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Description

Club House and Sports Ground

Motor Car Garage

Storage

Cultivation and Gardening

Various Other Purposes

Total

Area sq. ft.

Annual Rental

$

126,936

20.00

18,972

21,787.00

12,292

10,770.00

1,083,587

3,437.00

233,176

24,941.00

1,474,963

$60,955.00

48. Advertising Spaces. Advertising spaces let during the year were 10,069 sq. feet to a total value of $382,407.92

STAFF

49. The establishment of the railway as at 31st March, 1965 was as follows:

159 Pensionable Officers

483 Non-pensionable Officers

642

There was a reduction of 21 from the previous year.

50. A total of 14 officers retired during the year after serving the railway for periods ranging from 18 to 37 years.

51. Mr. LAM Po-hon, B.Sc. (H.K.), M.Sc. (LONDON), D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E., Manager and Chief Engineer, attended the London Confer- ence on Railway Mechanical Equipment in the period 20th May to 19th June, 1964. During his absence, Mr. NGAN Chung-hon, Traffic Manager, acted as Manager of the Railway.

52. Mr. HUNG Shek-chiu, B.Sc. (H.K.), D.I.C., Assistant Engineer returned to Hong Kong on 21st September, 1964, after completing a post- graduate course in Structural Engineering at the Imperial College leading to the qualification of D.I.C. and a short course with the British Railways and visits to the German Railways and industrial firms.

53. Mr. Li Kwok-ting, B.Sc. (ECON.), A.C.A., Treasury Accountant,, was appointed as Senior Accountant on 10th July, 1964 to replace Mr. J. BRADFORD who was transferred to

transferred to Agriculture and Fisheries Department.

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