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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1991
ASD PROPERTY SERVICES BRANCH HEADQUARTERS OPENS * * * * *
THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S BRANCH NOW HAS ITS PERMANENT HOME WITH THE OPENING OF ITS HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN TO KWA WAN.
PROPERTY
SERVICES
TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
LOCATED ON A 5,950 SQUARE METRE SITE AT HOK YUEN STREET, THE BUILDING WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR JOSE LEI.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE MAINTENANCE BRANCH, THE PROPERTY SERVICES BRANCH PROVIDES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO MAJOR GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND DOMESTIC COMPLEXES, IT ALSO UNDERTAKES ALTERATION, ADDITION, REFURBISHMENT AND FITTING-OUT WORKS FOR ALL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
IT HAS A PORTFOLIO OF 6,000 PUBLIC BUILDINGS WITH A FLOOR AREA OF 14 MILLION SQUARE METRES, RANGING FROM PUBLIC PLAYGROUND ΤΟ HOSPITALS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS.
LAST YEAR, NINE CENTRES WERE CONSTRUCTED AND FITTED-OUT ΤΟ HOUSE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE OR REFUGEES.
THE BRANCH HAS ALSO COMPLETED 197 FITTING-OUT PROJECTS FOR 41,500 SQUARE METRES OF FLOOR AREA AND REFURBISHED 85 OLD BUILDINGS.
IN ADDITION TO MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIVES, THE BRANCH HAS MADE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL FIELDS.
IT HAS PROVIDED TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE IN FORMING THE ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT GROUP AND THE FORMULATION OF ITS STRATEGIES FOR ASBESTOS REMOVAL, WHICH HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.
THE USE OF INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY AS A TOOL FOR ROOFING WORKS IS THE LATEST TECHNICAL STEP FORWARD IN PINPOINTING FAILURE IN COVERINGS.
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ON PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, THE ANTIQUITIES UNIT THE BRANCH HAS CARRIED OUT MAINTENANCE WORK FOR A TOTAL OF 28 DIFFERENT HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
THESE RANGED FROM REBUILDING A SECTION OF A WALL OF
THE CHING DYNASTY TUNG CHUNG FORT TO REINSTATING WORLD WAR II BOMB DAMAGES THE GRANITE FACADE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN CENTRAL.
A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF THE BRANCH WILL COMMISSIONING OF AN EXTENSIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM NEXT YEAR.
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THE SYSTEM WILL BOOST EFFICIENCY BY PROVIDING UP-TO-THE-MINUTE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION ON ALL CURRENT AND PLANNED WORKS.
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