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Miscellaneous Maintenance

92. White ant inspections were carried out on 235 buildings, nine more than last year.

93. The very heavy rains and Typhoon 'Mary' necessitated expenditure of $442,700 on 'Rainstorm and Typhoon Damage' though this was $1,068,000 less than the amount spent in the previous year.

WORKS CARRIED OUT BY PRIVATE ARCHITECTS

94. 50 Government building projects undertaken by architects in private practice were at various stages of development. The financial and administrative control of these projects remained with the Public Works Department which maintained close liaison between the client departments and the private architects through Architectural Office staff.

95. The following buildings were completed:

(1) New Technical College, Kowloon—Laboratories and Workshops (Mr. W. Szeto);

(2) A small dispensary with a six-bed maternity ward at Sha Tau Kok (Messrs. Spence, Robinson & Partners);

(3) A nine storey Polyclinic at Sai Ying Pun (Messrs. Leigh & Orange);

(4) A block of quarters in Green Lane containing 60 flats for married Police Inspectors (Messrs. Spence, Robinson & Partners);

(5) Causeway Bay Magistracy—a ten-storey building containing three Magistrate's Courts, Juvenile Court, and Offices for Government Departments (Messrs. Palmer & Turner);

(6) North Kowloon Magistracy—a six-storey building at the junction of Castle Peak Road and Tai Po Road, containing four Magistrate's Courts, Juvenile Court and Offices for Government Departments (Messrs. Palmer & Turner);

(7) Resettlement Estate Staff Quarters at Li Cheng Uk, containing offices and fourteen quarters for Estate Staff (Professor W. G. Gregory).

96. Buildings under construction include:

(1) A twenty-four classroom primary school at Blake Gardens (Messrs. T. C. Yuen & Co.);

(2) Clementi Middle School at Fortress Hill (Messrs. Kwan, Chu & Yang);

(3) A police station and Resettlement Estate Staff Quarters, Shek Kip Mei (Mr. Robert Fan);

(4) A two-storey Magistracy containing two Magistrate's Courts and Offices together with eight quarters at Fanling (Messrs. Palmer & Turner);

(5) District Branch Offices at Kwun Tong (Messrs. Wong & Ng Associates);

(6) A fountain at Star Ferry Concourse, Tsim Sha Tsui (Messrs. Leigh & Orange);