NEW SHAPE FOR POLICE HEADQUARTERS
SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1992
THE SHAPE OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN ARSENAL YARD, WANCHAI } WILL CHANGE AGAIN SOON WHEN THE FIRST FLOORS OF THE NEW 32 STOREY PHASE TWO OF THE HEADQUARTERS DEVELOPMENT START TO RISE FROM GROUND LEVEL IN MID-1993.
PILING FOR THE NEW BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED ADJACENT WEST SIDE OF THE RECENTLY COMPLETED ARSENAL HOUSE COMPLEX WILL IN JUNE AND COMPLETION IS EXPECTED AT THE END OF 1995.
TO THE
START
ESTIMATED COST OF THE NEW BUILDING, WHICH WILL HOUSE MOSTLY CRIME FORMATIONS, IS $524.2 MILLION.
THE FINAL THIRD PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW COMPLETION OF PHASE TWO.
BUREAU,
EARMARKED TO MOVE INTO PHASE TWO ARE CRIME WING DIRECTORATE, THE STATISTICAL OFFICE, INTERPOL, ORGANISED CRIME AND TRIAD GROUP, CRIMINAL CRIME BUREAU, NARCOTICS
CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU, IDENTIFICATION BUREAU, CRIMINAL RECORDS BUREAU, BALLISTICS FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION BUREAU, TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION, THE FORCE ARMOURY AND FORENSIC PATHOLOGY LABORATORY.
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NON-CRIME FORMATIONS SHARING THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE THE POLICE VETTING SECTION, STORES AND MAINTENANCE, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, INSPECTION SERVICES WING, MANAGEMENT SERVICES WING,
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BRANCH AND COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH HEADQUARTERS.
THE BUILDING WILL ALSO CONTAIN SUCH AMENITIES AS MESSES, CATERING AND SOCIAL FACILITIES AND A BARBER SHOP.
MRS GILLIAN FLETCHER, CHIEF STAFF INSPECTOR, POLICE
HEADQUARTERS DEVELOPMENT, FN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BRANCH SAID: "IN GENERAL TERMS ALL REMAINING POLICE HEADQUARTERS FORMATIONS NOW IN LEASED ACCOMMODATION WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NEW COMPLEX.
"THIS WILL PRODUCE SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS IN TERMS OF RENTS WITH ANNUAL SAVING OF AROUND $24 MILLION.
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SPACE VACATED IN MAY HOUSE AT POLICE HEADQUARTRS WILL BE RE-ALLOCATED BY THE FORCE ACCOMMODATION COMMITTEE.
PHASE TWO HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO GIVE MAXIMUM USAGE OF SPACE, A GENEROUS 15 PER CENT OF FLOOR SPACE BEING ALLOCATED CIRCULATION AREAS.
WITH
THE NEW BLOCK WILL HAVE AN AVERAGE FLOOR SPACE OF 977 SQUARE METRES, COMPARED WITH 705 SQUARE METRES IN MAY HOUSE.
"THIS IS BASICALLY AN OFFICE BUILDING AND IT WILL OFFER FACILITIES AND COMFORTS ACCORDING TO OPERATIONAL NEEDS, MRS FLETCHER SAID.
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