supply. All mails were hand-stamped and sorting and other work carried out in emergency lighting.
76. The roof of the Kowloon Transit Office was also damaged but all necessary repairs were quickly carried out by the Public Works Department.
77. Counter service was maintained throughout the day at the General Post Office and during the afternoon at the Kowloon Central Post Office, despite the damaged roof. It was also possible to give service at a number of other post offices throughout the period of the typhoon.
POSTING BOXES
78. A total of thirty four additional posting boxes were installed in the Colony, mostly in the densely populated areas.
ACCOMMODATION
79. The Air Mail Section on the 1st floor of the General Post Office Building was removed to the Air Mail Centre at Kai Tak Airport on 29th May, 1960, and the space vacated taken over by the main Island Delivery Section which had been previously housed on the mezzanine floor. In turn the mezzanine floor was used for extension of the box section.
80. The Tsuen Wan Post Office was removed to new premises in the building of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, Tsuen Wan, on 4th June, 1960.
81. The whole of the Army and Air Force Movement Control Office adjoining the Kowloon Sorting Office was taken over on 13th March, 1961. Alterations are in train to integrate part of these new premises with the Kowloon Sorting Office and to establish a Parcel Delivery Counter in the remainder. The latter will ease the present congestion at the Kowloon Central Post Office.
PLANNING AND SURVEY
82. A new section known as the Planning and Survey Section was formed during the year to co-ordinate the development of postal facilities and plan for the building of new offices. Survey of various activities of the Department will also be carried out as necessary. During the year plans for a new Kowloon Central Post Office were prepared in conjunction with the Public Works Department.
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