Transport
6.48. The Government Transport Pool operated by this sub-section made 32,237 trips with 136 vehicles during the year. In addition commercial lorries were hired on 5,334 occasions to supplement pool lorries. 697 driving tests were conducted resulting in 511 passes—this figure includes 70 lorry drivers trained for the Urban Services Department and 150 motor scooter riders for various departments trained by this Section. A 'roller machine' on which scooter riders can learn to handle their machine and practice riding without going onto the road was made by the workshops and put into use and it has proved to be a very great asset.
6.49. There were 1,047 accidents involving Government vehicles.
WATERWORKS OFFICE
Deputy Director of Public Works (Water):
T. O. MORGAN, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E.
Assistant Director:
E. P. WILMOT-Morgan, B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.W.E.
GENERAL
7.01. The drought conditions of last year prevailed until the advent of Typhoon Viola on the 27th May which brought sufficient rain to permit the easing of the restricted supply of 4 hours every 4th day which was first imposed on the 1st June, 1963. The importation of Pearl River water by tanker also ceased on the 14th June. The supply position improved rapidly as a result of the five typhoons which materially affected the Colony, and notably the late arrival of a typhoon on 13th October. This again filled the reservoirs to overflowing and resulted in winter yields of all stream courses being far in excess of the preceding year. Further assets were the availability of the Shek Pik Reservoir to provide additional storage and agreement with the People's Council of Kwangtung Province, to increase the quantity supplied to the Colony from 5,000 to 15,000 million gallons annually with effect from March 1965 by drawing on the flow in the East River. Water from this latter source was first received on 1st March, 1965. It was therefore possible to provide a 24 hours supply from the 1st September and this continued beyond the end of the period under review.
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