SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1985
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POLICE UNIT TO GET INTERIM DEPOT
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AN INTERIM DEPOT WILL BE BUILT FOR THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT AT FANLING.
THIS IS BECAUSE THE EXISTING DEPOT AT PAK FUK TSUEN ROAD WILL HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PTU DEPOT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE READY BY 1988.
THE INTERIM DEPOT WILL BE BUILT ON A 20 000 SQUARE-METRE SITE OFF JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, NEAR THE FAN GARDENS CAMP OF THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL.
THE WORK WILL INCLUDE:
* CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING MAIN BLOCK INTO BARRACK
ACCOMMODATION AND MESS FACILITIES:
* PROVISION OF A NEW BLOCK CONSISTING OF OFFICES AND
STORES
* PROVISION OF EIGHT CLASSROOMS, OFFICES, STORES AND
BARRACK-LOCKER ROOMS IN TWO BLOCKS
* PROVISION OF A GYMNASIUMĮ
* PROVISION OF PARKING SPACES FOR POLICE VEHICLES, AND
A DOMITORY BLOCK FOR USE BY INSPECTORS.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH AND BE COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER 1985.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK IS BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
NEW INDOOR CENTRE FOR NORTH KWAI CHUNG
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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE $16-MILLION NORTH KWAI CHUNG TANG SHIU KIN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE ON MONDAY (JANUARY 28).
LOCATED ON A 3 200-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT WO YI HOP ROAD,
THE INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE IS THE SECOND INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX TO BE BUILT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN NEW TOWNS, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE FACILITY WAS JOINTLY FINANCED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED $10 MILLION TOWARDS THE PROJECT.
/THE MAIN