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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1989
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THERE HAD ALSO BEEN CLOSE
CONSULTATION AND LIAISON WITH NO DURING THE ENTIRE DESIGN
FEWER THAN 15 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION PERIOD,
DESCRIBING HIS DEPARTMENT AS "AN AGENCY HANDLING WIDE RANGING PUBLIC BUILDING PROGRAMMES". MR LEI SAID THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS NOT SIMPLY JUST THE ARCHITECTS BUT WAS IN FACT ALSO THE GOVERNMENT'S TECHNICAL ADVISER. PROJECT MANAGER AND SUPERVISOR. AS WELL AS ITS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT.
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD AT THIS POINT OF TIME ABOUT 1.000 PROJECTS. LARGE AND SMALL. IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST, IN 1989 PRICES, WAS ABOUT $37.000 MILLION.
THESE PROJECTS GENERATED ABOUT 700 CONTRACTS AT ANY ONE TIME.
HE ADDED.
ON MAINTENANCE WORK. THE DIRECTOR SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OVER 6,000 BUILDINGS.
ITS DAY TO DAY MAINTENANCE WORK GENERATED ABOUT 200.000 WORKS ORDERS A YEAR. HE ADDED.
FAREWELL PARADE FOR COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS, EVERY VARIETY OF POLICE VEHICLE. POLICE DOGS AND EVEN HELICOPTERS - COURTESY OF THE ROYAL HONG HONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE WERE MUSTERED TODAY (FRIDAY! FOR A SPECTACULAR FAREWELL PARADE FOR RETIRING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. MR RAYMON ANNING.
THE PARADE. HELD AT THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL. WAS FULL OF EXCITING SURPRISES. NOT THE LEAST BEING
PRECISION-TIMED AIR-BORNE THE FORCE TRAILING
TRIBUTE STANDARD.
AS
FLEW HELICOPTERS
A
INTO VIEW. ONE
UNEXPECTED THERE WAS ALSO AN SILVER AND MALACCA WOOD COMMISSIONER'S BOUQUET OF FLOWERS FOR MRS ANNING.
PRESENTATION OF
CANE FOR MR
A MAGNIFICENT ANNING AND A
AND
UNEXPECTED DRILL OFFICER. CENTRAL
BY STAFF
THE PARADE ITSELF INCORPORATED MANY NEW MOVEMENTS ORCHESTRATED FOR THE OCCASION TRAINING SERVICES DIVISION. MR BILL FULLERTON.
SYMBOLICALLY
1MPRESSIVE PARTICULARLY
AMONG THESE WAS THE FINALE WHICH GRADUALLY DISPERSED EVERYONE ON PARADE LEAVING MR ANNING AS THE LONE FIGURE.
'THE SPECTACULAR