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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1977
RECOMMENDATIONS ON LONG TERM NEEDS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES
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THE PROPERTY ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS CONCLUDED THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BUILD ITS OWN OFFICES TO MEET LONG TERM REQUIREMENTS.
THIS WAS REVEALED TODAY BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE HON. JOSEPH HAMMOND, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON. T.S. LO'S QUESTION TABLED AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
BUT IN THE SHORTER TERM, IT IS CHEAPER TO LEASE THEM IN VIEW OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION AT PRESENT AVAILABLE FOR RENTING AT REASONABLE PRICES, MR. HAMMOND ADDED.
HE SAID THAT THE COMMITTEE IN ITS STUDY OF THE LONG-TERM REQUIREMENTS OF PERMANENT OFFICE ACCOMMODATION IN THE CENTRAL AREA INCLUDING THAT OF THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT HAS RECOMMENDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FURTHER LARGE BLOCK OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
+1T IS HOPED THAT A SUITABLE SITE WILL BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE VICTORIA BARRACKS AREA, MR. HAMMOND SAID.
THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO MADE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE RE-LOCATION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS WHICH NEED TO BE CENTRALISED, REPLACED OR UNECONOMIC TO MAINTAIN. THESE
INCLUDE :
* THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE RE-LOCATED
IN LEASED ACCOMMODATION IN KOWLOON LATER THIS YEAR.
* THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE RE-LOCATED IN A NEW
GOVERNMENT-OWNED OFFICE BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND COMPLETED IN 1981 ON A SITE NEAR THE GOVERNMENT PIERS AT RUMSEY STREET.
* THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE CENTRAL ISED
UNDER ONE ROOF IN LEASED ACCOMMODATION BY 1979 IN CAUSEWAY BAY.
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THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION SHOULD BE ACCOMMODATED IN TWO ADJACENT BUILDINGS HOUSE AND THE MURRAY ROAD CARPARK BUILDING THE END OF THIS YEAR.
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