宿舍管理處年報 Quartering Authority Annual Report 1958-1959





HONG KONG

ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORT

BY THE

QUARTERING AUTHORITY

FOR THE

 

FINANCIAL YEAR 1958 - 59

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY W. F. C. JENNER, GOVERNMENT Printer

At The Government Press, JAVA ROAD, HONG KONG

EXCHANGE RATES

When dollars are quoted in this Report, they are, unless otherwise stated, Hong Kong dollars. The official rate for conversion to pound sterling is HK$16 £1 (HK$1=1s. 3d.). The official rate for conversion to U.S. dollars is HK$5.714=US$1 (based on £1=US$2.80).

REQUISITIONING

Office ACCOMMODATION

CONTENTS

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ACCOMMODATION (RESIDENTIAL) FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICERS :

Non-Departmental Quarters

Hotels

Hostels

Departmental Quarters

Private Tenancies

STAFF

TABLES

Paragraphs

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2-9

10 - 12

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14

15

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Table

I. List of non-departmental quarters according to grades as on 31st

March, 1959.

II. Number of non-departmental quarters, estimated number of officers eligible to apply for them, and of those eligible to retain them whilst on leave, as on 31st March, 1959.

III. Number of officers in hotels from 31st March, 1957 to 31st

March, 1959.

IV. Number of officers in private tenancies from 31st March, 1957 to

31st March, 1959.

REQUISITIONING

REQUISITIONED property falls into the following categories:

(A) PROPERTY REQUISITIONED FOR GOVERNMENT'S USE

At the end of the previous year thirty one units were held under requisition. There was no change during the year under review, and the total of requisitioned units on 31st March, 1959 was therefore thirty one.

(B) PROPERTY REQUISITIONED FOR THE ARMED SERVICES

A total of 127 Units (lands and buildings) was held under requisition at the end of the last financial year. These units were divided between the services as follows:

Premises Land

Royal Navy Army R.A.F.

Total

51

51

74

2

76

125

2

127

During the year under review twenty nine Units, seventeen of premises and twelve of land, were de-requisitioned for the Army. In addition, twenty eight Units of land were formally requisitioned on behalf of the Army with retrospective effect to the years 1945, 1954, and 1955, to enable compensation claims to be settled. These Units were, however, immediately de-requisitioned, and a total of ninety eight Units was, therefore, still held under requisition on 31st March, 1959, divided between the services as follows:

Premises Land

Royal Navy Army

R.A.F.

Total

34

34

62

2

64

96

2

98

OFFICE ACCOMMODATION

2. During the year there was again some expansion in office accom- modation held by various departments, as well as movement into alternative accommodation.

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3. A total of 9,791 sq. ft. in Buckingham Building, Kowloon, was leased to accommodate the following departments:

(a) 100 sq. ft. on the 2nd floor for use by the Women and Girls

Section of the Social Welfare Department.

(b) 7,167 sq. ft. on the 6th and 7th floors for use by Crown Lands

& Survey Office, Development Office and Waterworks.

(c) 2,524 sq. ft. on the 6th floor for use as District Health Office,

Kowloon South, (Urban Services Department).

4. Portions of the 2nd and 5th floors of Shaws Building, Kowloon were leased for the use of the Education Department.

5. 1,006 sq. ft. on the 8th floor of Des Voeux House, Des Voeux Road West were leased for the use of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs.

6. 3,264 sq. ft. on the 8th floor of Li Po Chun Chambers were leased for use by the Headquarters of the Resettlement Department.

1,400 sq. ft. on the ground floor of 35 Argyle Street was leased for use as Kowloon Sub-Treasury. The lease on the former accom- modation at 657 Nathan Road was terminated.

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8. The lease on the bungalow on Lots Nos. 585-6 and 596 in Mui Wo D.D.2., formerly used as Silvermine Bay Police Post, was terminated.

9. The lease on Nos. 64-68 Main Road, Tai Po, previously used as a School, was terminated.

ACCOMMODATION (RESIDENTIAL) FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICERS

NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS

10. There were 485 quarters available on 31st March, 1958. Twelve quarters were acquired and three were lost during the year under review, resulting in a net gain of nine non-departmental quarters. The total number of quarters available on 31st March, 1959 was, therefore, 494. Details of quarters acquired or lost are as follows:

ACQUIRED

'EU Gardens' 154-158 Argyle

Street, Kowloon

6

'B' Grade

Leased.

12A Hoi Ping Road, Ground

floor, Hong Kong

1

'F' Grade

2

Transferred from a departmental quarter.

Flat 2, Ravencourt, The Peak 14 Queen's Gardens

14A Macdonnell House

37 Nairn House ...

...

1

'B' Grade

Leased.

...

1

'B' Grade

1

'C' Grade

...

1

'CD' Grade

Transferred

Elliot Filters, Ground floor

1

'E' Grade

Exchanged for depart- mental quarter.

Transferred from a

departmental quarter.

from a

departmental quarter. Temporarily transferred from a departmental quarter.

Total ...

12

LOST

271 Stewart Terrace, The Peak,

Hong Kong (Ground floor)

1 'CD' Grade

Lease determined.

18 Queen's Gardens

1

'A' Grade

6A Carnarvon Road

1

'F' Grade

Allocated to Police as departmental quarters. Allocated to Police as departmental quarters.

Total ...

3

11. During the year, the grading of the flats at Braga Mansions was reconsidered, and as a result six of the flats in question, previously graded as 2 'C' and 4 ‘CD', were regraded as 1 'CD' and 5 'D' quarters.

12. A complete list of non-departmental quarters available at the end of the year is given in Table I of this report. Table II shows the number of non-departmental quarters by grades, the estimated number of officers by grades who were eligible to apply for them, and the number of officers by grades who were eligible, by reason either of long service or seniority, to retain quarters during absence on leave from the Colony.

HOTELS

13. The number of officers accommodated in hotels during the year under review is compared, in Table III, with the number of officers in hotels during the previous year. The general increase in the number of officers so accommodated throughout the year reflects the increase in establishment.

14. The total cost of accommodating officers in hotels rose from $1,023,040.30 in 1956/57, to $1,101,013.60 in 1957/58, and again to $1,687,205.08 in 1958/59. This marked rise in costs is attributable both to the greater number of officers so accommodated, and to the increase in hotel charges.

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HOSTELS

15. The Government hostel at Buxey Lodge, which provided accom- modation for twelve single men, was closed down on 20th January, 1959, the site being required for the construction of a new block of Government flats. A large house at Conduit Road was leased as a temporary replacement and opened as a hostel on 10th March, 1959; proving as popular as it's predecessor. It provides accommodation for eight single officers. The hostel for single women at The Hermitage, which provides accommodation for seventeen, gained in popularity during the year, and for most of the time was fully occupied. A number of officers were accommodated of their own choice in non- Government hostels such as the Y.M.C.A., Hong Kong Club, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Helena May Institute, Cherry Hill Lodge and the Church Guest House.

16. The number of officers accommodated in both Government and non-Government hostels at the end of the year, is shown below:

Single Officers Married

Totals

Male

Female

Officers

No. of Rooms

Govt. Hostels Non-Government Hostels

7

16

23

23

6

4

2

12

12

Totals

13

20

2

35

35

DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS

17. Departments such as the Police Force, Medical, Urban Services, Civil Aviation, Public Works, and Prisons, have a large number of quarters allocated to them for the use of officers who, by the nature of their duties, have to reside in close proximity to their place of work. (Departmental quarters are allocated by Heads of Department and not by the Quarters Allocation Committee). Of a total number of 3,823 departmental quarters of grades 'A' to 'L', the majority are for local employees in the grades 'H' to 'L'. The numbers of quarters allocated to each department at the end of the year were as follows:

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Department

Civil Aid Services

Civil Aviation Department

Commerce and Industry Department

40 quarters

2

58

""

97

8

""

District Administration, New Territories

21

53

Education Department

148

35

Fire Brigade

50

>>

Government House

6

26

4

Judiciary

Kowloon-Canton Railway

4 quarters

151

Labour Department

Marine Department

Medical Department

Police Force

Post Office

Prisons Department

Public Works Department

Resettlement Department

Royal Hong Kong Defence Force

Royal Observatory

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs

Social Welfare Department

Stores Department

Urban Services Department

1

"

34

59

453

""

1,708

59

12

"

263

373

141

"

3

6

8

25

99

7

315

"

3,823 quarters

18. During the year, there was no significant change in the number of quarters held by any department.

19. In addition to departmental quarters, many departments had a number of barrack type quarters for accommodating lower paid staff.

PRIVATE TENANCIES

20. With the revision in July of the rules whereby officers may take private tenancies, the number of officers so accommodated showed a sharp and sustained rise.

21. The popularity of private tenancies, resulted in a slackening of the previously acute demand for Government quarters.

22. The cost to Government of subsidizing private tenancies during the last five years has been as follows:

Year

1954/55

1955/56

1956/57

1957/58

1958/59

Amount

$ 675,196.00 $ 785,175.66 $ 674,735.80

$ 622,954.85 $1,045,968.27

23. Table IV shows the number of officers accommodated in private tenancies during the previous year, and the year under review.

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STAFF

24. Mr. H. R. J. Woulfe-Flanagan resumed duty as Quartering Authority on 15th December, 1958, on return from vacation leave.

25. Mr. P. G. Taylor, seconded from the Secretariat for duty as Assistant Quartering Authority, proceeded on leave on 26th February, 1959.

26. Mr. K. W. Wheeler, E.O. II, joined the department on 12th February, 1959, and was transferred to Marketing Department on 27th February, 1959.

27. Mrs. C. M. Forrow resumed duty as Confidential Assistant on 1st December, 1958.

28. Mrs. E. Whitley was re-appointed part time Confidential Assistant on 1st December, 1958.

25th May, 1959.

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H. R. J. WOULFE FLANAGAN, Quartering Authority.

TABLE I

LIST OF NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS ACCORDING TO GRADES, AS ON 31ST MARCH, 1959

GRADE 'A'

Address

No. of Quarters

Brief Description

152, 153, 154 The Peak (Homestead Houses)

157 The Peak, 'Homedale'

275 & 276 The Peak

361 The Peak, 'The Bracket' 406 The Peak, 'Sailing Look' 407 The Peak, Severn Road 534 The Peak, Magazine Gap 556 The Peak, Middle Gap 557 The Peak, Middle Gap

3

6-room houses

1

7-room house

2

7-room houses

1

5-room house

1

4-room bungalow

1

4-room house

1

6-room house

1

5-room house

1

5-room house

Peak Mansions (Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19,

21, 23 & 25)

12

5-room flats

+

+4

Peak Mansions (Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16,

18, 20, 22 & 24)

12

4-room flats

Queen's Gardens (Nos. 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21,

23 & 25)

10

4-room flats

+

+4

Queen's Gardens (Nos. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 24,

& 26)

9

5-room flats

45 Shouson Hill

5-room house

56

Total

GRADE 'B'

12

222-26

4-room flats

2

5-room flats

3/4-room flats

5-room flat

4-room flats

Albany Flats (Nos. 1-5, 7-10, 12-14) 126 & 128 Argyle Street, 2nd floors 12 & 17 Branksome Towers 2A Cornwall Street, Ground floor 2 Forfar Road, Flats Nos. 8 & 10 'Eu' Gardens, 154-8 Argyle Street 16 Ho Man Tin Hill Road ...

King's Park (Nos. 7-12)

150 A, B, C & 151 B & C, The Peak, (Homestead

Flats)..

4/5-room flats

1

6-room house

6

4-room flats

5

5-room flats

...

155 & 156 The Peak (Homestead Houses)

2

5-room houses

Flat 2, Ravencourt, The Peak

1

5-room flat

403 The Peak, Severn Road (Bottom & Top floors) 404 The Peak, Severn Road (Bottom & Top floors) 405 The Peak, Severn Road (Bottom & Top floors)

2

4-room flats

2

4-room flats

2

4-room flats

Peak Pavilions (Nos. 1-9 & 11) Queen's Gardens (Nos. 2, 14 & 16) Queen's Gardens (Nos. 1, 3 & 15) White House, Tai Po

10

...

5-room flats

3

5-room flats

3

4-room flats

1

7-room house

Total

7

63

TABLE I-Contd.

GRADE 'C'

Address

No. of Quarters

Brief Description

126 & 128 Argyle Street (Ground & 1st floors) 165 Argyle Street (Ground & 1st floors) Burnside Estate (Nos. 1, 2, 9 & 18)

Burnside Estate (Nos. 11, 14, 19, 21, 22 & 24) Epworth Lodge (Nos. 1-4)

...

2 Forfar Road, (Flats Nos. 2, 3, 5 & 7) King's Park (Nos. 1-6)

4

5-room flats

2

5-room flats

4

5-room flats

6

4-room flats

4

3-room flats

4

4-room flats

6

4-room flats

Leighton Hill (Nos. 1, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 & 25) Leighton Hill (Nos. 2-13, 16, 18, 20, 24 & 26) ... 14A Macdonnell House

8

4-room flats

17

5-room flats

1

3-room flat

6 Macdonnell Road (Flats Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9) 106 Mountain View (Ground & Top floors) 107 Mountain View (Ground 1st & 2nd floors) 111 Mountain View, 1st floor

5

3-room flats

2

5-room flats

3

5-room flats

1

3-room flat

113A Mountain View, 3rd floor

1

3-room flat

251 & 252 The Peak

2

3-room bungalows

Victoria Flats (Nos. 2 & 3)

2

3-room flats

Victoria Flats (Nos. 4 & 5)

97C Waterloo Road, Ground floor

2-

2

4-room flats

1

5-room flat

Total ...

75

GRADE 'CD'

32 Braga Circuit, 2nd & 3rd floors

2

4-room flats

Braga Mansions (No. 4)

1

4-room flat

...

Chater Hall (Nos. 26, 29, 56 & 59)

4

2-room flats

Chater Hall (No. 27)

1

3-room flat

Chater Hall (Nos. 28, 57 & 58)

3

4-room flats

2A Cornwall Street, Top floor (Flats Nos. 2 & 3)

2

3-room flats

19 Ho Man Tin Hill Road, Ground & 1st floors King's Park (Nos. 13-20, 23-31, 33-39, 41-48) Leighton Hill (Nos. 43, 44, 45 & 46) Leighton Hill (Nos. 63, 64, 65 & 66) 6 Macdonnell Road (Flats Nos. 1 & 6)

2

4-room flats

32

4-room flats

4

4-room flats

4

3-room flats

2

3-room flats

Nairn House (Nos. 18-20, 37-40)

7

4-room flats

270 The Peak, Ground & 2nd floors

2

3-room flats

271 The Peak, 1st floor

1

3-room flat

262 Prince Edward Road

1

5-room house

Ventris Road (Nos. 1, 4-14)

12

5-room houses

Victoria Flats (No. 1)

1

2-room flat

94, Waterloo Road, Ground, 1st & 2nd floors

3

4-room flats

Total

84

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TABLE I-Contd.

GRADE 'D'

Address

No. of Quarters

Brief Description

...

32 Braga Circuit, 1st floor

Braga Mansions (Nos. 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 12) Chater Hall (Nos. 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 38, 41,

44, 47, 50 & 53)

Chater Hall (Nos. 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54 & 55) Chater Hall (Nos. 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 & 24) 56 Conduit Road (Flats Nos. 101, 102, 103, 104,

202, 203, 204, 304, 401 & 404)

1

4-room flat

6

4-room flats

12

2-room flats

21

4-room flats

7

3-room flats

10

4-room flats

'Courtlands' (Flats D, E, I & J)

4

5-room flats

Cox's Path (Nos. 1-6)

6

5-room houses

Leighton Hill (Nos. 49-62)

14

3-room flats

Leighton Hill (Nos. 29-42)

14

4-room flats

Nairn House (Nos. 3-12, 14-16, 23-33, 35-36)

26

4-room flats

Total ...

121

GRADE 'E'

6B & 6D Carnarvon Road

Chater Hall (Nos. 5, 32 & 35)

Chater Hall (Nos. 2, 4, 30, 31, 33 & 34) Chater Hall (Nos. 1 & 3)

'Courtlands' (Flats B, C & H)

Elliot Filters, Ground floor ...

Leighton Hill (Nos. 47)

2362 M

2-room flats 2-room flats

4-room flats

3-room flats

3

5-room flats

1

4-room flat

1

2-room flat

Leighton Hill (Nos. 27 & 48)

2

3-room flats

Leighton Hill (No. 28)

1

4-room flat

Nairn House (Nos. 1, 2, 21 & 22)

4

4-room flats

Nga Tsin Wai Road (Block C, Nos. 7A, 7B, 8A,

8B & 9A)

...

255 Prince Edward Road, Ground Floor Wongneichong Road (Nos. 99, 101, 103, & 105) Wongneichong Road (Nos. 97, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129 & 131) ...

514

5

3-room flats

3-room flat

4

4-room houses

14

5-room houses

Total

49

GRADE 'F'

6C Carnarvon Road

'Courtlands' (Flats A & F)

4 Hoi Ping Road, 2nd & 3rd floors

122

2-room flat

2

3-room flats

2

4-room flats

6 Hoi Ping Road, 3rd floor ...

1

4-room flat

12 Hoi Ping Road, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th floors

4

4-room flats

12A Hoi Ping Road, Ground floor

1

4-room flat

3 Sunning Road, 2nd floor

1

4-room flat

5 Sunning Road, 2nd & 3rd floors

2

4-room flats

Total ...

14

9

Address

TABLE I-Contd.

GRADE 'G'

4 Hoi Ping Road, Ground floor

14 Hoi Ping Road, 1st floor

No. of Quarters

Brief Description

1

4-room flat

1

4-room flat

2

Total

UNGRADED

7 Cornwall Street

9 & 11 Cornwall Street

1

3-room bungalow

2

2-room bungalows

2 Forfar Road, Flats Nos. 1, 4 & 6 Mount Nicholson (Nos. 1-12, 24 & 25) Mount Nicholson (Nos. 13-22)

3

11-room flats

14

2-room bungalows

10

3-room bungalows

Total

30

Grand Total...

494 quarters.

TABLE II

NUMBER OF NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS, ESTIMATED NUMBER OF OFFICERS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THEM, AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF OFFICERS ELIGIBLE TO RETAIN QUARTERS DURING ABSENCE ON LEAVE FROM THE COLONY, ON 31ST MARCH, 1959

Estimated No. of Officers of

No. of Officers

Grade of

Quarters

Govt. Property

Leased

Total No. of Qtrs.

correct Grade

Eligible to

Married

Single

Retain Quarters

ABC

56

В

51

43

122

56

77

10

87

63

129

20

22

32

75

61

16

9

CD

74

10

84

174

42

15

D E

104

17

121

181

93

3

:

48

1

49

65

38

F

G

3

11

14

30

34

2

2

Ungraded

30

30

21

22

12

Totals

409

85

494

739

265

136

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TABLE III

NUMBER OF OFFICERS IN HOTELS FROM 31.3.57 TO 31.3.59

Date

Single

Married

Married

with Children

Total

31. 3.57

39

15

17

71

30. 4.57

31. 5.57

30. 6.57

31. 7.57

31. 8.57

...

38

12

10

60

34

7

11

30

11

5

46

...

+

29

52

35

10

12

32

11

...

30. 9.57

42

14

23

58

2 2 2

57

63

79

31.10.57

44

17

34

30.11.57

31.12.57

45

20

222 223

95

97

50

31. 1.58

28. 2.58

31. 3.58

30. 4.58

31. 5.58

30. 6.58

31. 7.58

31. 8.58

30. 9.58

31.10.58

30.11.58

56

22220

26

96

24

26

106

60

18

29

107

58

...

888

23

29

58

25

2220

110

24

107

55

22

...

54

17

...

52

18

22 23

24

101

93

27

97

52

21

49

21

..

22220

95

90

52

33

35

120

...

52

34

30

116

31.12.58

54

28

27

109

31. 1.59

28. 2.59

61

24

28

113

68

18

27

113

31. 3.59

58

14

26

98

...

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TABLE IV

NUMBER OF OFFICERS IN PRIVATE TENANCIES

FROM 31.3.57 TO 31.3.58

Married

Date

Single

Married

with Children

Total

31. 3.57

30. 4.57

20

17

29

66

:

:

20

16

31. 5.57

18

15

26

30. 6.57

17

13

25

31. 7.57

16

14

22

31. 8.57

16

14

2 2 2 2 2

26

62

59

55

52

19

49

30. 9.57

16

14

19

49

31.10.57

17

14

19

50

30.11.57

20

15

26

61

31.12.57

21

16

31. 1.58

20

18

22 23

27

64

25

63

28. 2.58

21

18

28

67

31. 3.58

24

18

26

68

30. 4.58

24

19

27

70

31. 5.58

27

17

31

75

30. 6.58

26

20

28

74

31. 7.58

26

31. 8.58

26

200

30. 9.58

30

31.10.58

33

30.11.58

37

2 2 2 2 ☹

23

28

25

29

29

29

∞ 2 2 mm

77

80

34

93

33

95

32

43

112

31.12.58

45

36

52

133

31. 1.59

48

39

55

142

28. 2.59

46

42

59

147

31. 3.59

47

46

61

154

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