PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS
On 30th September, 1954, the China Light & Power Co., Ltd., had 55,980 consumers, and this number continues to increase each month.
Charges for electricity are at present :—
Lighting
Kowloon New Territories
$0.30 per unit $0.39 per unit
Power
Domestic Power
0.14
0.13
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These rates are subject to a variable fuel surcharge which is at present 9%. Special rates are available for industrial users.
Gas
Gas is supplied on both sides of the harbour by the Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd., which was first established in 1861. The capacity of the plant situated on Hong Kong Island is 1 million cu. ft. per day and that in Kowloon, 1 million cu. ft. per day. The latter plant is now being replaced by a new and modern plant with a capacity of 1 million cu. ft. per day which will be situated at Ma Tau Kok.
The total quantity of gas sold in 1954 was 584,805,700 cu. ft. an increase of .012% over the previous year. The number of consumers was 7,686 and 68 of these were industrial. There were also 700 public gas lamps in use in the urban area.
Tramways
The electric tramway service is operated by the Hongkong Tramways Ltd. The track, which is about 19 miles in length, in single track, extends from
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