SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1977
CENTRAL GOVT OFFICE BUILDING FOR TAI PO
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A NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING WILL BE BUILT AT TAI PO TO KEEP PACE WITH THE NEEDS OF THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA AND TO ENSURE THAT THE FULL RANGE OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
MR. PAUL YIU, ACTING SENIOR ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THAT WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD START IN OCTOBER AND WOULD BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1979.
THE NEW OFFICE BUILDING WILL BE SITUATED AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI PO ROAD AND TING KOK ROAD AND WILL BECOME THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE SERVING TAI PO AND THE NORTH EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
TAI PO, WHERE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WORKS ARE UNDERWAY, WILL BE DEVELOPED AS ONE OF THE MARKET TOWNS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S RURAL TOWNSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHEME.
IT WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE HOMES FOR 30,000 PEOPLE WITH ALL BASIC COMMUNITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING SCHOOLS, MARKET AND SHOPPING CENTRES, CLINICS, OPEN SPACES FOR RECREATION AND COMMUNITY HALLS FOR SOCIAL FUNCTIONS.
IN ADDITION, SITES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
MR. YIU SAID THAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICE COMPLEX WILL CONSIST OF A SIX-STOREY HIGH BLOCK PROVIDING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 9,000 SQUARE METRES OF OFFICE SPACE AND A SINGLE-STOREY ANNEX.
WHEN COMPLETED, HE SAID, IT WILL PROVIDE OFFICES FOR VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE POST OFFICE, MARRIAGE REGISTRY, URBAN SERVICES, LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, CROWN LAND AND SURVEY OFFICE, REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE AS WELL AS THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE SINGLE STOREY ANNEX WILL HOUSE ALL THE NECESSARY ANCILLARY SERVICES, SUCH AS AN AIR-CONDITIONING PLANT, STORES AND CARETAKER QUARTERS.
THE OFFICE COMPOUND, HE SAID, WOULD ALSO HAVE 49 PARKING SPACES FOR CARS AS WELL AS SPACES FOR 22 BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS.
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