the Commerce and Industry Department requested this sub-department to act in a consultative capacity regarding the electrical safety of certain electrical appliance exports. A total of 90 samples of products were examined covering a wide range of domestic appliances and including blower-type hair driers, battery chargers, fluorescent light chokes, table lamps, fires and fans. The Division also administered the Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance.
NEW PROJECTS COMPLETED
8.04. New projects completed under contract during the year included the installation of emergency generators and fuel oil systems in the Tang Shiu Kin Hospital, the Police Training School at Aberdeen and Radio Hong Kong, Lung Cheung Road. Underground petrol storage tanks and filling stations were installed at the Sham Shui Po Camp and the Police Training School, Aberdeen. At Kai Tak Airport, booster pumps were installed; oil-fired kitchen equipment and bulk fuel storage were installed in the Freight Building and a baggage trolley conveyor was repositioned. In co-operation with the Architectural Office, a new emergency generator was installed and the existing generator and 'No-break' sets re-sited at the Airport. Steam services were installed in the Tai Lam Women's Prison Laundry and scalding stores with an oil-fired burner system in the North Point Food Arcade. In Kowloon Hospital, boiler fuel oil storage tanks and two additional rice boilers were installed. Slipway cradles were installed at the Yau Ma Tei Government Slipway. A number of new projects were completed by direct labour; amongst these were power supplies, 11 K.V. switchgear and associated equipment for the 2.5 Megawatt Turbo-Alternator set and Salt Water Pump House at the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator Plant. Emergency generators were also installed at the Canton Road Fire Station and Shek Pik Training Centre.
DESIGN
8.05. Preliminary investigation, design work, preparation of drawings, specifications, indents and contract documents were in various stages of progress for a number of new projects at the end of the year. Among these were the conveyorized customs inspection units and apron extension taxi-track lighting at Kai Tak Airport, plant and equipment for Lai Chi Kok 'B' Incinerator Plant and the fifth incinerator line at Kennedy Town, the steam and mechanical services for Lai Chi Kok
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