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Mr. G. J. SKELT, Chief Engineer
Mr. J. T. MALLORIE, Chief Architect
Mr. A. E. CLAASSEN, Chief Structural Engineer
Mr. A. F. EVANS, Chief Quantity Surveyor
Mr. P. V. SHAWE, Chief Building Surveyor
Mr. G. THOMSON, Chief Building Surveyor
Mr. T. K. HUM, Assistant Chief Engineer
Mr. A. S. ROBERTSON, Assistant Chief Engineer
Mr. B. W. JAMES, Assistant Chief Engineer
Mr. W. C. BELL, Assistant Chief Engineer
Mr. F. R. Whitehead, Assistant Chief Engineer
Mr. WONG Ting-tsai, Assistant Chief Architect
Mr. C. R. J. DONNITHORNE, Assistant Chief Architect
Mr. H. W. GRACE, Assistant Chief Architect
Mr. Au Shik-ling, Senior Structural Engineer
Mr. R. A. WATTERS, Assistant Chief Building Surveyor
Mr. G. L. LoWMAN, Assistant Chief Building Surveyor
Mr. J. G. STEAN, Assistant Chief Building Surveyor
Mr. I. L. STANTON, Senior Estate Surveyor
Mr. T. SEACH, Senior Land Surveyor
Mr. D. L. T. MUSSON, Senior Estate Surveyor
Mr. K. B. BAKER, Assistant Chief Mechanical Engineer
Mr. E. L. STRANGE, M.B.E., Secretary
Mr. A. K. SUFFIAD, M.B.E., Secretary
7. The overseas staff of the department numbered 256, an increase of 20, and the local staff 6,648. Actual staff totalled 6,904 against an authorized establishment of 7,399. A schedule showing the distribution of staff in the department is given on page 6.
8. Some slight improvement took place in the recruitment of overseas staff, but various vacancies remain unfilled and the position cannot as yet be considered satisfactory.
9. The total expenditure by the Department was again a record, amounting to $316,781,000 compared with $249,393,000 for the previous year. A break-down of departmental expenditure over the last nine years is presented in paragraph 365 of this report.
TRAINING
10. The provision of training facilities for artisans and young professional engineers and architects continued and was substantially expanded. An additional six youths between the ages of fifteen and seventeen signed agreements whereby they will follow a course of instruction over a three-year period, part-time in the waterworks or mechanical workshops and part-time at the Technical College. This brought the number of craft apprentices up to seventy-four.
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STAFF FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1961
(Excluding Vacancies)