APPRECIATION
374. As with Hong Kong itself, the year 1960-61 may well be regarded as a milestone in the history of the Public Works Department. With comparatively insignificant increases in staff, expenditure under all heads reached the total of $317 million or 37% of the total expenditure of the Colony, which in turn represented an increase over that for the previous year of 43%. Never before have there been more projects on the drawing board, under construction or completed.
375. The successful execution of a works programme involving expenditure of this magnitude could not have been possible without the willing co-operation and generous assistance of the client departments and all those with whom our activities brought us in contact.
376. Obviously, too, there were very considerable demands on the resources of the Department. It is an achievement of which all officers of the Public Works Department can be proud. It has demonstrated a high degree of flexibility within the Department and its ability to meet such a situation. To all members of the staff I offer my thanks and gratitude for their support and loyalty in the parts they have played to make such a rewarding year possible.
HONG KONG,
26th July, 1961.
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A. INGLIS, M.I.C.E., Director of Public Works.