202. Belisha Beacons were installed at new zebra crossings as follows:
Pok Fu Lam Road/Sassoon Road
Ma Tau Wei Road/Hok Yuen Street
Chatham Road
Castle Peak Road
Nathan Road
1 crossing
1 crossing
3 crossings
2 crossings
6 crossings
203. 147 new traffic island bollards, 24 times more than the number in 1957/58, were installed.
204. Contractors working under supervision installed a new No. 3 mail lift at the General Post Office, a replacement Bed/passenger lift at the North Wing, Queen Mary Hospital and one passenger lift and two freight lifts at the new Government Stores building.
205. The workshops were fully occupied during the year, as was the maintenance staff. 25,777 maintenance visits were made, 14,837 faults were attended to, 17,059 workshop jobs were completed and 1,935 tests were made at new installations.
AIR-CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION SECTION
206. The quantity of plant and equipment operated, repaired and maintained by this Section continued to increase. This rapid growth is perhaps best illustrated by the following figures:
1957/581958/59 Air-conditioning plants No.5461 Room air-coolers9771,100 Tonnage190301 Refrigerators1,4541,714 Mortuaries and cold stores912 Film processing units1215 Dehumidifiers3052 Ventilating plants4461 Special refrigerating equipment34 Deep freezers45 Exhaust fans319332207. The above included 8 major installations ranging in capacity from 25 to 370 tons each. The servicing of these as well as a very large number of minor units required over 13,000 maintenance visits and some 1,800 repair jobs.
208. New installations designed and carried out under contract included air-conditioning plants in the Government Stores (100 H.P.), the Commerce and Industry Department (18 H.P.), Government House
202. Belisha Beacons were installed at new zebra crossings as follows:
Pok Fu Lam Road/Sassoon Road
Ma Tau Wei Road/Hok Yuen Street
Chatham Road
Castle Peak Road
Nathan Road
1 crossing
1 crossing
3 crossings
2 crossings
6 crossings
203. 147 new traffic island bollards, 24 times more than the number in 1957/58, were installed.
204. Contractors working under supervision installed a new No. 3 mail lift at the General Post Office, a replacement Bed/passenger lift at the North Wing, Queen Mary Hospital and one passenger lift and two freight lifts at the new Government Stores building.
205. The workshops were fully occupied during the year, as was the maintenance staff. 25,777 maintenance visits were made, 14,837 faults were attended to, 17,059 workshop jobs were completed and 1,935 tests were made at new installations.
AIR-CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION SECTION
206. The quantity of plant and equipment operated, repaired and maintained by this Section continued to increase. This rapid growth is perhaps best illustrated by the following figures:
Air-conditioning plants No.
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Room air-coolers
Refrigerators
Tonnage
Mortuaries and cold stores
Film processing units
Dehumidifiers
Ventilating plants
Special refrigerating equipment
Deep freezers
Exhaust fans
1957/58
1958/59
54
61
977
1,100
190
301
1,454
1,714
9
12
12
15
30
52
44
61
3
4
4
5
319
332
207. The above included 8 major installations ranging in capacity from 25 to 370 tons each. The servicing of these as well as a very large number of minor units required over 13,000 maintenance visits and some 1,800 repair jobs.
208. New installations designed and carried out under contract included air-conditioning plants in the Government Stores (100 H.P.), the Commerce and Industry Department (18 H.P.), Government House
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