187. New vehicle body construction completed in the Government workshops included one standard steel-framed 3-ton dropside lorry body; twenty-two standard 3-ton covered lorry bodies; one 5-ton drop-side body and one 5-ton covered lorry body; six 15-cwt. Pick-Up Trucks; five 'Countryman' 10-cwt. Utility Vans, twenty-three Land Rover 109 Pick-Up Trucks, one Radio Detection Van for the Radio Monitoring Unit and one Special Light Ambulance for the Medical Department. In addition, a drains servicing cart for the Drainage Office, a parking meter coin box collecting trolley for the Treasury and a mobile trailer for mounting the 3 K.W. diesel generating set of the Mobile Dental Surgery were constructed.
188. Conversions included two Land Rovers into dual drive control vehicles for use in the Police Driving School, a Police Land Rover Station Wagon into a Command Vehicle for the Commissioner of Police, and two short-wheel based Land Rovers for the Urban Services Department for the collection of household refuse from hill districts where the roads are too steep and narrow for the standard Urban Services Department's Refuse Collectors. Twelve Urban Services Department street washing vehicles were fitted with swing arm delivery pipes for pavement and gutter washing in roads where cars are parked, and the lorry used on the Public Works Department Cross-Harbour Service was fitted with a power operated tailboard to facilitate the loading and unloading of heavy equipment. The fixed windscreens of five refuse collectors for the District Administration, New Territories, were converted into dual opening windscreens and the rear cab windows modified to improve ventilation in these vehicles.
189. 557 sets of vehicle protective screens, each set comprising a protective grille for the windscreen and two grilles for the cab windows, were manufactured for Government vehicles.
190. A total of fifty-six vehicles underwent a major overhaul including the complete stripping down of the bodywork for inspection and renewal of framework and panelling where necessary. Owing to the development of a serious defect in the steering box, all Police Station Wagons had to be taken out of service for a short time; a temporary modification carried out limited the possibility of failures until replacement steering boxes could be obtained from United Kingdom.
191. 200 parking meters were received, inspected and tested ready for installation and the workshops manufactured tubular steel posts for mounting them.
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187. New vehicle body construction completed in the Government workshops included one standard steel-framed 3-ton dropside lorry body; twenty two standard 3-ton covered lorry bodies; one 5-ton drop- side body and one 5-ton covered lorry body; six 15-cwt. Pick-Up Trucks; five 'Countryman' 10-cwt. Utility Vans, twenty three Land Rover 109 Pick-Up Trucks, one Radio Detection Van for the Radio Monitoring Unit and one Special Light Ambulance for the Medical Department. In addition, a drains servicing cart for the Drainage Office, a parking meter coin box collecting trolley for the Treasury and a mobile trailer for mounting the 3 K.W. diesel generating set of the Mobile Dental Surgery were constructed.
188. Conversions included two Land Rovers into dual drive control vehicles for use in the Police Driving School, a Police Land Rover Station Wagon into a Command Vehicle for the Commissioner of Police, and two short-wheel based Land Rovers for the Urban Services Depart- ment for the collection of household refuse from hill districts where the roads are too steep and narrow for the standard Urban Services Depart- ment's Refuse Collectors. Twelve Urban Services Department street washing vehicles were fitted with swing arm delivery pipes for pavement and gutter washing in roads where cars are parked, and the lorry used on the Public Works Department Cross-Harbour Service was fitted with a power operated tailboard to facilitate the loading and unloading of heavy equipment. The fixed windscreens of five refuse collectors for the District Administration, New Territories, were converted into dual opening windscreens and the rear cab windows modified to improve ventilation in these vehicles.
189. 557 sets of vehicle protective screens each set comprising a protective grille for the windscreen and two grilles for the cab windows
-were manufactured for Government vehicles.
190. A total of fifty six vehicles underwent a major overhaul including the complete stripping down of the bodywork for inspection and renewal of framework and panelling where necessary. Owing to the development of a serious defect in the steering box, all Police Station Wagons had to be taken out of service for a short time; a temporary modification carried out limited the possibility of failures until replace- ment steering boxes could be obtained from United Kingdom.
191. 200 parking meters were received, inspected and tested ready for installation and the workshops manufactured tubular steel posts for mounting them.
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