Building, Marine Office and Central Fire Brigade Building were decorated with bunting and shields and were outlined in fairy lights. The buildings facing Statue Square, the centre pieces and the "Pilau" were floodlit.
Maintenance
139. Approximately $4,000,000 was spent on the maintenance of Government buildings. The bulk of this was spent on the planned maintenance programme for 150 buildings. 26 of these works cost over $30,000 each, and included Sai Ying Pun Hospital, Mental Hospital, Ma Tau Kok Slaughter House, Aberdeen Government School, the Marine Office, Queen Mary Hospital, Government Stores, the exterior of Government House, and 11 blocks of quarters, 3 cell blocks and the Hospital block at Stanley Prison.
140. 163 works of alterations or additions to Government buildings were carried out, including lavatories for the kitchen staff at Queen Mary Hospital, an immigration Post at Lo Wu Bridge, the conversion of old bullock stables at Leighton Hill Hawker Office into offices, the roofing of the open courtyard inside the entrance of Stanley Prison, and the erection of garages for Homestead flats and houses.
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
Chief Building Surveyor, J. H. Bottomley, M.I.STRUCT.E.
141. Private building activity showed no reduction compared with last year. Most of the new buildings erected were for living accommodation, and it is interesting to note that, again, more European type houses than Chinese type houses were erected.
142. Work continued on several housing schemes, and 1,106 buildings were completed.
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