Estimates-1961 — Page 218

HEAD 68 - RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT

Estimate 1960/61

$11,226,400

Revised estimate 1959/60

8,377,000

Approved estimate 1959/60

8,482,400

Actual expenditure 1958/59

6,284,266

Permanent staff

Net increase

1959/60

2,078

1960/61

Difference

2,260

+ 182

182

New posts

1 Interpreter/Translator

10 Clerks/Typists

5 Assistant Resettlement Officers

18 Area Officers

1 Assistant Resettlement Officer (Technical)

7 Area Officers (Technical)

1 Map Draughtsman Class III

6 Foremen Class III

6 Artisans Class II

8 Clerical Assistants

13 Office Attendants

13 Gangers

155 Resettlement Labourers (unskilled)

26 Caretakers

271

1 Coolie

Existing posts deleted

7 Assistant Clerks of Works

1 Assistant Land Surveyor Class II

56 Watchmen

12 Squatter Patrolmen

13 Messengers

217

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1 additional Interpreter/Translator is required to assist the present officer in the translation of Chinese letters received and to interpret for senior officers in field operations. 5 new posts of Assistant Resettlement Officer are required, 2 to assist in the increased volume of correspondence from settlers in the estates and areas, 1 for the revised clearance organization and 1 each for the administration of Tai Wo Hau and Tung Tau Estates. 1 post of Assistant Resettlement Officer (Technical) and 7 posts of Area Officer (Technical) are provided for the Works Section in lieu of 1 Assistant Land Surveyor, Class II and 7 Assistant Clerks of Works. 1 additional post of Map Draughtsman is required to assist in surveys for cultivation clearances. 13 posts of Office Attendant are provided to replace the 13 Messengers misemployed. supervise the work of the estate labour force comprising 760 men, 13 additional gangers are required. 56 posts of Watchman have been deleted and replaced by 26 posts of Caretaker. As a result of the taking over of squatter control duties in Tsuen Wan by the New Territories Administration 12 posts of Squatter Patrolman have been deleted. The remaining new posts are required for normal expansion and new projects.

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Under Other Charges Annually Recurrent, the increased expenditure of $345,300 is mainly due to the continued expansion of resettlement estates. Additional provision of $45,000 is required for new issues of uniform to staff on daily rates of pay, to be transferred to monthly pay in accordance with the recom- mendation in the 1959 Salaries Commission Report.

Under Special Expenditure, the provision of $650,000 under Subhead & (Development of cottage areas) includes revotes of $258,785 for works delayed by heavy rainstorms during last summer and $391,215 for new construction works. An electrical calculating machine at $2,600 is for the Works Section to cope with the increased volume of building quantities and crop assessment calculations. Provision of $11,000 is also included for the purchase of a station wagon.