HEAD 61 — PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT
Estimate 1960/61
Revised estimate 1959/60
Approved estimate 1959/60
Actual expenditure 1958/59
$35,713,000
41,620,000
30,970,000
29,092,211
213
The increase in the number of Government buildings and the increasing age of other structures have necessitated an increase of $500,000 in the Maintenance of Buildings subhead.
Subhead 7 was previously a one-line vote entitled Operation of Electrical and Mechanical Workshop. This subhead has now been broken down to indicate how the expenditure is apportioned between the three main sections of the workshop. The overall increase in provision of $500,000 is required to meet the cost of maintenance work resulting from the general expansion of Government activities. The title of Subhead 8 has also been altered to exclude the word "maintenance" as this type of expenditure is covered by Subhead 7.
The installation of the additional asphalt mixing plant purchased this year will enable higher production to be attained and the "Operation of quarries" vote is accordingly increased by $500,000 to meet the additional operating costs.
The increase of $70,000 in the Kai Tak Airport provision is to accommodate the cost of marking and maintaining the new runway, apron and roads within the airport now that the contractors' maintenance period has expired.
The condition of many existing roads demands an intensification of the Roads and bridges maintenance programme and an increase of $1,500,000 under this item is provided for 1960/61.
Maintenance cost of irrigation works in the New Territories will be higher by $50,000 due to the increased number of completed irrigation schemes.
The intensive expansion and development of the Colony generally, and the necessity for relaying or modifying water mains in conjunction with the roads programmes require a provision of $2,000,000 in Sub- head 17: an increase of $550,000 over the 1959/60 vote.
A net increase of $550,000 is provided for Waterworks, supply and maintenance to cover, inter alia, the costs of new salt water flushing supplies.
The replacement of appliances beyond economical repair and the provision of domestic appliances for officers accommodated in leased accommodation account for the increase of $265,000 in Sub- head 21.
The increase of $160,000 under the Maintenance and extension of cemeteries vote is to enable the construction of a new access road at Wo Hop Shek Cemetery.
HEAD 62 - PUBLIC WORKS NON-RECURRENT
Estimate 1960/61
Revised estimate 1959/60
Approved estimate 1959/60
$290,291,000
178,430,000
181,822,300
142,701,934
Actual expenditure 1958/59
Comments on the principal items provided for under this Head are included in the Report of the Public Works Subcommittee of Finance Committee which is published separately. The 1960/61 Public Works Programme which is an appendix to that Report, is reproduced as Appendix II.
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