WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1985
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POLICE BUILDING PROJECTS TOTAL $1 BILLION
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BUILDING PROJECTS TOTALLING AROUND $1.1 BILLION ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, OR BEING PLANNED, TO PROVIDE THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF ACCOMMODATION HONG KONG WILL NEED FOR ITS POLICE FORCE IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
''WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS GOING ON, WHETHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR PREPARATION FOR FUNDING, THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST," THE ACTING SENIOR STAFF OFFICER FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, MR PAUL DEAL, SAID TODAY, IN REVIEWING THE CURRENT STATE OF THE FORCE BUILDING PROGRAMME.
''THIS SITUATION HAS RESULTED FROM THE EXPANDING POPULATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE INCREASED REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOMMODATION BY MARINE POLICE UNITS AND THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THE FORCE, IN GENERAL,'' HE EXPLAINED.
AT PRESENT, THE FORCE HAS 12 PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF AROUND $330 MILLION. THESE RANGE FROM THE SOUTH DIVISION MARINE POLICE BASE AT ABERDEEN, TO INTERIM ACCOMMODATION FOR THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT, A DISTRICT POLICE STATION IN TAI PO, AND QUARTERS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN CAUSEWAY BAY AND BOUNDARY STREET.
''IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A FURTHER NINE PROJECTS WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS IN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, "'
" SAID MR DEAL.
THE DECISION ON WHETHER THESE PROJECTS GET THE GO-AHEAD WILL BE MADE BY THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE ANNUAL REVIEW IN NOVEMBER.
THEY ARE :
+ A NEW POLICE TACTICAL UNIT DEPOT AT FANLING
+ A NEW DETECTIVE TRAINING SCHOOL
+ A DIVISIONAL POLICE STATION AT HUNG HOM
+ NEW DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AND DIVISIONAL STATION AT TSUEN WAN + PROVISION OF 396 JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS' MARRIED QUARTERS
AT FANLING
+ A NEW WATERFRONT DIVISIONAL POLICE STATION
+ A VEHICLE POUND AT SHA TIN
+ MA ON SHAN DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AND DIVISIONAL STATION
AT SHA TIN
+ PROVISION OF 288 JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS' MARRIED QUARTERS
ON TSING YI ISLAND.
FUNDS BEING SOUGHT FOR THIS PACKAGE AMOUNT TO $406.5 MILLION.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A PROGRAMME TO RENOVATE 31 EXISTING POLICE STATIONS - MAINLY THE OLDER STATIONS -- AND 104 JPO CANTEENS," SAID MR DEAL.
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