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(f) Customs accommodation was extended and extra barriers and examination benches were provided.
(g) The signals and mechanism controlling movements to and from the Goods Shed, which had been operated from the Signal Cabin, were removed. Manually operated switch-stands were provided in their stead to speed up shunting movements.
105. More than 3,000 corroded rivets in Bridge No. 33 at Taipo Market were renewed, and iron bearing plates were used to replace cement plaster packings. Four other bridges were painted.
106. Shatin, Lok Lo Ha and Taipo level crossings were modernised by the laying of new type of surfacing, consisting of reinforced concrete slabs covered with chequered mild steel plates.
All level crossing gates, mile-posts, grade-posts and fouling points were repaired and painted.
107. The dilapidated wooden gantries used for cleaning coaching stock in the Carriage Shed were renewed in reinforced concrete.
108. The running sheds at Hung Hom were renovated and the timber smoke-stacks were renewed.
109. The remaining bucket latrines at Hung Hom were converted into water closets.
110. The following redundant structures were demolished:---
(a) The old steel Construction Store at Taipo.
(b) The old brick coal-loading stage at Hung Hom Locomotive Yard.
111. A new Permanent Way Inspector's office, depot and store was erected at Blackhead's Point. Material recovered from the demolished shed at Taipo was used for this purpose.
112. The station buildings and shelters at Yaumati, Shatin, Taipo and Fanling were repaired and painted, and the guttering of Kowloon Station building was renewed. The large wooden name-boards at all stations were replaced with reinforced concrete.
113. A new two-storied block of quarters for the Shum Chun station traffic staff was erected at Lowu Locomotive Yard.
114. An 18-inch culvert was built under the track at Kowloon Tong. This work was performed for the Public Works Department in connection with an anti-malaria drainage scheme.