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RECLAMATIONS.
15. At Tsat Tze Mui, a further four acres were reclaimed, making a total of approximately fourteen acres. A reclamation of about ten acres was commenced at Kennedy Town. Work on the reclamation at Cheung Sha Wan was stopped. An area of about eight acres has been filled in at Ma Tau Kok.
ELECTRICAL WORKS.
16. Works completed were:- Underground cables were laid between G.P.O.-Happy Valley and G.P.O.-Peak W/T. Station. Improved traffic control lights were installed at certain points. Twenty police recall signals were installed in various police stations. Kowloon-Canton Railway: Taipo, Taipo-Market and Fanling Stations were wired for electric lights; also the Railway workshop at Hung Hom, and an underground cable for power and light was installed. Thirty telephones were installed in various places. Repairs to the submarine cable to Stonecutters were carried out. Certain improvements and re-arrangements were carried out at Tsat Tse Mui Quarry. Certain electrical works, thirteen telephones, etc., were installed for Shing Mun Valley Scheme. Fifty-six buildings in various places were either rewired or had electric points installed for the first time. Two self-supporting wireless masts were erected on the Hung Hom Reclamation and the Broadcasting Set was transferred to a new building on the same Reclamation. An air-conditioning plant was installed at the Broadcasting Studio in Gloucester Building. A Sullivan Heterodyne Wavemeter was obtained for the Radio Test Room.
17. In addition to minor works the usual maintenance of Wireless Stations, telephones, lights, fans, bells, lifts, ferry pier hoists, traffic lights, etc., was carried out. The installations were all maintained in good order.
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.
18. The building industry continued to evince considerable activity throughout 1933 but failed to reach the level of the previous year (see Table XI).
19. The total number of plans approved for new works was only slightly less than for the previous year (see Table XII). The number of new buildings covered by such plans shews an appreciable decline; this is particularly noticeable in Chinese tenement property. The falling off in the number of European houses erected does not truly reflect the amount of new accommodation provided. The type of development tended towards the provision of flats—three, four and in some cases five storeys high. These flats afford the accommodation hitherto provided by the erection of the detached and semi-detached houses which had figured largely in the returns of the preceding three years.
20. Buildings of a non-domestic or commercial character shew an increase over the returns of the preceding year.
Q 4
RECLAMATIONS.
15. At Tsat Tze Mui, a further four acres were reclaimed, making a total of approximately fourteen acres. A reclamation of about ten acres was commenced at Kennedy Town. Work on the reclamation at Cheung Sha Wan was stopped. An area of about eight acres has been filled in at Ma Tau Kok.
ELECTRICAL WORKS.
16. Works completed were:-Underground cables were laid between G.P.O.-Happy Valley and G.P.O.-Peak W/T. Station. Improved traffic control lights were installed at certain points. Twenty police recall signals were installed in various police stations. Kowloon-Canton Railway: Taipo, Taipo-Market and Fanling Stations were wired for electric lights; also the Railway workshop at Hung Hom, and an underground cable for power and light was installed. Thirty telephones were installed in various places. Repairs to the submarine cable to Stone- cutters were carried out. Certain improvements and re-arrange- ments were carried out at Tsat Tse Mui Quarry. Certain electrical works, thirteen telephones, etc., were installed for Shing Mun Valley Scheme. Fifty-six buildings in various
various places were either rewired or had electric points installed for the first time. Two self supporting wireless masts were erected on the Hung Hom Reclamation and the Broadcasting Set was transferred to a new building on the same Reclamation. An air-conditioning plant was installed at the Broadcasting Studio in Gloucester Building A Sullivan Heterodyne Wavemeter was obtained for the Radio Test Room.
17. In addition to minor works the usual maintenance of Wireless Stations, telephones, lights, fans, bells, lifts, ferry pier hoists, traffic lights, etc., was carried out. The installations were all maintained in good order.
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.
18. The building industry continued to evince considerable activity throughout 1933 but failed to reach the level of the previous year (see Table XI).
19. The total number of plans approved for new works was only slightly less than for the previous year (see Table XII). The number of new buildings covered by such plans shews an appreciable decline; this is particularly noticeable in Chinese tenement property. The falling off in the number of European houses erected does not truly reflect the amount of new accom- modation provided. The type of development tended towards the provision of flats-three, four and in some cases five storeys high. These flats afford the accommodation hitherto provided by the erection of the detached and semi-detached houses which had figured largely in the returns of the preceding three years.
20. Buildings of a non-domestic or commercial character shew an increase over the returns of the preceding year.
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