19.
Q 3
A new Water Works Ordinance was prepared and passed in 1938, to take effect from 1st January, 1939.
20. On the construction side the following works were carried out :--
21. Work in connection with the general extension of the Colony's waterworks approved in 1937 was proceeded with; the pumping stations and pipe-lines for the supplies to Albany and Peak Road were practically completed, and construction of the Peak Road service reservoir was commenced; the two new 21" cross-harbour pipe-lines were about one-third completed; Kowloon Tsai Service Reservoir was commenced; extensions to the distribution system of the island and mainland were made; the first section of the Shing Mun catchment was completed and the second section commenced; preliminary works for the supply and distribution mains for Kowloon Tsai Service Reservoir, and for the rapid gravity filters at the Eastern Service Reservoir, were put in hand.
22. Preliminary investigations in connection with the Tai Lam Chung Valley scheme were commenced.
RECLAMATIONS.
23. Reclamations at North Point, Kennedy Town and Kun Tong were continued. The two former are being formed by deposits of building debris; the last-named by deposits of town refuse. The areas reclaimed by the end of the year were 3.4, 2.4 and 12 acres respectively.
ELECTRICAL WORKS.
24. Lights, fans, lifts, telephones and bells in government buildings were maintained in good order.
25. Two submarine cables between Victoria and Kowloon, which had been dragged eastward, were underrun and restored to their proper position. Repairs were carried out to the submarine cable to Green Island. The cable to Waglan was also damaged but weather conditions did not permit repairs to be completed in 1938.
26. Work on new electrical installations in the following places was in hand or completed :- new Central Market; Victoria Hospital flats; Central Magistracy; Wongneichong Market; Police Headquarters; Passport office; Infectious Diseases Hospital; Kowloon Hospital (temporary isolation block); street lights on approach road to Mortuary (Kowloon Hospital); Relief Hospital and Cholera Hospital, Lai Chi Kok. Improvements and additions were carried out to installations in eighty-eight buildings in Victoria and thirty-eight buildings on the mainland. A new landing floodlight was installed at Kai Tak Airport. Extensive electrical work was carried out at the refugee camps at North Point, Ma Tau Chung, King's Park and Kamtin: total number of points 770. Sixteen government buildings were rewired: total number of points 1,053. A private intercommunication telephone system was installed in the Colonial Secretariat.
27. The electrical workshops were removed to premises in Arsenal Yard.
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.
28. Early in the year the building industry began to show signs of recovering from the slump from which it had suffered during the past four years.
This recovery has been hastened by the disturbed conditions in China. Impetus has been given to the erection of European flats and buildings of a non-domestic character.
29. The graphs attached to this report (Tables V and VI) show the number of plans (including new works and works of alteration) approved, and the number of domestic buildings completed during the period 1905-1938.
19.
Q 3
A new Water Works Ordinance was prepared and passed in 1938, to take effect from 1st January, 1939.
20. On the construction side the following works were carried out :--
21. Work in connection with the general extension of the Colony's waterworks approved in 1937 was proceeded with the pumping stations and pipe-lines for the supplies to Albany and Peak Road were practically completed, and construction of the Peak Road service reservoir was commenced; the two new 21" cross-harbour pipe-lines were about one-third completed; Kowloon Tsai Service Reservoir was commenced; extensions to the distribution system of the island and mainland were made; the first section of the Shing Mun caichwater was completed and the second section commenced; preliminary works for the supply and distribution mains for Kowloon Tsai Service Reservior, and for the rapid gravity filters at the Eastern Service Reservoir, were put in hand.
22. Preliminary investigations in connection with the Tai Lam Chung Valley scheme were commenced.
RECLAMATIONS.
23. Reclamations at North Point, Kennedy Town and Kun Tong were continued, The two former are being formed by deposits of building debris; the last-named by deposits of town refuse. The areas reclaimed by the end of the year were 3.4, 2.4 and 12 acres respectively.
ELECTRICAL WORKS.
24. Lights, fans, lifts, telephones and bells in government buildings were maintained in good order.
25. Two submarine cables between Victoria and Kowloon, which had been dragged eastward, were underrun and restored to their proper position. Repairs were carried out to the submarine cable to Green Island. The cable to Waglan was also damaged but weather conditions did not permit repairs to be completed in 1938.
26. Work on new electrical installations in the following places was in hand or completed :-new Central Market; Victoria Hospital flats; Central Magistracy; Wongneichong Market; Police Headquarters; Passport office; Infectious Diseases Hospital; Kowloon Hospital (temporary isolation block); street lights on approach road to Mortuary (Kowloon Hospital); Relief Hospital and Cholera Hospital, Lai Chi Kok. Improvements and additions were carried out to installations in eighty-eight buildings in Victoria and thirty-eight buildings on the mainland. A new landing floodlight was installed at Kai Tak Airport. Extensive electrical work was carried out at the refugee camps at North Point, Ma Tau Chung, King's Park and Kamtin: total number of points 770. Sixteen government buildings were rewired: total number of points 1,053. A private intercommunication telephone system was installed in the Colonial Secretariat.
27. The electrical workshops were removed to premises in Arsenal Yard.
BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.
28. Early in the year the building industry began to show signs of recovering from the slump from which it had suffered during the past four years.
This recovery has been hastened by the disturbed conditions in China, Impetus has been given to the erection of European flats and buildings of a non-domestic character.
29. The graphs attached to this report (Tables V and VI) show the number of plans (including new works and works of alteration) approved, and the number of domestic buildings completed during the period 1905-1938.
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