FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1980
TO AUGMENT THE PROVISION OF INDUSTRIAL LAND IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF HONG KONG, A BAY AT THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF AP LEI CHAU WILL BE RECLAIMED TO FORM AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
THIS WILL PROVIDE 2.8 HECTARES OF LAND FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE AS WELL AS 0.2 HECTARES OF LOCAL OPEN SPACE, A SITE FOR A COOKED FOOD BAZAAR AND A VAST AREA FOR CARGO HANDLING. THE WHOLE AREA WILL BE SOLD BY PUBLIC TENDER AS A PACKAGE DEAL FOR DEVELOPMENT AS AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
AFTER HIS MEETING WITH THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE, SIR MURRAY INSPECTED ABERDEEN POLICE STATION WHERE HE MET RANK AND FILE STAFF.
$152 MILLION CONTRACT FOR TEACHING HOSPITAL SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $152 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FINAL STAGE OF THE NEW SHA TIN TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE EASTERN PART OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
THE CONTRACT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST LET BY THE PWD THIS YEAR, WAS FORMALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR S.C. KWAN, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE PWD'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, AND MR JOHN LOO OF NGO KEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD.
MR KWAN SAID THAT WORK ON THE NEW CONTRACT WOULD START EARLY NEXT MONTH AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
+ IT WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL, STAFF QUARTERS, AND A LECTURE THEATRE BUILDING, HE SAID.
+THE QUARTERS WILL COMPRISE SIX BLOCKS OF BUILDING RANGING FROM THREE TO 21 STOREYS AND WILL HOUSE SOME 2 000 DOCTORS, NURSES, MEDICAL STUDENTS AND OTHER HOSPITAL STAFF.+
MR KWAN ADDED THAT FULL MEDICAL TRAINING FACILITIES FOR SOME 400 STUDENTS WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THE NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL WHICH WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE LOWER FLOORS OF ONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS FOR NURSES.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE TEACHING HOSPITAL, COMPRISING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE-STOREY SPECIALIST CLINIC BLOCK, A MAIN WARD BLOCK, A SPECIAL WARD BLOCK AND A CLINICAL SCIENCE BLOCK, ALL OF 12 STOREYS, IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.
WHEN FULLY COMPLETED IN LATE 1982, THIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL WILL HAVE 1 400 BEDS AND SERVE THE 700 000 PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
/IT WILL