KOWLOON.
68. Maintenance of Buildings:-Government buildings were kept in a good state of repair. Painting, colourwashing and repairs in accordance with the recurring programme were carried out to forty-seven buildings, in addition to such repairs to other buildings as were found to be necessary.
Electrical installations were maintained in good order. 506 fans and 118 radiators were cleaned and overhauled; twenty-one fan motors were rewound; fifty-one points were added or altered in seven buildings.
Expenditure $47,024.21
69. Improvements to Buildings: The principal improvements carried out were:-Kowloon post office alterations to counter and to clerks quarters and supply of new post boxes; Ma Tau Kok depot—a ramp and gates; Hung Hom oil store--alterations to entrance; Kowloon Fire Station-new shelving and hose racks; Kowloon Hospital-new flag mast, new window catches and alterations to dispensary; Police Training School-renewal of floors in concrete.
Electrical improvements and additions were carried out in four buildings; total number of points, eight.
One light, six power sockets and one desk fan were installed in four buildings.
Expenditure $9,953.43
70. Roads and Bridges (Maintenance and Improvements):-The surfaces of approximately 49 miles of roads were maintained in a satisfactory manner. Areas laid with improved surfacing were:-
Additional Square yards. Surface dressing (tarpaint) 70,887 Surface dressing (tartops) 423 24" granolithic paving laid on footways 3,949 Slab paving laid on footways 183 New dry macadam surfacing 54,764 New tarred macadam surfacing 20,251A traffic census taken on some of the main roads in Kowloon during a twelve-hour period (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) gave the following results, which are shown compared with the 1937 figures:
Street Point where Census was taken 1937 1938 Cars & Motor Cycles Lorries and Buses Cars & Motor Cycles Lorries and Buses Nathan Road Salisbury Road Junction 1979 1241 1510 2363 Nathan Road Waterloo Road Junction 3133 1850 2175 4243 Salisbury Road Nathan Road Junction 2390 1589 1854 2892 Jordan Road Canton Road Junction 513 1525 782 1266 Jordan Road Junction 118 466 112 265 Waterloo Road Nathan Road Junction 1658 187 821 2197 Waterloo Road Shanghai Street Junction 53 104 69 64 Prince Edward Road Prince Edward Road Junction. 1327 368 359 1671 Shanghai Street Waterloo Road Junction 113 655 129 539 Prince Edward Road Tam Kung Road Junction 41 520 92 473 Gascoigne Road Chatham Road Junction 65 189 88 224 Chatham Road Gascoigne Road Junction 1025 866 821 1361 485 908 836 1813 1142 917 657 527Expenditure $66,991.66