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COMMISSIONING OF PAMELA YOUDE HOSPITAL IN MID-1992

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PAMELA YOUDE HOSPITAL IN CHAI WAN, PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST HOSPITALS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE WORLD, IS ΤΟ BE COMPLETED IN MID-1992, THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR JOSE LEI, SAID THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.

SAID:

SPEAKING AT THE HOSPITAL'S TOPPING OUT CEREMONY, MR LEI "RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, IT WAS RECOGNISED THAT TO BUILD THIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SUCH MAGNITUDE AND COMPLEXITY ON THIS STEEP HILLSIDE WOULD BE A MAJOR CHALLENGE.'

THE $2.5 BILLION ALL-PURPOSE HOSPITAL, SITUATED ON A 10-HECTARE HILLSIDE SITE, HAS NINE SEPARATE MAJOR PROJECTS. IT CONSISTS OF MAIN BLOCK, SPECIAL BLOCK, PATHOLOGY BLOCK, POLYCLINIC, BARRACKS AND COOLING TOWERS, SECONDARY ACCESS ROAD, SEA WATER MAINS AND PUMP-HOUSE, LANDSCAPE DECKS, AND INTERCONNECTING BRIDGES AND TUNNELS.

TWO ADDITIONAL PARTS BEING CONSTRUCTED SEPARATELY ON THE REAR PLATFORMS WERE THE SENIOR STAFF QUARTERS AND, NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL AND STAFF QUARTERS, MR LEI SAID.

HAD

HE ADDED THAT SEVEN FIRMS OF CONSULTANTS, 25 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND A TEAM OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

MR LEI EMPHASISED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SPIRIT OF TEAM WORK. HE SAID THE TEAM WAS NOT CONFINED TO HIS STAFF. BUT ALSO INCLUDED THE CLIENT, THE CONSULTANTS, THE CONTRACTORS AND THE WORKMEN ON SITE.

WITHOUT

MR LEI SAID THE DEPARTMENT STAFF WOULD CONTINUE TO BE REASONABLE AND UNDERSTANDING FOR THE CONTRACTORS, COMPROMISING THE QUALITY OF THE FINAL PRODUCT.

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"FOR OUR CLIENT, 'SERVICES IS NOW MY

DEPARTMENT'S

MOTTO AND WHICH ARE

WE WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ TRY AND MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS CHANGING CONSTANTLY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, TODAY AND INTO THE FUTURE, HE SAID.

THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE MONTHS AGO.

1,750-BED HOSPITAL WAS LAID 21

MR LEI SAID THE TOPPING OUT CEREMONY OF PAMELA YOUDE HOSPITAL MARKED ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE PROCESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOSPITAL.

"THE WORK VISABLE TODAY BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN 27 MONTHS.

"THE NEXT AND FINAL ONE IS THE COMPLETION AND COMMISSIONING WHICH IS EXPECTED IN MID-1992," MR LEI SAID.

/ALSO SPEAKING