were completed during the year. This contract enables work to be put in hand quickly.
10. During the year approximately $31,650,000 was spent on new work, including $12,475,000 on Resettlement Housing; and a further $5,351,000 was spent on maintenance, alterations and additions to Government buildings, sites, and installations.
Office Buildings
Central Government Offices.
11. The third building contract in this project was concluded in December when the Centre Block and Legislative Council Chamber were completed. The building was officially opened by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, G.C.M.G., who unveiled a commemorative tablet incorporating the foundation plaque of the former Colonial Secretariat Building. This plaque, dated 21st February, 1847, was discovered in the foundations of the old building during excavation for the new one.
12. The Centre Block is joined with the East Wing and together they provide a total of 163,780 square feet of floor space including basements, air conditioning plant rooms, etc. The Centre Block houses a 500 line automatic branch telephone exchange, installed and maintained by the Hong Kong Telephone Co., Ltd., which will serve the whole of the Central Government Offices.
13. The construction of the West Wing entailed the provision of a heavy retaining wall to Lower Albert Road, and a separate contract for this work was let and completed in February.
14. A contract for the West Wing (the final stage of development) was signed in March, and demolition of the old P.W.D. buildings and excavation work was started. The West Wing, which is scheduled for completion at the end of 1958, will include a total of 212,600 square feet of floor area as well as an underground car park for approximately 125 cars.
Sham Shui Po District Branch Offices.
15. This building, described in a previous report and consisting of seven floors with a Post Office on the ground floor, was completed in June.
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were completed during the year. This contract enables work to be put in hand quickly.
10. During the year approximately $31,650,000 was spent on new work, including $12,475,000 on Resettlement Housing; and a further $5,351,000 was spent on maintenance, alterations and additions to Government buildings, sites, and installations.
Office Buildings
Central Government Offices.
11. The third building contract in this project was concluded in December when the Centre Block and Legislative Council Chamber were completed. The building was officially opened by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, G.C.M.G., who unveiled a commemorative tablet incorporating the foundation plaque of the former Colonial Secretariat Build- ing. This plaque, dated 21st February, 1847, was discovered in the foundations of the old building during excavation for the
new one.
12. The Centre Block is joined with the East Wing and together they provide a total of 163,780 square feet of floor space including basements, air conditioning plant rooms, etc. The Centre Block houses a 500 line automatic branch telephone exchange, installed and maintained by the Hong Kong Telephone Co., Ltd., which will serve the whole of the Central Government Offices.
13. The construction of the West Wing entailed the provision of a heavy retaining wall to Lower Albert Road, and a separate contract for this work was let and completed in February.
14. A contract for the West Wing (the final stage of development) was signed in March, and demolition of the old P.W.D. buildings and excavation work was started. The West Wing, which is scheduled for completion at the end of 1958, will include a total of 212,600 square feet of floor area as well as an underground car park for approximately 125 cars.
Sham Shui Po District Branch Offices.
15. This building, described in a previous report and con- sisting of seven floors with a Post Office on the ground floor, was completed in June.
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