4.05. All work is carried out on contract and the annual expenditure on new works, excluding furniture and equipment, amounted to $178,727,000. Of this sum, $106,715,000 was spent on Resettlement and Low Cost Housing, $67,464,000 on other Government projects undertaken in this office and $4,548,000 on Government projects undertaken by private architects. The value of work ordered on the Maintenance Contracts amounted to $32,400,000; $2,987,000 was spent on electricity and the cleaning of Government buildings under the control of this office.
4.06. The Quantity Surveying and Building Services Branches also advise the Director of Education on drawings, specifications, contract documents, tenders, final accounts, building services installations and maintenance work for grant-in-aid and subsidized schools and site inspections are made. Work estimated at $32,200,000 was started on 57 new projects and work costing $20,700,000 was completed on 58 schools. Repair and maintenance work estimated at $2,200,000 was started on some 211 schools and was completed at a cost of $1,700,000 on 174 schools. Advice was given on interest-free loans to 3 schools, amounting to some $3,800,000.
4.07. The office was represented by senior staff on the following public or inter-departmental committees or boards:
Committee Representative(s) Authorized Architects Examination Board Principal Government Architect (Chairman) Architects' Disciplinary Board Government Structural Engineer Contractors' Disciplinary Board Government Architect/General, Government Quantity Surveyor Schedules of Accommodation Vetting Committee Government Architect/General (Chairman) Leased Office Accommodation Committee Government Architect/Administration Air-conditioning Committee Government Building Services Engineer Urban Council Air-conditioning Select Committee Government Building Services Engineer (Chairman) Advisory Committee for the Department of Electrical Engineering, Hong Kong Technical College Government Building Services Engineer36