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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1991

MR WONG ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT APART FROM THE SIX SPECIAL STAMP ISSUES, A NEW SET OF DEFINITIVE STAMPS COMPRISING 16 DENOMINATIONS WILL BE ISSUED ON JUNE 16 TO REPLACE THE CURRENT DEFINITIVE STAMPS ISSUED SINCE 1987.

FURTHER DETAILS OF EACH STAMP ISSUE WILL BE ANNOUNCED CLOSER TO THE DATE OF RELEASE.

CONTRACT FOR QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL EXTENSION WORKS AWARDED

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A $296

MILLION CONTRACT

IMPROVEMENT WORKS FOR QUEEN MARY (THURSDAY).

FOR THE STAGE III EXTENSION AND HOSPITAL WILL BE SIGNED TOMORROW

THE CONTRACT WILL BE SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR PAUL CORSER AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DICKSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED, WHICH HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT.

THE WORKS UNDER THE CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE ALTERATIONS AND RENOVATIONS TO THE EXISTING BLOCK B OF THE HOSPITAL WHICH IS MADE UP OF THREE LINKED BUILDINGS A MAIN H-SHAPED BUILDING COMPRISING FIVE THE REAR AND A

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WINGS, A SEVEN-STOREY OPERATING THEATRE BUILDING AT THREE-STOREY RADIOLOGY BUILDING AT THE FRONT.

OF THE

THE CONVERSION INVOLVES THE DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT MAJORITY OF INTERNAL PARTITIONS, SANITARY FITTINGS AND BUILDING SERVICES TO BRING THE BUILDING UP TO MODERN STANDARDS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE ADDITIONS OF NEW OPERATING THEATRE FLOORS AND A NEW FLOOR AT THE RADIOLOGY BLOCK.

THE PROJECT ALSO PROVIDES FOR ENHANCEMENT OF MEDICAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF AN ADDITIONAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER, A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MACHINE AND THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEDICAL FACILITIES SUCH AS A NEUROSURGERY UNIT AND IMPROVED OPERATING THEATRES.

WORKS UNDER THE CONTRACT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN FOUR STAGES, AND WILL TAKE 29 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

MEDIA

REPRESENTATIVES

ARE

INVITED

то

COVER

THE

CONTRACT-SIGNING CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD IN ROOM 3524, QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HIGH BLOCK AT 11.30 AM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

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