FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1976
NEW CORRECTIONAL HOME FOR GIRLS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CORRECTIONAL HOME FOR GIRLS AT HO MAN
TIN.
THE NEW COMPLEX WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING MA TAU WAI GIRLS' HOME WHICH HAS BECOME HEAVILY OVERTAXED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
MR. FRANK HO-ASJOE, CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY BUILDING WORK WOULD BEGIN IN DECEMBER ON A 4,200 SQUARE-METRE SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF SHENG SHING STREET AND SHENG HONG STREET.
+THE NEW HOME WILL BE READY IN MID-1978 AND WILL PROVIDE BETTER FACILITIES FOR THE 144 GIRLS IT WILL CATER FOR, HE SAID.
HE SAID THE NEW COMPLEX WOULD CONSIST OF THREE INTERLOCKING BLOCKS WITH TRAINING FACILITIES AND A DORMITORY -- A TWO-STOREY ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, AND A FOUR-STOREY AND A SEVEN-STOREY BLOCKS PROVIDING QUARTERS.
+OTHER FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE CLASSROOMS, A LIBRARY, COMMON ROOMS, A LARGE DINING HALL, AN ASSEMBLY HALL AND A PLAYGROUND, + HE ADDED.
WHEN COMPLETED, THE NEW HOME WILL PROVIDE PLACES FOR GIRLS ON REMAND OR ON PROBATION AS WELL AS GIRLS UNDER CARE AND PROTECTION.
THE EXISTING MA TAU WAI GIRLS' HOME IS A ONE STOREY BUILDING AND FUNCTIONS AS A PROBATION HOME AND A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR GIRLS WITH SPECIAL BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROBATION.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE 45 GIRLS BUT ITS CAPACITY HAS GRADUALLY BEEN INCREASED AND TODAY IT CATERS FOR 60 GIRLS.
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