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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1977

VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL TO GET NEW BUILDING

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL START WORK SHORTLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TECHNICAL SCHOOL AT WAN CHAI TO REPLACE THE OLD BUILDING WHICH IS OCCUPIED BY VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

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

MR. S.C. KWAN, ACTING CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THAT WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD BEGIN EARLY IN NOVEMBER AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 16 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING, HE SAID, WOULD BE BUILT ON A SITE OCCUPYING AN AREA OF ABOUT 4,300 SQUARE METRES AT MORRISON HILL NEAR OF KWAN ROAD.

IT WOULD CONSIST OF A MAIN TEACHING BLOCK, WITH 24 CLASSROOMS ON THE UPPER FLOORS AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICES AND CHANGING ROOMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

IN ADDITION, THERE WOULD BE AN ASSEMBLY HALL WITH A COVERED PLAY AREA.

MR. KWAN SAID THAT THE PROJECT ALSO CALLED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BLOCK OF SPECIAL ROOMS PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS, A LIBRARY AND WORKSHOPS FOR WOODWORK AND METALWORK.

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