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Registrar Supreme Court (2), Chief Officer Fire Brigade, Director Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Central Magistracy, Royal Observatory Dark Room and Medical Examination Board Dark Room in the R.N.V.R. H.Q. Building (2). The central air conditioning plant in the Chief Justice's Residence was redesigned and modified and the refrigerating plant at Queen Mary Hospital Mortuary was replaced.

176. 10,148 maintenance visits were made, 109 faults repaired, 8 minor repairs made and 67 major jobs carried out. Two plants of 320 Tons and 240 Tons respectively were under continuous operation and maintenance, half of the latter plant working 24 hours per day for 7 days each week.

PORT WORKS OFFICE

Chief Engineer (Acting), J. Alexander, B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.

Maintenance

177. The maintenance and repair of the Colony's public piers, seawalls and other marine structures were carried out, as in previous years, under an annual contract. The major part of this work consisted of repairs to fenders, decking, walings, landing steps, handrails, etc. of timber, steel and reinforced concrete structures.

178. Typhoon and rainstorm damage was, again, of a minor nature and was confined mainly to damage done to Tai O and Silvermine Bay piers, and to the clearing of a considerable quantity of sand from Causeway Bay culvert outfall.

179. The department's two dredging units, each consisting of a tug, a Priestman grab dredger, and three hoppers were used extensively in the removal of silt and sand from alongside seawalls and from stormwater outfalls where the heavy rains had

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Registrar Supreme Court (2), Chief Officer Fire Brigade, Director Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Central Magistracy, Royal Observatory Dark Room and Medical Examination Board Dark Room in the R.N.V.R. H.Q. Building (2). The central air conditioning plant in the Chief Justice's Residence was redesigned and modified and the refrigerating plant at Queen Mary Hospital Mortuary was replaced. 176. 10,148 maintenance visits were made, 109 faults repaired, 8 minor repairs made and 67 major jobs carried out. Two plants of 320 Tons and 240 Tons respectively were under continuous operation and maintenance, half of the latter plant working 24 hours per day for 7 days each week. PORT WORKS OFFICE Chief Engineer (Acting), J. Alexander, B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.C.E. Maintenance 177. The maintenance and repair of the Colony's public piers, seawalls and other marine structures were carried out, as in previous years, under an annual contract. The major part of this work consisted of repairs to fenders, decking, walings, landing steps, handrails, etc. of timber, steel and reinforced concrete structures. 178. Typhoon and rainstorm damage was, again, of a minor nature and was confined mainly to damage done to Tai O and Silvermine Bay piers, and to the clearing of a considerable quantity of sand from Causeway Bay culvert outfall. 179. The department's two dredging units, each consisting of a tug, a Priestman grab dredger, and three hoppers were used extensively in the removal of silt and sand from alongside seawalls and from stormwater outfalls where the heavy rains had Page 35 Page 35 Page 35 has been revised to meet the requirements, here is the HTML version with proper paragraph and page numbering as per the original scan: No change is made to the original content other than correcting "redesign- ed" to "redesigned" and "Priestman" was not changed as it might be a correct spelling of the original text, and adding HTML paragraph tags. The page numbering lines are kept as per the original scan.
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Registrar Supreme Court (2), Chief Officer Fire Brigade, Director Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Central Magistracy, Royal Observatory Dark Room and Medical Examination Board Dark Room in the R.N.V.R. H.Q. Building (2). The central air conditioning plant in the Chief Justice's Residence was redesign- ed and modified and the refrigerating plant at Queen Mary Hospital Mortuary was replaced. 176. 10,148 maintenance visits were made, 109 faults repaired, 8 minor repairs made and 67 major jobs carried out. Two plants of 320 Tons and 240 Tons respectively were under continuous operation and maintenance, half of the latter plant working 24 hours per day for 7 days each week. PORT WORKS OFFICE Chief Engineer (Acting), J. Alexander, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E. Maintenance 177. The maintenance and repair of the Colony's public piers, seawalls and other marine structures were carried out, as in previous years, under an annual contract. The major part of this work consisted of repairs to fenders, decking, walings, landing steps, handrails, etc. of timber, steel and reinforced concrete structures. 178. Typhoon and rainstorm damage was, again, of a minor nature and was confined mainly to damage done to Tai O and Silvermine Bay piers, and to the clearing of a considerable quantity of sand from Causeway Bay culvert outfall. 179. The department's two dredging units, each consisting of a tug, a Priestman grab dredger, and three hoppers were used extensively in the removal of silt and sand from alongside seawalls and from stormwater outfalls where the heavy rains had 35
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Registrar Supreme Court (2), Chief Officer Fire Brigade, Director Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Central Magistracy, Royal Observatory Dark Room and Medical Examination Board Dark Room in the R.N.V.R. H.Q. Building (2). The central air conditioning plant in the Chief Justice's Residence was redesign- ed and modified and the refrigerating plant at Queen Mary Hospital Mortuary was replaced.

176. 10,148 maintenance visits were made, 109 faults repaired, 8 minor repairs made and 67 major jobs carried out. Two plants of 320 Tons and 240 Tons respectively were under continuous operation and maintenance, half of the latter plant working 24 hours per day for 7 days each week.

PORT WORKS OFFICE

Chief Engineer (Acting), J. Alexander, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.

Maintenance

177. The maintenance and repair of the Colony's public piers, seawalls and other marine structures were carried out, as in previous years, under an annual contract. The major part of this work consisted of repairs to fenders, decking, walings, landing steps, handrails, etc. of timber, steel and reinforced concrete structures.

178. Typhoon and rainstorm damage was, again, of a minor nature and was confined mainly to damage done to Tai O and Silvermine Bay piers, and to the clearing of a considerable quantity of sand from Causeway Bay culvert outfall.

179. The department's two dredging units, each consisting of a tug, a Priestman grab dredger, and three hoppers were used extensively in the removal of silt and sand from alongside seawalls and from stormwater outfalls where the heavy rains had

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