systems other than those used in the propulsion of vehicles, laundry and dental equipment, school equipment, printing and post office machinery and the installation and maintenance of masts and aerials.
8.35 During the year the staff of these sections completed 49,245 Works Orders which included the installation, testing and commissioning of 403 water pumps and emergency generators, 8,561 tasks carried out by the machine shops, fitting shops and instrument shops, 169 tasks carried out by the riggers, 6,214 tasks (140 orders) by the engraving shop and the general maintenance and overhaul of plant and equipment.
Parking Meter Section
8.36 This Section operates a main workshop at Caroline Hill and two depots, one each in Harcourt Road, Hong Kong and Government Offices Building, Canton Road, Kowloon. The main workshop carries out complete overhauls of meter mechanisms, the re-conditioning of casings and the painting of casings and brackets. The staff at each depot attend fault calls and carry out minor repairs. Where they are unable to effect a repair the meter is changed (for which purpose a stock is held at each depot) and the defective meter returned to the main workshop for overhaul. Thus the Section is responsible for the installation, servicing and maintenance of all parking meters throughout the Colony.
8.37 Additional staff was approved about the middle of the year to implement the scheme to extend the operational hours of parking meters until mid-night. This scheme, which was put into effect on 1st October, 1972, has necessitated the conversion of the instruction plates on each meter and by the end of the year 2,414 plates had been converted to cover the new hours.
8.38 At the end of the year there were 7,009 parking meters in operation. During the year 157,280 meter faults were attended, which represents an increase of just over 7% over the previous year's figure. 65% of these faults were caused by attempts to use foreign articles instead of the correct coins. A total of 8,915 meters were cleaned and overhauled, 7,166 mechanisms changed, and 580 new meters installed; 980 meters were removed and 447 re-installed; 2,000 new meters were time-tested.
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