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2.23

Due to tighter control and improved utilisation of manpower, the cost of overtime worked during the year, as reflected by the processing of 74,357 claims representing 1,619,449 hours or 202,431 man days, was lower than that for 1974-75 and total expenditure on this account dropped from $15,389,877 to $12,066,564.

Other Charges

2.24

Departmental expenditure under 'Other Charges Annually Recurrent' for 1975-76 amounted to $8,508,137, representing a decrease of $564,325 or 6.22% against the 1974-75 financial year. The decrease was mainly due to a reduction in the approved provision for 1975-76 coupled with a fall in actual expenditure for the year, achieved by exercising strict control over limited resources.

2.25

There was a continuing requirement for officers to use their private vehicles for duty journeys and claim for mileage allowance.

The total expenditure incurred on mileage allowance and travelling expenses for the year amounted to $1,847,498.

Head 69 Public Works Recurrent

Buildings and Lands

2.26

Recurrent expenditure showed a decrease of $8,044,367 during the year as compared with actual expenditure of $56,498,422 in 1974-75, divided among the Offices concerned as follows:

The decreases were due to:

(i) a substantial reduction in the provision for building maintenance works, resulting in only essential repairs being executed and all preventive maintenance programmes being deferred for one year, and

(ii) many clearances at urban area sites being postponed in favour of urgent clearances for Mass Transit Railway sites.

Engineering

Civil Engineering

2.27

Expenditure incurred by the Civil Engineering Office during the year under review amounted to $43,790,274 as compared with $49,341,503 in 1974-75. As there was no need to settle any claim for loss and damage of a non-recurrent nature as in 1974-75, expenditure for 1975-76 was in fact maintained at the same level.

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2.23

Due to tighter control and improved utilisation of manpower, the cost of overtime worked during the year, as reflected by the processing of 74,357 claims representing 1,619,449 hours or 202,431 man days, was lower than that for 1974-75 and total expenditure on this account dropped from $15,389,877 to $12,066,564.

Other Charges

2.24

Departmental expenditure under 'Other Charges Annually Recurrent' for 1975-76 amounted to $8,508,137, representing a decrease of $564,325 or 6.22% against the 1974-75 financial year. The decrease was mainly due to a reduction in the approved provision for 1975-76 coupled with a fall in actual expenditure for the year, achieved by exercising strict control over limited resources.

2.25

There was a continuing requirement for officers to use their private vehicles for duty journeys and claim for mileage allowance.

The total expenditure incurred on mileage allowance and travelling expenses for the year amounted to $1,847,498.

Head 69 Public Works Recurrent

Buildings and Lands

2.26

Recurrent expenditure showed a decrease of $8,044,367 during the year as compared with actual expenditure of $56,498,422 in 1974-75, divided among the Offices concerned as follows:

The decreases were due to:

(i) a substantial reduction in the provision for building maintenance works, resulting in only essential repairs being executed and all preventive maintenance programmes being deferred for one year, and

(ii) many clearances at urban area sites being postponed in favour of urgent clearances for Mass Transit Railway sites.

Engineering

Civil Engineering

2.27

Expenditure incurred by the Civil Engineering Office during the year under review amounted to $43,790,274 as compared with $49,341,503 in 1974-75. As there was no need to settle any claim for loss and damage of a non-recurrent nature as in 1974-75, expenditure for 1975-76 was in fact maintained at the same level.

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