Where your tax goes

Electrical and Mechanical Services Department

The 2026-27 estimate for this head (Head 42) is HK$1.4 billion p.1. That is HK$396.4 million (21.8%) less than the 2025-26 revised estimate of HK$1.8 billion p.1 (our calculation).

Spending by year

p.1

  1. 2026-27 Estimate HK$1.4bn
  2. 2025-26 Revised estimate HK$1.8bn
  3. 2024-25 Actual HK$1.9bn

Of HK$1,120 in tax, about HK$1.9 corresponds to this department's spending. p.1 p.12

This is a split by budget share. Taxes are not set aside for particular uses. How we split it

Staff and policy areas

How many staff?

The establishment goes from 565 posts on 31 March 2026 p.1 to 540 posts on 31 March 2027 p.1 (down 25, our calculation).

Which policy areas does it serve?

  • Travel and Tourism (part of the Economic group)
  • Internal Security (part of the Security group)
  • Recreation, Culture, Amenities and Entertainment Licensing (part of the Community and External Affairs group)
  • Land and Waterborne Transport (part of the Infrastructure group)
  • Buildings, Lands, Planning, Heritage Conservation, Greening and Landscape (part of the Infrastructure group)
  • Environmental Protection, Conservation, Power and Sustainable Development (part of the Environment and Food group)
  • Intra-Governmental Services (part of the Support group)

A department may work in a policy area only in part. We never add department spending into group totals: the Government publishes totals by group only. Index of Policy Areas (PDF)

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