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# ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
Principal Government Architect :
C. BRAMWELL, Dip. Arch. (Dunelm), A.R.I.B.A. J.B. AITKEN, Dip. Arch. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A.
Government Architects :
C. CHATWIN, Dip. Arch. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S. MOK Wei-tak, B.A. (Arch.) (Univ. of Sheffield),
A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
Edwin WONG, B. Arch. (N.Z.), A.N.Z.I.A., A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
P. CHUNG Yin-min, Dip. Arch., A.R.I.B.A. (Acting) F. HO-ASJOE Wai-yiu, B. Arch. (Univ. of Manitoba),
A.R.I.B.A., M.R.A.I.C. (Acting)
## GENERAL
The Architectural Office is responsible for the greater part of the Government building programme, most of the work being designed and supervised by the staff of the Office although it is sometimes necessary to engage private architects, engineers and quantity surveyors to assist with the programme.
4.02
The maintenance of buildings owned by, or leased to, Government, including the routine management of Government-owned property, is the responsibility of the Maintenance Branch of the Office.
4.03
Since July 1967 this Office has been responsible for the construction and maintenance of the majority of buildings required for the use of the British Armed Forces and their dependants in Hong Kong.
4.04
The Architectural Office staff, which in the year under review numbered 1,609, including 441 minor staff, supplies a fully comprehensive range of skills required for the design and construction of buildings of all types and includes architects, structural engineers, quantity surveyors, building services engineers and maintenance surveyors, together with subordinate technical staff and outdoor supervisory staff. In addition, the Office has its own clerical and accounting sections.
4.05
All work was carried out on contract, and expenditure on Public Works Building Programme works, excluding furniture and equipment, amounted to $268,994,000 and on Defence works to a further $51,986,000. Of these sums, $112,360,000 was spent on Public Housing, $159,515,000 on other Government projects undertaken within the Office and $49,105,000 on Government projects undertaken by consultants. The value of work ordered on the Maintenance Contracts amounted to $78,097,000, while $7,318,000 was spent on electricity and the cleaning of Government buildings under Architectural Office control.
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ARCHITECTURAL
OFFICE
Principal Government Architect :
C. BRAMWELL, Dip. Arch. (Dunelm), A.R.I.B.A. J.B. AITKEN, Dip. Arch. (Edinburgh), A.R.I.B.A.
Government Architects :
C. CHATWIN, Dip. Arch. (Dundee), A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.A.S. MOK Wei-tak, B.A. (Àrch.) (Univ. of Sheffield),
A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
Edwin WONG, B. Arch. (N.Z.), A.N.Z.I.A., A.R.I.B.A. (Acting)
P. CHÚNG Yin-min, Dip. Arch., A.R.I.B.A. (Acting) F. HO-ASJOE Wai-yiu, B. Arch. (Univ. of Manitoba),
A.R.I.B.A., M.R.A.I.C. (Acting)
GENERAL
The Architectural Office is responsible for the greater part of the Government building programme, most of the work being designed and supervised by the staff of the Office although it is sometimes necessary to engage private architects, engineers and quantity surveyors to assist with the programme.
4.02
The maintenance of buildings owned by, or leased to, Government, including the routine management of Government-owned property, is the responsibility of the Maintenance Branch of the Office.
4.03
Since July 1967 this Office has been responsible for the construction and maintenance of the majority of buildings required for the use of the British Armed Forces and their dependants in Hong Kong.
4.04
The Architectural Office staff, which in the year under review numbered 1,609, including 441 minor staff, supplies a fully comprehensive range of skills required for the design and construction of buildings of all types and includes architects, structural engineers, quantity surveyors, building services engineers and maintenance surveyors, together with subordinate technical staff and outdoor supervisory staff. In addition, the Office has its own clerical and accounting sections.
4.05
All work was carried out on contract, and expenditure on Public Works Building Programme works, excluding furniture and equipment, amounted to $268,994,000 and on Defence works to a further $51,986,000. Of these sums, $112,360,000 was spent on Public Housing, $159,515,000 on other Government projects undertaken within the Office and $49,105,000 on Government projects undertaken by consultants. The value of work ordered on the Maintenance Contracts amounted to $78,097,000, while $7,318,000 was spent on electricity and the cleaning of Government buildings under Architectural Office control.
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