85. The Division prepares plans and estimates and supervises the construction by the maintenance contractor of alterations, minor im- provements, and new works within estates, for other government departments. Schools and welfare organizations which are allocated accommodation and tenants of shops in estates invariably have to carry out alterations to, and decoration of, their premises before occupation. The estates section of Works Division approves and supervises these alterations and also alterations to domestic rooms.
86. The factory section carried out 64 field inspections of machinery in squatter factories under consideration for resettlement. It advises on floor loading and installation requirements when factories are resettled, and supervises installation of tenants' machinery. It also advises on applications to install new machinery or to change trade, from enter- prises already resettled in factory estates.
COTTAGE AND LICENSED AREA SECTION
87. In cottage areas, the section maintains government-owned cottages and departmental quarters, latrines, offices and stores. Its chief commitment, however, is the maintenance of paths, steps, surface water drains, nullahs and stream courses, terraces, and hill slopes, all of which are liable to damage during typhoons and heavy rainfall. It is responsible for designing and carrying out minor public works to improve the amenities of cottage areas. Among the works executed during the year were the construction of a children's playground and a shelter for pedestrians in Rennie's Mill Village; the improvement of paths, steps, surface channels, rubble walling, fencings, nullahs and hill- slopes in various cottage areas. 714 government-owned cottages and 11 blocks of 2-storeys cottage buildings, 1 departmental quarter and 1 Area Office in various cottage areas were repainted during the year. Expenditure on all works (including rainstorm damage repairs) in cottage areas amounted to $593,782.
88. A number of voluntary agencies rebuilt or converted their own buildings in cottage areas; the section is responsible for examining and approving the original building plans and any subsequent alterations.
89. This section is responsible for the preparation of the general layout plans for licensed areas and supervision of the works, which include the construction of paths, steps, drainage, latrine/bath platforms and chain link fencing. During the year, a project to provide roads and
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