HEAD 72-SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
283
Actual expenditure
Approved
Revised
Estimate
estimate
estimate
1967-68
1965-66
1966-67
1966-67
$
$
$
Personal Emoluments
6,569,213
8,443,300
7,063,000
8,465,200
Other Charges Annually Recurrent Other Charges Special Expenditure
2,920,461
3,917,000
3,886,000
4,094,000
56,746
Total
9,546,420
5,300
12,365,600
10,000
24,800
10,959,000
12,584,000
An increase of $177,000 under Other Charges Annually Recurrent is due in the main to the new scale of public assistance introduced. Additional funds are provided for this purpose in Subhead 11 Relief Item (2) General Relief and Public Assistance.
Under Special Expenditure provision is included for the purchase of vocational training equip- ment for the Aberdeen Rehabilitation Centre.
HEAD 73
STORES DEPARTMENT
Actual expenditure
Approved estimate
Revised
Estimate
estimate
1967-68
1965-66
1966-67
1966-67
$
$
Personal Emoluments
4,381,317
4,649,300
4,650,000
4,904,500
Other Charges Annually Recurrent Other Charges Special Expenditure
18,557,079
16,439,300
13,311,000
14,024,500
1,637,153
2,085,500
1,763,000
2,197,000
Total
24,575,549
23,174,100
19,724,000
21,126,000
The provision under Subhead. 4 for Collection and storage of sand in 1967-68 is based on the present lower level of building activity.
Stock-holdings of Unallocated Stores are expected to be approximately $25.5 millions by the
end of 1967-68 and the provision under Subhead 9 therefore remains unaltered.
The provisions included under Subheads 12 and 15 cover the supply of additional requirements in existing premises and in new buildings costing up to $150,000. Provision for furniture and office equip- ment in new buildings costing more than $150,000 is included under the appropriate Public Works Non- recurrent Subhead.
equipment.
The provision under Subhead 16 includes the requirements of all departments for storage
HEAD 74-- SUBVENTIONS: MEDICAL
Annually Recurrent Special Expenditure
Total
Actual expenditure 1965-66
Approved
estimate
1966-67
Revised estimate 1966-67
Estimate
1967-68
35,257,651 2,900,788
38,158,439
39,926,900
41,726,000
45,630,500
4,714,200
1,779,000
3,342,500
44,641,100
43,505,000
48,973,000
Recurrent subventions show an overall increase of $5,703,600. The organizations which account, in the main, for the increase are:-Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital-$350,000, rising cost of services; Grantham Hospital-$644,100, due to an increase of $3.00 per bed-day for Government-sponsored beds; Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis and Thoracic Diseases Association $203,100, rise in operational costs; Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital-$357,000, as a result of additional subvention for a new wing which is expected to be commissioned in October, 1967; Pok Oi Hospital-$150,000, increased costs due to the addi- tion of a new maternity and children's wing; Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts—$105,700, increase in salary scales and employment of more staff; Tung Wah and Associated Hospitals-$3,305,600, increase in staff and cost of services.
Special Expenditure at $3,342,500 decreases by $1,371,700 due to completion of the new wing of the Pok Oi Hospital and the payment of the major portion of the cost of the Tung Wah Sandy Bay Infirmary.
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