FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1991
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TWO POLICE REGIONS TO SERVE KOWLOON
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THE DIVISION OF KOWLOON INTO TWO POLICE REGIONS SERVING EAST AND WEST OF THE AREA WILL TAKE PLACE ON JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR WHEN THE NEW KOWLOON EAST REGIONAL, HEADQUARTERS GOES OPERATIONAL AT ITS NEW HEADQUARTERS AT TSEUNG KWAN O.
THE NEWLY CREATED EASTERN KOWLOON REGION WILL SHARE ITS HEADQUARTERS WITH THE NEW TSEUNG KWAN O DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS WHICH WILL GO INTO ACTION AT THE SAME TIME.
ORIGINALLY PLANNED AS A SEPARATE REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN SAU MAU PING, THE SHARING OF THE DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS AT TSEUNG KWAN O HAS BEEN ACHIEVED WITH THE SAVING OF $200 MILLION.
THE REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS WILL OCCUPY FOUR FLOORS OF THE NEW BUILDING AT TSEUNG KWAN O AT AN ADDITIONAL COST OF LESS THAN $5 MILLION.
THE NEW REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS WILL ACCOMMODATE THE REGIONAL COMMANDER AND HIS STAFF, OPERATIONS WING, ADMINISTRATION WING AND CRIME HEADQUARTERS. OTHER UNITS WILL BE LOCATED ELSEWHERE.
THE SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT OF TSEUNG KWAN 0 DIVISION AS A DISTRICT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT OF THE EXPANSION OF TSEUNG KWAN O AS A NEW TOWN.
IN THE MEANTIME THE NEW DIVISION WILL FORM PART OF KWUN TONG
DISTRICT.
MR ALAN NEWTON, STAFF OFFICER, SPECIAL DUTIES, IN CHARGE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM FOR THE NEW HEADQUARTERS, SAID: "THE GEOGRAPHICAL SPLIT OF KOWLOON EAST AND WEST HAS BEEN COMPLICATED BY THE SHIFT OF POPULATION TOWARDS THE EAST, WHILE CRIME REMAINS THE BIGGER PROBLEM IN THE WEST.
"AND RESITING THE NEW EAST REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS RACE AGAINST TIME TO ACHIEVE THE JANUARY 1 DEADLINE.
GAVE US A
POPULATION OF THE NEW TOWN NOW, MR NEWTON SAID, WAS 100,000 AND WITH PART OF CLEARWATER BAY BEING ABSORBED BY TSEUNG KWAN 0 DIVISION THE POPULATION WOULD RISE TO 130,000. WHEN THE NEW TOWN WAS FULLY DEVELOPED POPULATION WOULD BE IN THE REGION OF HALF A MILLION.
DIVISIONAL
"ALTHOUGH THE NEW BUILDING IS BUILT TO THE STANDARD HEADQUARTERS DESIGN IT IS UNIQUE IN HAVING THE REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS ALSO ACCOMMODATED," MR NEWTON SAID.
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"THE EXTERNAL APPEARANCE IS QUITE DIFFERENT. FINISH IS VERY GOOD AND A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN PUT INTO ARCHITECT KELVIN BURNS.
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MR BOB SONES, CHIEF STAFF
INSPECTOR, BUILDINGS
AND DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, SAID: "THE BUILDING HAS A
STANDARD OF IT BY THE
IN PLANNING NUMBER OF WITHIN THE
INTERESTING FEATURES WHICH HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED LIMITATIONS OF THE SPECIFICATIONS AND THE ARCHITECT HAS DONE A VERY
GOOD JOB.
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