KOWLOON.
68. Maintenance of Buildings:-Government buildings were kept in a good state of repair. Painting, colourwashing and repairs in accordance with the recurring programme were carried out to forty-seven buildings, in addition to such repairs to other buildings as were found to be necessary.
Electrical installations were maintained in good order. 506 fans and 118 radiators were cleaned and overhauled; twenty-one fan motors were rewound; fifty-one points were added or altered in seven buildings.
Expenditure $47,024.21
69. Improvements to Buildings: The principal improvements carried out were:-Kowloon post office-alterations to counter and to clerks quarters and supply of new post boxes; Ma Tau Kok depot a ramp and gates; Hung Hom oil store alterations to entrance; Kowloon fire station-new shelving and hose racks; Kowloon Hospital-new flag mast, new window catches and alterations to dispensary; Police Training School-renewal of floors in concrete.
Electrical improvements and additions were carried out in four buildings; total number of points, eight.
One light, six power sockets and one desk fan were installed in four buildings.
Expenditure $9,953.43
70. Roads and Bridges (Maintenance and Improvements):-The surfaces of approximately 49 miles of roads were maintained in a satisfactory manner. Areas laid with improved surfacing were:-
Surface dressing (tarpaint)Surface dressing (tartops)
21" granolithic paving laid on footways
Slab paving laid on footways
New dry macadam surfacing
New tarred macadam surfacing Square yards.
70,887
423
3,949
183
54,764
20,251
A traffic census taken on some of the main roads in Kowloon during a twelve-hour period (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) gave the following results, which are shown compared with the 1937 figures:
19371938 Street
Point where Census was taken Cars & Motor Lorries and
Cars & Lorries Motor and
Cycles Buses
Cycles Buses 1979
1510 1241
2363 Nathan Road
Salisbury Road Junction 3133
2175 1850
4243 Nathan Road
Waterloo Road Junction 2390
1854 1589
2892 Salisbury Road
Nathan Road Junction 513
1266 1525
782 Jordan Road
Canton Road Junction 118
265 466
112 Canton Road
Jordan Road Junction 1658
321 187
2197 Waterloo Road
Nathan Road Junction 53
64 104
68 Waterloo Road
Shanghai Street Junction 1327
359 Waterloo Road Shanghai Street Shanghai Street
Prince Edward Road Prince Edward Road Tam Kung Road Prince Edward Road Chatham Road ...... Gascoigne Road Shanghai Street Junction Waterloo Road Junction Prince Edward Road Junction. Tam Kung Road Junction Gascoigne Road Junction Chatham Road Junction 113
539 Prince Edward Road Junction. 41
473 Waterloo Road Junction 65
189 Prince Edward Road Junction. 88
224 1025
866 1361
821 485
808 836
1813 1142
917 657
527
Expenditure $66,991.66
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