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15. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damage:- Repairs to the damage caused to Government properties by the typhoons of 27th July and 3rd September was undertaken and completed.
16. Works Executed on Private Accounts:- The majority of the work carried out was for the Custodian of Property.
Public Works Extraordinary.
17. Tai Po Market:- Plans were prepared for a covered market of an area of 4,200 sq. ft. containing accommodation for 50 stalls for the sale of meat, fish and vegetables. The construction consisted of brick walls, steel roof trusses and asbestos cement roof. Erection was completed.
18. Extension of King George V School:- Extensions consisted of the erection of a second storey to both the North and South wings of the school providing a total of six additional classrooms for 180 children. The work was carried out on the Maintenance Schedule.
19. Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps: Headquarters:- Sketch plans for new Headquarters situated on the Beaconsfield Arcade site were prepared for the purpose of preliminary discussion. The following accommodation was planned in a six storey building: - Ground floor-entrance hall, car park, service yard and kitchen: 1st floor-restaurant and cafeteria, gymnasium, changing rooms and lecture hall to seat about 400 persons: 2nd floor-canteen and recreation rooms: 3rd, 4th and 5th floors- mess for women, sergeants and officers, and office accommodation: 6th floor-quarters.
20. T.B. Sanatorium and Medical Officers' Quarters:- Sites were selected in Kowloon Hospital grounds for Medical officers' quarters to contain accommodation for sitting room, 2 bed rooms and bath room constructed as semi-detached bungalows. The site for a hostel was also selected to provide accommodation for 6 nursing sisters and 12 nurses together with common sitting room, lecture room and servants' quarters.
21. T.B. Clinic Kowloon:- A scheme was prepared for a temporary clinic sited on the corner of Argyle Street and Waterloo Road at the entrance to Kowloon Hospital. In the middle of March the scheme was reviewed and a new scheme prepared incorporating additional accommodation of four consulting rooms, X-ray appliances, waiting space for 150 patients, treatment room, almoner's room, and the usual services.
22. Sub-Post Offices:- Sites were selected for the erection of Sub-Post Offices throughout the Colony. Tenders were called for the first to be erected at Shamshuipo but this scheme was deferred.
23. Caroline Hill Garage Store Rooms:- An additional 7,700 sq. ft of covered servicing area was added to Land Transport Depots at Hong Kong and Kowloon.
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15. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damage:-Repairs to the damage caused to Government properties by the typhoons of 27th July and 3rd September was undertaken and completed.
16. Works Executed on Private Accounts:-The majority of the work carried out was for the Custodian of Property.
Public Works Extraordinary.
17. Tai Po Market:-Plans were prepared for a covered market of an area of 4,200 sq. ft. containing accommodation for 50 stalls for the sale of meat, fish and vegetables. The construc- tion consisted of brick walls, steel roof trusses and asbestos cement roof. Erection was completed.
18. Extension of King George V School:-Extensions con- sisted of the erection of a second storey to both the North and South wings of the school providing a total of six additional classrooms for 180 children. The work was carried out on the Maintenance Schedule.
19. Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps: Headquarters:- Sketch plans for new Headquarters situated on the Beaconsfield Arcade site were prepared for the purpose of preliminary dis- cussion. The following accommodation was planned in a six storey building: -Ground floor-entrance hall, car park, service yard and kitchen: 1st floor-restaurant and cafeteria, gymnasium, changing rooms and lecture hall to seat about 400 persons: 2nd floor-canteen and recreation rooms: 3rd, 4th and 5th floors- mess for women, sergeants and officers, and office accommodation : 6th floor-quarters.
20. T.B. Sanatorium and Medical Officers' Quarters:-Sites were selected in Kowloon Hospital grounds for Medical officers' quarters to contain accommodation for sitting room, 2 bed rooms and bath room constructed as semi-detached bungalows. The site for a hostel was also selected to provide accommodation for 6 nursing sisters and 12 nurses together with common sitting room, lecture room and servants' quarters.
21. T.B. Clinic Kowloon:A scheme was prepared for a temporary clinic sited on the corner of Argyle Street and Waterloo Road at the entrance to Kowloon Hospital. In the middle of
March the scheme was reviewed and a new scheme prepared incorporating additional accommodation of four consulting rooms, X-ray appliances, waiting space for 150 patients, treatment room, almoner's room, and the usual services.
22. Sub-Post Offices:-Sites were selected for the erection of Sub-Post Offices throughout the Colony. Tenders were called for the first to be erected at Shamshuipo but this scheme was deferred.
23. Caroline Hill Garage Store Rooms:-An additional 7,700 sq. ft of covered servicing area was added to Land Transport Depots at Hong Kong and Kowloon.
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