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Thursday, November 30, 1972
WELFARE AND MEDICAL BUILDING IN WAN CHAI
A sum of $3 million has been allocated from the Lotteries Fund to help
meet the construction cost of a 14-storey welfare and medical building in Wan
Chai.
The building will house the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and
its member agencies together with the Federation of Medical Societies to
increase efficiency and co-operation among the agencies.
The 7,000 square-foot site in Wan Chai fronting Lockhart Road and
Hennessy Road had been granted to the Council by government.
The ground and first floors of the building will be used for common
facilities, with the second floor to be used for holding seminars and conferences.
The Medical Federation and other related medical bodies will occupy the
third to sixth floors. The rest of the building will be the Council's property.
No rent will be collected for the use of the building, but a management
committee will be set up to centralise management costs.
Construction cost of the building is estimated at $9 million.
Work is expected to begin early next year, and will be completed
before 1975.
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