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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1987
THE SECTION, WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT OF 47 STAFF, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MANY LOCAL WORK PROJECTS SUCH AS THE. LOCAL PUBLIC WORK PROGRAMME OF THE CNTA AND THE MINOR ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENT HYGIENE FACILITIES AND SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, DR HAYES SAID.
MILLION THE PROJECT EXPENDITURE, AMOUNTING TO AROUND $20
THIS
AND YEAR, IS SPENT ON THE PROVISION
MAINTENANCE OF VILLAGE ROADS, AND IRRIGATION FOOTPATHS, WATERPIPES, DRAINS
CHANNELS AND VILLAGE
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
MADE
THE COMMENTS WHEN HE PRESENTED LETTERS OF MR TSANG KAM-WING MR MOW
DR HAYES PROMOTION TO THREE INSPECTORS OF WORKS, CHUNG-WAI AND MR LEUNG SIK-KWONG,
HE ADDED: "WITHOUT THE DEDICATED WORKS SECTION AND THEIR LOCAL KNOWLEDGE VERY DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN THIS
EXPERTISE OF STAFF OF THE
IT CONTACTS,
WOULD
AND
PROGRAMME."
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CONTRACT FOR EXTENSION OF HISTORY MUSEUM
THE EXHIBITION AREA AT HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY IN KOWLOON PROJECT PARK, TSIM SHA TSUI, WILL BE ALMOST TREBLED WHEN AN EXTENSION IS COMPLETED LATE NEXT YEAR.
THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) AWARDED A $14 MILLION CONTRACT FOR EXTENDING AND ALTERING THE MUSEUM.
THE CONTRACT INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXTENSION WHICH WILL
SITE AREA COVER A
OF ABOUT 1,860 SQUARE METRES AND
A INCLUDE
EXHIBITION BLOCK, TWO-STOREY
TWO-STOREY WORKSHOP AND A SINGLE-STOREY SERVICE BLOCK,
A
OF EXHIBITION AREA WILL BE 450 SQUARE METRES IN
METRES A TOTAL OF 1,200 SQUARE AVAILABLE IN THE NEW EXTENSION, COMPARED WITH THE EXISTING TWO-STOREY MUSEUM BUILDING,
WORK WILL ALSO INCLUDE INTERNAL BUILDING AND RE-SURFACING ITS EXTERNAL WALL.
ALTERATIONS
OF THE EXISTING
THIS IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE WORK WILL START LATER TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MONTH AND
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