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CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION

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areas, and the prevention of new squatting either on vacant land or on the roof-tops of buildings. (See also Chapter 10.)

The composition of the Housing Authority and the work of the Housing Division of the Urban Services Department which is responsible, under the immediate charge of a Commissioner, for routine administration and execution of the Authority's decisions, are described in Chapter 10.

The Commissioner of Police, who is concurrently the Immigration Officer, is responsible for the internal security of the Colony. The Police Force and the Prisons Depart- ment, also under a Commissioner, are described in Chapter 13. The Department of Medical and Health Services is described in Chapter 9; the Education Department in Chapter 8; and the Labour Department, under a Commis- sioner who is concurrently Commissioner of Mines, in Chapter 3.

Reference to the Registrar General's Department will be found in Chapter 13, and to the Marine, Railway and Civil Aviation Departments, the Post Office and the Royal Obser- vatory in Chapter 15. The Public Relations Office and the Broadcasting Department are described in Chapter 16. Chapter 7 describes the work of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Department, and the Co-operative and Market- ing Department.

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The Fire Brigade, which is under the control of a Chief Officer, provides fire protection throughout the urban areas, for the main districts of the New Territories, and for ship- ping in the harbour. Additional fire stations are now under construction to increase fire cover for the Colony. The Brigade comprises 766 officers and other ranks, with 47 mobile fire appliances, 3 fire boats and 18 ambulances.

The Stores Department, under a Controller, buys and distributes Government stores, manufactures and repairs all furniture for offices and quarters, and administers the Gov- ernment monopoly of sand. The Printing Department, under the Government Printer, is responsible for all Government