36. Cuttings. Two minor landslips in the cuttings at Mile 14 and Mile 31 were repaired.
Several dangerous boulders in No. 1 cutting were removed or supported by mass concrete. Other works carried out on this cutting were repairs to broken channels and face plasters, and the construction of new concrete face walls. Dangerous cracks were also found in a portion of rock at No. 1 cutting. Investigations were made by inserting pins in the sides of the cracks, so that movements of these rocks could be studied. Readings were taken at specified intervals from December, 1951, but by the end of the year no signs of movement had been noticed.
37. Station Buildings. All station buildings were main- tained in good order during the year, and repairs and renewals were carried out where necessary.
The steelwork of the platform awnings in Kowloon Station was scraped and painted. New windows and an insula- tion board ceiling were added to the Booking Office, and the whole office was overhauled and decorated. Rotten timbers in the balcony outside the Head Office were replaced and the leaking roof repaired.
New queue railings were erected in front of the booking office at Yaumati Station.
The small store-room in Fanling Station was converted into a booking office in order to relieve congestion during rush- hours.
38. Staff quarters. All staff quarters were maintained in as good order as funds permitted during the year.
Construction of a block of new quarters consisting of 8 flats was commenced at Yaumati in February. By the end of March, all reinforced concrete frames, floor slabs and the roof were completed.
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