Department and H.B.M. Department of the Environment under the Defence Costs Agreement with the United Kingdom Government.
Military Works and Services
2.38
Under the 1971 Defence Costs (Works) Agreement the Public Works Department is required to undertake all maintenance works and services in Military Establishments throughout the Colony as well as the design and construction of new capital projects for the three Services.
2.39
The cost of all maintenance and minor work services is borne by the Hong Kong Government whilst major capital works costing £5,000 and over are charged against the Hong Kong Government's total agreed capital works contribution of £17M, ($247.35M), for the five-year period of the agreement.
2.40 As shown in Appendices I and J the expenditure on maintenance, new services minor works and capital works for the year 1972-73 amounted to $73,546,589 which represents an increase of 14.8% over the previous year.
Revenue
2.41 The revenue collected by the department during the year totalled $849.970M compared with $433.272M in the previous year. A comparison between the amounts collected in each of the two years on the main items of revenue is provided by the following table:
1971-72 1972-73 Percentage Variation Crown Lands Sales $239.683M $632.898M +164.06 Crown Lands Fees $5.990M $4.728M -21.07 Government Properties $5.749M $8.261M +43.69 $122.560M $145.557M +18.76 $8.082M $9.194M +13.76 $2.785M $1.556M -44.13 $19.993M $19.462M -2.66 Water Account ... (Dr.) $0.539M Quarry Products $0.066M $5.645M +47.03 (corrected to) $8.300M Buildings Ordinance (Balcony fees and Building Contractors' Registration fees, etc.) $1.670M $2.049M +22.69 Sale of Sand... ... $21.588M Services Capital Works $17.965M $16.78M -16.78 Services Maintenance Charges Works executed on private account Departmental services and supervision Other receipts $433.272M $849.970M...
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