projects, the section assisted private architects engaged upon Government works as well as approving electrical installations in schools built under the Grant-in-Aid Scheme. The following contracts and subcontracts were let during the year: 100 electrical installations to the value of $11.4 million (57 by Architectural Office, 11 by private architects and 32 in Grant-in-Aid and subsidized schools); 20 lift installations to the value of $4.8 million (14 by Architectural Office and 6 by private architects); 15 air-conditioning, refrigeration and ventilation installations to the value of $2.3 million (13 by Architectural Office and 2 by private architects).
2.12. In addition, electrical fittings, equipment and appliances were purchased to the value of $4 million.
EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS
2.13. With the continued help of private architects and the use of standard plans wherever possible, progress was maintained on the construction of new Government schools. Three 30-classroom primary schools were completed, one each at Pok Fu Lam, Hennessy Road and Hill Road, together with a secondary school at Perth Street. Additional workshops at Hong Kong Technical College were also completed, the cost being met by a donation from the U.S. Government. At the end of the year, construction was in progress on the Technical College Library and Reading Room, Central District Primary and Ellis Kadoorie School (Western), the new Belilios Public School, Shau Kei Wan and Tsuen Wan Secondary Schools and additions to King George V School. Tenders were invited for Shau Kei Wan Technical School. Sketch plans were in hand for Yuen Long Primary School and Cheung Chau Middle School.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
MEDICAL BUILDINGS
2.14. The opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by H.E. the Governor, Sir Robert B. BLACK, G.C.M.G. on 10th September, 1963 represented the culmination of many years of work and the completion of the largest single building undertaken by this office. The hospital, planned on thirteen floors, contains 1,338 beds divided into wards for Surgery, Medicine, Obstetrics, Orthopedic, Radiology, Gynaecology and other specialities; several wards are reserved for children. It also contains nine operating suites, one of which is for children and one for
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