111. Shop and workshop rents in estates are determined by the size and location of the premises. There are four grades based on location, and shops enjoying the best trading situations adjoining main roads or hawker markets are charged more than those less advantageously placed. Shops in the Mark I & II estates range in area from 120 to 310
sq. ft.; the rent of a shop of 120 sq. ft. varies from $40 to $100 depending on the grade. As with domestic rooms, Mark III & IV estate shop rents are higher, a Grade A shop of 120 sq. ft. in the Urban Area being charged $124.50 a month (including rates). Workshops are usually in the lowest grade as they are in locations least suitable for retail trade. 112. Rents for units in resettlement factories are calculated on a cost basis, as with domestic rooms, but the capital cost includes the full upset price of the land, and is amortized over twenty-one years with compound interest at 5% per annum. Here again, rates are includ- ed in the rent payable by tenants. In the older factories, rentals per unit of 198 sq. ft. vary from $75 a month on the ground floor to $45 on the top floor, and in the newer factories from $140 to $65 for a unit of 256 sq. ft.
113. A schedule of the gross rentals charged for all types of resettle- ment accommodation is at Appendix IV.
114. Capital expenditure on multi-storey estates and factories, including buildings, site formation, piling and engineering works, incurred by the Public Works Department amounted to $107,638,848 during the year, bringing to $542,937,337 the total spent under this head in the twelve years of the department's existence. The depart- ment's annual recurrent expenditure has grown from $1,907,431 in 1954-55 to $24,215,885 this year plus $2,542,057 spent on maintenance and improvements to estates cottage areas and resite areas. Appendix IX graphically illustrates these increases and their relationship to the growth of the resident population.
CHAPTER 11
ORGANIZATION AND STAFF OF THE
RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT
115. The organization of the department as at 31st March, 1966 may be seen from the chart at Appendix X. There are four divisions: (a) Estates & Areas, headed by an Assistant Commissioner and assisted by an Administrative Officer, is responsible for the
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