Land
Water
The disposal of Crown Land, Survey and Town Planning;
Design, Construction of impounding and purification works and Distribution.
1.18. An organization chart, showing the division of the Department into Headquarters and six sub-departments is on page viii. The object of the organization is to decentralize wherever possible and day-to-day decisions on virtually all matters, other than departmental policy and the programming of future projects, are taken by sub-departments. Headquarters concerns itself with departmental policy, future works programmes and co-ordination of the needs of sub-departments. To provide this co-ordination, weekly meetings are held at which Headquarters and sub-departmental representatives consider matters affecting land and development, while similarly staffed meetings to review departmental policy are held at monthly intervals. There is also very close contact between Headquarters and the Colonial Secretariat.
STAFF
1.19. The total staff numbered more than 10,500; of these 628 were professional or assistant professional officers. Occupants of superscale posts, distribution of staff and rates of pay of artisans and labourers are given in Appendices A, B and C respectively.
1.20. Mr. A. M. J. WRIGHT, C.M.G., left Hong Kong in March on leave prior to retirement and Mr. J. J. ROBSON was appointed Director of Public Works in his place. The following senior officers also left Hong Kong on leave prior to retirement during the year:
Mr. G. P. NORTON, Director of Building Development, on 8th May, 1968. Mr. D. G. FARROW, Chief Architect, on 30th May, 1968.
Mr. H. W. GRACE, Government Maintenance Surveyor, on 21st June, 1968. Mr. D. L. T. MUSSON, Chief Estate Surveyor, on 21st January, 1969. Mr. R. A. WATTERS, Chief Building Surveyor, on 29th January, 1969.
TRAINING
1.21. Training facilities continued to be provided for technical and assistant professional staff. Altogether 70 craft apprentices, who had signed agreements to follow a course of instruction over a period of four or five years, were being trained part-time in the Waterworks or Mechanical workshops and part-time at the Technical College.
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