6. The following promotions or postings to senior posts took place during the year:
Mr. C. S. Barron, M.B.E., Superintendent of Crown Lands & Surveys Mr. D. W. Walker, Chief Electrical & Mechanical Engineer
Mr. A. W. P. Cox, Assistant Waterworks Engineer
Mr. A. R. Giles, Assistant Superintendent of Surveys
7. The expatriate staff of the department numbered 215, an increase of 33, and the non-expatriate staff 4,351. Staff totalled 5,734 against an authorized establishment of 6,029. The number of daily rated artisans and labourers averaged 1,168 and the transfer of this class of employee from daily pay to monthly pay was continued.
8. Some slight improvement took place in the recruitment of expatriate staff but various vacancies still remain unfilled and the position cannot as yet be considered satisfactory.
9. Total expenditure by the Department amounted to $201,004,000 compared with $174,614,000 for the previous year. A break-down of departmental expenditure over the last ten years is presented in paragraph 340 of this report.
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10. In furtherance of the policy of providing training facilities for artisans and young professional engineers an additional sixteen youths between the ages of fifteen and seventeen signed agreements whereby they will be given a sandwich course of instruction over a three year period in the waterworks or mechanical workshops and the Technical College. This brought the total number of craft apprentices up to fifty-five.
11. The indenture of twelve engineering graduates from the Hong Kong University to the Director on behalf of the Institution of Civil Engineers assisted them in gaining practical experience leading to Associate Membership of the Institution. Six architectural graduates of the University were also appointed as Apprentice Architects, and posted to the Architectural Office, to assist them in gaining practical experience leading to their becoming registered as Authorized Architects under the local Buildings Ordinance, 1955.
12. During the summer vacation six Hong Kong University engineering students were attached to various sub-departments for training and two architectural students to the Architectural Office.
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6. The following promotions or postings to senior posts took place during the year:
Mr. C. S. Barron, M.B.E., Superintendent of Crown Lands & Surveys Mr. D. W. Walker, Chief Electrical & Mechanical Engineer
Mr. A. W. P. Cox, Assistant Waterworks Engineer
Mr. A. R. Giles, Assistant Superintendent of Surveys
7. The expatriate staff of the department numbered 215, an increase of 33, and the non-expatriate staff 4,351. Staff totalled 5,734 against an authorized establishment of 6,029. The number of daily rated artisans and labourers averaged 1,168 and the transfer of this class of employee from daily pay to monthly pay was continued.
8. Some slight improvement took place in the recruitment of expatriate staff but various vacancies still remain unfilled and the posi- tion cannot as yet be considered satisfactory.
9. Total expenditure by the Department amounted to $201,004,000 compared with $174,614,000 for the previous year. A break-down of departmental expenditure over the last ten years is presented in para- graph 340 of this report.
TRAINING
10. In furtherance of the policy of providing training facilities for artisans and young professional engineers an additional sixteen youths between the ages of fifteen and seventeen signed agreements whereby they will be given a sandwich course of instruction over a three year period in the waterworks or mechanical workshops and the Technical College. This brought the total number of craft apprentices up to fifty five.
11. The indenture of twelve engineering graduates from the Hong Kong University to the Director on behalf of the Institution of Civil Engineers assisted them in gaining practical experience leading to Associate Membership of the Institution. Six architectural graduates of the University were also appointed as Apprentice Architects, and posted to the Architectural Office, to assist them in gaining practical experience leading to their becoming registered as Authorized Architects under the local Buildings Ordinance, 1955.
12. During the summer vacation six Hong Kong University engineer- ing students were attached to various sub-departments for training and two architectural students to the Architectural Office.
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