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Electrical.
a. Staff.
So far about half of the monthly paid and a third
of the daily paid staff have been re-employed. Pre-war strength was 54 and 400 respectively. All European Staff except two ex- internees have been repatriated and one European is on loan from another Dept.
b. Katerial. A considerable quantity of Japanese material
has been sorted, but this is largely of poor quality and condition.
c. Light & Power.
Installations in many buildings, aggregating
over 1,000 points have been installed or overhauled for various Government Depts., but only the barest minimum of requirements can be satisfied owing to lack of material.
lectric motors
at various pumping stations have been overhauled and repaired. d. Telephones. Over 100 telephones have been installed in
Government offices. The Government multi-pair cable to the radio station site at Cape D'Aguilar has been repaired and made ready for service.
The aeriel circuit to Tytam Tuk has been restored and in Kowloon and New Territories, work is in hand to restore distant telephone circuits for Waterworks Jept., and telephones along the Railway have also been repaired.
7. REGISTRATION. The only form of registration at present in force
356 were
is for applicants applying for clerical vacancies. registered in Sept and 414 in Oct. of whom only 52 have been
placed in various Government Depts.
8. PRINTING.
Government requirements have been fairly adequately