New posts
1 Administrative Officer
1 Secretary Stenographer
5 Clerks
3 Senior Land Assistants
4 Land Assistants
6 Map Draughtsmen Class III
15 Demarcators Class II
2 Area Officers Class II
20 Demarcators Class III
3 Foremen Class III
1 Motor Driver
6 Clerical Assistants
2 Messengers
Existing posts deleted
3 Land Assistants
1 Works Photographer
5 Photoprinters
4 Area Officers Class II*
15 Demarcators Class III
1 Motor Driver*
12 Labourers*
8 Labourers
77
41
* Now provided under Head 69.
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The activities of the New Territories Administration have continued to expand and additional staff are provided to deal with the general increase of work. The increased staff includes an additional post of Administrative Officer to be the Assistant District Officer, Yuen Long. Three posts of Land Assistant are being regraded as Senior Land Assistants for the District Offices Tai Po, Yuen Long and Tsuen Wan respec- tively. Provision is also made for one new post of Secretary Stenographer for the District Office Tsuen Wan. Other increases include 2 posts of Area Officer Class II and 2 posts of Map Draughtsman Class III for the Yuen Long District; 6 Demarcators Class III for the Tsuen Wan District and 2 for the Yuen Long District; one Foreman Class III each for the Sai Kung, Islands and Yuen Long Districts respectively. Two-thirds of the staff employed on the Cadastral Survey of the New Territories have been transferred from the Temporary to the Permanent Establishment. These posts are: 4 Land Assistants, 4 Map Draughtsmen Class III, 4 Clerks
and 12 Demarcators Class III.
Under Other Charges Annually Recurrent provision for Travelling Expenses has been increased by $100,000, offset by a corresponding reduction in Rent, due mainly to the increasing difficulty of obtaining suitable accommodation for occupation as staff quarters in the New Territories. The vote for Squatter Areas has been renamed and subdivided into three items, compared with two last year, to show more clearly the scope of this vote.
The Local Public Works vote has been transferred to Special Expenditure which is more appro- priate for a vote of this nature, and the provision has been increased by $500,000, reflecting increased activities.
Estimate 1962-63
Revised estimate 1961-62
Approved estimate 1961-62
Actual expenditure 1960-61
HEAD 53 - PENSIONS
$24,880,000
23,164,000
23,161,000
23,071,667
The increased provision for 1962-63 is accounted for partly by normal expansion and partly by the higher rates of Volunteer and Defence Force pensions payable under Subhead 5.