Registrar Supreme Court (2), Chief Officer Fire Brigade, Director Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Central Magistracy, Royal Observatory Dark Room and Medical Examination Board Dark Room in the R.N.V.R. H.Q. Building (2). The central air conditioning plant in the Chief Justice's Residence was redesigned and modified and the refrigerating plant at Queen Mary Hospital Mortuary was replaced.
176. 10,148 maintenance visits were made, 109 faults repaired, 8 minor repairs made and 67 major jobs carried out. Two plants of 320 Tons and 240 Tons respectively were under continuous operation and maintenance, half of the latter plant working 24 hours per day for 7 days each week.
PORT WORKS OFFICE
Chief Engineer (Acting), J. Alexander, B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.
Maintenance
177. The maintenance and repair of the Colony's public piers, seawalls and other marine structures were carried out, as in previous years, under an annual contract. The major part of this work consisted of repairs to fenders, decking, walings, landing steps, handrails, etc. of timber, steel and reinforced concrete structures.
178. Typhoon and rainstorm damage was, again, of a minor nature and was confined mainly to damage done to Tai O and Silvermine Bay piers, and to the clearing of a considerable quantity of sand from Causeway Bay culvert outfall.
179. The department's two dredging units, each consisting of a tug, a Priestman grab dredger, and three hoppers were used extensively in the removal of silt and sand from alongside seawalls and from stormwater outfalls where the heavy rains had
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