31. Good progress on planning had been made by the end of the year. The overall plan had been approved; site formation drawings for the hospital site had been completed; and working drawings for the custodial home and quarters, which will be the first buildings to be constructed, were in hand.
32. Kowloon General Hospital. In September, two partners from Messrs. Easton & Robertson, Chartered Architects, visited Hong Kong at the invitation of Government. Several discussions were held and as a result Messrs. Easton & Robertson were appointed architects in association with the Public Works Department.
33. Messrs. Easton & Robertson have been instructed to prepare sketch designs for a General Hospital (1,075 beds) and a Children's Hospital (200 beds) complete with operating suites, pathological and biochemical laboratories, physiotherapy and occupational therapy units, radiological department, casualty wing, blood bank, dispensaries, surgical supply service, and administrative block.
34. During March, preliminary sketch plans to a scale of 1/16 inch to 1 foot, drawn up by Messrs. Easton and Robertson, arrived in Hong Kong to enable estimates of cost to be prepared prior to the expected arrival of the architects, during April, for further discussions.
35. Maurine Grantham Health Centre, Tsun Wan. This building was referred to in last year's report as "Tsun Wan Health Centre".
36. The building was completed in April, but, as has been the case with many buildings in the rapidly developing areas of the Colony such as Tsun Wan, extensions have already become necessary.
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