XN000022-1976-06-16 — Page 3

- 2

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1976

+ON THE EXISTING ARMY LAND AT SEK KONG, SITE FORMATION WORK HAS NOW BEEN FINISHED ON THE NEW BASE FOR THE HELICOPTER SQUADRON WHICH WILL BE MOVING FROM KAI TAK, AS WELL AS QUARTERS FOR R.A.F. PERSONNEL,+ HE SAID.

+WORK IS UNDERWAY ON SIX, SEVEN-STOREY BLOCKS TO PROVIDE 115 QUARTERS FOR MARRIED AIRMEN, AND ANOTHER EIGHT-STOREY BLOCK IS PLANNED FOR MARRIED OFFICERS.+

HE SAID OTHER ITEMS IN THE BUILDING PROGRAMME AT SEK KONG INCLUDED:

* A SINGLE-STOREY HELICOPTER HANGAR-

*

*

A TWO-STOREY ANNEX NEAR THE SEK KONG AIRSTRIP TO HOUSE SUPPORTING OPERATIONAL, ENGINEERING AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITIES-

AN R.A.F. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPLY BUILDING=

* REPAIR AND FUEL STORAGE FACILITIES-

*

ARMY AND R.A.F. OFFICERS' MESSES-

*

JUNIOR RANKS MESSES- AND

*

IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING BARRACK BLOCKS FOR SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN.

MR. STEAN SAID NEW FACILITIES WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED IN OTHER EXISTING CAMPS SUCH AS OSBORN BARRACKS, STANLEY FORT AND GUN CLUB HILL BARRACKS FOR VARIOUS SERVICES FROM BOTH KAI TAK AND VICTORIA BARRACKS.

+

+AT OSBORN BARRACKS, A TWO-STOREY BUILDING IS PLANNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE POSTAL UNIT AND DIPLOMATIC MAIL SERVICE FROM R.A.F. KAI TAK, HE SAID. +AND AT STANLEY FORT, IT IS PROPOSED TO PROVIDE TWO BLOCKS OF 10-STOREY BUILDINGS WITH OPEN PARKING FACILITIES FOR MARRIED ARMY PERSONNEL.

+A SCHOOL FOR GURKHA CHILDREN IS PLANNED AT GUN CLUB HILL BARRACKS, AND SOME OF THE EXISTING ACCOMMODATION THERE WILL BE CONVERTED TO PROVIDE OTHER FACILITIES,+

MR. STEAN SAID FURTHER QUARTERS WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED IN A NEW 10-STOREY BLOCK IN A CORNER OF VICTORIA BARRACKS TO BE RETAINED BY THE ARMY. THIS SMALL SITE, OF ABOUT FOUR ACRES, WAS NEAR QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND ALREADY CONTAINED A NEWLY-BUILT MULTI- STOREY BLOCK,

AS WELL AS THE NEW 10-STOREY BLOCK ON THIS SITE, WHICH WOULD CONTAIN MARRIED QUARTERS, THERE WOULD BE A FOUR-STOREY BLOCK HOUSING A NAAFI SHOP AND FAMILIES COMMUNITY CENTRE.

/+CONSIDERATION