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All the houses at Leighton Hill are being constructed by Mesars. Denison, Ram and Gibbs, and those on the Homestead site by Messrs. Little, Adams and Wood,
In addition, 12 houses at Happy Valley were completed for aubordinate officers early in the year.
Good progress was made with the new police married quart- ers, containing 6 Bate, in Caine Road.
Alterations were carried out to the Kitchen Block at Govern- ment House, and a new Garage Block was commenced which in- cludes quarters for the Custodian and two rooms for guests, for whom accommodation cannot be found in the main building.
The quarters for scavenging coolies at Hospital Road were completed towards the end of the year, and good progress was made with similar quarters in Belchers Street.
Foundations were commenced for the large building (New Fire Brigade Station) opposite the Central Market, the details of the accommodation of which were given in last year's report. A temporary Fire Station was completed in Wanchai.
A contract was let, and work commenced, for a maternity section next to the Victoria Hospital, Barker road, the Peak, and plans were prepared for the alteration to the main hospital block. and to the nurses quarters; also, an outpatients' block was com- menced at the Civil Hospital.
In Kowloon, quarters for the Royal Observatory staff were com- pleted, and an extension to the pig lairage at Ma-tau-kok was made.
The preparation of the site for the Kowloon Hospital was in progress.
Drawings were prepared for the new police station at Yau- mati and Mong-kok-tsui, and for an extension to the fire brigade station at Kowloon.
Other works of a minor nature were carried out.
In the New Territories, work was proceeding in connection with the rebuilding of four of the prison sheds at the Lai-chi-kok branch Prison.
Good progress was made with the new clerks' quarters at Taipo, and the land bailiff's quarters at Pingshan.
COMMUNICATIONS,
The following Motor roads were in hand :-
A road contouring the South side of Mt. Davis and linking Pokfulam Road with the Victoria Road was completed, as was also
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the extension of Lugard Road; the first section of the road from Taitam Gap to Shek 0, about one mile in length, was also com- ' pleted, and good progress was made with the second section thereof, and a contract for the third section was let; the two latter sections are also each about a mile in length.
A twenty-foot road from Wanchai Gap to Magazius Gap and from thence to Chamberlain Road was under construction; one, from Bowen Road to Wongneichong Gap.-being the first part of the new road to Repulse Bay-was completed; and good progress was also made with the twenty-foot road from Bowen Road contouring the hill towards Sookunpoo Valley, passing over the ridge where it will be joined by Broadwood Road.
A further section of the scheme for widening Kennedy Road was completed and progress was also made with the scheme for widening Queen's Road, East, as opportunity afforded, though there still remains a considerable portion to be dealt with before the widening can be accomplished. Work on the scheme for the diversion of a certain portion of the Shaukiwan Road through Quarry Bay Village and the improvement of the alignment and levels of a considerable section of the satne road on either side of the diversion was commenced.
In Kowloon, further progress was attained with the extension of the Coronation Road to the North West of Mong-kok Village.
The section of the Kowloon City-Mong-kok-toui Road, East of the Railway, was nearing completion, and the section, West of the Railway, was making good progress. The excavation from the ⚫ hills to form the above-mentioned roads was being utilized to fill in the low lying areas to the south of the Old Kowloon boundary line.
Extensive widenings of existing roads were carried out as follows:-
Kowloon City Road, between K.I.L. 1150 and the
bridge over the stream course West of the Hill of the King of the Sung'; from this latter point a sixty foot width of roadway was constructed on a new alignment to the New Kowloon City-Mong- kok-tsui Road.
Salisbury Road, between Nathan and Chatham Roads. Hankow Road, between Salisbury and Peking Roads, Argyle Street, between Coronation Road and Ho-mun-tin.
The improvements to the Taipo Road, between the 3rd and 5th milestones, and the section of this road-and the construction
of a bridge-at Ma-nin-shui were completed.
A road extension, 10 feet wide, was made from the Fanling- Sheung Shui Road to the Sheung Shui Police Station,
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