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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1979

30 PWD PROJECTS COMPLETED

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THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT COMPLETED 30 PROJECTS DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF LAST YEAR WHILE ANOTHER 81 WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE COMPLETED PROJECTS INCLUDED DIVISIONAL POLICE STATIONS IN HOMANTIN AND SHA TIN, POLICE QUARTERS IN KWAI CHUNG, NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS IN BROADCAST DRIVE IN KOWLOON, THE NEW WAN CHAI SPORTS GROUND ON THE WATERFRONT, A TEMPORARY MARKET IN WONG TAI SIN AND TEMPORARY COOKED FOOD STALLS IN PAK TIN.

OTHER FINISHED INCLUDED A DENTAL THERAPIST TRAINING SCHOOL, PEST CONTROL STORE OFFICES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OPERATING THEATRE AT TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL.

THE GURKHA FAMILIES COMMUNITY-WELFARE CENTRE AND MEDICAL CENTRE AND THE VEHICLE WASH DOWN IN GUN CLUB HILL BARRACKS WERE COMPLETED.

+THE WORKS WERE OBVIOUSLY VARIED AND PROGRESS WAS GENERALLY VERY SATISFACTORY, A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID.

SOME OF THE MANY JOBS UNDER CONSTRUCTION INCLUDED THE DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES FIRE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS IN SHA TIN, A FIRE STATION AT SAN HUI, AMBULANCE DEPOTS AT TUEN MUN AND NGAU CHỈ WAN AND THE MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK AT KAI TAK AIRPORT.

THE FIRST STAGE OF THE KOWLOON TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AND A SECONDARY SCHOOL IN TSUEN WAN WERE BOTH PROGRESSING WELL.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT WORK ON THE PERMANENT SPECTATORS' STANDS AT THE EXHIBITION TENNIS COURTS IN VICTORIA PARK, A SWIMMING POOL AND PARK IN CHAI WAN AND THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SECOND MENTAL HOSPITAL WAS ALSO MOVING ALONG.

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