Estimates-1960 — Page 209

Estimate 1959/60

Revised estimate 1958/59

Approved estimate 1958/59

B - Medical

$19,324,200

15,150,000

11,451,900

9,706,931

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Actual expenditure 1957/58

Grants to the following institutions have been increased by the amounts shown in brackets after their names:-

Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital ($11,600), British Red Cross Society, Blood Bank ($1,000), Family Planning Association of Hong Kong ($80,000), Grantham Hospital ($1,190,600), Haven of Hope Tuberculosis Sanatorium ($50,000), Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis Association ($75,000), Mission to Lepers, Hong Kong Auxiliary ($50,000), Pok Oi Hospital ($13,800), Society for the Relief of Disabled Children ($5,000), and Tung Wah and Associated Hospitals ($1,069,500).

A grant of $4,900,000 was made during 1958/59 by Special Warrant for the redevelopment of the Kwong Wah Hospital. Of this amount only $3,000,000 will be spent during the year. The grant for 1959/60 is $4,925,600.

Rates subventions in excess of $5,000 have been shown under separate subheads where they are not included in the ordinary subventions.

From 1st April 1959 the University of Hong Kong will supply all routine pathological services for Queen Mary Hospital. A new subhead with provision of $250,000 has accordingly been created to meet the additional expenditure which the University will have to bear.

The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation aims to train physically handicapped people in trades they will be able to follow as ordinary members of the community, and subventions are provided under Annually Recurrent and Special Expenditure to assist in the establishment of a pilot rehabilitation

centre.

Estimate 1959/60

Revised estimate 1958/59

Approved estimate 1958/59

C- Education

$55,812,000

45,152,000

47,099,200

36,545,725

Actual expenditure 1957/58

With the increase in the number of Hong Kong students in the United Kingdom the provision for the Amenities Fund for Colonial Students has been increased. Normal promotions and increments, expansion of existing schools and the introduction of further schools under the Grant and Subsidy Codes have necessitated an increase of $5,000,000 in the recurrent subvention to grant and subsidized schools. Normal promotions and increments, and additional staff, have led to the increase of $23,000 in the subvention to the Grant Schools Provident Fund. A subvention of $100,000 is included for the first time for fees for Architects' Certificates on Structural Safety of private school buildings required under the Education Ordinance. The increased number of non-profit making private schools has also necessitated an increase of $50,000 in the subvention towards Rates. The rapid expansion of the aided schools building programme involving extension of existing buildings and erection of new buildings has resulted in an increase of $3,000,000 in building grants and also in an increase of $870,000 in furniture and equipment grants. The subvention of $60,000 to Queen's College Old Boys' Association represents Government's contribution towards the building cost of their Memorial Hall, which will be in the form of an extension to Queen's College.

Estimate 1959/60

Revised estimate 1958/59

Approved estimate 1958/59

D

Miscellaneous

$1,995,900

1,202,000

1,136,000

1,088,909

Actual expenditure 1957/58

The increased provision is mainly accounted for by a higher subvention to the Hong Kong Tourist Association in order that it may develop its activities, and the transfer back from subhead C5, University of Hong Kong, of the subvention for the Fisheries Research Unit of the University.