being mainly attributable to the increases in hourly rates and the payments of adjustments during the year.
Other Charges
2.28 Departmental expenditure under Other Charges 'Annually Recurrent' increased by a further $1,550,271 or 31.20% to $6,519,049. The revision of salary for Apprentice Engineers and Apprentice Architects, rent for Architectural Office Maintenance Division in Asian House and rise in daily labour expenditure in the Electrical and Mechanical Office largely accounted for this increase.
2.29 There was a continuing requirement for officers to use their private vehicles for duty journeys and 8,506 claims for mileage allowance were processed during the year resulting in the expenditure of $1,755,017. The increase in expenditure over 1971-72 is due to increases in rates and mileage covered.
Head 63-Public Works Recurrent
Buildings and Lands
2.30 Recurrent expenditure showed a further increase during the year to a total of $42,998,067, as compared with $30,141,997 in 1971-72, divided among the Offices concerned as follows:
1971-72 1972-73 (a) Architectural Office 27,776,967 34,572,206 (b) Buildings Ordinance Office 11,009 3,311,672 (c) Crown Lands and Survey Office 2,354,021 5,114,189These increases were respectively due to:
(a) the rise in contract rates, increasing number of buildings to be maintained and the raising of the limit from $40,000 to $75,000 on 'Alterations and additions to buildings' with effect from 1st April, 1972;
(b) the recovery operation mainly required for the Po Shan/Kotewall Road disaster area in the June rainstorm, the costs of which were charged to 'Emergency works under the Buildings Ordinance';
(c) the additional clearance and fencing work required in connection with the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean' campaign and the payment for the demolition of illegal multi-storey buildings on the periphery of Kowloon Walled City.
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being mainly attributable to the increases in hourly rates and the payments of adjustments during the year.
Other Charges
2.28 Departmental expenditure under Other Charges Annually Recurrent' increased by a further $1,550,271 or 31,20% to $6,519,049 The revision of salary for Apprentice Engineers and Apprentice Archi- tects, rent for Architectural Office Maintenance Division in Asian House and rise in daily labour expenditure in the Electrical and Mechanical Office largely accounted for this increase.
2.29 There was a continuing requirement for officers to use their private vehicles for duty journeys and 8,506 claims for mileage allow- ance were processed during the year resulting in the expenditure of $1,755,017. The increase in expenditure over 1971-72 is due to increases in rates and mileage covered.
Head 63-Public Works Recurrent
Buildings and Lands
2.30 Recurrent expenditure showed a further increase during the year to a total of $42,998,067, as compared with $30,141,997 in 1971-72, divided among the Offices concerned as follows:
(a) Architectural Office
(b) Buildings Ordinance Office
(c) Crown Lands and Survey Office
1971-72
1972-73
27,776,967
34,572,206
11,009
3,311,672
2,354,021
5,114,189
These increases were respectively due to:
(a) the rise in contract rates, increasing number of buildings to be maintained and the raising of the limit from $40,000 to $75,000 on 'Alterations and additions to buildings' with effect from 1st April, 1972;
(b) the recovery operation mainly required for the Po Shan/Kote- wall Road disaster area in the June rainstorm, the costs of which were charged to 'Emergency works under the Buildings Ordinance';
(c) the additional clearance and fencing work required in connection with the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean' campaign and the payment for the demolition of illegal multi-storey buildings on the periph- ery of Kowloon Walled City.
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