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7. 1932.

RETRENCHMENT COMMISSION'S

REPORT

(Continued from Paga 9.).

Basponsibility.

Change the Financial Year:

The Commissioners consider that' Before dealing with the roman

On the matter of accounts the the Harbour Maitor was wrong in ing sub-departments in detail thors Commissioners heard a great deal his patimat of the staff requirements are certain "general recommenda- of evidence regarding the Allotment of the Government Marine Surve- tions which concern them all. The Voucher system. This system was yor's, department; and that as a first in fact will affect all Govern devised as a check on the expendi result of his wishes having been met anont departments. That is that the bure of money by executive enging the department is now overstaffed. financial your be altered from eie Unfortunately it appears to The Commissioners do not advocate 1st January-31st December to let have been abased, more in the Hong the abandonment of the A certi April-31st March. For accounting Kong than in the Kowloon station ficats, but they are of the opinion and ordinary administration pur- of the Public Works Department. after having heard expert evi- poses the dates are immaterial, Steps should be taken to remedy Į dence, ol a number of witnesses both but from the engineering standpoint this by sub-dividing shared votes From the Clovornmons Marine Sur they are most important. The wir-and by making quarterly alloca yoyor's staff and private shipping ter month October ic March am tiota in advance." An executive eiland surveyors Arme,-that a reduc the dry months and honer the best gineer is a responsible, offter and tion can safely, be made from four building months. Whether it is paid as such. If he cannot bo teen survoyons to ten without the building a new house or re-decorat-trusted with responsibility in the efficient carrying out of the surveys ing an old one, building a road or spending of public money his sor of ships for 1A certificates being cutting down a hill, the work can vices should be dispared with. To in any way jeopardised. The posts best be done when a continuous fetter him as in now done only

of Draughtsman and two Tapemen spell of line weather can be relied makes for dehy

should also be abolished.

Coastal Shipping.

It was said in the opening parf

on. In tendering, the contractor The Director of Public Works has takes into bis ealculation the num-to assist him two Assistant Direc bor of wai days there are likely to tore of Public Works exclusive of bo, when no work is being done the Assistant Director of Public' by his workmen who have to beWorks in charge of Waterworks,, pain all the same. But a more Construction), a Technical Secretary graph that too rigorous regulations serious objection in that with the and a Secretary. The Commin. financial year ending on December rioners recommend that the two may discourage shipping from ty-. 31 al maintenance contracts" auto-posts of Assistant Directors of ing this port Au instance of thir matically come to an end. Work Publio Works be abolished and re-occurs in the case of surveys of stops right in the middle of the placed by one Deputy Director of coastal ships. Hong Kong has a dry season. If the same contractor Public Works.. The Technical Se- gets the contract for the succeeding crotary should be retained, but heyet no regulations of its own for year all is well, but that is. by no should be a more junior officer than the-for the promulgation of means the, rule-quite rightly. The the present holder of the post. For which provision is made in section result. is that several valuable days the Secretary should be substituted or even weeks are lost." The change & Chief Clerk.

10 (16) of the Merchant Shipping over would not be difficult, whereas

Ordinance. Draft, egulations have been drawn up and are being con The Deputy Director would sidered by the Marine Surveyor's Alphabetically the first of the carry out the greater, part of the department. Meanwhile however an sub-departments, is the Architectur routine matters that are now done attempt is being made to rise, the

The work of this department is by the Director..

The Technical Secretary would do the saving would be considerable. most of the "hack" work of the

al.

*Architectural,

department,

the maintenance of all Govern- · The Director would deal with all standard required of coastal ships ment buildings, and the construc matters of policy with the Govern- to that required by the Board of tion of large now ones: On mairment, on the one side, and the exTrade at home. Where the Marin tonance work two. engineers adecutive engineers on the other. He

in

soven overseers are engaged. The would have power to authorize work Surveyor's Department. nob over greater part of this work as re on open votes up to a total of staffed it is probable that this

of respect gards the time it takes is of a 9800

cach work,

would not have occurred. Publien- and aimilarly finicky and trivial nature, such as specific repairs te door knobs, etc. To em-to authorize local store purchasention of the Hong Kong Regulations ploy qualified European engineers up to 800 and to accept tenders up should be made as soon as possible on such work is extravagant. One to $1,000, without prior reference to engineer is required to supervise the

the maintenance wark generally but the other should be dispónsed "with. On the constructional side of the

Colonial Secretariat, sula- quent. notification, being sufficient. Summary

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MEDICAL DEPT.

sub-department, there are six en- Summarising the recommenda gineers (excluding the Executrvstions as a whole-WaBarworks will After most careful consideration Engineer), and four overseers,. It be entirely detached, and its man the Commissioners feel unable to should be reduced by three engine-cial policy put upon a proper busia recommend any reduction in this ers and two overseers,

there will be e net roduction of department. Considering the dena. For the present the Commissioners senior officers and H overstrs, ority of the population, probably do not consider that the large staff about 30 per cent and 12 per cent.higher than in any other city in of six.engineers and ten overseer respectively of the approved estab; the world, it would seem that if in the Buildinga Ordinance Office lishments; and by the process of anything too little public health can be cut down. When there is amalgamation the dumber of sub-work is done. At most they recoin- new ordinance the staff can be redepartments will be reduced frommend that the extensive schemes- duced. It is essential that there thirteen to seven. These sub-departat any rata so far as regards those vision should not be delayed. ments should be officered by experts involving the expenditure of extra The existing General Works Office To-day in the day of specialists. It money for reorganizing the Medic should be abolished and its work is bad policy to have an offloor, oneal and Sanitary Services he defer- split up amongst other sub-depart day in the Surveys Offices the next red until more frosperous times. It ments. None of the personnel of in the Drainage Office, and the day is only two years since a medical the existing General Works Office after in the Architectural Office.man, the Hon. Dr. Wellington, was should be taken over by the "nes Promotion and acting appointments brought to the Colony for the speci combined sub-department; it shound should, with the exception of junior fic purtions of reorganization. And be disposed of by termination of engineers on their first tour.. of it is still more recently that the employment or absorbtion elsewhers duty, take place within the sub-first fundamental stop towards the into the Public. Works Department departments, and not according to stamping out of malaria was taken as vacances occur. Constructional seniority in the Public Works De by the appointment of a Malario. work by the Public Works Depart partment as a whole, Selected off-logist The Commissioners heultata |ment will for the next few years cars would have to be eartmrked for to recommend that the post should

be negligible; on the other hand command; but their number is so be abolished. maintenance work will have to small as not to affect the general continue. The proposat amounts in rule." The problems of the Public effect to a reduction in the Ronds Works Department of Hong Kong and Drainage offices,

are largely municipal. It would be well if its administration were in confurmity with municipal prae tice.

Electrical

HARBOUR DEPT.

The Medical Department has for as medical pillders. This practice some years past employed Chinese should be extended to the Bacterio.. logiat's and the Government Analyst's sub-departments. At both only the bead should be an Euro- pean. The assistants, one at the former office and three at the latter, should be replaced by Chinese. The substitution of Chinese for Euro pean Nursing Sisters should be pushed on as rapidly as suitable local recruits are obtainable.

The Electrical sub-department is divided into two sections, one deal- ing with lighting, telephones, etc., and the other, with wireless - andi broadcasting. The latter is under) the Post Master General, though directly administered by the Elec.. The staff of the Harbour Dopart trical Engineer, who thus owes & ment, particularly as regards the double allegiance to the Director of Europeans, has grown considerably Public Works, and the Post Maston within the last five years, and whilst General This 'dual control of one the Commissioners fully recognize is bound to be detrimentul toe also realize that there in a point the money spent on public health, sub-department is not logical and the desirability of efficiency, they by the Colony would receive better value than it does at present for without in any way increasing ex penditure: And. that is by greater co-ordination between the various medico public health authorities.

ment.

There is

In addition there are certain steps that can aid should be taken where-

The Commissioners are of the opinion that the fees at prasent charged in Government hospitals for medical attendanes and opara- tions are too low. They understand that their revision is already under consideration,

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They Were glad to learn from the Becondly the replacement of Head of the Hanitary Department European Sanitary pectors by that the latter is already practiced with the consequent relief to the Asiatics. This policy has been ad water supply. Regarding the form. opted in Malaya, and has proveder they regard the capital cost as satisfactory. There the only Euro. prohibitive. They would moreover

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The executive of the department The two sub-departments of consists of the Harbour Master, the Crown Lande and Surveys can con Deputy Harbour Master and the veniently be taken together. They Assistant Harbour Master Prior are closely allied, and at one time to 1928 there was a Harbour Master formed a single unit. They should and Assistant Harbour Master. The again be amalgamated under the Commissioners are nos satisfied that headship of a properly qualified the posts of both Deputy and As- surveyor.

sistant. Harbour Master are necoɛ. The most noteworthy' feature sary, and they recommend that they about the porsonnel of these two be re-amalgamated into one pat | sub-departments, and of the Burvayt leave requirements, notwithstanding..

Office in particular, is the growil The Harbour Master should be re For the work to be done the Compeans are the chief inspectors. It point out that, the evil of dumping in the number of Chinese 'aurveyors, leved of a certain amount of work anissioners do not consider that this is claimed for the European that refuse at xen is mild compared with who reported as being by the transference to the Police department is overstaffed. In their he has greater integrity and is more that of discharging sowage direct highly satisfactory. ⠀ Their num: Court of all non-technical esses, fopinion. thors are only two reliable. He is however very much into the harbour, without drst past. bor hina, risen from: 8. in which at present come before him||methods by which......... retrench- more expensive. The Commissioning it through a septic tanken 1920 to 35 in the present your:|as Marine Magistrate

mont can be effected. Firstlyers recommend that the scheme be. They would invite the attent Bin 1926 to 35, in the present year! The Harbour Master gave it in that- street cleansing be done by given a thorough trial. It might of the Boad of the Sanitar There has been no corresponding re evidence that the increase in: 1030 contract. The Head of the Banitary, be necessary in the first instance to partment to the fact, that limite duction, in fact no reduction at all, in the number of Boarding Officers Depastirent stated that this would obtain through the Malayan au- tion of the number of hawkers, in, the number of European surve from five to aoven was made, not be much, chosper than the present thorities a nucleus of, Amatio ine-[volves Government in the cont yors. The result is that the offler fat his roquent, but at the instance system of doing the work depart pefors from" that country.”~~

tarceration of those is greatly overstaffed. A reduction of the River Steamers' Commission, mentally though he doubted the The Commisdozers considered the commit the offence (of 1 out of 9 Buropeen surveyorrit is recommended that the Humbay ther it would be tone ze infciently anation ug ficneratora und thự

should be mado": forthwith.

of five be reverted to

flushing of streeta with sea water. Outinged on Puce 7)

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The rink of this cannot be avoided