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Date:

Time:

Reporter:

25.11.86

2.15 to 5.00

JPM

Polytechnic, and that a design competition was asked for despite the

advice, because it is certainly -

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is the Council ever satisfied that

it is the most cost-effective process of going about it?

DTEIT:

Yes, Sir. For the third Technical

Institute at Chai Wan no competition was held; we watched the two

architects we had chosen and selected one on the best performance,

the best merits and the best design so we didn't have it again.

As

I say, I doubt we will be building any more and we now have sufficient experience, I think.

MR CHEONG:

What was the assessment from the Council

in respect of the performance of Chai Wan as compared with the other

two that were done by competition?

DTEIT:

Well, we used the same architectural

consultants for Chai Wan, we avoided the competition. The Institute

is now almost completed and will be opened next September; I think

the standard there is certainly as good as Sha Tin, which the same

consultant built.

MR CHEONG:

At a higher cost or lower cost?

DTEIT:

I think about the same, but I am really

not briefed to talk about the Chai Wan cost, it has certainly been

acceptable and it has come in under budget.

MR CHEONG:

Was it also a factor that in inviting

competitive design the VTC place a higher priority on the aesthetic appeal of the building designs, and probably insufficient priority

to the cost factor?

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DTEIT:

Sir, this is a slight misquotation from

Paragraph 128 of what in fact happened and in fact, there was no priority given to costs because the estimated cost of each building was given to the architect and he had to work within that, and they all did except one and that obviously was rejected. The design of

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