FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1984
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FIRE SERVICES TO HAVE NEW HEADQUARTERS
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A CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED FOR A NEW FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND SUB-DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION AT TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.
WORK WILL START ON THE $52 MILLION PROJECT NEXT MONTH AND TAKE A LITTLE UNDER TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
THE NEW HEADQUARTERS WILL BE 14 STOREYS HIGH AND OCCUPY A 2 600-SQUARE METRE SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF HONG CHONG AND SCIENCE MUSEUM ROADS.
ADJACENT TO THE HEADQUARTERS WILL BE A DRILL YARD.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A LARGE BASEMENT AREA FOR STORE ROOMS AND FOR PARKING VEHICLES.
THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING WILL PROVIDE 16 400 SQUARE METRES OF OFFICE SPACE.
THE NEW BUILDING WILL REPLACE THE PRESENT HEADQUARTERS IN JAVA ROAD, NORTH POINT, WHICH WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT.
THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO KWAN LEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
TENDERS SOUGHT FOR POOL, MARKET COMPLEX WORK
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THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR SITE FORMATION WORK FOR A SWIMMING POOL AND MARKET COMPLEX AT TSUEN WAN.
THE COMPLEX WILL BE BUILT ON A 9 400-SQUARE METRE SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF ON YAT STREET AND TSUEN KING CIRCUIT.
THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL CONSIST OF A MAIN POOL, A PADDLING POOL, A WATER FEATURE POOL, A TEACHING-TRAINING POOL, CHANGING ROOM FACILITIES AND A PLAY AREA FOR CHILDREN.
THE FOUR-STOREY MARKET COMPLEX WILL ACCOMMODATE 47 STALLS AND 253 MINI-STALLS, TWO RESTAURANTS AND A ROOFTOP GARDEN.
IT WILL BE BUILT ADJACENT TO THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL AND BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER.
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