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27. Buildings of importance completed were:- New Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank on Queen's Road and Des Voeux Road, Central; Cheero Club on Queen's Road, Central; new factory of the British American Tobacco Co., Ltd. on Gloucester Road; extension to the Soldiers and Sailors Home on Hennessy Road; site development and Gasometer for the Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd. at Smithfield; office block and flats at Nos. 3 and 5 Duddell Street; office block at Nos. 15 to 19 Queen's Road, Central; extension to Sincere Co. Building on Des Voeux Road, Central; Bank of East Asia Building on Des Voeux Road, Central; Gold and Silver Exchange on Mercer Street; Lido Bathing Pavilions (1st Section) at Repulse Bay; Theological College on Stubb's Road; Headquarters of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade on Tai Hang Road; Confucius Hall at Sookunpoo; Tung Wah Printing Press at North Point; Buddhist Temple and Free School on Shan Kwong Road; Industrial School at Aberdeen; "Rest House" at Stanley; Club House at Kowloon Tong; Gas holder and Tar tanks at To Kwa Wan; motor bus shelters at Tsim Sha Tsui; widening and lengthening of pier at the Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd.; block of twenty-four European houses at Shamshuipo.
28. Occupation permits were issued for 158 Chinese tenement houses, of this number sixty-one were erected in Kowloon and ninety-seven on the Island, of the latter number, eleven were erected on the Praya East Reclamation, making a total to date on this area of 1,016 houses. There was a slight increase in the number of occupation permits issued for European type houses, thirty-five being erected on the Island and fifty-nine in Kowloon.
29. There was a decrease in the number of non-domestic type buildings completed when compared with the returns of the preceding year.
30. The number of water flushed sanitary appliances approved amounted to 2,331.
31. Twelve fires, causing structural damage, were reported. Loss of life was occasioned in two instances. The most disastrous fire occurred at Nos. 1 to 7 Belchers Street. The houses were of old type with wooden floors, stairs and roofs. Casualties at this fire were two deaths and three persons injured. No. 5 Tung Shing Lane and No. 131 Main Street, Shaukiwan, were completely gutted by fire. No casualties occurred. It is of interest to note that fires occurring in houses of reinforced cement concrete construction were not of a serious nature, and were mostly confined to the floor where the fire originated.
32. Seven minor collapses occurred. Only in one instance was loss of life reported.
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27. Buildings of importance completed were:-New Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank on Queen's Road and Des Voeux Road, Central; Cheero Club on Queen's Road, Central; new factory of the British American Tobacco Co., Ltd. on Gloucester Road; extension to the Soldiers and Sailors Home on Hennessy Road; site development and Gasometer for the Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd. at Smithfield; office block and flats at Nos. 3 and 5 Duddell Street; office block at Nos. 15 to 19 Queen's Road, Central; extension to Sincere Co. Building on Des Voeux Road, Central; Bank of East Asia Building on Des Voeux Road, Central; Gold and Silver Exchange on Mercer Street; Lido Bathing Pavilions (1st Section) at Repulse Bay; Theological College on Stubb's Road; Headquarters of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade on Tai Hang Road; Confucius Hall at Sookunpoo; Tungar Printing Press at North Point; Buddhist Temple and Free School on Shan Kwong Road; Industrial School at Aberdeen; "Rest House" at Stanley; Club House at Kowloon Tong; Gas holder and Tar tanks at To Kwa Wan; motor bus shelters at Tsim Sha Tsui; widening and lengthening of pier at the Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd.; block of twenty-four European houses at Shamshuipo.
28. Occupation perfnits were issued for 158 Chinese tenement house, of this number sixty-one were erected in Kowloon and ninty-seven on the Island, of the latter number, eleven were erected on the Praya East Reclamation, making u total to date on this area of 1,016 houses. There was a slight increase in the number of occupation permits issued for European type houses, thirty-five being erected on the Island and fifty-nine in Kowloon.
29. There was a decrease in the number of non-domestic type buildings completed when compared with the returns of the preceding year.
30. The number of water flushed sanitary appliances approved amounted to 2,331.
31. Twelve fires, causing structural damage, were reported. Loss of life was occasioned in two instances. The most disastrous fire occurred at Nos. 1 to 7 Belchers Street. The houses were of old type with wooden floors, stairs and roofs. Casualties at this fire were two deaths and three persons injured. No. 5 Tung Shing Lane and No. 131 Main Street, Shaukiwan, were completely gutted by fire. No casualties occurred. is of interest to note that fires occurring in houses of reinforced cement concrete construction were not of a serious nature, and were mostly confined to the floor where the fire originated.
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32. Seven minor collapses occurred. Only in one instance was loss of life reported.
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