Shatin Garden
F
and the vacant plot at the
N. of Pottinger Peak would probably afford
the space required for the re-erection of the Police
Station, especially if Pottinger
is closed and built upon.
There could be
"The whole of the ground W. of the
line between the Police Parade and Garden
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The Plan of the Prison & Police station will
then be somewhat as under:
MAIN
ENTRANCE
would
then be available for Prison purposes and a
New block of cells could be built parallel to the existing Prison block. There is a fall of about 15 feet at the point where the present inner wall of the Prison stands and this may
render it necessary
to have a raised basement which might be utilised for officers and warders' quarters facing Arbuthnot Road, between the
prison blocks and communicating with the Central passage in each block by a
a Covered Corridor
ARBUTHNOT
RD.
HOSPITAL
YARD
YARD
CORRIDOR
Existing inner wall of Prison
YARD
Treadmill
YARD
POLICE BARRACKS.
The differences in level will, apart from
the
question of cost, constitute the chief difficulty
in carrying
out this
scheme, which will
of course involve finding another site for the Police Barracks.
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23/6
8th June
I mentioned this scheme to Col. Cummins and if possible it might
be mentioned to the
I believe the difference of level is less here than