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FRIDAY, JANUA Tack
THE DEPARTMENTS ARE THE DATA PROCESSING AGENCY, LAND
TRANSPORT AGENCY, MUSIC OFFICE, CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, COMMERCIAL CRIMES BUREAU AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WORK ON THE BUILDING STARTED IN NOVEMBER 1984 AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.
MR CHAN WAS ASSISTED IN THE TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY BY THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR PETER TSAO- THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, MR CHAM-SON CHAU- THE REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT, MR NICHOLAS BARNETT AND THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT, MR JOSE LEI.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR CHAN SAID THE COMPLEX WAS PART OF AN EXTREMELY ACTIVE WAN CHAI BUILDING PROGRAMME BEING UNDERTAKEN BY BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.
THE FIRST TWO BUILDINGS IN THE COMPLEX, THE COURT AND OFFICE BUILDING AND THE HARBOUR ROAD SUB-DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION, WERE BEING BUILT BY SHUI ON BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD.
+THESE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TWO 49-STOREY GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDINGS WITH THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF 1990, + MR CHAN SAID.
+THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICE BUILDING PROGRAMME WAS ESTABLISHE TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON LEASED PRIVATELY-DEVELOPED OFFICE ACCOMMODATION, HE ADDED.
OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED AN EIGHT-STOREY BLOCK IN SAI KUNG, THE 27-STOREY HARBOUR BUILDING IN CENTRAL AND THE 56-STOREY QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING PLANS GAZETTED
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DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED ROAD WORKS FOR THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING WERE GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
ACCORDING TO THE PLANS, THE WORKS WILL PROVIDE A 2.2-KILOMETRE DUAL, TWO-LANE TUNNEL BETWEEN QUARRY BAY AND CHA KWO LING.
THE 1.76 KILOMETRES OF THE TUNNEL UNDER THE SEA WILL BE OF IMMERSED TUBE CONSTRUCTION IN WHICH PRE-CAST CONCRETE UNITS WILL BE SUNK INTO A PREPARED TRENCH.
THE TUNNEL WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR (IEC) ON HONG KONG ISLAND BY A CIRCULAR FREE-FLOW INTERCHANGE ON THE QUARRY BAY RECLAMATION.
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