FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1979
CONTRACT FOR DENTAL TEACHING HOSPITAL SIGNED
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THE NEW HONG KONG DENTAL TEACHING HOSPITAL TOOK A MAJOR STEP FORWARD TODAY (FRIDAY) WITH THE SIGNING OF A $97 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN BUILDING.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN MR. TAM CHE-CHEUNG, ACTING CHIEF ARCHITECT OF PWD'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, AND MR. GEORGE TSO, CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PAUL Y CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
MR. TAM SAID THE $140 MILLION PROJECT IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN TWO STAGES.
+THE $22 MILLION CONTRACT FOR FOUNDATION WORK, FORMING THE FIRST STAGE, IS NOW NEARING COMPLETION, HE SAID.
+WORK ON THE SECOND STAGE, MADE UP OF THE PRESENT CONTRACT AND A FEW SUB-CONTRACTS, WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMPLETION OF STAGE ONE.+
THE DENTAL TEACHING HOSPITAL IS TO BE BUILT ON A VERY TIGHT AND STEEPLY SLOPING SITE AT THE CORNER OF EASTERN STREET AND HOSPITAL ROAD NEXT TO TSAN YUK HOSPITAL IN SAI YING PUN,
IT WILL BE 11 STOREYS HIGH WITH A FLOOR AREA OF MORE THAN 33,380 SQUARE METRES.
MR. TAM SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THE TOPOGRAPHY, THREE OF THE 11 STOREYS WOULD BE BELOW THE MAIN GROUND FLOOR LEVEL IN HOSPITAL ROAD.
THE BUILDING WILL BE FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED AND THERE WILL BE 241 DENTAL CHAIRS WITH ASSOCIATED WORK PLACES FOR DENTAL CLINICIANS OR STUDENTS WITH DENTAL SURGERY ASSISTANTS IN THE PUBLIC NON-TEACHING CLINIC AND FIVE CLINICAL DENTAL DEPARTMENTS.
THERE ARE ALSO VARIOUS SUPPORTING DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS
DENTAL MATERIALS, RADIOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
IN ADDITION TO THE CLINICAL AND TEACHING LABORATORIES, THERE WILL ALSO BE TWO LECTURE THEATRES, A LIBRARY, FACILITIES FOR RESEARCH, POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION, AND A CANTEEN AND COMMON ROOMS FOR USE BY STAFF AND STUDENTS.
YEAR.
THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER NEXT
ON COMPLETION, MR, TAM SAID, THE HOSPITAL, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WOULD PROVIDE DENTAL TEACHING FACILITIES FOR AN ANNUAL INTAKE OF 80 STUDENTS BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN EMERGENCY DENTAL SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
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