MECHANICAL DIVISION
Chief Mechanical Engineer:
K. B. BAKER, A.M.I.Mech.E. (to 30.4.66)
J. A. WALLACE, M.I.Mech.E. (from 1.5.66)
6.13. The activities of the Mechanical Division embrace maintenance and operation in a variety of fields: e.g. automobiles, air-conditioning, refrigeration, hospital services, steam and hot water supplies, incineration plant, mechanical handling plant, stand-by generator sets. These functions, in addition to the handling of a multitude of minor items, are undertaken by the following Sections.
Workshops and Plant Section
6.14. The work of this Section continued on very much the same lines as in previous years, the usual annual increases in commitments for motor vehicles, plant and mechanical equipment being successfully absorbed. A summary of the various categories of equipment under E. & M. maintenance is given in Appendix W and the total number of jobs handled by the mechanical workshops during the year was 141,772.
6.15. At the time of the June rainstorm the Section recovered 152 wrecked or disabled private cars and 110 Government vehicles; provided evening servicing for U.S.D. refuse collection vehicles; arranged a 24-hour emergency service and delivered fuel to various sites; removed concrete road slabs blocking Stone Nullah Street and pumped out the City Hall, the Sailors' Home, Harcourt Road, the Star Ferry Subway and a construction site in Garden Road.
6.16. A further large parking meter installation programme was embarked on towards the end of the year and the total number of meters in service on 31st March, 1967 was 7,693. The number of meter faults attended to by the maintenance staff reached a total of 51,203, over 50% of which were caused by foreign articles in the coin slot. During the Kowloon disturbances 750 parking meters were damaged, over 200 being beyond repair. 2,000 meters were removed at the height of the riots under police escort, being re-installed later. 1,091 meters which were damaged by flood waters during the rainstorm in June were completely overhauled.
6.17. Subsequent to modifications and improvements carried out by the Kowloon Workshops to the existing sewage pumping plant at Sheung Shui Pumping Station, the rated delivery capacity was exceeded. Prior to the alterations the pumping plant was unable to reach the
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MECHANICAL DIVISION
Chief Mechanical Engineer:
K. B. BAKER, A.M.I.Mech.E. (to 30.4.66)
J. A. WALLACE, M.I.Mech.E. (from 1.5.66)
6.13. The activities of the Mechanical Division embrace maintenance and operation in a variety of fields: e.g. automobiles, air-conditioning, refrigeration, hospital services, steam and hot water supplies, incinera- tion plant, mechanical handling plant, stand-by generator sets. These functions, in addition to the handling of a multitude of minor items, are undertaken by the following Sections.
Workshops and Plant Section
6.14. The work of this Section continued on very much the same lines as in previous years, the usual annual increases in commitments for motor vehicles, plant and mechanical equipment being successfully absorbed. A summary of the various categories of equipment under E. & M. maintenance is given in Appendix W and the total number of jobs handled by the mechanical workshops during the year was 141,772.
6.15. At the time of the June rainstorm the Section recovered 152 wrecked or disabled private cars and 110 Government vehicles; pro- vided evening servicing for U.S.D. refuse collection vehicles; arranged a 24-hour emergency service and delivered fuel to various sites; removed concrete road slabs blocking Stone Nullah Street and pumped out the City Hall, the Sailors' Home, Harcourt Road, the Star Ferry Subway and a construction site in Garden Road.
6.16. A further large parking meter installation programme was embarked on towards the end of the year and the total number of meters in service on 31st March, 1967 was 7,693. The number of meter faults attended to by the maintenance staff reached a total of 51,203, over 50% of which were caused by foreign articles in the coin slot. During the Kowloon disturbances 750 parking meters were damaged, over 200 being beyond repair. 2,000 meters were removed at the height of the riots under police escort, being re-installed later. 1,091 meters which were damaged by flood waters during the rainstorm in June were completely overhauled.
6.17. Subsequent to modifications and improvements carried out by the Kowloon Workshops to the existing sewage pumping plant at Sheung Shui Pumping Station, the rated delivery capacity was exceeded. Prior to the alterations the pumping plant was unable to reach the
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