4.53
Satisfactory progress was maintained on the construction of an extension to the Caroline Hill Workshop which will provide additional facilities for vehicle repairs and apprentice training.
Government Offices
4.54
A new seventh floor was completed in July 1974 on the top of the Main Wing of the Central Government Offices. This will provide additional accommodation for the Colonial Secretariat.
4.55
Renovation work to part of 5th floor of the Fire Brigade Building to improve the standard of Commerce & Industry Department's accommodation was completed in August 1974.
Public Housing
4.56
During the year under review seven domestic blocks containing 20,650 individual units were completed at various Estates and six Mark I blocks accommodating 5,075 individual units were converted to self-contained flats at Shek Kip Mei Estates. In addition to those completed or converted, a further 37 domestic blocks which, when completed, will provide 145,200 individual units, were under construction at seven Public Housing Estates. (An individual unit of accommodation means a unit of living space designed for one adult.) In addition to this housing, one estate primary school containing 24 classrooms together with two kindergartens were completed and construction was in hand on 14 similar schools comprising a total of 336 classrooms and 12 kindergartens.
4.57
Two Welfare Buildings, two Modular Markets and one restaurant were also completed, while seven restaurants and six Modular Markets were in the course of construction.
4.58 Work was also in hand on site formation to the balance of Pak Tin Estate to provide sites for the future building of accommodation for some 21,000 people. Planning/preparatory work was in progress on Chai Wan Estate - Area 6, Shun Lee Tsuen Estate, Balance of Pak Tin Estate, the 2nd phase of Tuen Mun (Castle Peak) Area 6 Estate and the Conversion/Redevelopment of Shek Kip Mei Estate, all of which, when completed, will provide a further 103,000 individual units.
Medical and Health Buildings
4.59
By the end of the year the Princess Margaret General Hospital at Lai Chi Kok had been completed while work was nearing completion on the combined Staff Quarters which are to cater for that General Hospital and the Mental Hospital to be built adjacent to it. The site formation work for the Mental Hospital was also in hand.
4.60
Satisfactory progress was maintained on the construction of the second stage of Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Polyclinic.
4.61
Following completion of piling work for the first stage of Kowloon East Polyclinic, tenders for the superstructure contract were invited in February 1975.
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4.53
Satisfactory progress was maintained on the construction of an extension to the Caroline Hill Workshop which will provide additional faci- lities for vehicle repairs and apprentice training.
Government Offices
4.54
A new seventh floor was completed in July 1974 on the top of the Main Wing of the Central Government Offices. This will provide additional accommodation for the Colonial Secretariat.
4.55
Renovation work to part of 5th floor of the Fire Brigade Building to improve the standard of Commerce & Industry Department's accommodation was completed in August 1974.
Public Housing
4.56
During the year under review seven domestic blocks containing 20,650 individual units were completed at various Estates and six Mark I blocks accommodating 5,075 individual units were converted to self-contained flats at Shek Kip Mei Estates. In addition to those completed or converted, a further 37 domestic blocks which, when completed, will provide 145,200 individual units, were under construction at seven Public Housing Estates. (An individual unit of accommodation means a unit of living space designed for one adult.) In addition to this housing, one estate primary school containing 24 classrooms together with two kindergartens were completed and construction was in hand on 14 similar schools comprising a total of 336 classrooms and 12 kindergartens.
4.57
Two Welfare Buildings, two Modular Markets and one restaurant were also completed, while seven restaurants and six Modular Markets were in the course of construction.
4.58 Work was also in hand on site formation to the balance of Pak Tin Estate to provide sites for the future building of accommodation for some 21,000 people. Planning/preparatory work was in progress on Chai Wan Estate - Area 6, Shun Lee Tsuen Estate, Balance of Pak Tin Estate, the 2nd phase of Tuen Mun (Castle Peak) Area 6 Estate and the Conversion/Redevelopment of Shek Kip Mei Estate, all of which, when completed, will provide a further 103,000 individual units.
Medical and Health Buildings
4.59
By the end of the year the Princess Margaret General Hospital at Lai Chi Kok had been completed while work was nearing completion on the com- bined Staff Quarters which are to cater for that General Hospital and the Mental Hospital to be built adjacent to it. The site formation work for the Mental Hospital was also in hand.
4.60
Satisfactory progress was maintained on the construction of the second stage of Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung Polyclinic.
4.61
Following completion of piling work for the first stage of Kowloon East Polyclinic, tenders for the superstructure contract were invited in February 1975.
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