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unresolved in the PSPs was the VIP waiting area, (some design
work still remained to be done on this).
3.
Mr Whittle confirmed that the Mr Day's consultative
committee were content with the revised design. Mr Pugh
(British Council) confirmed that the British Council were
happy with the reworking of their space.
EXTRA CAR PARKING SPACES
4. Mr Hum asked OED representatives to review the arguments
concerning the request (from the Hong Kong Coordinating
Committee) for 30 extra parking places. Mr Newey (OED)
explained that further excavation would be needed to provide
these places (stacking machines were already being used to
provide the present 70 places). A rough estimate suggested
that this would cost in excess of £500,000
-
possibly
considerably more.
provision of parking spaces in Hong Kong was about one parking
space to every five employees. The parking already envisaged
was a good deal more generous than this. Most people working
in Hong Kong expected to use public transport and the new
building would be very well served by Admiralty MTR station
and the buses and trams on Hennesy Road. Mr Morris (HKD)
reported the view of the consultative committee that extra
parking would enable junior staff to live further away in
cheaper accommodation thus offering a potential saving.
Consultants had advised that the norm for
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