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Sunday, June 4, 1972
NEW LAUNDRY FOR MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Under Construction In Chai Wan
A new laundry for the Medical and Health Department is now under
construction in Chai Wan to cope with the rapidly expanding hospital
services.
The new laundry building is situated on a slope at Chai Wan Road
in the vicinity of the Chai Wan Cottage Area.
Prior
The building site, with an area of 38,000 square feet, was a
squatter area with 90 cottages and huts housing about 600 people.
to construction work, these squatters had been resettled to estates in
Ngau Tau Kok and Sau Mau Ping.
Built along the same lines as a factory, this new two-storey building
has a floor area of over 40,000 square feet. The ground floor comprises an
engine room and store rooms. On the upper floors are the laundry, the
receiving and despatch office and general offices.
Cars and trucks can go up to the upper floor via a slipway. Its
capacity is equivalent to that of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital laundry.
It can handle about one million pounds hospital clothing per month, including
the clothing of patients and the uniforms of hospital staff.
The estimated cost of this laundry building is $8,290,000, of which
about one-third is allotted to the provision of equipment.
Construction work began early last year, and is expected to be
completed in October this year.
Release time: 3.00 p.ù.