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124. New workshop plant and equipment received and put into use during the year included a 20" stroke shaping machine, a 15″ swing lathe, a 13⅜" swing lathe, a crankshaft grinding machine, a band saw, a plano-grinder, a honing machine, an "in-line" boring bar, a steam cleaning machine and battery charging rectifiers, etc.
125. Electrical work undertaken during the year included the design, layout and complete installation of electrical wiring and equipment in Queen's College (711 points), King's College (529 points), Queen's Road East Vernacular School (286 points), the Colonial Secretary's Residence (81 points), the Chief Justice's Residence (119 points), Kowloon Junior School (253 points), Radio-Sonde Station (58 points), Kowloon City Market (102 points), Chatham Road Camp (447 points), Kowloon City Police Station (1,100 points), Yuen Long School (91 points), Fanling Police Camp (111 points), Castle Peak Police Station (130 points), Shatin Police Station (130 points), Sai Kung Police Station (130 points), Tsuen Wan Police Station (130 points), Kowloon Waterworks Workshops (150 points) and Cheung Chau Marine Station (61 points). A considerable portion of this installation work was carried out in concealed wiring. In addition, rewiring was carried out in some 260 buildings involving an approximate total of 9,500 points.
126. The 5-ton air-conditioning unit at the Supreme Court was modified to improve its efficiency, the 50-ton air-conditioning plant at Queen Mary Hospital was completely overhauled and brought as far as possible into line with modern practice. Some 719 refrigerators, 43 air-conditioning units ranging from 1 h.p. to 5 h.p. and 22 lifts were maintained in good order.
127. On 31st March 1951, the total number of vehicles in Government service which were being regularly serviced, maintained and overhauled by this office was 761 comprising 190 cars, 442 lorries and 129 motor cycles. The difficulty noted in last year's report of keeping a large number of ex-Army vehicles in service was aggravated during the latter part of the year by the American embargo which dried up the local supply of spare parts for the American lorries which comprise the bulk of the fleet. A number of small general spare parts were made in the workshops and the recently acquired crankshaft grinder has been particularly valuable in reclaiming worn crankshafts. The new "in-line" boring bar and the cylinder boring bar purchased two years ago have been kept fully occupied.
128. Designs for all-metal bodies of special types have been further developed during the year. These include Cemetery Vans for the conveyance of coffins, a Light Clothing Van for the conveyance of infected clothing and a new type of Nightsoil Bucket Carrier suitable for the conveyance...
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