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ANNUAL
DEPARTMENTAL
REPORTS
1954-55
QUARTERING AUTHORITY
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HONG KONG
ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORT
BY THE
QUARTERING AUTHORITY
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR 1954-55
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY W. F. C. JENNER, GOVERNMENT PRINTER.
AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS,
JAVA ROAD, HONG KONG.
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CONTENTS
REQUISITIONING
OFFICE ACCOMMODATION
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ACCOMMODATION (RESIDENTIAL) FOR GOVERNMENT
OFFICERS:
(a) Non-departmental Quarters
(b) Hotels
(c) Hostels
(d) Departmental Quarters
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(e) Private Tenancies
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TABLE I List of non-departmental quarters according to grades, as on 31st March, 1955.
TABLE II Numbers of non-departmental quarters and estimated numbers of officers eligible to apply for them on 31st March, 1955.
TABLE III Numbers of officers in hotels and
hostels on 31st March, 1955.
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Numbers of officers in private tenancies on 31st March, 1955.
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REQUISITIONING
For the purposes of this Report, requisitioning is dealt with under four heads:
(A) Property Requisitioned during the 1945/6
Military Administration.
At the end of last year a total of 414 units was held under requisition, divided between Government and the Services as follows:
Royal Navy 2, Army 81, R.A.F. 10,
Government 201.
During the year under review 2 units have been derequisitioned by Government thus reducing the total to 381. The position at the end of the year was as follows:
Royal Navy 2, Army 81,
R.A.F. 10,
Government 18.
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(B) Property Requisitioned by Government to relieve the housing shortage
No further requisitioning for this purpose has taken One and a half units were derequisitioned during the year under review and the total now held under requisition has been reduced to 261 units.
(C) Property Requisitioned by Government since
the Military Administration.
At the end of last year there were 9 units held under requisition. There has been no change during the year under review and the 9 units still remain held under requisition.
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(D) Property Requisitioned for the Services since
1st May, 1949.
A total of 191 units were held under requisition at the end of last year.
These units were divided between the Services
as follows:
Royal Navy 6,
Army 139,
R.A.F. 46.
During the present year 5 units were requisitioned for the Army and 11 units derequisitioned (3 for the Army and 8 for the R.A.F.) making a net decrease of 6 units. The total of 185 units still held under requisition is divided between the Services as follows:-
Royal Navy 6,
Army 141,
R.A.F. 38.
OFFICE ACCOMMODATION
2. The demand for additional office accommodation con- tinued during the year and every effort was made to meet this demand.
3. The completion of the link (or extension) adjoining the first section of the Central Government Offices gave a further opportunity to move departments into more suitable accom- modation.
4. The following departments were transferred into this extension during December, 1954:—
Audit Department
Urban Services Department (part of Sanitary Division) Resettlement Department (Headquarters Office)
Civil Aviation Department
Quartering Department
Crown Lands & Surveys Office (Public Works Department)
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These moves made it possible to afford some relief to
the following departments of additional accommodation, or transfer to new accommodation: -
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Inland Revenue Department: allocated additional office space
in Windsor House (vacated by the Audit Department).
Registry of Trade Unions: allocated offices in Statue Square
(vacated by Civil Aviation Department).
Medical Department: allocated additional space in Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building (vacated by Quartering Department).
With the completion of the new Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Building in Gloucester Road on the 19th July, 1954, the following departments were allocated office space:
Civil Aid Services-from Leighton House.
Essential Services Corps-from Leighton House.
Manpower Directorate-from Leighton House.
Medical Board (Medical Department)-from General Post Office
Building.
School Health Service (Medical Department)-from General
Post Office Building.
7. These moves enabled the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Police Force to occupy much needed additional space in Leighton House vacated by Essential Services Corps.
8. The vacated offices in the General Post Office Building previously occupied by the Medical Department were taken over by the Urban Services Department.
9. Other minor allocations and transfers were made during the year under review to suit requirements of various departments.
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ACCOMMODATION (RESIDENTIAL) FOR
GOVERNMENT OFFICERS
Non-departmental Quarters.
10. At the beginning of the year 313 quarters were avail- able. An additional 24 were acquired during the year, 1 returned to the owner and 1 demolished in connexion with the Government building scheme at Chater Hall, thus creating a net gain of 22 quarters making the total number available at the end of the year 335. Details of those acquired, returned to owners and demolished are as follows:
The White House, Tai Po
165 Argyle Street, 1st floor,
Kowloon