ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
Public Works Recurrent.
8. Maintenance of Government Buildings:- Owing to pressure of work on rehabilitation, it was impracticable to reintroduce the normal recurrent maintenance programme now scheduled to commence in 1948-1949. Maintenance Contracts were reintroduced in June. More important work was carried out to the following buildings - Queen Mary Hospital and Medical Officer's Quarters; Technical College, Wanchai; Ping Shan Police Station; Stanley Prison; Kowloon Post Office; P.W.D. Annexe (Roads and Drainage Offices); Buildings Ordinance Office.
9. Maintenance of Non-Government Buildings:- Expenditure was kept to a minimum and minor work only was carried out to the following buildings - Kowloon City Police Station; Bay View Police Station; Shaukiwan Police Station; Hung Hom Police Station; Un Long Police Station; Mongkok Fire Station; St. George's Building; Windsor House, Offices; King's Building, Treasury Office; French Mission; Macdonnell Road Hostel; Bethanie Hostel; Argyle Street Quarters; Hillcrest Quarters; Chislehurst, Minden Road; Prince Edward Road Quarters; Queen's College, Kennedy Road; Felix Villas T.B. Sanatorium.
10. Alterations and Additions to Government Buildings:- The principal buildings to which alterations were carried out are as follows:- Queen Mary Hospital - conversion of A.R.P. building to Mass Radiography Centre; Supreme Court - prisoners' dock - new partition in Land Office; C.S.O. - new lavatory, cupboards for Development Secretariat; Kowloon Hospital - dispensary and store; G.P.O. - parcel racks and registration bench; 534 The Peak - bostwick gates; Sisters' Quarters, Kennedy Town - barbed wire fence and gates; Imports & Exports Offices - counters and partitions; Yaumati Government School - latrine; Government Stores - alterations to office; Caroline Hill Garage - new partition; Harcourt Health Centre - window bars; Sham Shui Po Police Station - grilles and gates; Yaumati Slipway - flush closets.
11. Alterations and Additions to Non-Government Buildings:- Essential work was carried out, a representative selection being - Bay View Police Station - arms cages, and partition in officers' quarters; Kam Tin Police Station - arms cages; Wanchai Female Social Hygiene Clinic - sink and basin; Windsor House - partitions; Prince's Building - screens, urinals and lavatory accommodation.
12. Maintenance of Lighthouses: All lighthouses with the exception of Gap Rock were rehabilitated during the year and no recurrent maintenance was required.
13. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damage:- The following work was carried out:- Shouson Hill Road - retaining wall; Waglan Lighthouse - retaining wall.