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Head 29-PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Head 30-PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT
Approved Estimate 1949-50
Estimate 1950-51
Sub-heads
$
$
$
$
4,030,522
4,256,768
1 Personal emoluments
Other Charges
2 Maintenance of non-Government buildings
21,800
17,800 (45)
2 Advertising
3 Cleaning of offices
3,000
2,000 (45)
52,500
35,800 (45)
4 Fuel, light, and power
5 Maintenance of lighthouses
Sub-heads
1. Buildings
1 Maintenance of Government buildings
3 Alterations and additions to Government buildings
4 Alterations and additions to non-Government buildings.
Approved Estimate 1949-50
Estimate 1950-51
$
$
$
$
2,000,000
2,275,000 (1)
100,000
100,000
100,000
150,000 (1)
70,000
70,000
5 Honoraria for university engineering students
7,800 (46)
27,000
30,000 (1)
G Incidental expenses
14,900
11,300 (45)
2. Crown Lands and Surveys
2,600
7 Publications
3,400 (46)
2,297,000
2,625,000
37,258
45,720 (47)
8 Rent of offices
1 Maintenance of boundary and survey marks
44,000
9 Stores and equipment
10 Travelling expenses
120,000
22,600
11 Uniforms
43,000|(45) 120.000
25,000 | (46)
2 Maintenance of Crown land
6,000
13,000 (2) (3)
3 Maintenance of survey equipment
12,000
2,000 (4)
Maintenance of triangulation and survey marks Routine surveys
2,000
1,000 (4)
1,000
(5)
3,000
(5)
Total Other Charges
318,658
311,820
3. Drainage
24,000
16,000
Special Expenditure
1 Maintenance of anti-malarial works
20,000
13 Electrical equipment
12 Air compressors
14 Machine tools
15 Motor crane
16 Motor vehicles
17 Office equipment
18 Reclamation barge and pumping equipment
70,000) (48) 3,100 (48)
2 Maintenance of sewers and storm-water drains
500,000
20,000 550,000 (6)
133,140 (48)
4. Electrical and Mechanical
520,000
570,000
25,000 (48)
465,000 (48)
1 Maintenance of air-conditioning plant and refrigerators.
10,000
20,140 (48)
2 Maintenance of lifts
40,000 (7)
40,000
10,000 (48)
3 Maintenance of plant
50,000 (6)
100,000
19 Workshop equipment and tools
Total Special Expenditure
Total Expenditure
139,400 (48)
4 Maintenance of Public Works Department and transport
pool vehicles
150,000 (7)
500,000
4,349,180
865,780
5,434,368
5 Maintenance of typhoon and signal masts and equipment
Running expenses of workshops
500,000
5,000 20,000
10,000 (8)
(9)
5. Port Works
675,000
(26) Nine posts previously provided for under daily-
paid staff.
for
(1) Stipulated increments.
(2) Previously provided for six months,
(3) Personnel changed.
(4) One post provided
Authority.
under Quartering
(5) One Clerk Class I in place of one Cierk Class II. (6) Seven Clerks Class II in place of seven Clerks
Class III.
(7) 12 posts previously provided for under
temporary staff.
(8) One post abolished.
(9) Previously provided for under non-pensionable
establishment.
(10) One Assistant Structural Engineer in place of
one Assistant Building Surveyor.
(11) Two posts previously provided for under daily-
paid staff.
(12) Five posts previously provided for under
non-pensionable establishment.
(13) Two posts previously provided for under
non-pensionable establishment.
(14) One Quantity Surveyor's Assistant Class I in
in place of one Building Surveyor.
(15) Three Quantity Surveyor's Assistants Class II
in place of two Clerks of Works Class II and one Quantity Surveyor's Assistant.
(16) Salary revised.
(17) One supernumerary post pending retirement of
officer.
(18) One Assistant Engineering Surveyor Class I in
place of one Assistant Land Surveyor Class I. (19) Three Assistant Engineering Surveyors Class I in place of one Assistant Engineering Surveyor Class I and two Assistant Land Surveyors Class II.
(20) Three posts abolished.
(21) Four posts abolished.
(22) One new post.
(23) Ten posts previously provided for under daily-
paid staff.
(24) 30 posts previously provided for under daily-
paid staff.
(25) Provided for under Marine Department.
(27) One post previously provided for under daily-
paid staff.
(28) Four posts previously provided for under non-
pensionable establishment.
(29) Seven posts previously provided for under daily-
paid staff.
(30) Two posts provided for under pensionable
establishment.
(31) One post provided for under pensionable estab-
lishment.
(32) Five
posts provided for under pensionable establishment.
(33) Seven new posts.
(34) Provided for under Other Charges. (35) Four posts provided for under pensionable
establishment.
(36) 58 posts previously provided for under daily-
paid staff.
(37) Five posts abolished.
(38) 35 posts previously provided for under daily-paid
staff.
(39) Five Head Survey Coolies in place of five
Survey Coolies.
(40) Previously provided for under daily-paid staff. (41) Three new posts.
(42) Previously provided for departmentally. (43) Provided for:
One Assistant Engineer ($550 per month); One Assistant Surveyor ($325 per month); One Assistant Inspector of Works ($300 per
month);
One Clerk ($185 per month);
18 Clerks ($150 per month);
Nine Women Clerks ($120 per month).
(44) More overtime anticipated.
(45) Economy measures.
(46) Previous provision inadequate.
(47) Increased rents.
(48) New item.
5 Maintenance of vehicle ferry piers
6 Reclamation schemes, survey parties
1 Cost of production Deduct Sales
2 Removal of overburden
1 Maintenance of approaches to Government buildings
2 Maintenance of footpaths and drainage connexions
3 Maintenance of Government A.R.P. tunnels
4 Maintenance of road plant
5 Maintenance of roads and bridges
6 Maintenance of traffic and street signs
7 Street lighting
1 Dredging
200,000
2 Maintenance of harbour plant and equipment
40,000
3 Maintenance of Kai Tak airport
100,000
4 Maintenance of sea walls and piers
160,000
160,000
45,000
150,000 (4)
40,000
750,000
163,000 (6) 160,000 215,000 (6)
65,000 (10)
6. Quarries
705,000
793,000
$2,300,000 $2,000,000
300,000 (11)
200,000 (12)
7. Roads
500,000
100,000
100,000
80,000
80,000
35,000
155,000
2,800,000
20,000
850,000
40,000 (6) 15,000 (13) (14) 4,600,000 (15) 55,000 (15) 850,000
8. Waterworks
4,040,000
5,740,000
1 Headworks and trunk supplies
140,000
100,000 (4)
2 Pumping raw water
690,000
650,000 (4)
3 Filtration and treatment
260,000
340,000 (6)
4 Pumping filtered water
500,000
510,000 (6)
5 Distribution
410,000
410,000
6 Waste detection and prevention
34,000
7 Maintenance of buildings
80,000
8 Maintenance of water meters
300,000
9 Maintenance of workshop
55,000
30,000 (4) 100,000 (6) 300,000
55,000
2,469,000
2,495,000