TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1984
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PRINTING DEPARTMENT MOVING AFTER 30 YEARS
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THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT WILL BE VACATING ITS JAVA ROAD PREMISES IN NORTH POINT AFTER ABOUT 30 YEARS AND MOVING INTO A NEW QUARRY BAY BUILDING,
IT WILL BE OCCUPYING 20 000 SQUARE METRES IN EIGHT FLOORS WHEN IT MOVES IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR TO CORNWALL HOUSE, WITHIN THE TAIKOO TRADING ESTATE.
THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE FITTING-OUT WORK WHICH INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF PARTITIONS, FLOOR AND WALL FINISHES, INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL AND SECURITY EQUIPMENT AND COMPLETE FIRE-FIGHTING FACILITIES.
THE NEW PREMISES WILL ALSO BE FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH, AND BE COMPLETED BY MAY NEXT YEAR.
MP'S TOUR SQUATTER, HOUSING AREAS ******
THREE VISITING BRITISH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SPENT THIS AFTERNOON TOURING A SQUATTER AREA AND TWO MODERN PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN WEST KOWLOON.
ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR HOUSING OFFICIALS, THE THREE MP'S MR GEORGE FOULKES, MR SEAN HUGHES AND MISS BETTY BOOTHROYD -- FIRST INSPECTED THE CHU KOO CHAI SQUATTER SETTLEMENT IN TAI HÀNG TUNG.
THEY THEN WENT TO LAI KOK ESTATE AND THE ADJACENT HOME OWNERSHIP YEE KOK COURT AND TOURED THE WIDE-RANGING COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE ESTATES.
AT YEE KOK COURT THEY ALSO VISITED A FAMILY.
EARLIER, THE THREE MP'S HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO ABOUT THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME.
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