XN000022-1985-05-13 — Page 7

MC

A 13, 1985

BUILDING WORK IS EXPECTED TO START AT THE END OF THIS MONTH ON A SITE ALREADY FORMED UNDER AN EARLIER CONTRACT. IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, WORK WILL START ON EXTENDING THE MEAL KITCHEN IN THE EXISTING BUILDING AND PROVIDING A TEMPORARY STAFF CANTEEN TO REPLACE ONE NOW OCCUPYING PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

+THE PROJECT REPRESENTS A CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGE IN THE INTEGRATION OF MAJOR NEW BUILDINGS WITHIN THE SITE OF AN EXISTING REGIONAL HOSPITAL, HE SAID.

+RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO LIMIT DISTURBANCE CAUSED BY BUILDING WORKS, AND THIS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED BY US,+ HE ADDED.

DURING THE FINAL STAGES OF REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT YEAR, WORK WILL INVOLVE FURTHER UPGRADING, RENEWAL OF BUILDING SERVICES, INTRODUCTION OF CENTRAL AIR-CONDITIONING TO EXISTING WARDS, EXTENSIONS TO THE SISTERS' AND NURSES' QUARTERS, EXPANSION OF THE MORTUARY AND IMPROVEMENT TO THE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY BUILDING AND AN EXTENSION TO THE RADIOTHERAPY UNIT.

FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THE MAIN CONTRACT, MR ASAHATA OF SHIMIZU CONSTRUCTION ALSO SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE MAIN SUB-CONTRACTORS.

CLOSURE OF TWO WAREHOUSES SOUGHT

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (MONDAY) DECLARED TWO TWO-STOREY WAREHOUSES INSIDE THE KOWLOON DOCKS, HUNG HOM, TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION FOLLOWING A FOURTH ALARM FIRE YESTERDAY,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE SAID THAT INSPECTIONS HAD SHOWN MOVEMENTS IN THE BRICK AND STEEL WORKS.

+AS THERE WAS A RISK OF COLLAPSE, IT WAS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CLOSE THE STRUCTURES, HE SAID.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM TOMORROW WERE POSTED TODAY.