building fitted with a bar and has frequently been used for the reception of V.I.P.s travelling to or from the Chinese mainland.
(b) A new waiting shelter, measuring 24 ft. X 11 ft. was erected at Sha Tin Station.
(c) A new concrete path, 650 ft. long, leading from Lo Wu Station to the end of the motor road at the south of the Station was constructed for the convenience of the passengers.
(d) Crowd control barriers were installed at Wo Hop Shek and Kowloon Stations. These barriers were first put to use during the Chung Yeung Festival in 1959 and proved to be very successful in controlling the abnormally large crowd of passengers at these two stations during the festival periods.
(e) For better control of passengers at Tai Po Market, a length of 300 linear yards of chain-link wired fence was erected at the north of the Station.
(f) Improvements were made to the drainage systems at Hung Hom Yard and Wo Hop Shek Station.
(g) A new loading gauge was erected at Lo Wu Station for checking special out-of-gauge loads from China.
52. Railway Land. The following areas of railway land were leased for various purposes:
Description
Area Sq. Ft.
Annual Rental
$
Military Camps, etc.
440,952
2.00
A Bible Auditorium (Seventh Day
Adventists)
6,000
9,600.00
A Club House and Sports Ground ...
126,936
20.00
A Boy Scouts Hut
...
3,735
10.00
Motor Car Garage
20,862
25,417.32
Film Titling Studio
3,000
3,003.84
Storage
35,367
28,652.88
Cultivation and Gardening
1,254,782
}
4,506.06
Various other purposes
145,376
142,954.89
Total
2,037,010
$214,166.99
53. Advertising Space. Advertising space let during the year was 9,628 sq. ft. to a total value of $172,591.66.
54. Australian Sleepers. A total of 3,455 Australian sleepers arrived during the year.
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