ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
Government Architect:
C. R. J. DONNITHORNE, J.P., A.R.I.B.A. W. E. LEVIE, D.A. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
Assistant Government Architect:
W. E. LEVIE, D.A. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A. D. G. FARROW, A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
GENERAL
3.01. The Architectural Office is responsible for the control of the greater part of the Government building programme. Whilst most of the work is designed and supervised by the staff of the Office, it is sometimes necessary to engage private architects and quantity surveyors to assist with the programme of work.
3.02. The maintenance of buildings owned by, or leased to, Government is the responsibility of the Maintenance Division of the Office, including the routine management of Government-owned property.
3.03. Since July 1967, this Office has assumed responsibility for the construction and maintenance of the majority of buildings required for the use of the British Armed Forces and their dependants within the Colony. A number of staff formerly employed by H.B.M. Ministry of Public Building and Works were transferred to the service of the Hong Kong Government in order to achieve continuity of administration.
3.04. The Architectural Office staff, which in the year under review numbered 941, excluding junior staff, supplies a fully comprehensive range of the skills required for the design and construction of buildings of all types and includes architects, structural engineers, quantity surveyors, building services engineers, and maintenance surveyors, together with subordinate technical staff and outdoor supervisory staff. In addition, the Office has its own clerical and accounting sections.
3.05. All work was carried out on contract, and expenditure on new works, excluding furniture and equipment, amounted to $146,650,000. Of this sum, $91,190,000 was spent on Resettlement and Low Cost Housing, $47,900,000 on other Government projects undertaken in this Office, and $7,560,000 on Government projects undertaken by private architects. The value of work ordered on the Maintenance Contract amounted to $15,600,000; $2,630,000 was spent on electricity and the cleaning of Government buildings under the control of this Office.
Page 19
Page 19
Page 19