Replies to Questions from Finance Committee Members

Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2003-04
CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY TO
INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION
Head : 39 - Drainage Services Department Subhead (No. & title): 700
General other non-recurrent
Programme : (1) Stormwater Drainage &
(2) Sewage Services
Controlling Officer : Director of Drainage Services
Director of Bureau : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
Reply Serial No.
ETWB(E)016
Question Serial No.
Question : Under the General other non-recurrent expenditure, why was the Revised Estimate
2002-03 reduced by $3.7 million as compared with the Approved Estimate of the
same year? But there is an increase of over $3 million in the Estimate for the
financial year 2003-04. Would the Government inform the Council of the
reasons for such a difference in the figures and provide breakdown of the above
expenditure for this and last financial years.
Asked by : Hon. CHAN Kam-lam
Reply : The breakdown of the expenditure figures is provided below:-
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Description
332 Study on the methodology of
preventive maintenance of
DSD structures
333 Ex-gratia payment of sewage
charges
336 Announcement of public
interest on flood prevention
340 Pilot plant trial for enhanced
primary sewage treatment
341 Pilot plant trial for centrate
treatment by membrane
bioreactor
Original Estimate
2002-03
Revised Estimate
2002-03
0477
Estimate
2003-04
$M $M $M
3.549
0.081
0.100
0.450
1.500
0.141
-
0.030
-
1.300
-
-
-
0.290
1.000
342 Plant trial for three biological
reagents at Tung Chung
Sewage Pumping Station
343 Full scale stress test for Sai
-
0.500 0.800
Kung Sewage Treatment Plant -
-
2.900
Total : 5.680 1.971 4.990