ing, including basements, for Government offices and the main sub-structure for the building, consisting of caisson type foundations and the erection of basement walls, was in progress.
2.35. A scheme by a private architect to provide 110 lower grade married quarters at North Point for the Preventive Service was completed.
2.36. Various works at Kai Tak Airport terminal building were also completed. These consisted of improvements to the passenger processing channels and to the customs hall to facilitate movements of passengers on arrival and departure and the handling of baggage and also the provision of additional airline offices on the first floor of the building to meet the increasing demand for office space.
2.37. Work on the restoration of Statue Square Car Park into a garden area, designed and supervised by a private architect, was also completed. The garden area consists of paved promenades at slightly varying levels, small piazzas, several fountains and water sprays directed on low walls, oriental style shelters, shallow ponds and a small foot-bridge together with several areas of planting, shrubs and turfing.
2.38. Several other small projects were completed during the year, including the reprovisioning of the Chemistry Laboratory of the Agriculture & Fisheries Department, a small addition to the Civil Aid Services Kowloon and New Territories Command Post and alterations and additions to the staff married quarters at Government House. Alterations at the new Ocean Terminal were also completed by a private architect to provide a Display Centre and Export Promotion Division for the Trade Development Council.
2.39. Also completed was the new Probation Home at Kwun Tong. The three-storey building contains administrative offices, two hobby rooms, two interview rooms, a library, dining and recreation room and kitchen on the ground floor. The two upper floors contain a laundry, sick bay, staff room, stores, quarters for the Superintendent and Principal Supervisor and ten dormitories each to accommodate six young men. The roof of the building was designed for use as a playground.
2.40. Construction work was in hand to provide approximately 10,000 square feet of Government office accommodation on the upper deck level of both arms of the public pier on the Victoria central reclamation area while site formation was completed at Smuggler's Ridge, north of Kowloon, to provide an access road and flat areas
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ing, including basements, for Government offices and the main sub- structure for the building, consisting of caisson type foundations and the erection of basement walls, was in progress.
2.35. A scheme by a private architect to provide 110 lower grade married quarters at North Point for the Preventive Service was completed.
2.36. Various works at Kai Tak Airport terminal building were also completed. These consisted of improvements to the passenger processing channels and to the customs hall to facilitate movements of passengers on arrival and departure and the handling of baggage and also the provision of additional airline offices on the first floor of the building to meet the increasing demand for office space.
2.37. Work on the restoration of Statue Square Car Park into a garden area, designed and supervised by a private architect, was also completed. The garden area consists of paved promenades at slightly varying levels, small piazzas, several fountains and water sprays directed on low walls, oriental style shelters, shallow ponds and a small foot- bridge together with several areas of planting, shrubs and turfing.
2.38. Several other small projects were completed during the year, including the reprovisioning of the Chemistry Laboratory of the Agricul- ture & Fisheries Department, a small addition to the Civil Aid Services Kowloon and New Territories Command Post and alterations and addi- tions to the staff married quarters at Government House. Alterations at the new Ocean Terminal were also completed by a private architect to provide a Display Centre and Export Promotion Division for the Trade Development Council.
2.39. Also completed was the new Probation Home at Kwun Tong. The three-storey building contains administrative offices, two hobby rooms, two interview rooms, a library, dining and recreation room and kitchen on the ground floor. The two upper floors contain a laundry, sick bay, staff room, stores, quarters for the Superintendent and Principal Supervisor and ten dormitories each to accommodate six young men. The roof of the building was designed for use as a playground.
2.40. Construction work was in hand to provide approximately 10,000 square feet of Government office accommodation on the upper deck level of both arms of the public pier on the Victoria central reclamation area while site formation was completed at Smuggler's Ridge, north of Kowloon, to provide an access road and flat areas
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