visor and his staff on those offices and non-departmental quarters for whose cleaning and general management the Maintenance Division is responsible. In addition, inspections and reports were made on properties which Government considered acquiring on lease.
NEW WORKS
2.25. The paragraphs which follow refer briefly to some of the new buildings for which the Architectural Office is responsible and which were either completed, or were in course of construction during the year. A full list of such buildings costing more than $50,000 each is given at Appendices H and I. At Appendix J appear the names of private architects and private quantity surveyors who were engaged on certain of the projects. Excluded from this report are the large number of projects for which sketch plans, working drawings, structural drawings, electrical and air-conditioning drawings and bills of quantities were in course of preparation.
Educational Buildings
2.26. A five-storey extension to the Hong Kong Technical College was completed, providing 20 additional classrooms, a model room, 9 larger rooms of 1,000 sq. ft. each for geography, typing, draughting and art, 5 laboratories, stores, staff rooms and students' common rooms. Also completed at the opposite end of the Technical College was a five-storey Wool Section for which a private architect was engaged and which will provide facilities for training in the processing of wool dyeing, spinning, weaving, knitting and garment making. The cost of the Wool Section is being met by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and the International Wool Secretariat.
2.27. A 30-classroom primary school at Au Tau in the New Territories was completed. A 3-classroom primary school forming part of the Tong Fuk Short-term Prison project on Lantau Island and a similar 3-classroom primary school as part of the Plover Cove Village Re-housing Scheme at Tai Po in the New Territories were completed. An extension to the Peak Primary School was also completed, providing 5 additional classrooms together with toilets and staff common room.
2.28. Piling work was in hand for an 18-classroom secondary school at Yuen Long in the New Territories. The cost of the school is being met jointly by Government and the Heung Yee Kuk who have donated a sum of $600,000 towards the cost of the superstructure.
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visor and his staff on those offices and non-departmental quarters for whose cleaning and general management the Maintenance Division is responsible. In addition, inspections and reports were made on prop- erties which Government considered acquiring on lease.
NEW WORKS
2.25. The paragraphs which follow refer briefly to some of the new buildings for which the Architectural Office is responsible and which were either completed, or were in course of construction during the year. A full list of such buildings costing more than $50,000 each is given at Appendices H and I. At Appendix J appear the names of private architects and private quantity surveyors who were engaged on certain of the projects. Excluded from this report are the large number of projects for which sketch plans, working drawings, structural drawings, electrical and air-conditioning drawings and bills of quantities were in course of preparation.
Educational Buildings
2.26. A five-storey extension to the Hong Kong Technical College was completed, providing 20 additional classrooms, a model room, 9 larger rooms of 1,000 sq. ft. each for geography, typing, draughting and art, 5 laboratories, stores, staff rooms and students' common rooms. Also completed at the opposite end of the Technical College was a five- storey Wool Section for which a private architect was engaged and which will provide facilities for training in the processing of wool dyeing, spinning, weaving, knitting and garment making. The cost of the Wool Section is being met by the Federation of Hong Kong Indus- tries and the International Wool Secretariat.
2.27. A 30-classroom primary school at Au Tau in the New Terri- tories was completed. A 3-classroom primary school forming part of the Tong Fuk Short-term Prison project on Lantau Island and a similar 3-classroom primary school as part of the Plover Cove Village Re- housing Scheme at Tai Po in the New Territories were completed. An extension to the Peak Primary School was also completed, providing 5 additional classrooms together with toilets and staff common room.
2.28. Piling work was in hand for an 18-classroom secondary school at Yuen Long in the New Territories. The cost of the school is being met jointly by Government and the Heung Yee Kuk who have donated a sum of $600,000 towards the cost of the superstructure.
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