MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1993
OF
THE MARKET WILL PROVIDE WHOLESALE FACILITIES FOR THE SALE FRESH WATER FISH, VEGETABLES, EGGS AND
FISH MARKETING
ORGANISATION.
THE
IT WILL REPLACE THE SCATTERED EXISTING MARKETS IN KOWLOON WHICH WOULD BECOME LANDLOCKED WHEN THE NEXT PHASE OF RECLAMATION WORKS PROCEEDED, HE ADDED.
THE DIRECTOR ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE PAMELA YOUDE HOSPITAL PROJECT, WHICH 18 THE LARGEST ONE THAT BIS DEPARTMENT HAS EVER UNDERTAKEN AND HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED.
HE SAID THE HOSPITAL WAS BUILT WITHIN BUDGET AND WAS BEING HANDED OVER TO THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY FOR COMMISSIONING.
IT WILL PROVIDE 1,750 BEDS AND HAS A POLYCLINIC, MODERN MEDICAL FACILITIES AND STAFF QUARTERS,
APART FROM PUTTING UP BUILDINGS, MR CORSER POINTED OUT THAT AT A COST OF $138 MILLION, THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPERTY SERVICES BRANCH HAD ENGAGED IN REFURBISHING 15,300 SQUARE METRES OF OFFICES AT THE WEST WING OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES FOR LONG-TERM USE.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES TWO FLOORS OF OFFICES FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MR CORSER NOTED THAT 1992 WAS A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR HIM AS DIRECTOR AND FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL.
OVER 500 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION IN 1992/93.
PROJECTS WERE UNDER
STUDY, DESIGN
OR
THE TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN 1992/93,
WORKS, WILL BE ABOUT $3,300 MILLION.
INCLUDING MINOR
$1,100 MILLION
IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE DEPARTMENT WILL SPEND IN REFURBISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND MINOR ALTERATION WORKS TO OVER 7,000 GOVERNMENT, URBAN COUNCIL, REGIONAL COUNCIL, HOSPITAL AND BRITISH FORCES BUILDINGS.
AUTHORITY
**THE FUTURE FOR MY SUCCESSOR WILL BE EVEN MORE
CHALLENGING,
THE DIRECTOR SAID.
OUT BY THE
"THE DEPARTMENT IS RISING TO THE CHALLENGES SET GOVERNOR IN TERMS OF THE MAJOR PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY то BE COMPLETED BEFORE 1997, THE ENHANCED SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMME AND THE PERFORMANCE PLEDGES.
"THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO INVOLVED IN PLANNING GOVERNMENT FACILITIES WITHIN THE AIRPORT COMPLEX AT CHAP LAP KOK.
"WE HAVE AN INTERESTING AND FXCITING FUTURE PROGRAMME OF WORKS AND THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT FEEL PRIVILEGED TO BE WORKING FOR THE PUBLIC AT THIS PERIOD OF HONG KONG'S HISTORY, HE CONCLUDED.
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