THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1985
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NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE MOVES
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THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE WILL MOVE TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO A NEW OFFICE AT JOCKEY CLUB ROAD AT THE FANLING ROUNDABOUT, AND WILL START OPERATION THERE FROM MONDAY (JANUARY 14).
THE $8 MILLION NEW OFFICE CONSISTS OF FIVE TWO-STOREY BUILDINGS, EACH HAVING A FLOOR AREA OF 500 SQUARE METRES. THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE TAKES UP ONE AND A HALF BLOCKS INCLUDING A CONFERENCE ROOM FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS.
THE OLD NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDING AT TAI PO MARKET WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE POLICE AND WILL BE CONVERTED INTO A CULTURAL MUSEUM.
ENQUIRIES TO THE NEW OFFICE OF THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE CAN BE MADE ON 0-900444.
INDOOR GAMES HALL BEING BUILT ***
WORK HAS STARTED ON BUILDING AN INDOOR GAMES HALL ON AN 8 000-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF HIP WO STREET AND HIU KWONG STREET, KWUN TONG.
THE HALL WILL HAVE A GAMES AREA OF 36 SQUARE METRES THREE SQUASH COURTS, A STAND FOR 400 SPECTATORS, CHANGING FACILITIES AND A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND REST GARDEN.
A $13.9 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL TAKE 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE INDOOR GAMES HALL WILL BE THE THIRD IN KWUN TONG DISTRICT.