B. O. Works.
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36. Cemeteries.-Work in connection with forming new terraces, etc. to afford additional grave spaces was carried out in the following cemeteries :—
Mount Caroline (Sections A & C).
Kai Lung Wan (Section A).
Kai Lung Wan East (Plague Section).
Hau Pui Loong (Section A and Plague Section).
Sai Yu Shek (Section A).
Aberdeen (Section A).
Kowloon Cemeteries (Sections A, B, & C and Plague Section).
In addition, various paths were surfaced, roads formed and general repairs executed at Mount Caroline Cemetery, Hau Pui Loong, and the Kowloon Cemeteries.
The Chinese portion of the Kowloon Cemeteries referred to above and in last year's Report were prepared for use during the year, the requisite paths and bridges formed, terraces being provided in Sections A, B and C, and trenches being dug in the Plague or free burial Section, and arrangements were made for its opening on the first of January, 1922.
The two cemeteries at Hau Pai Loong and Kowloon Tong were in use during the year, after the expiration of which all burials will be diverted to the Kowloon Cemeteries. The notices in respect of closing these cemeteries were gazetted on 22nd December, 1921.
37. Places of Public Entertainment Regulation Ordinance, The Captain Superintendent of Police having now been appointed the Licensing Authority, this item will not appear in future Reports.
38. Fires. The only fires attended by loss of life were two, both of which occurred in February at the Fire Cracker Factory, K.I.L. 1264, Tai Shek Ku. In each case, the fire was due to an explosion; in the former, 2 persons lost their lives, and, in the latter, 29 persons were killed or lost their lives in consequence of injuries received. In addition, a considerable number of other employees were injured. As a result of these explosions, new Regulations for the controlling of such factories were prepared, but they had not, at the end of the year, received formal approval.
The following buildings were seriously injured by fire, some of them being damaged to such an extent as to require re-construction :
No. 292, Queen's Road Central,
293, Queen's Road Central.
10, Des Voeux Road West.
6, Ko Shing Street.
35, New Market Street.
Nos. 143 and 145, Bonham Strand.
72, Queen's Road West.
193, Queen's Road West.
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