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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1976.
NEW QUARTERS FOR POLICEMEN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MARRIED QUARTERS FOR RANK AND FILE POLICEMEN STATIONED IN SHATIN.
THE NEW QUARTERS WILL BE LOCATED NEXT TO THE NEW SHATIN DIVISIONAL POLICE STATION NOW BEING BUILT BY THE P.W.D. ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
MR. C.S. LEE, A SENIOR P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY CONSTRUCTION WORK WOULD BEGIN IN FEBRUARY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST 1978.
HE SAID THE NEW COMPLEX WOULD PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR ABOUT 400 MARRIED POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE BUILDING, HE SAID, WOULD COMPRISE TWO 20-STOREY BLOCKS AS WELL AS CARPARKS, A CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA AND A GARDEN.
MEANWHILE, THE P.W.D. ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE IS TO
BEGIN WORK NEXT MONTH ON SIMILAR QUARTERS FOR THE FIRE SERVICES AT TSUEN WAN.
THIS COMPLEX WILL OCCUPY A SITE OF ABOUT 3,000 SQUARE METRES NEAR THE JUNCTION OF LEI MUK SHUE ROAD AND WO YI HOP STREET, ADJACENT TO THE LEI MUK SHUE SUB-DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
MR. LEE SAID THIS PROJECT HAD BECOME MORE URGENT IN VIEW OF THE NECESSITY TO EXTEND ADDITIONAL FIRE COVER TO THE GROWING TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
HE SAID THE NEW QUARTERS WOULD COMPRISE TWO 20-STOREY BLOCKS AND PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR ABOUT 400 MARRIED FIRE SERVICES OFFICERS BY AUGUST NEXT YEAR.