TNAG-1724-FCO40-2437-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 6

Supplementary to question No. 3

in Legco on 20.2.88

༧༽རྗ༠ ༥༠ ༢

DR. IP : Sir, assuming that the site can be vacated on

1 September 1988 as mentioned, when will the Argyle Street

Ophthalmic Centre project be completed

and ready for

medical service?

SECRETARY FOR

SECURITY

sir, I do not. have any

information on that side of the story but what I can say

is that the project is at present in category A/B and that

the timing for the removal of the Argyle Street Reception

Centre is consistent with the timing for getting it

it into

category A.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT : Secretary for Health and

Welfare, do you wish to add to that?

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE : Sir, my understanding

is that following the timing

timing indicated by the Secretary

for Security, the target completion date of the Ophthalmic

Centre will be June 1991 which is about six months later

originally scheduled,

than

though every effort will be

made to try and speed this up, but that is the best date

we can give at the moment.