ELECTRICAL SECTION
199. The number of items of electrical plant, equipment and appliances serviced and maintained rose by some 13% to 25,190, comprising 1,552 electric motors (11,505 horse-power), 9,831 fans, 7,060 heaters and radiators, 1,093 cookers and hotplates, 2,110 water heaters and wash boilers, 76 lifts and hoists, 501 traffic-aid installations and 2,967 miscellaneous items.
200. The installations completed and put into operation included the following:
One 320/120 H.P. 2 speed pump set at the Elliot Pumping Station.
One 40 K.W. emergency generator at the Government Printing Department. Three dust extraction plants and one 45 H.P. Crushing roll motor at the Hok Yuen Quarry.
Lighting and power wiring installations at the Tsuen Wan Pumping Station, second stage.
Lighting and power wiring installation at the Tsuen Wan Filtration Plant, second stage.
Perimeter security lighting at the Tsuen Wan Divisional Police Station. Security and street lights at the Chi Ma Wan Prison.
One 6 K.W. emergency generator at the Central Fire Brigade.
Perimeter security lights at the rank and file married quarters, Arsenal Street.
Street light installations at the Chai Wan, Fu Tau Wat and So Kon Po Resettlement Areas.
Main Switchboards for the new Government Stores Building.
No. 9 conveyor at Mount Butler Quarry.
One 12 K.v.A. emergency generator at the Cape Collinson Camp.
Starter panel for the No. 3 370-H.P. motor at the Kau Wa Keng Pumping Station.
Aircraft positioning beacons at Lei Yue Mun Gap and Hai Tan Street, Sham Shui Po.
Perimeter light installations at the Mount Butler Quarry.
Lighting and power wiring installations at the Tsuen Wan filtration plant staff quarters.
201. The four sets of vehicle-actuated traffic control systems ordered in 1957/58 arrived towards the end of the year and in spite of other pressing commitments one set was installed and put into operation at Prince Edward Road/Waterloo Road. Articles ordered included additional equipment for several of the existing traffic control systems to cope with the changed traffic patterns since the original installation.
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