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SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1977

TENDER FOR NEW POLICE CADET SCHOOL

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL FORM MORE THAN 7.5 HECTARES OF LAND AT TAI PO, AS A SITE FOR A NEW CADET SCHOOL FOR THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.

MR. K.M. TSENG, CHIEF ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THAT WORK ON THE CONTRACT WOULD START IN NOVEMBER AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE CONTRACT, HE SAID, WOULD INVOLVE SITE FORMATION OF MORE THAN 6 HECTARES AND RECLAMATION OF OVER 1 HECTARE OF LAND FROM THE SEA.

+ON COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT, WORK WILL BEGIN ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE NEW CADET SCHOOL WHICH

IS EXPECTED TO BE READY IN LATE 1980, + HE SAID.

+THE NEW SCHOOL, WHICH IS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TEMPORARY CADET SCHOOL AT FANLING, WILL PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR ABOUT 1,200 CADETS.

+APART FROM 30 CLASSROOMS, THE SCHOOL WILL ALSO PROVIDE QUARTERS FOR THE CADETS AND THE RESIDENT STAFF, ALONG WITH ADMINISTRATION BLOCKS.+

MR. TSENG SAID THAT IT WOULD ALSO HAVE AN ASSEMBLY HALL/ CINEMA, GYMNASIUM, ASSAULT COURSE, LIBRARY AS WELL AS LANGUAGE LABORATORIES.

OTHER FACILITIES, HE SAID, WOULD INCLUDE A SPORTS GROUND, A PARADE GROUND, BOAT STORAGE FACILITIES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE CADETS AND STAFF.

MEANWHILE, TENDERS ARE ALSO BEING CALLED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW POLICE STATION AT HANG HAU.

MR. TSENG SAID THAT THE NEW STATION, WHICH WILL BE A TWO- STOREY BUILDING, WOULD BE BUILT ON A 2,600-SQUARE METRE SITE AT CLEARWATER BAY ROAD NEAR SILVER STRAND BEACH.

HE SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND WOULD BE COMPLETED LATE NEXT YEAR.

+THE NEW POLICE STATION WILL SERVE THE HANG HAU AND SAI KUNG AREA AND WILL HOUSE NORMAL POLICE OPERATIONAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICES, ARMOURY AND RECREATION ROOMS, HE SAID.

+ IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE QUARTERS FOR THE RESIDENT POLICE STAFF AND STATION INSPECTOR'S FAMILY.+

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