WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1993
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR POLICE HEADQUARTERS COMPLEX
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THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY} AWARDED A $403.8 MILLION CONTRACT FOR PHASE II WORKS OF THE NEW HEADQUARTERS COMPLEX IN WAN CHAI.
LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF ARSENAL STREET AND QUEENSWAY, COMPLEX WILL COMPRISE THREE BLOCKS INTERLINKING WITH BACH OTHER.
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WORKS UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 33-STOREY TOWER BLOCK WITH A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 48,000 SQUARE METRES.
IT WILL PROVIDE SECURE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE CRIME WING AND OFFICE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE NON-CRIME FORMATIONS AT PRESENT ACCOMMODATED ON LEASED PREMISES, SUCH AS COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH, MANAGEMENT SERVICES WING, INSPECTION SERVICES WING AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BRANCH.
SPECIAL FACILITIES, SUCH AS VIDEO INTERVIEW ROOMS AND ONE-WAY VIEWING IDENTIFICATION PARADE SUITE, WILL BE SOME OF THE FEATURE PROVISIONS.
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FOUNDATION WORK FOR THIS PHASE II BLOCK STARTED LAST JUNE AND HAS BEEN COMPLETED RECENTLY. CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START NEXT FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF 1995.
THIS BLOCK AND A SIMILAR PHASE III BLOCK WILL FLANK THE STOREY PHASE I BLOCK WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 1990.
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THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR PAUL CORSER, THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION.
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23 PASS MEDICAL LICENTIATE EXAM
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THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT A TOTAL OF 23 CANDIDATES HAVE PASSED THE PART II (ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL USE PAPER) OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS THIS YEAR.
THE 1993 PART II EXAMINATION WAS HELD TWICE, IN MARCH AND
MAY, GIVING CANDIDATES A CHOICE OF EXAMINATION DATES AND ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FAILING IN THE FIRST EXAMINATION A SECOND CHANCE TO TAKE THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION IN THE SAME YEAR.
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