to 900 parts per million evoked numerous complaints of salty taste and excessive hardness. During the year 136 complaints of quality were made, 95% being of dirty or dis- coloured water while objectionable odour or taste accounted for only 2%.
8.68. In connection with the continued fluoridation of supplies which had been started in 1961 the average level of fluoride maintained was 0.86 parts per million compared with a nominal target of 1.0 parts per million, the slight deficiency in dosing being attributable to the poor dry feeding characteristics of chemical available.
8.69. Bacteriological purity of supply was well maintained; the standard aimed at is absence of coliform organisms in 100 ml. Of the 2,445 periodic samples taken from service reservoirs, 99.6% conformed to this standard or better. Random samples were also taken from con- sumers' premises and public standpipes. 98.7% of the 1,029 samples
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from taps connected directly to mains and 94.9% of the 825 samples taken from taps fed via private storage tanks were free from coliform organisms. The higher percentage of substandard samples usually being due to the dirty condition of the private storage tanks from which the samples were taken. All results showed an improvement over the previous year.
8.70. The section's services were utilized by other Divisions mainly in connection with the planning of new treatment works and supply schemes, while requests by other government departments, commercial firms and the general public for analyses and advice on water quality and treatment matters resulted in the examination of 1,132 samples, an increase of 77% over the previous year.
CONSULTANTs Liaison SeCTION
Senior Engineer:
No Lin-hing, B.S. (Calif.), D.I.C., C.Eng., M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct.E., A.M.I.W.E.
General
8.71. This section is responsible for liaison with the consulting engineers working on water supply schemes for the Hong Kong Government. Expenditure on works during the year totalled over $35 million.
Plover Cove Scheme
8.72. The construction of the Plover Cove main and subsidiary dams, the spillway and associated access roads and the Tai Mei Tuk pumping station with control house were completed and the scheme inaugurated by His Excellency the Governor on 20th January, 1969. Reliability trials were completed on all pumpsets and official trials held on two of the units. Wiring of the supervisory control and measuring equipment was completed and the Stage II telemetry system installed.
8.73. The construction of irrigation dams at Hok Tau and Lau Shui Heung was completed and the impounding reservoirs filled during the wet season.
8.74. Installation of valves and pipework to integrate the draw-off of water from the Jubilee Reservoir with the releases from the Plover Cove scheme was started.
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8.75. Tenders were invited for completing minor outstanding works : in and around the pumping station.
i Shek Pik and Tung Chung Schemes
8.76. Minor irrigation works associated with the Tung Chung Scheme continued.
Uprating of Sha Tin Treatment Works and Pumping Station and Tai
Po Tau Pumping Station
8.77. The proposals for extending the Sha Tin Treatment plant were studied and it was decided to divide the work into two components, namely, uprating the present capacity from 80 million to 100 million gallons per day and subsequently increasing the capacity to 175 million gallons per day incorporating provision for further uprating to be carried out at a later date to deal with the water collected from sources other than the Plover Cove complex.
8.78. A contract was awarded for the supply and installation of three 30 million gallons per day pumps for uprating the Tai Po Tau pumping station and a similar contract was let for two 30 million gallons per day units required at the Sha Tin pumping station.
8.79. Tenders were invited for the supply and installation of the electrical equipment required for the uprating of the Tai Po Tau pumping station and a quotation was obtained for the associated supervisory control and instrumentation equipment.
8.80. Selected specialist firms were invited to tender for supplying and installing suitable additional treatment plant and tenders were called for the investigation of the sites for the proposed extensions.
8.81. Design of the new pump house facilities at Tai Po Tau and Sha Tin and of the bandscreen chamber and revised discharge arrange- ments at Tai Po Tau was put in hand.
Raising of Plover Cove Dams
8.82. The proposal for raising the Plover Cove dams by 12 feet to +39 P.D. was accepted. Tenders were invited for the investigation of the earth fill in the existing dams, spillway foundations and proposed borrow areas.
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8.83. A report on raising the retention level in Plover Cove by means of gates or siphons was received from Messrs. Binnie and Part- ners, whilst model testing of a siphon spillway was being carried out by the Hydraulic Research Station in U.K.
8.84. A means of dewatering the Stage II tunnels to facilitate regular inspections was being investigated.
Investigation into Future Water Supplies
8.85. The feasibility of building a large impounding reservoir in the Sai Kung peninsula was examined and the consulting engineers' recommendations were being studied.
ACCOUNTS SECTION
Treasury Accountant: T. OWEN, A.C.A.
8.86. The Section is responsible for recording all Waterworks expenditure and issuing water accounts. It also maintains the register of consumers and licensed plumbers and issues various licences required by the Waterworks Ordinance.
8.87. The number of accounts issued for water consumed during the year rose by over 30% above the previous year. The number of con- sumers' accounts has doubled over the last 3 years, increasing from 140,000 during 1965-66 to 280,000 last year.
STAFF, TRAINING AND WELFARE
Staff
8.88. Ten members of the staff, who have each served for more than 25 years, retired during the year.
Training
8.89. Courses were continued during the year for serving officers who wished to be trained as house service inspectors. Eleven trainees satisfactorily completed a six months course during the year.
8.90. Eight young engineers on agreement were undergoing practical training within the department under the Practical Training Scheme of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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8.91. The established Trade Apprenticeship Scheme continued successfully in the Electrical and Mechanical Sections; four apprentices completed their five-year apprenticeship during the year.
Welfare
8.92. Chinese New Year parties, financed by the Christmas raffle and donations from senior staff members, were held by the two Depots. Over one thousand children attended the two parties. The Headmasters of Wah Yan Colleges in Hong Kong and Kowloon kindly allowed their school grounds to be used for this purpose.
APPRECIATION
9.01. Apart from heavy rainstorms in June during which the emergency organization of the Civil Engineering Office came into action, the year was comparatively uneventful. A great deal of work however has had to go into the preliminary planning for major schemes which may be undertaken over the next few years simply to ensure that these schemes are not frustrated. Such work is unproduc- tive and has absorbed much staff effort.
9.02. In addition, the time required between the establishment of a need for additional staff and the recruitment of officers to fill posts, together with the difficulty of obtaining qualified officers of the right calibre, has resulted in continuing vacancies particularly in technical and professional grades. As a consequence, all officers have had to carry a burden of additional duties and I take this opportunity to record my thanks for their loyalty and hard work throughout the year.
J. J. ROBSON,
Director of Public Works.
27th June, 1969.
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APPENDIX A
OCCUPANTS OF SENIOR DUTY POSTS
Holder
From
To
HEADQUARTERS
Director of Public
Works
Mr. A. M. J. WRIGHT, C.M.G.,
A.R.I.B.A., F.R.L.C.S.
1. 4.68 27. 3.69
Mr. G. P. NORTON, A.R.I.B.A.
(Acting)
Director of Engineering
Development
Director of Building
Development
Mr. J. J. ROBSON, C.Eng., F.I.C.E.,
A.M.I.Struct.E.
Mr. J. J. ROBSON, C.Eng., F.I.C.E.,
A.M.I.Struct.E.
Mr. G. J. SKELT, B.Sc. (Eng.), D.I.C.,
C.Eng., M.I.C.E. (Acting)
Mr. G. J. SKELT, B.Sc. (Eng.), D.I.C.,
C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
Mr. G. P. NORTON, A.R.I.B.A.
Mr. P. V. SHAWE, F.R.I.C.S.,
M.R.S.H. (Acting)
Mr. P. V. SHAWE, F.R.I.C.S.,
M.R.S.H.
1. 4.68 5. 5.68
28. 3.69 31. 5.69
1.4.68 27. 3.69
1. 4.68 28. 6.68
28. 3.69 31. 3.69
1. 4.68 7. 5.68
1. 4.68 7. 5.68
8. 5.68 31. 3.69
SUB-DEPARTMENTS
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
Government Architect
Mr. C. R. J. DONNITHORNE,
A.R.I.B.A.
Mr. W. E. LEVIE, Dip.Arch.,
A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
1. 4.68
2. 5.68
Government Building
Surveyor
Mr. P. V. SHAWE, F.R.I.C.S.,
M.R.S.H.
1. 4.68
7. 5.68
Mr. E. H. ROWLEY, F.R.I.C.S.
(Acting)
1. 4.68
7. 5.68
Mr. E. H. RoWLEY, F.R.L.C.S.
8. 5.68 31. 3.69
Mr. J. G. STEAN, A.R.I.C.S. (Acting)
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APPENDIX A-Contd.
Holder
From
To
Superintendent of
Crown Lands and Survey
Government Civil
Engineer
CROWN LANDS & SURVEY OFFICE
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. Mr. W. L. T. CRUNDEN, F.R.L.C.S.,
F.A.I., F.R.S.H., F.I.B. (Acting)
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
Mr. G. J. SKELT, B.Sc. (Eng.), D.I.C.,
C.Eng., M.I.C.E.
Mr. J. R. WHITAKER, M.A. (Cantab.),
C.Eng., F.I.C.E., F.I.Mun.E., M.I.T.E. (Acting)
Mr. J. R. WHITAKER, M.A. (Cantab.),
C.Eng., F.I.C.E., F.I.Mun.E., M.I.T.E.
ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL OFFICE
Government Electrical
& Mechanical Engineer
Director of Water
Supplies
Government Water
Engineer
Mr. J. A. WALLACE, C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E., M.B.I.M. Mr. John LIM, B.Sc., C.Eng.,
M.I.Mech.E. (Acting)
WATERWORKS OFFICE
Mr. E. P. WILMOT-MORGAN, O.B.E.,
B.Sc., C.Eng., F.I.C.E., M.I.W.E.
Mr. A. S. ROBERTSON, B.Sc. (Hons.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E., À.M.I.Struct.E., A.M.I.W.E.
Mr. W. T. KNIGHT, C.Eng., M.I.C.E.,
M.I.Mun.E., M.Inst.Q. (Acting) Mr. J. M. PETTIGREW, C.Eng.,
M.I.Mech.E. (Acting)
1. 4.68 26. 9.6
1. 4.68 27. 3.69
1.4.68 28. 6.68
28. 3.69 31. 3.69
13. 8.68 17. 3.69
1. 4.68
2. 2.69
3. 2.69 31. 3.69
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APPENDIX B
STAFF FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1969
(excluding vacancies)
Assist-
Assist-
Admin- istra-
Office
Profes- ant Inspec- ant Techni-
sional Profes- torate Inspec- cal
sional
tive & Clerical¦ Others Total Execu-
torate
tive
Headquarters
9
11
5
22
8 77
19 151
Architectural Office 110
65
92
69
370
4
90
297 1,097
Buildings Ordinance
Office
46
15
2
28
3
42
16 160
Civil Engineering
Office
90
94
46
61
543
51
124 1,416 2,379
Crown Lands &
Survey Office
55
24
328
3
59 3491 823
Electrical &
Mechanical Office 14
7
35
41
445
31
76 2,593 3,214
Waterworks Office
52
47
42
85 511
5
151 1,818 2,711
Total
376
252
239 263 2,247
31
619 6,508 10,535
APPENDIX C
RATES OF PAY
Wages per month (excluding C.O.L.A.)
Grade
Average number employed
Lowest
Highest
Average
$
$
Artisan, Class I
Artisan, Class II
1,885
440
506
473
953
407
473
440
Semi-skilled Labourer
Labourer
Apprentice
:
620
353
391
372
1,702
341
353
347
70
341
353
347
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APPENDIX D
MILLION DOLLARS
800
MILLION DOLLARS
800
EXPENDITURE FROM 1959/60 TO 1968/69
750
700
WATER EMERGENCY
750
700
NON-RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
650
650
PERSONAL EMOLUMENT AND
OTHER CHARGES
600
600
550
500
450
400
$50
500
450
400
350
350
300
300
250
200
150
100
50
1959/60 1960/61 1961/62 1962/63 1963/64 1964/65 1965/66 1966/67 1967/68 1968/69
(FINANCIAL YEAR 1ST APRIL
31ST MARCH)
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200
150
100
50
APPENDIX E
TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON P.W.D. NON-RECURRENT VOTES FOR THE YEAR 1968-69
OFFICE
HEADQUARTERS
BUILDING
Resettlement and
Building 52.17%
Civil Engineering 23.55%
Waterworks 23%
• Headquarters 1.28%
EXPENDITURE
$ 3,745,338
Low Cost Housing
$90,165,838
Others (including
$8,535 for World
Refugee Year
Schemes)
CIVIL ENGINEERING
WATERWORKS
$62,409,029
$152,574,867
$ 68,870,352
$ 67,254,524
TOTAL
$292,445,081
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APPENDIX F
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31st March, 1965 to 31st March, 1969
GROSS EXPENDITURE
Administration-
Personal Emoluments
Other Charges
Special Expenditure
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:
Total P.W.D.
1964-65
1965-66
$
1966-67
$
1967-68
1968-69
S
58,402,051 69,088,433 79,013,429 2,199,912 2,580,011 1,252,004 1,116,445
89,780,068 104,640,803
2,951,274
2,534,708
3,721,855
3,929,439
1,516,836
1,999,972
61,853,967
72,784,889 84,499,411
95,018,759 110,570,214
Public Works Recurrent- Building and Lands
11,086,803
12,278,706 13,143,880
15,972,421 19,713,880
Engineering (other than Electrical and
Mechanical and Waterworks)
18,072,590
Electrical and Mechanical
3,831,940
Waterworks
13,525,294
Works executed on private account
5,504,709
17,988,198 25,066,550 19,448,962 20,671,368 3,698,577 4,533,117 30,892,567 42,753,044 5,474,098 6,009,163
5,360,930 7,000,437
40,594,089 42,774,315
4,546,253 2,428,707
Total P.W.R.
52,021,336
70,332,146 91,505,754
85,922,655 92,588,707
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
$
$
$
APPENDIX F-Contd.
:
...
:
Public Works Non-Recurrent-
Buildings
Headquarters
Civil Engineering
Waterworks
:
:
Total P.W.D. Non-R.
115
192,791,596 216,617,438 185,346,864 170,117,164 152,574,867
38,022,964 35,358,850 31,159,789 13,085,305
3,745,338
94,276,095 144,884,282 118,261,292 89,800,797 68,870,353 165,359,606 190,538,004 145,125,284 87,796,545 67,254,524
490,450,261 587,398,574 479,893,229 360,799,811 292,445,082
World Refugee Year Schemes
1,121,245
2,299,358
209,754
39,785
8,535
Local Development Projects
2,325
...
1,123,570
2,299,358
209,754
39,785
8,535
Sub-total Capital Works
491,573,831
589,697,932 480,102,983 360,839,596 292,453,617
Grand Total Expenditure
605,449,134 732,814,967 656,108,148 541,781,010
495,612,538
Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes
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the services
Miscellaneous
HEADQUARTERS
APPENDI
STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF P.WI
BUILDINGS
Approved Estimate
Actual Expendi.
Per- cent-
Approved Estimate
Actual Expendi-
Per
cent-
ture
ture
Education
2,047,000
1,767,146 86.33
Medical & Health
9,230,000 6,726,922 728 |
6,629,000 3,745,338
56.50
Social Welfare
1,720,000 1,443,684| 83.94
Resettlement...
Low Cost Housing ...] 46,230,000₫ 38,596,848| 83.49
64,465,000 53,456,051| 82.92
Urban Services
(Urban Areas)
16,815,000 11,122,795
66.15
Urban Services
(New Territories)..
2,205,000
1,451,021 65.80
Post Office
900,000
126,165 14.02
Police...
Prisons
2,937,000 3,397,626 +15.68
3,720,000 2,791,052 75.03
Fire Services ..........
3,795,000 2,159,828 56.91
New Territories
800,000 243,755 30.47
General
24,613,300 22,936,791 93.19
Miscellaneous
6,880,000 6,355,183 92.37
Total
6,629,000 3,745,338 56.50
Total
186,357,300 152,574,867||||| 81.87
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[ON-RECURRENT EXPENDITURE 1968-69
CIVIL ENGINEERING
WATERWORKS
Actual
Estimate
Approved Expendi-
ture
Per- cent- age
Approved Estimate
Actual Expendi-
ture
Per- cent- age
Hong Kong Island
Roads and Bridges
Ɔrainage
11,540,500 10,046,038
5,584,000 4,897,363
Port Works and
Development
6,533,000 4,719,550
72.24
Kowloon and
New Kowloon
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon and New
Kowloon
87.05
87.70 New Territories
(Excluding Plover Cove and Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Development Supply)
Plover Cove
Tsuen Wan/Kwai
Chung Develop- ment Supply
9,524,000 6,635,140) 69.67
6,742,000 5,093,298 75.55
14,350,000 10,138,938 70.65
38,593,000 38,670,498) + 0.20
4,900,000 4,256,558 86.87
2,322,000 2,460,092 + 5.95
Roads and Bridges
16,122,000 13,813,245 85.68 General
Drainage
3,793,000 2,027,539 53.45
Port Works
5,651,000 2,779,043 49.18
Development...
10,041,800 5,445,060 54.22
- New Territories
= Roads and Bridges
Drainage
Port Works
• Development...
Miscellaneous
5,072,600 5,754,685 +13.45
5,220,000 1,454,259 27.86
1,340,000 1,485,897| 96.49
14,678,000 9,413,755 64.14
... 10,316,000 7,033,918 68.18
Total
96,091,900 68,870,352 71.67
Total
76,431,000 67,254,524
87.99
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APPENDIX H
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF VALUE OF CONTRACTS FOR CAPITAL WORKS AWARDED
DURING THE years 1964-65 to 1968-69
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
$
Buildings
:
200,992,000
148,291,000 137,680,000 164,952,000 204,245,000
Engineering (Other than Waterworks)
89,392,000 126,737,000 60,647,000 61,613,000 67,096,000
Waterworks
Total
:
61,128,000
38,089,000 28,159,000 16,601,000
4,025,000
351,512,000
313,117,000 226,486,000
243,166,000 275,366,000
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APPENDIX I
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE INCURRED IN RESPECT OF WORKS AND SERVICES UNDER THE DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR 1968-69
Maintenance of Services Works
LESS
amount
reimbursable
New
Buildings
Minor Works Operation
Elect, and
Mech.
to H.K.
Services
NET expenditure
Total
Minor
Works
(up to $4,000)|
and
Government
(Including
16%
charged to H.K.
Funds
Replacement
Departmental
Expenses)
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Army
Navy
Air Force
6,283,120.99 166,387.54 988,431.30 898,890.53 8,336,830.36| 4,448,532.69| 3,888,297.67 761,985.66 15,803.61 120,690.71 59,558.61 958,038.59 1,111,324.76 153,286.17 (Cr.) 432,427.38 10,141.60 98,638.51 151,129,46| 692,336.95 803,110.86} 110,773.91 (Cr.)
7,477,534.03
192,332.75 1,207,760.52 1,109,578.60 9,987,205.90 6,362,968.31 3,624,237.59
MAINTENANCE of Services WORKS: This expenditure covers all general maintenance, programme maintenance and minor capital works valued at not more than $4,000.
NEW SERVICes Minor Works
:
This expenditure covers the minor capital works costing not less than $4,000 and not more than $80,000.
NAVY & AIR FORCE
All expenditure incurred in respect of maintenance and new services minor works in respect of the Navy and Air Force is fully reimbursable.
APPENDIX J
STATEMENT OF CAPITAL WORKS EXPENDITURE INCURRED UNDER THE £2.4 MILLION DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1968-69
PART I
(i) Amount paid to M.P.B.W. for works carried out by them but chargeable to H.K. Govt. under the Agreement (ii) Actual expenditure incurred by P.W.D. in respect of Capital Works chargeable to H.K. Funds
...
$4,233,103.81
5,058,047.46(A)
$9,291,151.27
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PART II
Actual expenditure incurred by P.W.D. on Capital Works for the Navy, Air Force and Air- conditioning of St. George's School which is fully reimbursable: (i) Navy
(ii) Air Force
...
...
**
...
(iii) St. George's School and Army Air Conditioning items
...
***
Agreement: Note: (A) i.e. $5,072,633.28 less the following debits which are not chargeable against the
(i) road and drainage works at Osborn (Hilsea) Barracks area
(ii) professional fees in connection with the claim on P.W.D. Contract No. 41 of 1963-Reconstruction of Victoria Barracks Phase IIB
...
$ 164,221.00
143,709.31
158,698.34
$ 466,628.65
$
883.07
13,702.75
14.585.82
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APPENDIX K
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
NEW BUILDING PROJECTS COSTING MORE THAN $50,000
COMPLETED in the Financial Year 1968-69
Project
Air Terminal Building, Additional Office accommodation
Cheung Chau Middle School
Approximate
Cost
$
404,750
760,000
Heung Yee Kuk Secondary School
King George V School, Stage Lighting
Clementi Middle School, Stage Lighting & Curtaining
Technical Institute, Hong Kong-Site Formation ...
Technical College Canteen, Extension and Alteration
Hung Hom Fire Station and Quarters
Additional Quarters for Kwun Tong Fire Station ...
Additional Quarters for Yuen Long Fire Station
Animal Pounds, Mainland
Silver Mine Bay, E. & M. Servicing Depot
Caroline Hill Workshops, Additional Mezzanine Floor
Sung Wong Toi Road Workships, Extension
Wong Tai Sin Low Cost Housing Estate, Area 'C', East ...
Sha Tin Pass Low Cost Housing Estate
Shing On Low Cost Housing Estate
.:.
:
:
:
:
:
:
:.
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
2,093,000
50,000
50,000
110,000
127,000
1,138,000
119,500
126,900
101,500
125,700
68,000
240,000
12,988,100
8,057,500
6,500
Queen Mary Hospital Extensions and Alterations, Operating Theatre
Block ...
7,612,100
Queen Mary Hospital Extensions and Alterations, Quarters
Chai Wan Standard 24-bed Urban Clinic & Maternity Home
Tang Shiu Kin Hospital
Yau Ma Tei Health Centre
Tong Fuk Dental Clinic
***
:
:
:
:
5,910,000
971,600
1,966,500
:
4,126,900
149,500
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APPENDIX K-Contd.
Project
Approximate Cost
$
Additions to Castle Peak Mental Hospital ...
:
1,653,100
New Medical Headquarters in Lee Gardens
161,100
Extra Courts at Gascoigne Road
139,000
Extension of the Tuberculosis Laboratory and Re-allocation of Laboratory
Space in the Government Institute of Pathology, Sai Ying Pun
132,500
Departmental Quarters & Primary School, Au Tau
6,450,000
2,699,000
Police Inspectorate Quarters, Park Road
Motor Vehicle Inspection Facilities ...
Tong Fuk Short-term Prison, Lantau
Typhoon Damage at Shek Pik Training Centre
Shek Pai Wan Resettlement Estate
Tung Tau Resettlement Estate, Stage II
.:.
:
:
:
334,000
9,151,000
204,500
22,529,960
19,668,200
Hung Hom Resettlement Estate-rewiring of Mark I & II Blocks
118,500
Approved School for Boys (Kau Wah Keng)
1,195,000
Combined Training Centre for Mentally Defective Children and Adults
and a Hostel for Adults
478,000
Modernization of the Social Welfare Dept. Hung Hom Relief Kitchen...
119,000
Kowloon Tsai Park, Stage II.....
712,300
Beach Building at Turtle Cove
Floodlighting of Games Pitches in Public Parks-1st Group
Latrine at Pui Ching Road
Abattoir at Kennedy Town
Kwun Tong (Temporary) Market
Ngau Chi Wan Temporary Hawker Bazaar
Yuen Long Children's Playground
Yuen Long Recreation & Sports Ground
:
:
:
:..
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
71,500
•
216,800
58,000
:..
:
:
:
:
:
23,426,700
129,000
76,000
93,100
980,000
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APPENDIX K-Contd.
Project
Beach Building at Silver Mine Bay
Sheung Tsuen Playground
Approximate
Cost
$
:
÷
:
:
:
:
:..
:
Latrine and Bathhouse at Yuen Long (South of Main Road)
Alterations to Central Police Station
Railway Staff Quarters, Ho Tung Lau, Shatin
Fire Station & Post Office, Rennie's Mill
Air-conditioning to Barrack Block 7, Kai Tak
Air-conditioning to St. George's School
Air-conditioning to J.S.T., Stonecutters Island
Whitfield Barracks Evacuation, Phase I
Sek Kong Huts conversion
R.A.F. Welfare Centre, Sunderland Park
:
:
:
:
:
123
86,000
118,400
213,000
54,000
680,000
213,000
92,700
289,500
77,000
2,950,000
137,000
73,100
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APPENDIX L
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
BUILDING PROJECTS ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION OR
SITE FORMATION WAS IN PROGRESS DURING 1968-69
Project
Estimated Cost
S
2,158,000
Air Terminal Building, Extension over East Transit Lounge
Air Cargo Building, Interim Alterations and Additions
Kai Tak Terminal Building Modifications, Stage III
Technical Institute, Hong Kong
Secondary Technical School, Kwun Tong
Secondary Technical School, North Kowloon
Canton Road Fire Station
Government Offices, Murray Building
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
2,038,000
14,600,000
3,643,000
2,500,000
2,750,000
6,150,000
21,360,000
Yau Ma Tei Government Slipway Reprovisioning, Stage II (Building) ...
10,500,000
Government Service Flats, Kowloon
4,400,000
Multi-storey Car Park at Yau Ma Tei, Stage I
:
:
2,615,000
New Building for Radio Hong Kong
6,000,000
North-East Kowloon Government Offices
7,950.000
Additional Type I Non-departmental Quarters, Piper's Hill (Caldecot
Road)
4,330,000
Non-departmental Quarters, Type II, Junction Road, Kowloon...
4,687,000
51,500
Cargo Examination Shed at Shek Wu Hui ...
Multi-storey Car Park, Central Reclamation (nr. Rumsey St.)
Alterations to Supreme Court Building
Tsuen Wan Magistracy Building
Low Cost Housing Estate at Aberdeen (Wong Chuk Hang)
Low Cost Housing Estate at Ngau Tau Kok, Area A
124
:
:
:..
6,311,500
330,000
2,756,000
37,330,000
22,900,000
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APPENDIX L-Contd.
Project
Low Cost Housing Estate at Ngau Tau Kok, Area B
Ko Chiu Road Low Cost Housing Estate, Site Formation
Estimated Cost
$
:
:
21,200,000
6,300,000
Ko Chiu Road Low Cost Housing Estate, Building
25,000,000
Shek Yam Low Cost Housing Estate (Kwai Chung Estate Area 9)
24,800,000
Low Cost Housing Estate, Un Chau Street
31,700,000
Lei Muk Shue Low Cost Housing Estate, Site Formation and Engineering
Works
唱
11,450,000
Lei Muk Shue Low Cost Housing Estate
49,600,000
Low Cost Housing Estate, Kwai Shing-Site Formation ...
12,000,000
Low Cost Housing Estate, Kwai Shing-Site 1 (Building)
34,000,000
:
15,700,000
Low Cost Housing Estate, Kwai Hing
New Lai Chi Kok Hospital
Redevelopment of Medical Institution, Sai Ying Pun, Phase I
39,000,000
3,000,000
Siu Lam Hospital for the Mentally Sub-normal
New Convalescent Ward Block, Kowloon Hospital
:
:
:
3,850,000
9,238,000
Queen Mary Hospital Extensions and Alternations (Additional beds)
6,528,000
Police Headquarters, Stage III
New Police Training School, Aberdeen, Stage III ...
Aberdeen Sub-divisional Police Station
Improvements to Police Stations
Senior Officers Quarters, Beas Stable
Police Inspectorate Quarters, Hong Kong Island
Police Inspectorate Quarters, Kowloon
Motor Vehicle Inspection Facilities
Women's Prison, Tai Lam
...
:.
:
:..
....
:
:
:
:
:
:
12,800,000
3,914,000
1,362,000
1,137,000
648,000
:
:
3,780,000
4,331,000
334,000
2,820,000
125
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APPENDIX L-Contd.
Project
Prison Department Staff Training School Reprovisioning and Stanley
Prison Officers' Quarters
Prisons Department Mental Hospital
Dragon's Back Training Centre
Resettlement Estate at Ham Tin, Area B
Resettlement Estate at Ngau Tau Kok (Jordan Valley West)
Resettlement Estate at Shek Lei
...
Resettlement Estate at Sau Mau Ping
Resettlement Estate at Pak Tin
Resettlement Estate at Tsz Wan Shan
Resettlement Estate at Yau Tong Bay
:
:
:
:
:
;
:
Resettlement Department Staff Quarters for Shek Lei
Estimated
Cost
$
1,779,000
5,165,000
2,450,000
46,700,000
46,000,000
51,800.000
93,800,000
55,700.000
131,600,000
26,300,000
510,000
Resettlement Estate at Chai Wan, Area 7
14,600,000
Resettlement Estate at Hing Wah
24,500,000
Resettlement Estate at Castle Peak, Area 10
9,700,000
Individual Fresh Water Connexions to Mark III and Older Mark IV
Resettlement Blocks...
5,300,000
Yuen Long Town Hall
:
880,000
Public Swimming Pool and Recreation Ground at Kwun Tong ...
Morse Park
4,520,000
1,690,000
Public Swimming Pool at Lei Cheng Uk
4,151,000
Yau Ma Tei Community Centre Recreation Area .......
:
Morse Park Swimming Pool ...
Whitfield Barracks Park
Latrine and Bathhouse at Shanghai St/Hawker Licensing Office...
Latrine at Kwun Tong Commercial Centre...
126
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222,000
4,322,000
705,000
148,800
74,200
APPENDIX L-Contd.
Project
Latrine at San Po Kong
Abattoir at Cheung Sha Wan
North Point Market
...
Tsuen Wan Park and Playground adjoining Housing Area 8
T
:
:
:
Estimated Cost
$
58,500
19,731,000
851,500
363,000
Sham Tseng Playground, Tsuen Wan
149,000
Tuen Mun (San Hui) Playground
150,000
:
Floodlighting of Parks and Playgrounds in the New Territories, 1st Group
50,000
Luen Wo Hui Playground
+4
85,000
...
Improvements to Drainage at Clear Water Bay Beaches, 1st Bay and
2nd Bay
176,000
Latrine and Bathhouse at Luen Wo Hui
Latrine and Bathhouse at Tuen Mun San Hui, Yuen Long
Latrine at Sun Fung Avenue, Shek Wu Hui
Latrine at Pak She St., Cheung Chau
148,000
170,500
:.
F.
:
:..
53,000
65,000
Reprovisioning of A.O. & E. & M. Depot from Whitfield Barracks
...
Shek Kong Camp Tennis Courts
Hilsea Primary School
140 Gurkha Married Quarters, Queen's Hill, Gallipoli Barracks
Victoria Barracks External Services ...
127
:.
140,850
181,000
1,130,000
2,960,000
471,000
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APPENDIX M
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
LIST OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY PRIVATE ARCHITECTS AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS
(1) Projects undertaken by Private Architects-
New Building for Radio Hong Kong
:
Messrs. N. J. Pappas and
Associates
Air Terminal Building Extension over
East Transit Lounge
Government Television Studios
Tang Shiu-kin Hospital
Siu Lam Hospital for the Mentally
Subnormal
Colony Transit Mail Office and Sorting
Office
Prisons Department Mental Hospital
Lady Trench Children's Day Nursery
and Training Centre
Abattoir at Kennedy Town
Abattoir at Cheung Sha Wan
:
Messrs. Eric Cumine Associates
: Messrs. Eric Cumine Associates
: Messrs. Hsin-yieh Architects and
Associates
: Messrs. Spence, Robinson
: Messrs. Szeto Wai Architects and
Engineers
: Messrs. Spence, Robinson
: Messrs. T. C. Yuen & Co.
:
Messrs. Hal Williams & Company
: 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. J. Mann & Son & Yeoman & Edward
Messrs. C. S. Toh & Press
Messrs. D. P. Woo
Messrs. P. C. Russell, Bailey, Levett & Partners
Messrs. Levett & Bailey
128
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I.
APPENDIX N
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
SUMMARY OF Statistics for 1968-69
(Comparative Statistics for 1967-68 in italics)
ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL
Registration of Architects and Contractors
Architects registered
Contractors registered...
Lift Contractors registered
Escalator Contractors registered
Miscellaneous
:
Miscellaneous permits issued for matsheds, hoardings and
scaffoldings, including the renewal of permits
Prosecutions
(1967-68)
17
12
66
55
Nil
2
Nil
686
794
Nil
Nil
...
II. GENERAL DIVISIONS
General Sections
(a) Buildings certified for occupation
Demand notes issued, for permits to erect balconies and canopies over public streets and Crown Land, total value $1,324,897.53 ($833,720)
476
703
146
80
Capital cost of new buildings completed
SM427 $M550
Cease Works Orders issued for the suspension of
approved building works
17
2
Drain tests carried out
453
638
Exclusion Orders granted under the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (N.B. These orders are granted by a Tenancy Tribunal, and not by the Buildings Ordinance Office)
***
Inspections of licensed premises and schools ...
(b) A total of 3,893 (4,302) approval permits were issued in respect of the following buildings and building works:
129
9
10
1,197
1,223
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APPENDIX N-Contd.
Proposed New Buildings
Residence
Apartments*
Tenementst
Apartment/Commercial‡
Tenement/Commercial§
Commercial
Industrial
Warehouse
School/Religious centre Hospital/Clinic ... Welfare/Recreational
Public Utilities ...
Low cost housing estate
Cinema/apartment building
...
Cinema
Swimming Pool
Columbarium
12
9
22
12
3
Nil
46
6
158
77
41
38
53
20
10
14
36
26
2
23
20
18
14
1
1
Nil
1
Nil
Nil
Nil
(Note: In respect of these proposed new buildings 427 approval permits
were issued, compared with 238 for 1967-68.)
Other Building Works
Demolition
214
246
Site formation
40
49
Alterations and additions to existing buildings
608
612
Amendment plans (i.e. plans to amend approved
plans) ...
1.191
1.608
Piling, superstructure and other structural plans
688
686
Structural amendment plans
421
551
Drainage and wells
302
303
Notes:
* An apartment building is a building consisting of self-contained
units of residential accommodation.
† A tenement building is a building in which any living room is adapted or intended for the use of more than one tenant or sub-tenant, 'living room' being defined as any room adapted or intended as a place for cooking or sleeping.
‡ An apartment/commercial building is usually a building in which the ground floor is intended for commercial usage, the remainder being for apartments.
§ A tenement/commercial building is usually a building in which the ground floor is intended for commercial usage, the remainder being for tenements.
130
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APPENDIX N--Contd.
Control and Enforcement Sections
Buildings inspected
830
559
Notices issued for the removal of unauthorized structures...
3,898
1,429
Notices complied with (the remainder not yet time-expired,
or in process of enforcement action.)
***
3,860
702
Invitations sent to owners to submit plans to permit
retention of tolerated unauthorized structures
48
18
Retention plans submitted
51
30
III. DANGEROUS BUILDINGS DIVISION
Closure Orders obtained
Demolition Orders issued
Repair Notices issued ... Redevelopment Notices issued
Redevelopment Orders issued
Persons dispossessed as a result of Closure Orders
131
:
::
:
185
235
159
206
675
467
150
189
111
152
7,600 11,113
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APPENDIX O
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
NEW CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS COSTING OVER $100,000
COMPLETED IN the Financial Year 1968-69
Project
(a) Roadworks, Drainage and Bridges
(i) Hong Kong:
!
Approximat
Cost
$
Repulse Bay Road Widening (Bridge over South Bay Road) Cotton Tree Drive (New Government Office Building to Helena
May Institute)
407,000
---
1,021.000
New Stormwater Drain in Waterfront Road from Harcourt Road to Tonnochy Road and Arsenal Street Sewer Duplication
384.000
Waterfront Road-Road through Victoria Park
515.000
Construction of Slip Roads and Surfacing of Cotton Tree
Drive
504.000
Wah Fu Estate-Construction of Main Road and Ancillary
Drainage
$57.000
Kennedy Road Improvements (Queen's Road East to St.
James Primary School)
340.000
Construction of Conveyor Gallery in Victoria Park
506.000
Stubbs Road-Realignment and Improvement (Bend adjacent
to Victoria Heights)
141.000
Shek Pai Wan Road/Access Road to Wah Fu Estate-Interim
Junction Improvement
151.000
Pokfulam Road Widening, Stage IV, Part I
212.000
Relaying of Sewers in Branch Roads off Belcher's Street and
the Praya
***
286.000
Construction of Box Culvert, Hillside East of Tin Hau Temple
Road
...
临身
$28,000
Construction of Spillway Dam and Catchpit to Braemar
Reservoir
***
499,000
Construction of Nullah and Nullah Bridge, Staunton Creek,
Aberdeen, Stage I, Phase II ...
2,000,000
Nam Hong Street-Nullah Culverting and Road Reconstruction Wah Fu Estate-Construction of Main Road and Ancillary
Drainage
98.000
708.000
Reconstruction of Tai Hang Road (True Light Middle School)... New Road off Chai Wan Road from Lee Chung Street to Chai
Wan Clinic and Maternity Home
229,000
172,000
132
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W
APPENDIX 0-Contd.
Project
(i) Hong Kong (Contd.)
Factory Street Nullah Culverting and Road Reconstruction Construction of Trunk Sewers in Yee Wo Street, Tung Lo Wan
Road and Jardine's Bazaar
...
Construction of Trunk Sewer in Percival Street/Leighton Road... Construction of Roads and Drainage, Wong Chuk Hang Low
Cost Housing, Stage I
Approximate Cost
$
248,000
+4
317,000
147,000
450,000
2,800,000
274,000
Bowrington Canal Extension
Construction of Trunk Sewer in Tai Hang Road
D
(ii) Kowloon:
Ngau Tau Kok Bus Terminus
***
146,000
Tai Po Road Widening between Lung Cheung Road and Castle Peak Road Junction, Stage I (North Kowloon Magistracy to Castle Peak Road)
890,000
...
***
Canton Road Widening (from Peking Road to Ocean Terminal
Entrance)
152,000
Construction of Lai Chi Kok Trunk Sewer (from east side of Water Boat Dock to junction of future roads opposite N.K.L.L. 5087)
*
360,000
Reconstruction of Heng Lam Street (Junction Road to Fung
Mo Street)
115,000
Reconstruction of Mong Kok Road (Tong Mi Road to
Reclamation Street)
211,000
Reconstruction of Mong Kok Road (Nathan Road to Tung
Choi Street) and Knight Street
200,000
Reconstruction of Kai Tak Road and Ta Ku Ling Road (Nga
Tsin Wai Road to Carpenter Road) Reconstruction of Woh Chai Street (Nam Cheong Street South-east through Resettlement Estate) and Sai Yeung Choi Street (Boundary Street Northward to N.K.I.L. 4843)... Stormwater Drainage Improvements near Hok Lo Village, Kai
Tak
***
172,000
240,000
**
***
***
143,000
Reconstruction of Mong Kok Road (Tung Choi Street to Sai
Yee Street)
140,000
Extension of Aircraft Parking Apron, Kai Tak
3,540,000
Tsz Wan Shan Bus Terminus (South)
...
164,000
Tsz Wan Shan Bus Terminus (North)
185,000
Decking of Hing Wah Street Nullah (Po On Road to Fuk Wing
Street)
154,000
Reconstruction of Waterloo Road (Boundary Street to approach
ramp of Flyover at Nairn House Intersection)
133
437,000
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APPENDIX O-Contd.
Project
Approximate Cost
(iii) New Territories:
Kwai Chung Intercepting Sewer Extension
Departmental Quarters, Au Tau-Roads and Drains, Stage I..... Castle Peak Road/Lei Muk Road/Kwai Chung Road Junction... Improvement to Anderson Road/Clearwater Bay Road
Junction
***
750.000
167,000
$65,000
147,000
Tsuen Wan West Bus Terminus
622.000
-
Road and Drainage Works in Kwai Chung Area 29, Stage III....... Reconstruction of Yeung Uk Road (Northern Half)
682,000
340,000
Yuen Long Eastern Roundabout
350,000
Road Works in Tsing Lung Tau
160,000
Luk Keng-Tai Mei Tuk Road, Stage I (from Tai Mei Tuk to
Chung Mei)
1,783,000
Kwai Chung North (Shek Lei) Resettlement Estate-Roads,
Drains and Surfaces
2,100,000
Site Formation, Kwai Chung North-Stage II (Lei Muk Shu
Resettlement Estate)-Roads, Drains and Surfaces)
5,000.000
Kwai Chung Area 9 Low Cost Housing Estate (Shek Lei
L.C.H. Estate)-Roads, Drains and Surfaces
700,000
(b) Port Works
Minor Ferry Service Piers at Yau Kom Tau on the Mainland
and Tsing Yi
244.000
44 4
Landing Facilities at Tathong
156,000
Winch Hauled Trolley and Track, Waglan Island
115,000
Dredging at H.M.S. Tamar
150,000
Seawall Foundation at Wan Chai Reclamation, Stage II,
Section 5-6
796,000
Roof over Kwun Tong Public Pier
***
105,000
H.M.S. Tamar Seawall
153.000
134
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APPENDIX P
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED OR COMMENCED DURING 1968-69
Project
Estimated
Cost
$
(a) Roadworks, Drainage and Bridges
(i) Hong Kong:
***
Fleming Road Flyover and Associated Road and Drainage
Works, Stage I
2,720,000
Canal Road Flyover
5,698,000
Chai Wan Road Widening (Section between its junction with
Shau Kei Wan Road and Tai Tam Road)
1,643,000
Waterfront Road through Causeway Bay ...
3,250,000
Construction of Cotton Tree Drive (Helena May Institute to
Y.W.C.A.) and Associated Works
2,319,000
Branch Road off Repulse Bay Road
872,000
Waterfront Road from Harcourt Road to Luard Road
(including Arsenal Street Flyover) Pokfulam Reservoir Road-Reconstruction and Improvement..... Development South of Tin Hau Temple Road, Roads and
Drains, Stage I, Phase III
Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau Sewerage District Development-
Sewer at Staunton Creek
Improvement of Existing Stream Courses in Shing On Village,
Nam On Fong Village and Tsin Shui Ma Tau Village Shau Kei Wan Sewerage District Development-Shau Kei Wan
Road Sewer
***
2,319,000
141,000
***
1,555,000
169,000
145,000
...
515,000
Reconstruction of Mong Lung Street and Kam Wa Street and
Associated Drainage Works
...
4.
135,000
44
Staunton Creek Nullah fronting Aberdeen Sports Ground,
Stage III, Part I
444
1,000,000
Improvements of Victoria Road from I.L. 7760 to access road
leading to Sandy Bay
***
300,000
Construction of Submarine Sewer Outfall, Wah Fu Estate-
Kai Lung Wan
173,000
(ii) Kowloon:
Cheung Sha Wan Road Extension and Partial Reconstruction... Kwun Tong Road, Stage IV
2,500,000
1,800,000
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads & Drainage for Housing Zones
I, II & III and Commercial Centre
5,800,000
135
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(ii) Kowloon (Contd.)
APPENDIX P-Contd.
Project
Estimated
Cost
S
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads & Drainage for Industrial
Zone 5, Section A
5,180,000
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads & Drainage for Industrial
Zone 5, Section B
2,600.000
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads & Drainage for Industrial
Zone 6
1,750.000
Lai Chi Kok Road Extension (Ton Kin Street to Kom Tsuen
Street)
3,850.000
Lung Cheung Road Extension. Stage I .
1,200,000
Shatin Pass Road Reconstruction
1,280,000
Road from Tsim Sha Tsui to Airport: Widening of Chatham
Road (Salisbury Road to Gascoigne Road)
1,350,000
Road from Tsim Sha Tsui to Airport: Widening of Chatham
Road (Winslow Street to Ma Tau Wei Road)
420,000
Link Road (Waterloo Road to Wang Tau Hom)
1,200.000
Yau Tong Development, Roads and Drainage
2,144,000
Tai Po Road Widening between Lung Cheung Road and
Castle Peak Road Junction, Stage II .
***
1,800,000
Reconstruction and Widening of Pui Ching Road between
Waterloo Road Princess Margaret Road
1,250,000
Roads and Ancillary Drainage at To Kwa Wan Reclamation Widening and Improvement of Waterloo Road (from Norfolk
Road to Cornwall Street)
800.000
1,700,000
Argyle Street Improvements, Stage I (Princess Margaret Road
to Tin Kwong Road)
1,170,000
***
Princess Margaret Road/Fat Kwong Street/Pui Ching Road
Junction Improvement
2,660,000
Hong Ning Road Extension, Roads and Drainage
650,000
Kowloon City Interchange Improvements
29,000,000
Yim Po Fong Street Improvement
450,000
Prince Edward Road/Choi Hung Road Roundabout Improve-
ments (Adjacent to Airport Police Station)
11,000.000
**
***
Tai Kok Tsui Road Extension (Fuk Tsun Street to Cherry
Street)
600,000
Road from Tsim Sha Tsui to Airport: Reconstruction of Western Carriageway to Chatham Road (Salisbury Road to Gascoigne Road) ...
1,055,000
Argyle Street/Waterloo Road/Princess Margaret Road Junction
Improvements
350,000
136
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(ii) Kowloon (Contd.)
APPENDIX P-Contd.
Project
Estimated
Cost
$
Clearwater Bay Road (New Alignment from Lung Cheung Road to Anderson Road), Stage I (Lung Cheung Road to Western Boundary of Ping Shek Estate)
815,000
North East Kowloon Road Network-Preliminary Works Kowloon Eastern Sewerage Scheme, Stage II (To Kwa Wan)....... Maintenance Apron and Associated Drainage Works, Kai Tak
Airport
450,000
2,100,000
2,565,000
Kwun Tong Sewerage Scheme
South Kowloon Peninsula Sewerage Scheme
•
Hammer Hill Road Widening and Drainage Improvements
3,490,000
6,750,000
3,050,000
Kwun Tong New Town, Roads and Drainage for Industrial
Zone 5, Sections C and D
...
3,600,000
Ngok Yue Shan, Kwun Tong, Roads and Drainage
5,500,000
Ngau Tau Kok Village, Drainage and Roads
2,400,000
Trunk Sewer in Tsui Ping Road and King Yip Street
1,500,000
Completion of Roads and Drainage Work at Fung Wong
Village/Tsz Wan Shan Exchange Area
1,330,000
Lai Chi Kok Sewerage District Development: Wing Lung
Street/Cheung Sha Wan Road Sewer
1,500,000
***
Sham Shui Po Sewerage District_Development: Yen Chow
Street/Paratas Street/Kiu Kiang Street Sewer Sham Shui Po Sewerage District Development: Yee Kuk Street Intercepting Sewer and Kweilin Street/Pei Ho Street Sewer ... Tai Kok Tsui/Yau Ma Tei Sewerage District Development:
Prince Edward Road Intercepting Sewer 'A'
680,000
...
1,540,000
1,500,000
Tai Kok Tsui/Yau Ma Tei Sewerage District Development:
Portland Street Sewer
1,000,000
Ngau Tau Kok Low Cost Housing Area 'A'-Roads, Drains
and Surfaces
1,000,000
Ngau Tau Kok Low Cost Housing Area 'B'-Roads, Drains
and Surfaces
1,000,000
Yau Tong Low Cost Housing Estate-Roads, Drains and
Surfaces
2,600,000
Ham Tin Resettlement Estate Area 'A'-Roads, Drains and
Surfaces
2,720,000
Ham Tin Resettlement Estate Area 'B'-Roads, Drains and
Surfaces
2,500,000
Jordan Valley West (Ngau Tau Kok) Resettlement Estate............
Roads, Drains and Surfaces
3,000,000
137
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APPENDIX P-Contd.
Project
(ii) Kowloon (Contd.)
Sau Mau Ping Resettlement Estate-Roads, Drains and
Surfaces
Estimated Cost
$
...
8,000,000
Tsz Wan Shan Resettlement Estate-Roads, Drains and
Surfaces
10,300,000
Yau Tong Resettlement Estate-Roads, Drains and Surfaces.....
3,200,000
Un Chau Street Low Cost Housing Estates-Roads, Drains
and Surfaces
1,300,000
Shek Kip Mei Resettlement Estate Extension (Pak Tin Resettlement Estate)-Roads, Drains and Surfaces
2,800,000
(iii) New Territories:
Shing Mun River Flood Control Scheme-Stage I, Phase II Completion of Road to Junk Bay, Stage I (Lei Yue Mun Road
to Sau Mau Ping)...
Sewage Treatment Works at Pillar Island, Site Formation Footbridge at Castle Peak Road near Tai Wo Hau
780.000
1,620.000
1,600,000
150.000
Access Road at Fo Tan
420,000
Footbridge at Tung Chung, Lantau
4.
75,000
Kwai Chung Area 9---Resettlement and Low Cost Housing
Estates, Roads, Drains and Surfaces
1,746,000
Access Road to Sha Tin Clinic and Maternity Home Civil Engineering Office Radio Network-Repeater Station,
Tate's Cairn
55,000
*.*
25.000
Kwai Shing Government Low Cost Housing Estate-Roads,
Drains and Surfaces, Stage I
1,785,000
Castle Peak Road Improvement, Castle Peak to Ping Shan-
Stage I
4,936,000
Kwai Chung Industrial Area 27, Final Surfacing of Roads Surfacing of Hok Tau Access Road
1,557.000
238,000
Maintenance Works at Private Quarry Site, Tsing Lung Tau,
M.S. 14, Castle Peak Road
86,000
Plover Cove Water Scheme, Stage II, surfacing of Access Roads
230,000
(b) Port Works
Incineration Plant, Hong Kong Island
Central Reclamation, Stages II & IV Chai Wan Seawall, Stage I
21,110,000
19,700,000
Sandy Bay Reclamation, Stage II ...
138
:
8,000,000
5,700.000
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APPENDIX P-Contd.
Project
Estimated
Cost
$
(b) Port Works (Contd.)
Wan Chai Reclamation, Stage I
***
24,500,000
Aberdeen Southern Breakwaters
14,000,000
Wan Chai Cargo Handling Basin, Breakwater Arm
4,000,000
Aldrich Bay Breakwater
N
14,000,000
Incineration and Composting Plant, Kowloon
28,600,000
Second Incinerator in Kowloon
17,000,000
TAA
Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation, Stage II ...
2,700,000
Cha Kwo Ling Seawall, Stage II
4,000,000
Tai Wan Seawall, Stage I
***
700,000
Yau Ma Tei Slipway Reprovisioning, Stage I (Pier & Slipway)...
6,773,000
Kowloon Bay Seawall, Part II
2,000,000
Tai Wan Seawall, Stage II
-
800,000
Shuen Wan Typhoon Shelter
5,500,000
Pier at Ap Chau, Sha Tau Kok
*
350,000
Sai Kung Typhoon Shelter (Yim Tin Tsai), Stage I
2,000,000
Feasibility Study of a Proposed Container Terminal at Kwai
Chung
750,000
Demolition of Ngai Kap Pai Reef
30,000
Light Beacons at Shek Kwu Chau, Pak Kok, Luk Keng and
Kau Yi Chau
75,000
***
Light Beacons at Lau Fau Shan, Siu A Chau and Northwest
Tsing Yi Island
***
120,000
Cover for Peng Chau Public Pier
40,000
Wharf at Stonecutter's Island
700,000
Cattle Pier at Cheung Sha Wan
800,000
Waterfront Road at Victoria Park (Seawall)
3,200,000
Seawall at Wan Chai Reclamation, Stage II, Section (N)~(6A)
1,700,000
Site Formation and Seawall for Sewage Works at Pillar Island,
Kwai Chung
1,600,000
Site Formation at Aberdeen Resettlement Estate
2,040,300
Construction of Seawall Foundation and Dredging of
Approach Channel for Castle Peak New Town, Stage IA
1,400,000
Pumphouse at Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter
700,000
(c) Development Works
Stormwater Culvert Extension at Cheung Sha Wan Reclamation Construction of Railway Workshops and Ancillary Works Resiting the Railway Terminus, Preliminary Works
139
3,350,000
11,320,000
1,950,000
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APPENDIX Q
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
Summary of Major Land FORMATION PROJECTS
Location
Area to be Formed
Estimated Area Expenditure
(Acres)
Cost (3M)
Completed (Acres)
($M) to 31.3.69
Kwun Tong
618.0 105.0
615.0
Kowloon Bay
579.0
94.0
214.0*
Remarks
88.50 Sites for resettlement and private housing and for industrial use.
2.77 Reclamation being formed by public and government dumping. Full scheme not yet approved.
* Area re-assessed
cumulative
rected.
and
errors cor-
Sam Ka Tsuen
40.0
12.6
40.0
Ho Man Tin
Development
121.0
22.7
73.0
7.54 Sites for industrial use.
Formation completed but not fully developed.
11.07 Sites for residential and
community use.
Lung Cheung Road
Development
Area No. 1
153.5
26.8
34.0
8.36 Sites for Government and
community use.
Kwai Chung North
Development
Area 9, Stage I...
93.0
22.0
92.0
11.50 Sites for resettlement, low cost housing and private
development
munity use.
and com-
Kwai Chung
Development,
Stage II ...
348.0
70.0
348.0
Sha Tin New Town,
Stage I
613.0
300.0
Castle Peak New
Town, Stage IA...
224.0
54.5
125.0
140
68.50 Sites for resettlement, low cost housing and private industrial development.
0.14 Sites for high-density re- sidential and industrial development.
9.84 Sites for Government
housing, private residential and industrial purposes.
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APPENDIX Q-Contd.
Location
Area to be Formed
Estimated Area
Cost
Completed
Expenditure (SM)
(Acres)
(SM)
(Acres)
to 31.3.69
Central District,
Stages I to IV
35.0
23.5
35.0
Remarks
23.44 Reclamation for road im-
provement and general development.
Sandy Bay, Stage II
21.5
5.7
12.2
3.12 Reclamation
for com-
munity use.
Wan Chai ...
87.0
36.5
63.0
Chai Wan, Stage I 112.9
10.8
67.6
Cheung Sha Wan... 141.0
4.7
141.0
141
16.45 Reclamation for road im- provement and general development.
3.96 Reclamation for resettle- ment and private develop- ment.
4.68 Reclamation for resettle- ment and private develop-
ment.
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APPENDIX R
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Cross-Harbour Tunnel Road Connections, Hong Kong-Design and Construction of Canal Road Flyover and Interchange
Bowrington Canal Extension-Design and Construction of culvert extension and asso- ciated drainage works
Cross Harbour Tunnel Road Connections, Kowloon-Construction of Chatham Road
Flyover
***
Lai Chi Kok Bay Bridge, Bus Terminus and
Adjacent Road Works, Stage I
Lai Chi Kok Interchange
Kai Tak Airport Runway Extension-Feasibil-
ity and Cost Survey
Hong Kong Long Term Road Study.......
Messrs. Scott, Wilson, Kirkpat- rick & Partners and Freeman, Fox & Partners.
do
do
Messrs. Scott, Wilson, Kirkpat- rick & Partners.
-
do
do
M
Messrs. Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates.
142
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APPENDIX S
CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
General STATISTICS
New
Hong Kong Kowloon
Total
Territories
(A) Length of Roadworks Carried Out (Miles)
New roads completed
Existing roads reconstructed Existing roads resurfaced
(B) Drainage Works Carried Out
2.35
0.63
5.07
8.05
1.29
3.36
1.50
6.15
***
9.50
6.16
31.30
46.96
•
New drains laid (ft.)
40,741
15,400
17,212
73,353
Defective drains replaced (ft.)
11,296
4,756
191
16,243
Connections provided (no.)
344
416
224
984
Chokes cleared (no.)
8,740
7,749
1,030
17,519
Sand cleared from culverts (cu. yd.)
14,504
47,299
27,787
89,590
(C) Road Opening Permits Issued to
Utilities and Service departments
2,534
2,934
533
6,001
Government departments
632
463
177
1,272
(D) Work Carried Out in New Resettlement and Low Cost Housing Estates
Length of roads constructed (miles) Length of drains laid (miles)
1.08
0.89
0.23
2.20
1.29
1.22
1.80
4.31
(E) Production in Government Quarries
Total Crushed Stone (Tons)
Mainland Island
Total
1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69
67,979 84,650 86,291 33,579 64,855 78,858 69,886 50,969 25,092 47,816
146,837 154,536 137,260 58,671 112,671
Bitumen Coated Materials (Tons)
1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69
65,708 81,050 86,845 68,774 67,633 29,633 40,361 29,947 30,623 32,624
Mainland Island
Total
(F) Materials Testing Laboratory
95,341 121,411 116,792 99,397 100,257
Physical tests on soil and building materials carried out during the year totalled
60,390 and comprised the following:
Tests for compressive strength of concrete cubes... Tests on physical properties of cement
38,652
1,184
...
Aggregate gradings and other tests
Tests on steel and other metals
Tests on bitumen and bituminous products Soil tests
Pipe tests
Miscellaneous tests
1,023
12,449
289
5,379
581
833
143
Digitized by
1.
APPENDIX T
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:
(i) Sales by Auction:
Island
Kowloon
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong) ...
$
1,391,008.80
(1,060,000.00)
922,347.67 ( 845,375.00)
15,538,494.26 (9,066,231.22)
(ii) Private Treaty Grants:
Island
Kowloon
3,935,206.33 ( 649,391.35)
3,071,180.05 ( 495,285.75)
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong) .......
2,519,703.72 (13,737,410.28)
(iii) Exchange and Extensions:
Island
Kowloon
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong) ..
(iv) Modifications of Lease Conditions:
725,183.32 ( 282,386.46)
55,763.50 ( 91,232.81)
582,198.72 413,052.96)
Island
Kowloon
*
AKA
627,100.00 ( 38,484,00)
466,217.00 ( 193,160.00)
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong) ...
163,371.71 ( 247,491.00)
(v) Regrants of Crown Leases:
Island
Kowloon
New Kowloon (Including Kwun Tong) ...
144
54,019.55 ( 32,815.55)
8,085,620.54 ( 4,729,296.58)
NIL
NIL
38,137,415.17 (31,881,612.96)
Digitized by
2.
3.
APPENDIX T-Contd.
Number of transactions completed in the Urban Area, by categories:
New Kowloon (including Kwun Tong)
Hong Kong Kowloon
Total
(i) Sales by auction and
tender
3 (-)
2 (2)
12 (7)
17 (9)
(ii) Private Treaty Grants
13 (14)
9
(9)
10 (52)
32 (75)
(iii) Exchanges and
Extensions
11 (13)
9 (5)
6 (8)
26 (26)
***
(iv) Modifications of Lease
Conditions
11 (12)
14 (3)
18 (23)
43 (38)
***
(v) Modifications of
Building Conditions... 40 (45)
14 (23)
140 (154)
194 (222)
(vi) Regrants of Crown
Leases
(---)
41 (14)
(~~)
41 (14)
78 (84)
89 (57)
186 (244)
353 (384)
Details of miscellaneous short term lettings in the Urban Area:
Determined
Issued
Valid at 31st March
Revenue (Approx. $ million)
(i) Crown Lands Permits... 341 (331) (ii) Short Term Leases and
170 (249)
2,950 (3,120)
4 (4.9)
Licences
(iii) Government Buildings...
8 (17) 39 (31) No. of Lettings...
140 (109)
1.5 (1.9)
590 (460)
5.7 (4.3)
4.
Total revenue collected in the Urban Area:
(i) Premia on land sales
$35,412,414.95
***
($30,592,082.46)
(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
...
2,725,000.22
(1,340,178.09)
...
4,002,455.75
(6,217,183.71)
1,567,028.05 (1,919,739.93)
5.
Buildings
5,798,048.89
(4,451,550.00)
$49,504,947.86
($44,520,734.19)
Table of premia received from sales of Crown Lands in the Colony:
1964-1965 ...
1965-1966 ...
1966-1967
1967-1968 ...
1968-1969 ...
145
:
$143,295,983.24
75,859,685.12
50,623,349.27
43,785,984.08
43,757,254.32
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APPENDIX U
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
MAJOR PLANNING SCHEMES COMPLETED OR DEALT WITH DURING 1968-69
A. HONG KONG ISLAND
(i) Town Planning Board Outline Zoning Plans
(a) Agreed for submission to the Governor in Council:
H.K.P.A. No. 3-Draft Central Area Outline Zoning
Plan ...
LH 3/24
...
...
H.K.P.A. No. 6-Draft Causeway Bay Outline Zoning
Plan
LH 6/22
(b) Exhibited and written statements of objections received:
H.K.P.A. No. 5-Draft Wan Chai Outline Zoning
Plan
LH 5/29
(c) Agreed for exhibition:
H.K.P.A. No. 7-Draft Wong Nai Chung Outline
Zoning Plan
LH 7/4
(d) Under consideration by the Town Planning Board:
H.K.P.A. Nos. 15 & 16-Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau
Outline Zoning Plan
LH 15/26
(ii) Departmental Plans
(a) Agreed by the Land Development Planning Committee:
H.K.P.A. No. 7-Wong Nai Chung Development Plan... LH 7/3 H.K.P.A. No. 9-Shau Kei Wan Outline Development
Plan ...
B. KOWLOON and New Kowloon
(i) Town Planning Board Outline Zoning Plans
LH 9/25 G
(a) Approved by the Governor in Council:
K.P.A. No. 10-Ma Tau Kok Outline Zoning Plan
(This plan was also referred back to the Town Planning Board for amendment)
LK 10/29
(b) Agreed for submission to the Governor in Council:
K.P.A. No. 9-Hung Hom Outline Zoning Plan K.P.A. No. 12-Ngau Chi Wan Outline Zoning Plan
LK 9/20
LK 12/45
(c) Exhibited and written statements of objections received: K.P.A. No. 10-Ma Tau Kok Outline Zoning Plan
LK 10/31
146
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APPENDIX U-Contd.
(d) Agreed for exhibition:
K.P.A. No. 2-Yau Ma Tei Outline Zoning Plan
(e) Under consideration by the Town Planning Board:
K.P.A. No. 15----Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong, Lei Yue
Mun Outline Zoning Plan
(ii) Departmental Plans
•
LK 2/33
(a) Agreed by the Land Development Planning Committee:
K.P.A. No. 7-Mong Kok Outline Development Plan K.P.A. No. 1-Tsim Sha Tsui Outline Development Plan
LK 15/33
LK 7/4 LK 1/41
C. NEW TERRITORIES
(i) Town Planning Board Outline Zoning Plans
(a) Agreed for submission to the Governor in Council:
Ma Wan Outline Zoning Plan
LMAW/3
(b) Under consideration by the Town Planning Board:
Tsuen Wan and District Outline Zoning Plan
LTW/103
(ii) Departmental Plans
(a) Approved by the Colonial Secretary:
Peng Chau Outline Zoning Plan
Tai Po Central Area Layout Plan Kwai Chung Area 9 Layout Plan
•
LPG/IB
LTP/28A
LTW/35L &
LTW/37R
Castle Peak Residential Area 10-San Hui Layout Plan... LCP/39E Shek Pik Dam Area Layout Plan
(b) Agreed by the Land Development Planning Committee:
Tsuen Wan Layout-Kwai Chung Valley
Sai Kung Outline Development Plan
440
LSP/IE
LTW/100B LSK/4C
147
Digitized by Google
1,305 (2,105) 410 ( 335)
184 (
173)
64 (
76)
16,377
(19,425)
APPENDIX V
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 contour surveyed
:
:
Number of 1/1200 machine plots checked Number of 1/10,000 machine plots checked Title surveys for leases, surrenders, sales etc. Boundary stones fixed
...
Site surveys for Government Building projects Surveys for Police cases
Court appearance in connection with Police cases Fees for survey work collected
-
(ii) Drawing and Reproduction work completed
Plans for sales, leases, grants, permits, etc. ... Survey sheets, transparencies drawn Transparencies revised
Name sheets compiled for air survey
Miscellaneous Plans drawn and traced
Land Office Title Searches
New Layout Plans
་་
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
1,858 ( 8,899)
318 (
181)
17 ( 26)
1,703 (
1,679)
151 (
361)
134 (
128)
58 (
52)
48 (
60)
$42,537 ($34,062)
3,117 ( 3,206)
142 (
61)
2,289 ( 1.542)
266 (
311)
1,523 ( 3,029)
Layout Plans revised
Extract Layout Plans
*
Colony Outline Plans drawn
Colony Outline Plans amended
Reproduction by all methods
Photos taken
Sales of plans to the public
***
:
:
:
:
:
Maps 1/25,000 & 1/10,000 issued to Government Depts.
148
3,494 ( 3.639)
42 (
30)
808 (
628)
462 (
328)
155
132
136,117
(181,690)
7,229 ( 6,983)
$16,898 ($22,978)
22,474 ( 5,873)
Digitized by
Scale
1/600
1/1,200
1/2,400
1/4,800
1/9,600
1/10,000
:
..
APPENDIX W
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE
AIR SURVEY
FINAL TRANSPARENCIES RECEIVED
(The previous year's figures are shown in parentheses)
:
:
:
:
:.
:
:
:
:
:
:
B
:
No. of sheets received
1 (98)
360 (187)
20 (15)
(10)
(2)
12 (29) (Compilations)
5 (8) (Negative-Proofs) 23 ( 3) (Advance Prints) 21 (-) (Bulk supplies)
149
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APPENDIX X
SCHEDULE OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT MAINTAINED BY THE
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE
Item
Motor Cycles
Cars and light vans
Heavy vehicles
Road rollers
Diesel-driven generating sets
Parking meters
MECHANICAL
1967-68
1968-69
678
717
922
1.029
932
1.028
55
55
299
309
7,469
7,593
1,261
1,433
638
733
809
1,053
158
212
45
56
...
3,560
4,375
318
403
477
540
2,245
2,589
3,720
4.902
33
33
68
95
:
37
52
3,033
3,215
Water pumps
Dental equipment
Steam boilers and associated equipment
Air-conditioning plants
Refrigeration plants
Room cooler units
Dehumidifiers
Ventilation plants
Exhaust fans
Refrigerators
***
...
::
:
:
***
:.
:
:
Developing tanks (temperature controlled) ..
Water coolers
Deep freezers
Miscellaneous
***
:
ELECTRICAL
1967-68
1968-69
4.670
5.118
24,133
25.271
18,028
18.995
:
4.
2,079
1,997
5,429
5,801
:
:
1,887
2,123
14,334
15,551
Item
Electric motors
Fans
Heaters and radiators
Cookers and hotplates
Water heaters and wash boilers
Traffic light signal controls and traffic aids...
Miscellaneous
150
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APPENDIX Y
WATERWORKS OFFICE
Works COMPLETED, UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY CONSULTANTS
Project
(1)
Works completed
Conduit Road Service Reservoir
Additional Staff Quarters and Chemists' Laboratory at Eastern
Filters
ANN
Salt Water Flushing System: Kennedy Town .....
Beacon Hill Service Reservoir and Pumping Station ...
Kowloon East Salt Water System (Mains)
Trunk Supply Mains: Kowloon East
Castle Peak Flood Pumping Scheme
(2) Works Under Construction
Hong Kong Island
:
Approximate Cost
$
1,966,000
450,000
700,000
3,620,000
1,600,000
4,600,000
1,000,000
Estimated
Overall Cost
$
Aberdeen Supply, Stage I
1,400,000
Eastern Extension Service Reservoir
9,000,000
Improved Supplies to Mount Cameron and Magazine Gap, Stage II
1,260,000
Shau Kei Wan Service Reservoir
3,900,000
Jardines Lookout and Tai Hang Areas, Improved Supplies, Stage I...
2,350,000
Stanley and Repulse Bay Supply, Stage II
4,250,000
Chai Wan Distribution System ...
1,000,000
Improved Supplies to Middle Gap, Black's Link, Shouson Hill and
the Ridge
900.000
Pok Fu Lam Supply, Stage II
3,500,000
Additional Salt Water Flushing Supplies at Aberdeen
760.000
(460,000)
Additional Salt Water Flushing Supplies at Central District, Stage I...
1,300,000
Reprovisioning of Blake Pier and Rumsey Street Salt Water Pump
Houses
200,000
Shek O Water Supply
330,000
44
Trunk Feed to Aberdeen Service Reservoir, Stage I and conversion
from Balance Tank to Service Reservoir
700,000
151
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APPENDIX Y-Contd.
Project
Estimated
Overall
Cost
$
***
...
Kowloon and New Kowloon
Yau Tong Supply, Stage III (Construction of Salt Water Pump House
and Reservoir)
*
...
1,823,000
...
Salt Water Flushing System: Kwun Tong-Jordan Valley Kowloon East Salt Water System (Pumping Station and Additional
Mains)
1,390,000
3,650,000
Kowloon West Salt Water System, Stage I
900,000
Salt Water Flushing Scheme: Sau Mau Ping
2,400.000
Decking of Wong Tai Sin Service Reservoir for Recreational Purposes
600,000
Ho Man Tin Development Supply, Stage II
6,500.000
Kwun Tong New Town Supply:
Housing Zones 13 and 14
470.000
Yau Tong Supply:
(1) Stage II (Extension of Trunk Feed and Construction of
Fresh Water Service Reservoir) ...
3,750.000 (3,100.000)
Kowloon South Salt Water Flushing System, Stage I
900,000
New Territories
Castle Peak Supply, Raw Water Feed ...
Plover Cove Scheme, Stages I and II Works
Shek Pik Scheme ...
Sheung Shui/Tai Po Supply, Stage II
Yuen Long Balance Tank and Pipeline
Yuen Long Water Supply
Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Development Supply
Sha Tin Trunk Main
:
:
:
8.000.000
541,000.000
263,560.000 11,000,000
3,200.000
1,370,000
72,000,000
3.000.000
Castle Peak Supply, Stage 1A
15,400,000
Minor Works selected from Appendix VI, Category D
172,000
Tsing Lung Tau Unfiltered Supply
850,000
East River-Shum Chun Scheme
4,524,000
Cheung Chau Water Supply, Stage III
1.200.000
Tai Po Ting Kok Water Supply
Pat Heung Water Supply
:
:
900.000
280.000
Provision of Temporary Increased Pumping Capacity at Sha Tin
Treatment Works
160,000
152
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APPENDIX Y--Contd.
(3) Projects on which Consultants were engaged
Shek Pik and Tung Chung Schemes...
Plover Cove Water Scheme, Stages I and II (up to and including treatment works) River Indus Flood Pumping Scheme Uprating of Sha Tin Treatment Works and
Pumping Station and Tai Po Tau Pumping Station
Extension of Sha Tin Treatment Works and Pumping Station and Extension of Tai Po Tau Pumping Station
Raising of Plover Cove Dams
Investigation into Future Water Supplies
(Raising of Plover Cove Dams)
Investigation into Future Water Supplies-
(Storage reservoirs on the Sai Kung Peninsula)
Messrs. Binnie & Partners
Plover Cove Water Scheme Joint Engineers (Messrs. Binnie & Partners with Messrs. Scott, Wilson, Kirkpatrick and Partners)
Messrs. Binnie & Pertners
153
Digitized by
(1) Rainfall (in inches)
APPENDIX Z
WATERWORKS OFFICE
GENERAL Statistics
1967-68
1968-69
Rainfall recorded by Royal Observatory
69.67
87.37
Average rainfall recorded in Waterworks catchments
68.95
83.87
Average annual rainfall
69.31
85.62
(2) Yield (in million gallons)
1967-68
1968-69
Yields from catchment areas:
Old reservoirs
22,882
33,605
Plover Cove
...
11,729
16,118
Pumped from the River Indus
4,062
6.152
Extracted from the Muk Wu Wells
164
84
Received from China by pipeline
15,371
15,053
54,208
71,012
Less Losses:
At Indus Fabridam ...
416
419
Plover Cove pumped to waste
Total
(3) Storage (in million gallons)
Total storage in the Colony's impounding reservoirs:
1,070
2,857
:
52,722
67,736
Quantity Stored
% Full
Date
Old
Plover
Old
Plover
Reservoirs
Cove
Reservoirs
Cove
1st April, 1968 ..
12,767
3,709
76.0
10.0
1st July, 1968
15,971
12,146
95.0
32.5
1st October, 1968
14,680
28,840
87.2
77.3
1st January, 1969
9,222
28,291
54.8
75.8
31st March, 1969
7,640
25,417
45.5
68.2
(4) Consumption (in million gallons)
Urban areas
New Territories (minor supplies)
Total
:
154
:
:
1967-68
1968-69
39,919
51.149
(6,446 hours)
(8,760 hours)
397
288
40,316
51.437
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1967-68
1968-69
Daily average
*
110.2
140.1
Highest daily consumption
(5) Pumping Stations (quantity pumped in million gallons)
*160.4
173.1
*(on 16 hours supply)
1967-68
1968-69
Additional meters installed
Raw water
Filtered water
Salt water
(6) Meters
Total meters in service at end of year
64,731
110,752
32,825
44,126
10,209
10,842
1967-68
1968-69
56,223
52,576
248,134
296,433
(7) Routine Mechanical and Electrical Works
1967-68
1968-69
Items of work carried out in Workshops
1,957
1,709
Meters overhauled
27,685
36,069
*
Major engine overhauls
22
20
Top engine overhauls
29
36
Major pump overhauls
41
56
..
Other repairs or works
33
Contracts let
53
Electrical inspections
16,985
47,070
Electrical faults repaired
137
428
24
22
Electrical major overhauls
(8) Distribution Mains
Extensions to the fresh and salt water distribution system (excluding mains laid under Public Works Programme Items):
Steel 21 ins. dia. and over
Cast Iron 4 ins. to 18 ins, dia.
Asbestos Cement 3 ins. to 24 ins, dia.
Galvanised Iron 3 ins. to 6 ins. día. ...
P.V.C. 3 ins. to 6 ins. dia.
(9) Trunk Mains
Fresh Water Salt Water
(ft.)
(ft.)
3,335
514
30,620
3,865
62,462
30,842
57,228
15,061
Fresh and salt water trunk mains laid under Public Works Programme items:
Steel 21 ins. to 54 ins. dia.
A
Asbestos Cement 12 ins. dia, and over
155
Fresh Water Salt Water
(ft.) 12,489
(ft.)
19,067
899
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PLAN OF VICTORIA & KOWLOON SHOWING DISTRICT NAMES
& KOWLOON SHOWING DISTRICT
NEW TERRITORIES
SO UK
/LAI CHI KOK/
STONE CUTTERS ISLAND
GREEN ISLAND
WESTERN DISTRICT
KENNEDY
TOWN
MOUNT DAVIS
DRAWN BY C. L. & S. O.. 1968.
WONG TAI SIN
SHEK KIP MEI
CHEUNG SHA WAN
KOWLOON TONG
KOWLOON
CITY
SHAM SHUI PO
SAI YING PUN
CENTRAL
MID LEVELS
POK FU LAM
PEAK
MONG KOK
YAU MA TEI
KING'S PARK
MA TAU KOK
HO MAN TIN
TSIM SHA TSUI
HUNG HOM
DIAMOND HILL
NGAU CHI WAN
SAN PO KONG
H. K
AIRPORT (KAI TAK)
VICTORIA
HARBOUR
DISTRICT
WANCHAI
HAPPY VALLEY
CAUSEWAY
LAY
KOWLOON BAY
RUNWAY
NORTH POINT
SCALE 2 INCHES TO ONE MILE
JORDAN VALLEY
NGAU TAU
KOK
QUARRY BAY
KWUN TONG
SHAU KEI WAN
CHAI WAN
YAU TONG
N
LEI YUE MUN
Approximate Boundarles Only
Are Shown On This Plan.
CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED
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