difficulty. Both workshops are under-staffed and overtime remains at a high level. A summary of the various categories of equipment maintained is given in Appendix X.
7.14. Offices on the new mezzanine floor in the Caroline Hill Workshops were opened in October 1968. The workshop on Lantau Island was completed in November 1968; it serves as an operational base for E. & M. Workshop servicing gangs maintaining items of Plant and General Engineering Equipment situated throughout the island. Extensions to the electrical and air conditioning workshops, paint shop, blacksmith's shop and vehicle-body overhaul section at the Sung Wong Toi Road Workshop were completed during the year.
7.15. In both vehicle workshops work has continued as before but at an increased tempo. Shortage of space is acutely felt although the opening of the new mezzanine floor offices at Caroline Hill Road Workshop and the subsequent demolition of the old offices has provided workshop space for 3 additional repair bays. The new workshop on Lantau Island referred to above services the 33 vehicles operating on the island.
7.16. A parking meter system was first introduced into the Colony in May 1959 with the installation of 150 meters in the Central District on Hong Kong Island with a staff of one man to deal with fault calls. 1960 and 1961 were mainly years of assessment and it was not until 1962 that there was a widespread introduction of parking meters. At the end of the year under review there were 5,382 meters in operation.
7.17. In the Parking Meter sub-section it was found that 72% of the 79,106 meter faults attended were caused by attempts to use foreign articles instead of proper coins. Many varieties of foreign articles are used to jam meters, the most common being an ice lolly stick. Ingenious methods are used to enable a 10 cent coin to give 50 cents' worth of time; mahjong counters, cardboard disks, washers are used in lieu of the correct coin.
Plant Operating and Hospital Engineering Services Section
7.18. This Section is responsible for the site maintenance and operation of a large number of plants including major air-conditioning plants in government buildings, the incinerator plant and abattoir at Kennedy Town and also the provision of engineering services at government and military hospitals. The large incinerator plant and compost plant at Lai Chi Kok will soon be the responsibility of this Section.
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difficulty. Both workshops are under-staffed and overtime remains at a high level. A summary of the various categories of equipment main- tained is given in Appendix X.
7.14. Offices on the new mezzanine floor in the Caroline Hill Work- shops were opened in October 1968. The workshop on Lantau Island was completed in November 1968; it serves as an operational base for E. & M. Workshop servicing gangs maintaining items of Plant and General Engineering Equipment situated throughout the island. Exten- sions to the electrical and air conditioning workshops, paint shop, blacksmith's shop and vehicle-body overhaul section at the Sung Wong Toi Road Workshop were completed during the year.
7.15. In both vehicle workshops work has continued as before but at an increased tempo. Shortage of space is acutely felt although the opening of the new mezzanine floor offices at Caroline Hill Road Workshop and the subsequent demolition of the old offices has provided workshop space for 3 additional repair bays. The new workshop on Lantau Island referred to above services the 33 vehicles operating on the island.
7.16. A parking meter system was first introduced into the Colony in May 1959 with the installation of 150 meters in the Central District on Hong Kong Island with a staff of one man to deal with fault calls. 1960 and 1961 were mainly years of assessment and it was not until 1962 that there was a widespread introduction of parking meters. At the end of the year under review there were 5,382 meters in operation.
7.17. In the Parking Meter sub-section it was found that 72% of the 79,106 meter faults attended were caused by attempts to use foreign articles instead of proper coins. Many varieties of foreign articles are used to jam meters, the most common being an ice lolly stick. Ingenious methods are used to enable a 10 cent coin to give 50 cents' worth of time; mahjong counters, cardboard disks, washers are used in lieu of the correct coin.
Plant Operating and Hospital Engineering Services Section
7.18. This Section is responsible for the site maintenance and opera- tion of a large number of plants including major air-conditioning plants in government buildings, the incinerator plant and abattoir at Kennedy Town and also the provision of engineering services at government and military hospitals. The large incinerator plant and compost plant at Lai Chi Kok will soon be the responsibility of this Section.
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