FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1981
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WORK TO START ON ABERDEEN COMPLEX
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A CONTRACT OF $25.3 MILLION TO HING LEE CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ABERDEEN COMPLEX.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY MR JOSE LEI, GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT ON BEHALF OF THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF PWD AND MR WILLIAM S.W. SIT,
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THE MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEX, DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1982, IS BEING BUILT FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL. IT WILL PROVIDE MODERN MARKETING, RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND LIBRARY FACILITIES UNDER ONE ROOF AND REPLACE THE OUTDATED ABERDEEN MARKET IN ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD.
LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD AND CHENGTU ROAD IN THE PERIPHERY OF THE EXISTING CENTRAL AREA OF THE ABERDEEN TOWNSHIP, THE NEW COMPLEX OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 1 858 SQUARE METRES.
THE MARKET PART OF THE COMPLEX WILL OFFER THE STANDARD PROVISIONS INCLUDING 52 MARKET STALLS AND 285 MINI-STALLS ON THE FIRST FOUR FLOORS, WHICH SELL FISH, MEAT, POULTRY, VEGETABLE AND SUNDRY GOODS. A COOKED FOOD CENTRE WITH NINE STALLS WILL BE HOUSED ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, ALL THE STALLS WILL BE SPACIOUS WITH A WIDE WORKING AREA FOR EXCLUSIVE USE BY THE STALL HOLDERS.
A DISTRICT LIBRARY WHICH HAS A GROSS AREA OF MORE THAN 1 700 SQUARE METRES WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE FIFTH FLOOR. THE NEW LIBRARY WILL PROVIDE READING FACILITIES FOR BOTH ADULTS AND YOUNGSTERS AND HAVE AN EXHIBITION AREA, AUDIO-VISUAL AND STUDY ROOMS.
AN URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT DISTRICT OFFICE WILL OCCUPY THE SIXTH FLOOR, WHICH ALLOWS A STANDARD SET-UP OF A DISTRICT OFFICE. THE SEVENTH FLOOR WILL HAVE AN EXHIBITION HALL AND MUSIC PRACTICE ROOM, A LECTURE HALL, AN INDOOR GAMES AREA AND A COFFEE CORNER.
THE EIGHTH FLOOR WILL BE OCCUPIED BY AN INDOOR GAMES HALL WHICH WILL HAVE A GROSS AREA OF MORE THAN 1 500 SQUARE METRES. THERE WILL BE A MULTI-PURPOSE COURT FOR EITHER BASKETBALL, VOLLEY BALL, BADMINTON OR TABLE TENNIS, AND ONE SQUASH COURT AS WELL AS CHANGING ROOMS. IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A VIEWING GALLERY RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE ENTIRE BASKETBALL COURT,
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