LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
improvement to Blocks E, G and H at Queen Elizabeth Hospital; the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Radiology and Oncology; Castle Peak Hospital Redevelopment Phase 1, Stage 1; Ha Kwai Chung Polyclinic, Princess Margaret Hospital Improvements to Blocks C and D and Queen Mary Hospital Clinical Pathology Block. Construction works have started on Butterfly Beach Laundry, Queen Mary Hospital Radiotherapy Department Extension, Princess Margaret Hospital Geriatric Day Patient Centre and the Centre of Nephrology & Urology, Kowloon Medical Rehabilitation Centre and Phase 2 of the Redevelopment of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Operating Theatre & Rehabilitation Block.
Leisure and Recreation
Major Urban Council projects completed in 1996 include the Smithfield, Wong Nei Chung, Hung Hom, and Sham Shui Po Complexes, Un Chau Street Building, Ko Shan Theatre, the Museum of Teaware (extension), Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hammer Hill Leisure Pool Complex, Jordan Valley Leisure Pool Complex, Cornwall Street Park and Squash and Table Tennis Complex, Po Kong Village Road Indoor Games Hall and Jordan Valley Playground. Projects under construction include Hong Kong Central Library, Ap Lei Chau and Tai Kok Tsui Complexes, Shek Kip Mei Indoor Games Hall, Shek O Recreational Development, Ma Chai Hang Recreation Ground and Lai Chi Kok Park Stage II.
Regional Council projects completed during the year include the Swimming Pool Complex and Sports ground in Area 3, Tsing Yi; the Swimming Pool Complex at Area 100, Ma On Shan; the Swimming Pool Complex, Phase II at Area 26, Sha Tin; the Indoor Recreation Centre at Area 2, Tsuen Wan; Sha Tau Kok Market and Cooked Food Centre; the first phase of the provision of air-conditioning and improvement works to Indoor Recreation Centres; the first phase of improvement works to public toilets and markets; district open spaces at Tsing Yi, Tseung Kwan O and Tuen Mun. Construction works have started on a swimming pool, library, indoor recreation centre and district open space in Tseung Kwan O; a sports ground in Ma On Shan; the Regional Council Complex, Tsing Yi Town Centre; Peng Chau Market, Ma On Shan Park and the Heritage Museum in Sha Tin.
Landscape
The department is involved in landscape design and continuously contributes a major input towards the greening of Hong Kong. Besides the design and construction of parks, recreation areas, open spaces and sitting-out aras of various sizes, the ArchSD also co-sponsored two landscape seminars in 1996. The Eastern Regional Conference-Urban Explosion in Asia was held jointly with the International Federation of Landscape Architects and the Seminar on Classical Landscape of Chinese Imperial Gardens was undertaken jointly with the Chinese Landscape Association. The department's Property Services Branch continues to maintain and undertake minor works for about 7 000 public sector buildings and facilities. It also undertakes conservation and restoration works to listed buildings and gazetted monuments. The branch's specialist group is undertaking the conversion of the French Mission Building for use as Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal and developing proposals for the restoration of Castle Peak farm buildings at Hung Lau as a memorial to Dr Sun Yat-sen, who once lived there.
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