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DECISION MADE ON FUTURE
USE OF VICTORIA BARRACKS
After several months of considering the
views of various groups, the Government has finally
decided how to develop Victoria Barracks after the
site is handed back by the Army next March as part
of the Defence Costs Agreement.
A Government spokesman said today (
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that the western half of the Barracks will be developed
for recreational and leisure activities while the
eastern half will be sold for private residential and
commercial development.
The spokesman said that the Barracks
occupies a total area of 16.8 hectares of which
9.72 hectares (or about 58%) will be used for
recreational purposes and leisure activities.
He said plans had been prepared by the
Victoria Barracks Planning Committee and by the
Public Works Department, both of which had received
a great deal of consideration by the UMELCO Ad Hoc
Group set up to study future plans for the area as
well as by the Government.
The final decision, taken
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