(Above) View of the north-west part of the building.
(Right) Detail of the main entrance.
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facing
The first block, part of which is the The third block will accommodate block at the Garden Road end. subject of the present review, will various other Government depart- is approximately 270' 0" in length when completed be 72′ 0′′ longer than ments on five floors, but at the Ice along the Lower Albert Road frontage, at present and will accommodate the House Street frontage will be twelve which faces south-west, and 51' 4" whole of the Public Works Depart- storeys high to make up the difference wide along its entire length. At the ment with the exception of the Water- in levels, as there is a sharp drop in south-east end of the site, works Office: it extends from Garden the land at this side. The total noor Garden Road, the building has a Road, along Lower Albert Road, up area available for office space in this height of approximately 98' 0". to the old Secretariat building and section will be about 100,000 square comprises a basement, a lower ground feet and it is proposed to house such floor, ground floor and five upper departments as the Treasury, Medical, floors. An extra floor was added to Waterworks, and other Government the original plans to provide addi- cffices to which the public require tional accommodation. When com- constant and easy access. pleted the office space available will be about 68,000 square feet.
The basement contains filing and storage rooms. On the lower ground floor is the main entrance near the
corner of Garden Road and Lower
Albert Road, where the lifts and
stairs are located. Also included on At present, the Public Works De- this floor is a canteen capable of partment has its headquarters on the seating 90 people, the main plant The second block will house the nrst floor of the new building; on the room and the caretaker's quarters. Council Chamber, Secretariat and second floor is part of the Crown Legal Departments, and will consist Lands and Survey Office; the Legisla- cal clinic, consisting of
The ground floor contains a medi- of a ground floor and five upper floors tive Council Chamber is on the first
a waiting with the large Council Chamber at the floor, together with the Legal Depart- medical officer's room:
room, dispensary, sister's room and first floor level. The office space
а pay office provided in this section will be about ment; the fourth and fifth floors are
and waiting room; stores for the 35,000 square feet.
occupied by the Colonial Secretariat. Roads Office and the Crown Lands The first two floors will remain as permanent accommodation, while the arrangement of the other floors is temporary until the new buildings are completed.
The existing Secretariat Building will now be demolished and the new Secretariat the second stage of the project - will be erected on the site. On completion of this structure, the rest of the Public Works Department offices will transfer from their pre- sent premises in Lower Albert Road to their permanent accommodation. The present P.W.D. offices will sub- sequently be demolished to clear the site for the erection of the third part of the building programme.
The new building forms a long rectangle on plan, with a small offset
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