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In addition, the area for the concrete pile moulding platform was increased by 4,000 feet.
Sketch plans for proposed new workshops, &c., were prepared during the year.
1922 Estimates, $70,000.00 1922 Expenditure, 22,879.74112. Reconstruction of Ferry Piers:
Total Estimates, ... $300,000.00 Expenditure to 31/12/22, 140,660.72 1922 Expenditure, 51,231.24(a.) Pier opposite Queen Victoria Street.—As stated in paragraph 107 of last year's Report, a Contract for the construction of a re-inforced concrete roof over part of the pier and the erection of offices, &c., was awarded to Mr. Chan Tai Kee. This work was completed on the 31st May, and in June, the Yaumati Ferry Service was transferred from the wooden pier opposite Jubilee Street to this new concrete pier.
(b.) Pier at Public Square Street, Yaumati.—This work was completed by the end of the year with the exception of the depositing of the concrete to form the decking and a few very minor items of work. The total Expenditure includes, in addition to the cost of new ferry piers, compensation in respect of Keng Shan and Hunghom Piers and reconstruction of, and alterations to, existing wooden piers.
113. Government Underground Cable Scheme, City.—The substitution of underground cables for the aerial wires to the Government Telephone System, in the central part of the City, was well advanced by the end of the year.
They were laid in three routes each radiating from the General Post Office, the terminal points and routes being as under:
(a.) The Western Sanitary Office, via Des Vœux Road, Queen's Road, Eastern Street and Second Street.
(b) The Police Headquarters (Central Police Station), via Pedder Street; No. 2 Pumping Station via Wyndham Street and Glenealy; and to Government Offices via Lower Albert Road,
(c.) Leighton Hill Road via Des Vœux Road, Queen's Road, Praya East, Wanchai Road and Morrison Hill Road; and to the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.'s Office via Jackson Road and Chater Road.
A new Central Exchange was formed at the New Government Offices, and a multiple 200 line magneto switchboard installed, to which were connected 148 lines from various Government
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