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Friday, June 22, 1973

NEW POLICE, STATION FOR NORTH POINT

A new police station which is also to serve as divisional headquarters

will soon be built in North Point.

It will be the first of five new stations whose construction work

is to start within this year. The other four are located in Kwai Chung,

Stanley, Hang Hau and Ping Che,

The North Point Police Station, situated at the end of Java Road

near the North Point Fire Station, consists of a 17-storey block and a

single-storey ancillary building.

The high block incorporates a podium of two floors, housing the

report room, cells, offices and lecture rooms.

The remaining floors are to be taken up by barracks, emergency

accommodation, canteen and kitchen, recreation room, changing room, and

quarters for the families of four senior officers.

Space for parking, dog kennels and general storage is provided in the

ancillary building.

Piling for the new complex has been completed, and construction

is expected to start in early August, taking about 21 months to finish.

The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, opened the Tsz Fan Shen and

Ngau Tau Kok Police Stations last week.

Two other new ones at Chai Wan and Happy Valley will also be

completed and opened later this year.

While