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LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES

complexes and two leisure pools. Other projects under construction included the Squash Court Complex at Cornwall Street and the Un Chau Street Complex.

Regional Council projects completed included the Mui Wo Complex; the indoor recreation centre, swimming pool complex and sportsground at Tin Shui Wai; and two air- conditioned indoor recreation centres at Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan. An air-conditioned market complex at Shek Wai Hui was nearing completion, and construction work commenced for a swimming pool complex and sportsground at Tsing Yi.

For the disciplined services, completed projects included a police post at Tap Mun, departmental quarters for Correctional Services staff at Lai Chi Kok and the final phase of Police Tactical Unit premises at Fanling. Projects underway included additional accommodation for the Sai Kung Police Station, a sub-divisional fire station at Tsing Yi, a divisional fire station at Lai King and police staff quarters at Tsing Yi. Other projects under construction were the new Police Headquarters Complex Phase II, the permanent container cargo-examination compound at the Kwai Chung Container Port Area, and quarters for the disciplined services at Fanling, Wong Tai Sin, Tseung Kwan O and Ngau Chi Wan.

In March, the reprovisioning of the HMS Tamar naval facilities was completed at Stonecutters Island, to enable relocation of the base from Central.

Five secondary schools were completed under the School Building Programme, and construction work on one primary school and five secondary schools was started during the year. Four special schools for handicapped children were completed during 1993 (including the Caritas Lok Yi School for severely mentally handicapped children at Lei King Wan), and work started on another three special schools.

The department's Subvented Projects Division has a vetting and advisory role to other departments and private organisations on buildings, repairs, and maintenance work funded by subvention. These include a wide range of schools and social welfare facilities, as well as the seven universities and polytechnics, the Hospital Authority and the Vocational Training Council.

The Property Services Branch provides routine maintenance and minor alteration works to over 7000 buildings used by the government, Urban Council, Regional Council, Hospital Authority, subvented schools and agencies, and the British Forces. The number of major refurbishment and fitting-out projects again increased. These included noise-abatement measures at government and subvented schools, the refurbishment of the City Hall and the renovation of Caine House at Police Headquarters.

The department also gives advice on facilities to be provided to the government by private developers as a condition of land grants. Examples include office accommodation, transport interchanges and neighbourhood social welfare facilities.

Its Building Services Branch provides professional support in the design and supervision of the installation of all building services and electrical and mechanical systems for building projects undertaken by the department.

With the government committed to improving the environment, the branch is taking action to resolve the issue of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and to improve indoor air quality and waste disposal systems.

As the commonly used refrigerants CFC and HCFC (hydrochlorofluorocarbons) are not ozone-friendly, and to follow the spirit of the revised Montreal Protocol, they are not specified as far as possible in all new air-conditioning designs for government-funded and

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