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LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES

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The department has completed improvements to 450 schools in recent years, including 62 schools in 2003. Improvement works began at 94 schools during the year, bringing the number of schools undergoing improvements to 235.

Disciplined Services

Sha Tau Kok Fire Station, Lau Fu Shan Fire Station and Ambulance Depot, the Police Dog Unit and Force Search Unit Complex at Sha Ling, and the remaining works under the 'Police Stations Improvement Project' programme were completed during the year.

Construction work was in progress on a variety of projects. These included the Fire Stations and Ambulance Depots in Braemar Hill and Penny's Bay, Mong Kok and Kwai Chung Ambulance Depots and Fire Services Department Regional Command Headquarters, and the Reprovisioning of Civil Aid Service and Fire Services Department Facilities at Site 17 of the West Kowloon Reclamation. Other projects. were the Immigration Service Training School and Perowne Immigration Centre in Tuen Mun, Phase 3 Redevelopment of Police Headquarters at Arsenal Street in Wan Chai, and the New Territories South Regional Police Headquarters and Operational Base in Tsuen Wan.

Preparatory work was under way for the construction of the Marine Police Outer Waters District Headquarters and Marine Police North Division at Ma Liu Shui, Independent Commission Against Corruption Headquarters building in North Point, and reprovisioning of Victoria Prison at the site of the old married quarters at the Correctional Services Department's Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre.

An earlier project completed by the department was the conversion of the Married Officer Quarters of the Correctional Services Department at Stanley into the Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum.

Science and Research

The development of the Science Park at Pak Shek Kok was in progress. The Science Park is delineated into different zones for housing tenants of sizes ranging from small incubator firms to multinational conglomerates within a park-like environment. The buildings are equipped with comprehensive infrastructure facilities, and advanced technological and environmental systems.

Phase 1 of the Science Park comprises 10 buildings. The first three buildings were completed in 2002. During the year, three more buildings were completed, including the Photonic Centre, the Wireless Centre and the Innovation Centre for research and development facilities. Construction of the remaining four buildings was under way.

Medical and Health

During the year, construction was in progress on a number of projects, including the Castle Peak Hospital Redevelopment (Phase 2), the establishment of a Radiotherapy Centre and the redevelopment of the Accident and Emergency Department at Princess Margaret Hospital, the remodelling of Tang Shiu Kin Hospital into an Ambulatory Care Centre, and the redevelopment of Staff Quarters for the establishment of a Rehabilitation Block at Tuen Mun Hospital. Works were also progressing on the remodelling of the Tuen Mun Polyclinic Building for the establishment of an Ophthalmic Centre, the enhancement of infection control