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ing is completed, Central will re- served by two lifts. The accom- floor of the Administration Block vert to its old status of a district modation provided will include a there will be various offices and police station, and the Oriental central communications control other accommodation required for Building will be handed over to room, an armoury, headquarters the efficient functioning of such a the Custodian of Enemy Property, and offices of the C.I.D. and Special complicated organisation as the Branch, and offices for the ad- Police Force; the sixth floor will The Administrative Block, which

ministrative staff and the Traffic contain a Senior Officer's flat, a is 290'7" by 45'6", faces south and Branch. Temporary, but spacious large communal ante-room and a has an imposing entrance from a accommodation will be provided dining room. A penthouse lounge courtyard, where adequate car for the Immigration Department, on the seventh floor will complete parking facilties will be available; for whom permanent accommoda- the amenities. access to this courtyard will be tion will be provided in a later

from Arsenal Street. This block will be seven storeys high, not in- cluding the basement, and will be

stage of development.

The Marine Police Station sec- tion of the building runs at right

From the basement to the fifth angles to, and north of, the Ad-

Typical Office Floor Plan (Right)

Accounts Department

1. Files Room

2-5. Accounts Offices

6. Licensing Office

7.

Ladies'

8.

Lavatory

Senior Accountant's Office

Immigration Department

9.

Registry

10. Lift & Staircase Hall

D.I.O.'s Office

A.D.1.0.'s Office

11.

12.

13.

14. Hall

Form Room

15. British Section

16.

17.

Aliens Section

Chinese Section

18. Boarding Room

Marine Police Station

19. R. & F.'s Kitchen

20. Food Preparation Room

21.

R. & F.'s Mess & Recreation

Room

22. N.C.O.'s Mess & Recreation

23.

Room

N.C.O.'s Kitchen

Married Officers' Quarters

24. Living Room

25. Dining Room

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26.

27.

Box Room

28.

29.

Kitchen

Bathroom

30. Servants' Quarters

Sixth Floor Plan (Below)

Administration Block

31. 32.

33.

Senior Officer's Flat

Ante Room

Dining Room

34. Service Rooms

Marine Police Station

35. Single Officers' Quarters 36. Servants' Quarters

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