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TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1974

NEW EFFICIENCY MEASURES IN P.U.D.

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED TWO NEW MEASURES WHICH WILL REINFORCE AND EXTEND THE EXISTING MACHINERY FOR PROMOTING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

THE FIRST STEP IS THE SETTING UP OF A MANAGEMENT SERVICES UNIT IN P.U.D. HEADQUARTERS. THE FUNCTION OF THIS UNIT WILL BE TO EXAMINE ALL OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES AND TO RECOMMEND ANY WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN BE MADE QUICKER, SIMPLER, MORE EFFICIENT, MORE ECONOMIC AND MORE PRODUCTIVE.

THE SECOND MEASURE IS THE DECISION TO APPOINT CONTRACTS AD CLAIMS ADVISERS TO THE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT WHICH CGANIZE AND SUPERVISE CONTRUCTION WORK.

THESE ADVISERS WILL HAVE THE TASK OF ADVISING ON THE DRAFTING OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AND KEEPING AN UP-TO-THE- MINUTE EYE ON THE PROGRESS OF WORK AND THE RATE OF EXPENDITURE INLAR SUCH CONTRACTS. THE KERS' ROLE WILL SUPERSEDE AND EXPAND THAT OF THE P.V.D.'S FORMER TECHNICAL AUDIT UNIT, WHICH HAS BEEN DISBANDED.

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. V.C. BELL, SAID TODAY THAT THE TUO MEASURE. REPRESENTED A NOTABLE ADDITION TO THE MANAGEMENT TOOLS ALREADY IN USE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FOSTERING OF THE MOST EFFICIENT METHODS AND PROCEDURES.

HE ADDED THAT THE INNOVATIONS HAD CEEN DEVISED AND ADOPTED IN CONSULTATION WITH OTHER ARMS OF GOVERNMENT AND WERE BASED ALSO ON THE SPECIALIST ADVISE OF INDEPENDENT EFFICIENCY EXPERTS.

40°EN THE LAST FEW YEARS+, HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAP THE EXPERTISE BROUGHT TO HONG KONG BY SUCH CONSULTANTS AS MCKINSEY.

+THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, FOR ITS PART, HAS BEEN KEEN TO TAKE ALL POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE OF SUCH EXPERTISE AND THE DECISIONS TO SET UP THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES UNIT AND TO APPOINT THE CONTRACTS ADVISERS ARE IN LARGE MEASURE THE OUTCOME OF THIS PROCESS OF COLLABORATIVE ENQUIRY.+

HEADING THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES UNIT IS MR. P.D. WEYMONT, AN ENGINEER WITH LONG AND VARIED EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT AND AS A MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT.

B. OR TAKING UP THIS NEW APPOINTMENT HE WAS WORKING WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND METHODS GROUP OF THE FINANCE BRANCH OF THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT.

HE IS BEING ASSISTED BY FIVE PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS FROM W.D. PENDING THE RECRUITMENT OF FOUR ASSIGNMENT TO THE TERMANENT 、AFE OF THE UNIT,

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