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MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1988
CONSTRUCTION OF SERVICE CENTRE FOR WSD
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THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE WATER SUPPLIES
DEPARTMENT.
OCCUPYING AN AREA OF 1,310 SQUARE METRES, THE CENTRE WILL BE FIVE-STOREY STRUCTURE WITHIN A SITE OF ABOUT 4,300 SQUARE METRES.
ITS LOCATION IS BOUNDED BY KING'S ROAD, JAVA ROAD AND MAN HONG STREET, NORTH POINT.
FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE A CANTEEN AND A RECREATIONAL ROOM.
A SINGLE STOREY GOODS STORE WILL ALSO BE BUILT INSIDE THE SITE.
WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO START IN OCTOBER AND TAKE YEAR TO COMPLETE.
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ON COMPLETION, THE CENTRE WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AS A SUB-OFFICE FOR THE HONG KONG AND ISLANDS REGION AND THIS CENTRE WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING ONE IN BULLOCK LANE.
TENDERS CLOSE AT NOON ON JULY 15.
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 25.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 149.935 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 370.954 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 63.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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