# ARCHITECTURAL DIVISIONS
Chief Architect, Division I:
D. W. MCDONALD, D.A. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S. Edwin WONG, B.Arch. (N.Z.), A.N.Z.I.A., A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
Chief Architect, Division II:
J. B. AITKEN, D.A. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A.
Chief Architect, Division III:
C. BRAMWELL, Dip.Arch. (Dunelm), A.R.I.B.A.
C. CHATWIN, D.A. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S. (Acting)
4.08. All three Architectural Divisions are engaged on new works and each is headed by a Chief Architect. Divisions I and II are each sub-divided into two groups headed by a Senior Architect, each group forming a working team capable of handling the whole process of designing the buildings and preparing the architectural drawings for the projects allocated to them. To each of these four groups the Principal Government Architect allocates the building programme of specific Government departments and he distributes other buildings designated 'general' amongst the groups. This system simplifies liaison with the departments concerned and enables each group to acquire a background of experience of the building requirements of their client departments.
Division III is responsible for the whole of the Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing programme in addition to a number of other projects such as crematoria. Attached, for administrative purposes, to Divisions I is one specialist architectural group and to Division II two specialist architectural groups, each headed by a Senior Architect working under the respective Chief Architect of the Division, whose function is to concentrate on one or more large single projects. Examples of work currently in hand by these specialist groups are Lai Chi Kok and Kowloon Hospitals; Kai Tak Airport Redevelopment; Murray Building Government Offices; a new Abattoir and a General Post Office. Attached to Division III is an architectural group, also headed by a Senior Architect, responsible for military and defence works projects. In addition, a minor works group, headed by a Senior Architect, was formed during the year to deal with the very large number of minor projects in the programme. The Senior Architect works under the Government Architect whose other main duties in the day-to-day administration of the Office cover the vetting of schedules of accommodation, preparation of annual building estimates, maintenance policy and finance, preparation of Quarterly Reports, con-
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