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RECORD OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE (WORKING GROUP) MEETING
HELD ON 9 JUNE 1992
1. The meeting was chaired by Mr Hum who after a brief
introduction asked Mr Bertram (OED) to describe the various
design schemes submitted for the Consulate General.
2. Mr Bertram said that in conjunction with Swire
Properties OED had examined all the schemes and had come
down in favour of the one produced by Terry Farrell. The
designs were not meant to be final and a lot of the details
still had to be sorted out. However OED felt that the
Farrell design met most closely our requirements and was
architecturally the more attractive. The proposed building
followed the boundary of the property which meant that
because of the steep inclination of the site less excavation
was needed, there was good access to the offices and garden
and the flats were in the right place. Also the Consulate
Offices and those of the British Council were housed in
separate buildings. Mr Bertram said that any drawbacks in the scheme could be rectified in project development. As for the relative costs of the designs the Farrell Scheme
fell somewhere in the middle. However Swire Properties felt
money. No work had been done
that it offered good value for
on the running costs of each scheme but OED felt that there was probably not much between them.
3.
There then followed a general discussion on various
aspects of the internal layout of the Farrell Scheme. OED representatives explained that although there was only one
vehicle entrance to the Consulate, the British Council,
Consular/Visa and commercial sections as well as other BCG
staff each had their own access. The Joint Directorate
representative said that he was happy with the arrangements
for receiving commercial visitors and Consular and MVD representatives expressed satisfaction with the
arrangements. OED added that although there was still
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