which improves liaison with the Medical authorities and makes full use of the technical and workshop facilities which are available in the Electrical & Mechanical Sub-department.
Air-conditioning and Refrigeration
7.32. 12 air-conditioning plants and two refrigeration plants were taken over during the year for operation and maintenance, making a total of 108 and 18 plants respectively, representing an increase in plant capacity of nearly 40%. Among the plants taken over were those for two courts, the tenancy tribunal and the library in the Supreme Court and, of particular interest, the installation in the Kai Tak Airport Terminal Building with a total main plant capacity of 1,025 tons of refrigeration. The number of individual items of equipment maintained by this section increased from 4,902 to 6,146 during the year.
Transport
7.33. The Government Transport Pool operated by this sub-section made 33,237 trips with 135 vehicles during the year. On the recommendations of the Management Consultants, Messrs. Urwick, Orr and Partners, the transport pool at Tsim Sha Tsui was closed on 29th October, 1963, and the establishment of saloon cars in the transport pool was reduced from 40 to 11. The Scheduled Passenger Service Scheme using pool cars in Hong Kong on a regularly scheduled 'bus service' basis, which was introduced by the Management Consultants in 1962, proved unsuccessful and was finally withdrawn on 27th October, 1963 after a trial of 13 months.
7.34. 599 candidates for motor driver vacancies throughout the entire public service were tested and 374 were engaged. Government vehicles of all departments were involved in 1,028 accidents.
PORT WORKS OFFICE
Chief Engineer:
H. D. STEAD, M.Sc.(Eng.), D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E.
(Acting)
GENERAL
8.01. The Port Works Office continued to carry out reclamations and to construct seawalls, ferry piers and public piers. Other works included dredging, site investigations, hydrographic surveys, the collection...
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which improves liaison with the Medical authorities and makes full use of the technical and workshop facilities which are available in the Electrical & Mechanical Sub-department.
Air-conditioning and Refrigeration
7.32. 12 air-conditioning plants and two refrigeration plants were taken over during the year for operation and maintenance, making a total of 108 and 18 plants respectively, representing an increase in plant capacity of nearly 40%. Among the plants taken over were those for two courts, the tenancy tribunal and the library in the Supreme Court and, of particular interest, the installation in the Kai Tak Airport Terminal Building with a total main plant capacity of 1,025 tons of refrigeration. The number of individual items of equipment maintained by this section increased from 4,902 to 6,146 during the year.
Transport
7.33. The Government Transport Pool operated by this sub-section made 33,237 trips with 135 vehicles during the year. On the recom- mendations of the Management Consultants, Messrs. Urwick, Orr and Partners, the transport pool at Tsim Sha Tsui was closed on 29th October, 1963, and the establishment of saloon cars in the transport pool was reduced from 40 to 11. The Scheduled Passenger Service Scheme using pool cars in Hong Kong on a regularly scheduled 'bus service' basis, which was introduced by the Management Consultants in 1962, proved unsuccessful and was finally withdrawn on 27th Octo- ber, 1963 after a trial of 13 months.
7.34. 599 candidates for motor driver vacancies throughout the entire public service were tested and 374 were engaged. Government vehicles of all departments were involved in 1,028 accidents.
PORT WORKS OFFICE
Chief Engineer:
H. D. STEAD, M.Sc. (Eng.), D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E.
(Acting)
GENERAL
8.01. The Port Works Office continued to carry out reclamations and to construct seawalls, ferry piers and public piers. Other works included dredging, site investigations, hydrographic surveys, the collec-
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