36. Track Crossings.
A length of half a mile of track was made serviceable for a tractor
from Mile 17 to Mile 17 path for the Military Authorities.
Three cement concrete track crossings were laid between the two platforms of Lowu Station and one longitudinal track crossing was constructed on the northern end of the outer platform to provide a better access to the Revenue Department's offices.
37. Road. The old praya approach road to the godowns at Kowloon Station was re-surfaced.
38. Station Buildings and Platforms. All station buildings and platforms were maintained in good order during the year and repairs and renewals were carried out where necessary.
All the rooms and the verandah of the Head Office on the first floor of Kowloon Station building were completely over- hauled and decorated. A new marble counter was put in for the pay office.
The room under the clock tower was strengthened and partitioned for the use as a ticket printing office.
Platforms Nos. 3 & 4 at Kowloon were repaired and wooden barriers were re-aligned for better control of passengers.
A length of 180 ft. of the eastern platform in front of the shelter at Yaumati Station was surfaced with precast cement concrete blocks for the convenience of passengers during the wet seasons.
39. Staff Quarters. All staff quarters were maintained in as good order as funds permitted during the year.
The old rotten tiled roofs for the kitchens of "A" Quarters, Hung Hom, were renewed with reinforced cement concrete flat roofs to provide a drying area for laundry.
The seven old Nissen huts for workshop staff quarters at Hung Hom, which were in a rusty and uninhabitable condi- tion were repaired and improved by insulating the corrugated
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