Works Undertaken for Outside Parties
79. (a)
(b)
(c)
(a)
(e)
In March 1978 the fixed barriers in the southern concourse of Kowloon Station were modified to removable to facilitate the exhibition organised by the British Trade Commission.
A 4-way undertrack cable duct was laid at Mile 9% (14.8 m.) in February 1978 for the Hong Kong Telephone Company
•
A 2-way undertrack gas pipe was laid in December 1977 at Fo Tan for the China Gas Company.
The road level crossing at Mile 9 was resited to Mile 94 (14.8 m) in January 1978 for the Public Works Department in connection with road diversion works.
In connection with the reconstruction of Bridge No. 25, the mainline was diverted twice for the Highways Office of the Public Works Department and the final alignment of the main line was adjusted in September 1977 •
Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages
80.
year.
No major damage was caused by typhoons and rainstorms during the
Minor Civil Engineering Works
81.
Other items of minor civil engineering works can be found in Appendix XXI.
PERSONNEL
82.
The following increase and deletions of posts were approved during the year, bringing the total establishment to 1,040 at 31st March, 1978, an increase of 3.48% over last year's establishment of 1,005 :-
Planning and Administration Division
Addition
1
Senior Executive Officer
Strengthening the Railway's administration
Traffic Division
Addition
3
Railway Officers II
3
3
3
MM M
Assistant Railway Officers)
Head Shunters
Labourers
14
Manning the Control Room of Kowloon Terminus
Manning traffic operations in Lo Wu Marshalling Yard
Attending to lavatories at stations