HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1953
The number of consumers at the end of the year was 62,513, an increase of 2,095, or 3.5% over the figure of 60,418, for 1952; total sales for the years were as follows:
Lighting
67,509,943 Units
Public Lighting
1,148,993 Units
Bulk Power
39,218,928 Units
Power and Water Heating
86,831,508 Units
Miscellaneous
536,973 Units
Total
195,246,345 Units
This total is an increase of 8%, or 14,500,231 units over the 1952 figure of 180,746,114 units sold.
During the year the peak load reached a maximum of 49,500 Kilowatts on 11th December, the previous maximum load being 47,000 Kilowatts on 19th February, 1952.
Continued delay in the manufacture and delivery of essen- tial plant has retarded the company's programme of expansion. Two boilers ordered in June 1950, for delivery in December 1952 and December 1953, have not yet been commissioned and a 20,000 Kilowatt turbine ordered in November 1950, for June 1952, is not yet on load. The total capacity of the generating station, therefore, remains at 72,500 Kilowatts and the steaming capacity at 687,000 lbs/hour.
On the distribution side, however, it has been possible to commence work on an extension of the 22 Kilovolt cable from the North Point generating station to the Hospital Road Sub- Station, to serve the western side of the Island, and it is expected that this cable will be in operation during the Spring of 1954.
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