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HONGKONG.

NEW SAIYINGPUN SCHOOL.

CONTRACT No. 49 of 1923.

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No. 1828

CONTRACTORS: MESSRS. KIN LEE & Co.

5th Quarterly Report ending 31st December, 1925.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency

the Governor on the 26th February, 1926.

Every endeavour has been made to recover from the delay and inconveniences occasioned by the recent unsettled labour conditions, and the building has reached a fairly satisfactory state of advancement.

The

All roofs are completed, and the Tower nearly so; the Shanghai Plasterwork to external columns, etc., is finished and the Latrine Block has been erected. Floor tiling to verandahs and Crush Halls is complete, also dado tiling to all class rooms. ceilings to second floor rooms have been fixed and painted, and one coat of distemper has been applied to all Class Room Walls. The Staff Entrance staircase is completed, most doors and windows are hung, and painting and staining generally is proceeding.

Plasterwork to the Assembly Hall is progressing satisfactorily, the electric wiring is fairly well advanced, water service is being installed; the erection of granite Portico to Front Entrance has been commenced and the Swimming Pool is being prepared to receive tiling. Some drains have been laid.

30th January, 1926.

HAROLD T. CREASY,

Director of Public Works.