212.
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Of these, Quarters (b), (g) and (h) were destroyed beyond repair during the war, and all the others were to some extent damaged or looted. Quarters (a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) were repaired during the year by the Architectural Office, and occupied by Waterworks Staff. An estimate of the cost of repairs to No. (i) was prepared but no work carried out. No replacement of the quarters destroyed, (b), (g) and (h), was carried out.
213.
Repairs were also carried out by the Architectural Office to war damaged Chinese Staff Quarters at:-
Tytam Tuk Pumping Station
Tytam Reservoir
Pokfulam Reservoir
Pokfulam Road Pumping Station
Albany Filters.
214. Replacement of Workshop Machines and Tools.-The Workshop when taken over from the Japanese was found to be very poorly equipped, the best machines having been removed and old machines substituted. A few machines and some tools were obtained locally through the Custodian of Property and from Engineer Stores Base Depot, but the main requirements were ordered through the Crown Agents under Indents No. 3505/1, 3505/2, B.16/1, B.16/2, 84/46 and 85/46. Very little of the materials on these Indents had arrived by the end of the year.
215. Repairs to Catchwaters and Conduits-Due to failure on the part of the Japanese to repair damage to Catchwaters -probably caused by shell fire during hostilities-several large landslides, which carried away portions of the Catchwaters at Beacon Hill and Shing Mun, occurred during the occupation. Minor damage had occurred to all Catchwaters, and the filling pool at the junction of Tytam Tuk East Catchwater, and the outfall from Mt. Parker (lower) and Pottinger Peak Catchwaters was full of debris and silt.
216. The Shing Mun North Conduit was found to have been broken just below Jubilee Dam and to have been repaired by building in two Nos. 24" diameter steel pipes. These pipes had a smaller discharge capacity than the remainder of the Conduit and formed a bottleneck on the supply. A similar repair was found on the Bowen Road Conduit east of Bowen Road Filters.
217. Minor repair works were carried out Departmentally in 1945 or early 1946, but the following major works were completed under Contract during the year under review:-
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212.
[51]
Of these, Quarters (b), (g) and (h) were destroyed beyond repair during the war, and all the others were to some extent damaged or looted. Quarters (a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) were repairerd during the year by the Architectural Office, and occupied by Waterworks Staff. An estimate of the cost of repairs to No. (i) was prepared but no work carried out. No replacement of the quarters destroyed, (b), (g) and (h), was carried out.
213.
Repairs were also carried out by the Architectural Office to war damaged Chinese Staff Quarters at:-
Tytam Tuk Pumping Station
Tytam Reservoir
Pokfulam Reservoir
Pokfulam Road Pumping Station Albany Filters.
214. Replacement of Workshop Machines and Tools.-The Workshop when taken over from the Japanese was found to be very poorly equipped, the best machines having been removed and old machines substituted. A few machines and some tools were obtained locally through the Custodian of Property and from Engineer Stores Base Depot, but the main requirements were ordered through the Crown Agents under Indents No. 3505/1, 3505/2, B.16/1, B.16/2, 84/46 and 85/46. Very little of the materials on these Indents had arrived by the end of the year.
215. Repairs to Catchwaters and Conduits-Due to failure on the part of the Japanese to repair damage to Catchwaters -probably caused by shell fire during hostilities-several large landslides, which carried away portions of the Catch- waters at Beacon Hill and Shing Mun, occurred during the occupation. Minor damage had occurred to all Catchwaters, and the filling pool at the junction of Tytam Tuk East Catchwater, and the outfall from Mt. Parker (lower) and Pottinger Peak Catchwaters was full of debris and silt.
216. The Shing Mun North Conduit was found to have been broken just below Jubilee Dam and to have been repaired by building in two Nos. 24" diameter steel pipes. These pipes had a smaller discharge capacity than the remainder of the Conduit and formed a bottleneck on the supply. A similar repair was found on the Bowen Road Conduit east of Bowen Road Filters.
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217. Minor repair works were carried out Departmentally in 1945 or early 1946, but the following major works were completed under Contract during the year under review:-
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