AnnualReport-1936 — Page 709

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Government Buildings were rewired. Twenty-five telephones were installed, improvements and additions were carried out in six buildings in Hong Kong, five in Kowloon and two in New Territories.

31. The laying of two submarine cables and buried land cable work was completed.

BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.

32. The volume of the new building works coming under the jurisdiction of the Buildings Ordinance, 1935 shewed a small increase in comparison with the figures for 1935.

33. Alterations and additions to existing buildings com- prised a very large proportion of the work carried out. There was a decrease in the number of plans for new European houses but an increase in those of Chinese tenement type. Many buildings of a social character such as Churches and Schools were under construction during the year. (See Table

XVI).

34. Plans were approved for the following more im- portant works:-One block of eighteen European flats at junction of Plantation and Plunkett Roads; European house, Stanley Beach Road; Convent, Stanley; European house, Stanley; Pentecostal Church for Chinese, Castle Road; twelve Chinese houses, Hill Road; fourteen Chinese houses, Gloucester Road; eighteen Chinese houses, Stewart Road; twenty-eight Chinese houses, Tonnochy Road; New Cold Storage Building for Dairy Farm, Great George Street; ten Chinese houses, Hennessy Road; office block, 9 Queen's Road Central; office block, 10 Queen's Road Central; New Christian Church for Chinese, Tai Hang Road; school for Chinese, to accommodate one hundred and twenty boarders, ten teachers and two hundred and thirty day scholars, Hau Pui Loong; foundations for 100 ton crane, Kowloon Dock; Chinese Roman Catholic Chapel and Quarters, Kak Hang Tsun Road; Christian Church for Chinese, Ma Tau Chung Road; block of European flats sixteen storeys high, Nathan Road; Anglican Church, Waterloo Road; block of four Chinese houses, Austin Road; Private Hospital, Kiu Kiang Street; block of ten Chinese houses, Lai Chi Kok Road; block of four European houses, Nathan Road; block of five Chinese houses, Reclamation Street; extension to Weaving Factory, Un Chau Street.

35. Buildings of importance completed were:-European house, Tai Hang Road; large school for Chinese boys, to accommodate eighty boarders and three hundred and eighty day scholars, Third Street; large residence, Bonham Road; thirteen Chinese houses, Gloucester Road; twelve Chinese houses, Hennessy Road; ten Chinese houses, Heard Street;