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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1978
EXPANSION FOR GOVERNMENT VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SERVICE
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THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO EXPAND ITS WORKSHOP DIVISION WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, AMONG OTHER TASKS, MAINTAINING A FLEET OF 4,200 GOVERNMENT VEHICLES,
THE EXPANSION PLAN, NOW ON THE DRAWING BOARD, INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO MORE SERVICING STATIONS ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON BAY AND THE EXTENSION OF THE BASE WORKSHOP IN SUNG WONG TO ROAD TO COPE WITH INCREASING WORKLOAD.
THE ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF WORKSHOPS IN THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE, MR. ROY COPPER SAID SITES HAVE BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE TWO NEW SERVICING STATIONS AND IT IS EXPECTED WORK ON THE KOWLOON BAY DEPOT WILL COMMENCE IN 1979 TO BE CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND STATION ON HONG KONG ISLAND. WORK ON SUNG WONG TOI ROAD DEPOT WILL COMMENCE IN FEBRUARY 1979.
IN ADDITION, A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CONTROL ACCOUNTING (MICA) SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE DIVISION EARLY THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION ON MAINTENANCE COSTS OF VARIOUS MODELS OF VEHICLES UNDER ITS CARE AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL VEHICLE.
MR. COPPER SAID: +WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING DATA FOR THE SYSTEM WHICH WE HOPE WILL BE COMPUTERISED IN THE FUTURE TO ASSIST US IN ANALYSING THE STATISTICS.+
AT PRESENT, THE DIVISION HAS TWO BASE WORKSHOPS ONE IN CAROLINE HILL AND THE OTHER IN SUNG WONG TOI ROAD, KOWLOON CITY, AND FOUR SERVICING STATIONS IN KENNEDY TOWN, LAI CHI KOK, FAN LING AND LANTAU.
IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVICING AND REPAIR ING THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT FLEET OF VEHICLES APART FROM FIRE ENGINES OF WHICH THE UPKEEP IS DONE BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE 180 DIFFERENT MODELS OF VEHICLES UNDER ITS CARE RANGING FROM POLICE SARACEN ARMOURED CARS TO BICYCLES.
MR. COPPER SAID: THE VEHICLES ARE CALLED IN FOR SERVICING ON A MILEAGE BASIS THAT DIFFERS FROM ONE MODEL TO ANOTHER. ON AVERAGE WE SERVICE 80 VEHICLES A DAY, APART FROM THE ROUND-THE-CLOCK BREAKDOWN SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.+
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