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"The Force strives to achieve cost-effectiveness
through sound management of available resources."

 
Finance, Administration and Planning
 
    In 2003, the Finance Wing renewed its commitment to achieving cost effectiveness through a strong sense of responsibility in the management of financial resources. Once more, several significant targets were met. Our priorities for the future are to reach the overall goal of Efficiency Savings by 2006/07, and to continue placing financial authority in the hands of our budget holders.

    The Administration Wing in 2003 continued to enhance human resource management as an essential support structure for Police operations. Our achievements in terms of cost-effective measures to deliver quality service and good staff relations are set out below. For the future, we will continue to encourage a culture of rapid response to change, to identify staff savings opportunities and to maintain staff morale.

    Over the year, the Planning and Development Branch continued to implement several major capital works projects. One of them is the construction of a new Police Headquarters and integrated District Headquarters and Divisional Station, which is on schedule for completion in April 2004. All new capital works projects are designed to be operationally and energy efficient, user-friendly as well as highly intelligent. These works projects reflect our commitment to serving the community and taking the Force forward into the 21st century.

Finance Wing

2003/04 Financial Results

    For the financial year ending March 31, 2004, the total expenditure of the Force was estimated to be $12 billion, amounting to about 4 per cent of the Government's total budget for the year. Of this allocation, salaries and allowances account for about $10.4 billion, with the rest going towards departmental expenses and capital items. Fines, penalties and other fees and charges are expected to produce about $370 million in revenue.

Efficiency Savings Exercise

    The Force has agreed to the target of Efficiency Savings of $246 million for 2003-04. The exercise has been carried out with an aim to achieve 2 per cent savings on recurrent expenditure and avoid reduction in front-line Police coverage.

One-line Vote

    Expenditures under various traditional sub-heads are now pooled under the sub-head of operational expenses. Subject to prescribed conditions, the Force has the flexibility to vire funds between categories under this sub-head without having to seek prior approval. This arrangement has facilitated decision making in resource management considerably. For the financial year ending March 31, 2004, this flexibility was invoked for some $70 million of departmental expenditure.

Administration Wing

Civilian Administration

    For the performance of duties that do not require the exercise of constabulary powers, the Force has a civilian establishment of over 5 400. In March 2003, a second Voluntary Retirement (VR) Scheme was introduced service-wide to enable surplus staff in designated civil service grades to retire from the service voluntarily with retirement benefits and compensation. The Force approved 239 civilian applications. Release of VR takers commenced in August 2003 and the process will be completed by July 31, 2004.

    In implementing efficiency savings plans, it is the Management's prime objective that minimum disruption should be caused to service quality. To this end, the Administration Wing has been exploring ways to reshuffle civilian staff amongst Formations to make the best deployment of available staff resources.

Planning & Development Branch

    A significant major building project during the year was the new Police Dog and Force Search Unit Complex at Sha Ling, New Territories. A new Police post is being built at Penny's Bay to serve the Disneyland Theme Park and is on schedule for completion in late 2004. The Marine Police Outer Waters District Headquarters and Marine Police North Divisional Base at Ma Liu Shui and the New Territories South Regional Police Headquarters and Operational Base in Tsuen Wan are on schedule for completion in late 2005.

    The construction of new boundary crossing points to cater for increasing cross-boundary traffic demand requires new facilities to be constructed in order to police the related areas. Construction commenced in July 2003 and will be completed in 2005/2006.

    The Force-wide Station Improvement Project was completed in mid 2003 with the Automated Station Security System implemented in December. The system has enabled the Force to make staff savings and has enhanced the security of our Police facilities. Nevertheless, it allows the public free access to report rooms, thereby improving the quality of our services to the public at large.

 
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