POST OFFICE (Contd.)
"The whole of the ground floor will be taken up by Post Office Departments. On the first floor the Registrar General's quarters are to be placed, as well as those of the Assessor. The Treasury will also be on this floor. The Sanitary Board will find new chambers on the third floor, as also will the Auditor and Inspector of Schools. Quarters for the residential clerk will be set aside on the third floor.
"The arrangements for the occupancy for the top floor are not yet complete, but it is probable it will be let for public offices. The entrance for these upper storeys will be at the corner of Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road. At this entrance a lift and a wide staircase is to be placed.
"The mails will be unloaded in a lane at the back. There will thus be no interference with traffic.
"The plans for the inside of the buildings are nearly all ready, being in the hands of Messrs. Denison, Ram, and Gibbs, the architects.
"The elevation plans show that the new Post Office is to be a magnificent structure worthy of Hong Kong and one that will greatly add to the attractiveness of the city.
"Everybody naturally wishes to know when the building will be ready for opening. It is expected that this will be within four years.
The contract for the foundation is about one year, and about one year for the superstructure, so that the whole should be ready in about three and a half or four years time."
There were various unforeseen delays, however, and the new premises were not occupied until the middle of 1911.
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POST OFFICE (Contd.)
"The whole of the ground floor will be taken up by Post Office Departments. On the first floor the Registrar General's quarters are to be placed, as well as those of the Assessor. The Treasury will also be on this floor. The Sanitary Board will find new chambers on the third floor, as also will the Auditor and Inspector of Schools. Quarters for the residential clerk will be set aside on the third floor.
"The arrangements for the occupancy for the top floor are not yet complete, but it is probable it will be let for public offices. The entrance for these upper storeys will be at the corner of Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road. At this entrance a lift and a wide staircase is to be placed.
"The mails will be unloaded in a lane at the back. There will thus be no interference with traffic.
"The plans for the inside of the buildings are nearly all ready, being in the hands of Messrs. Denison, Ram, and Gibbs, the architects.
"The elevation plans show that the new Post Office is to be a magnificent structure worthy of Hong Kong and one that will greatly add to the attractiveness of the city.
"Everybody naturally wishes to know when the building will be ready for opening. It is expected that this will be within four years.
The contract for the foundation is about one year, and about one year for the superstructure, so that the whole should be ready in about three and a half or four years time."
There were various unforeseen delays, however, and the new premises were not occupied until the middle of 1911.
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