Queen Mary Hospital (9), Kowloon Hospital (2), Kowloon T.B. Clinic (3), Kowloon Fire Station (1), Tsan Yuk Hospital (1), Hong Kong Police Headquarters (2), Education Department (2), Lee Kee Dispensary Dental Clinic (1), Kai Tak Airport (5), Labour Department (6), Supreme Court (4), Wan Chai Polyclinic (4), D.A.F.F. Laboratory (2), and Government Printing Works (6); dehumidifiers in Kowloon T.B. Clinic (1), Civil Aid Services Control Room in Central Government Offices (1) and Queen Mary Hospital (2); and ventilation systems in Kowloon T.B. Clinic.
PORT WORKS OFFICE
Chief Engineer, J. J. Robson, A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct.E.
GENERAL
232. The work carried out may be considered under four main headings:
(a) maintenance of sea walls and piers with miscellaneous dredging works.
(b) new construction on reclamations, public piers and other marine structures,
(c) miscellaneous, and
(d) operation of the P.W.D. materials testing laboratory.
MAINTENANCE
233. As previously, the maintenance of the Colony's public piers, sea walls and other marine structures was carried out under an annual contract. This included repairs to fenders, decking, wallings, landing steps, handrails, etc. and the redecoration of Fenwick Street Pier.
234. Two typhoons, 'Wendy' and 'Gloria', caused damage to various marine structures including Queen's Pier and piers at Tai Lam Chung, Castle Peak, Tai Po, Silvermine Bay, Stanley and Tai O.
235. The Lighthouse pier at Green Island had to be completely rebuilt.
236. However it can be said that, bearing in mind that Typhoon 'Gloria' in September was the first occasion for many years that the No. 10 international typhoon signal had been hoisted in the Colony, the sum total of damage to port facilities was surprisingly light.
237. The two departmental Priestman grab dredging units were used for preparing the foundation trenches for seawalls at Tsuen Wan, Hung
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