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Police now occupying the present Station which is to be demolished and rebuilt. The necessary Drawings and Specifications have been completed. Revised sketch plans have been prepared for a new Police Station of 5 storeys, which contains a Duty Room, Cells, Quarters for 57 Indians and 68 Chinese Police, with Mess Rooms, Kitchens, etc., 4 Flats for Married European Officers, and a Flat for 6 Single European Officers. All the Flats are self-contained,
and are provided with the usual servants' quarters.
Expenditure
Nil.
218. Senior Officers' Quarters, May Road.-Sketch plans were prepared for the erection of two 5-storey blocks containing 20 Flats as follows:-5 Flats of 5 rooms, and 5 Flats of 3 rooms in one block, and 10 Flats of 4 rooms in the other block. All the Flats are self-contained, and are provided with the usual accommodation for servants in detached blocks in the rear. Working drawings were commenced with a view to beginning work on the site preparation and approach road. These had, however, to be deferred owing to shortage of Staff.
Expenditure
Nil.
219. Junior Technical School: New Laboratory Wing. The work consisted of the erection of a two-storey addition having a laboratory, preparation room and balance room on the ground floor, and two classrooms on the first floor. The annex is connected to the existing school by a covered way. A contract was let to Messrs. Hewart Shing Yick & Co. and was signed on the 27th October, 1933. Progress was slow: the brickwork was completed up to the 1st floor level and the wood casing for the reinforcing concrete floor was fixed in position by the end of the year.
Expenditure
$2,374.56
220. One Coal Burning Crematorium of two Chambers.— This work was referred to in paragraph 178 of last year's report. Satisfactory progress was made, and the buildings were completed in June.
Expenditure
Expenditure to 31.12.38 $8,901.32 $9,262.52
221. Preparation of Children's Playing Grounds.—The work consisted of the preparation of four playing grounds at Praya East, Wanchai, and Blake Gardens in Hong Kong, and at Tong Mi Road and Shantung Street in Kowloon. The work generally comprised the levelling of the sites, the erection of boundary fences, the provision of seats, and store sheds for equipment. Contracts were let in December and good progress had been made at the end of the year.
Expenditure
$1,472.32
222. Government House and City Development Scheme:-- (a) Relaying the Storm Water Drain in Wardley Street to the East of the new site of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. This work, which involved the laying of 462 linear