control lights, refrigerators, domestic appliances and air-conditioning plants.
7.02. The administrative and design sections were accommodated in temporary premises with the main mechanical workshops at Caroline Hill on the Island and San Shan Road on the Mainland. Towards the end of the year a start was made on the construction in Kowloon of a new combined workshop to cover all the activities on the Mainland.
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLE SECTIONS
7.03. The Transport Section is responsible for operating the Government Transport Pool of 156 vehicles which carried out 41,118 trips. 462 applicants were tested for appointment as motor drivers and 292 were engaged.
7.04. 933 reports were prepared after investigation of accidents involving Government vehicles.
7.05. With the addition of 245 new vehicles, the total number in service was 1,557 (see Appendix). 93 vehicles reached the end of their economical life and were withdrawn from service and arrangements made for their disposal in accordance with the recommendations of the Boards of Survey. The authorized establishment of Government vehicles—excluding fire appliances—was 1,786.
7.06. Among the special all-metal motor vehicle bodies, designed by the mechanical design staff and constructed on commercial chassis were:
(i) A despatch van for the Secretariat equipped with file racks, sorting table and facilities for carrying despatch bags and parcels.
(ii) Two armoured cars, six medium general purpose vans and a 29-seater bus for the Police Force. The bus serves a dual purpose and is fitted with removable passenger seats to provide ready conversion to a load carrying vehicle.
(iii) Two mobile command units for the Fire Services Department each providing a self-contained fully equipped control room complete with electric lighting and fans, telephones, map board, mobilizing boards, tables, etc.
(iv) A mobile post office for the Postmaster General for use in the outlying areas of the New Territories fitted out with a specially equipped service counter, a post box, a safe, a musical chime (to announce its arrival) a sliding roof and parcel storage racks.
7.07. Motor vehicles built to standard all-metal body designs included four 3-ton standard covered lorries, two 3-ton dropside lorries, two 5-ton lorries with hydraulic loading jibs, four 10-cwt. utility vans and twenty-eight 15-cwt. pick-up trucks for various Government departments.
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control lights, refrigerators, domestic appliances and air-conditioning plants.
7.02. The administrative and design sections were accommodated in temporary premises with the main mechanical workshops at Caroline Hill on the Island and San Shan Road on the Mainland. Towards the end of the year a start was made on the construction in Kowloon of a new combined workshop to cover all the activities on the Mainland.
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLE SECTIONS
7.03. The Transport Section is responsible for operating the Govern- ment Transport Pool of 156 vehicles which carried out 41,118 trips. 462 applicants were tested for appointment as motor drivers and 292 were engaged.
7.04. 933 reports were prepared after investigation of accidents involving Government vehicles.
7.05. With the addition of 245 new vehicles, the total number in service was 1,557 (see Appendix). 93 vehicles reached the end of their economical life and were withdrawn from service and arrangements made for their disposal in accordance with the recommendations of the Boards of Survey. The authorized establishment of Government vehicles -excluding fire appliances-was 1,786.
7.06. Among the special all-metal motor vehicle bodies, designed by the mechanical design staff and constructed on commercial chassis were:
(i) A despatch van for the Secretariat equipped with file racks, sorting
table and facilities for carrying despatch bags and parcels.
(ii) Two armoured cars, six medium general purpose vans and a 29 seater bus for the Police Force. The bus serves a dual purpose and is fitted with removable passenger seats to provide ready conversion to a load carrying vehicle.
(iii) Two mobile command units for the Fire Services Department each providing a self-contained fully equipped control room complete with electric lighting and fans, telephones, map board, mobilizing boards, tables, etc.
(iv) A mobile post office for the Postmaster General for use in the out- lying areas of the New Territories fitted out with a specially equipped service counter, a post box, a safe, a musical chime (to announce its arrival) a sliding roof and parcel storage racks.
7.07. Motor vehicles built to standard all-metal body designs included four 3-ton standard covered lorries, two 3-ton dropside lorries, two 5-ton lorries with hydraulic loading jibs, four 10-cwt. utility vans and twenty-eight 15-cwt. pick-up trucks for various Government depart-
ments.
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