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MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1981
TOPPING-OUT OF PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL
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THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR JACK STEAN, AND THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, TODAY JOINTLY OFFICIATED AT THE TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE SHA TIN TEACHING HOSPITAL.
WORK ON THE $425 MILLION HOSPITAL STARTED AT THE END OF 1979 AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
MR S.C. KWAN, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE PWD'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, SAID THAT WORK WAS PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY.
+SO FAR, SOME 90 PER CENT OF STRUCTURAL WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED,+ HE ADDED.
THE HOSPITAL CONSISTS OF A THREE-STOREY SPECIALIST CLINIC BLOCK, A MAIN WARD BLOCK, A SPECIAL WARD BLOCK, AND A CLINICAL SCIENCE BLOCK ALL OF WHICH ARE 12 STOREYS HIGH. IT WILL HAVE A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 110 000 SQUARE METRES.
THE WHOLE HOSPITAL COMPLEX WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF PWD BUT THE WORKING DRAWINGS AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE APPOINTED CONSULTANT, MESSRS STEPHENSON AND TURNER CONNELL.
ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE QUARTERS FOR ABOUT 2 000 HOSPITAL STAFF. THE QUARTERS COMPRISE SIX BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS RANGING FROM THREE TO 21 STOREYS.
THE HOSPITAL WILL HAVE 1 400 BEDS AND SERVE RESIDENTS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+ IT WILL PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF SOPHISTICATED MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, INCLUDING CASUALTY SERVICES, TO THE PUBLIC AND IT WILL ALSO SERVE AS A TEACHING HOSPITAL FOR THE MEDICAL FACULTY OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE PROJECT IS PARTLY FINANCED BY A LOAN FROM THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.
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