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Two posts in the combined grade of Senior Assistant Master (Technical), Assistant Master (Technical) and Technical Teacher are for the Technical College and Victoria Technical School. One exist- ing post was deleted and replaced by one Primary School Master during the year.
One post of Workshop Instructor is required for the Mechanical Engineering Department in the Technical College.
Two posts of Laboratory Assistant are required for Queen's College Extension and one for Yuen Long Public Middle School Extension.
The new post of Treasury Accountant is offset by the reduction of 1 post of Executive Grade Officer. Two other Executive Grade Officer posts are required to co-ordinate the clerical work and improve procedures in the Inspectorate Section and the Grantham Training College.
Four additional Clerks/Typists are required to deal with the increasing volume of clerical duties
and typing work at schools and at Headquarters.
Two Foremen Class III and four Artisans Class I are required as skilled mechanics, responsible for the maintenance of the machinery and its preparation for use by the students in the Technical College
workshops.
2 Clerical Assistants, 1 Office Attendant, 4 Coolies and 1 Amah were approved during the year. the additional 23 Clerical Assistants, 1 Laboratory and Workshop Attendant, 1 Office Attendant, 14 Coolies and 1 Amah are required for Headquarters and schools. The four posts of Caretaker have been deleted and replaced by a corresponding number of Coolies.
Under the Students' Office (London), etc., one additional Assistant Adviser and one Clerical Officer are required. The posts of Warden and Matron/Housekeeper are deleted and provided for under
Other Charges Subhead 6(1).
These changes together with the Salaries Revision, account for the increase of $10.8 millions
in the vote for Personal Emoluments.
The net increase under Other Charges Annually Recurrent is $1.5 millions. This reflects the continuing expansion of educational facilities and is mainly accounted for by increased provisions for Evening Classes, Examinations, Allowances and Bonuses to Teachers in Training, Scholarships and Bursaries for Chinese Post Secondary Schools and for Stores and Equipment.
The decrease in Special Expenditure is due to a reduction in the provision for Equipment and Furniture for Government Schools: funds for the equipping of new schools are now provided under Public
Works Non-recurrent.
HEAD 40 — FIRE BRIGADE
Estimate 1960/61
$9,835,500
Revised estimate 1959/60
5,837,000
Approved estimate 1959/60
6,343,900
Actual expenditure 1958/59
4,508,974
1959/60
1960/61
Difference
Permanent staff
886
1,176
+ 290
Supernumerary staff
4
+ 4
Net increase
294
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