Appendix Q.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1933.
During the year under review the operations of the Public Works Department were carried out, under a Head Office Staff, by eleven sub-departments, namely the Accounts and Stores, Architectural, Buildings Ordinance, Crown Lands and Surveys, Drainage, Electrical, Port Development, Roads and Transport, Valuations and Resumptions, Waterworks Construction, and Waterworks Maintenance offices.
2. The European staff comprised 160 officers and the non-European approximately 612.
3. The following is a summary of works carried out during the year:-
BUILDINGS.
4. Works completed were:--Crematorium at Kai Lung Wan Cemetery; extension of the offices of the Public Works Department; addition to Kowloon Hospital comprising a new Ward Block and a House for a Second European Medical Officer; Venereal Diseases Clinic at Kowloon; New Cattle Lairage at Ma Tau Kok Cattle Depot; Wireless Broadcasting Station at Kowloon; The Lady Ho Tung Infant Welfare Centre at Fanling; extension to the Store at the Central Police Station; provision of tanks for the storage of fish at the Central Market; Quarters for Gardeners at Government Pavilions; Latrine and Bath House at Hennessy Road; Drill Hall at Kowloon Junior School; alterations at Kowloon Fire Station to provide quarters for Sub-Officers; Quarters and Store for the Botanical and Forestry Department; additions to Tai O Police Station; alterations and additions at the Remnand Home for Juvenile Offenders; additions at Tsun Wan Police Station; adaptation of the Sailors' Home and Seamen's Institute for Offices; two Garages at Tai Po and the erection of a Fountain, Shelter and Lavatory in the Botanical Gardens.
5. Works under construction were:-Site formation for the New Government Civil Hospital at Pokfulum; New Residence for the Director, Royal Observatory; Governor's Residence at Fanling; Block of Quarters for Nurses at Kowloon Hospital; Site preparation for the New Gaol at Stanley; Sextons' Quarters at Chai Wan Cemetery; additional Wing containing Laboratory and Class Rooms at the Junior Technical School; Dormitory Block at Lai Chi Kok Gaol and the preparation of four Playing Grounds for Children.
6. In addition to general maintenance, numerous minor alterations and improvements to Government Buildings were also executed during the year.