For discussion PWSC(96-97)89
on 8 January 1997

ITEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE
OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

HEAD 703 - BUILDING
Education - Tertiary/other
59ET - Special school for moderately mentally handicapped children at area 13, Tseung Kwan O

Members are invited to recommend to Finance Committee the upgrading of 59ET to Category A at an estimated cost of $39.5 million in money-of-the-day prices for reprovisioning the Hong Kong and Kowloon Joint Kaifong School from Sau Mau Ping Estate to area 13, Tseung Kwan O.

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PROBLEM
PROPOSAL
PROJECT SCOPE AND NATURE
JUSTIFICATION
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
PUBLIC CONSULTATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
LAND ACQUISITION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
59ET - Special school for moderately handicapped children at area 13, Tseung Kwan O

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PROBLEM

The existing Hong Kong and Kowloon Joint Kaifong School (HK&KJKS) at Block 41, Sau Mau Ping Estate, Kowloon is due for demolition in March 2001 as it will be affected by the Housing Authority's Comprehensive Redevelopment Programme.

PROPOSAL

2. The Director of Architectural Services (D Arch S), with the
support of the Secretary for Education and Manpower, proposes to upgrade 59ET to Category A at an estimated cost of $39.5 million in money-of-the-day (MOD) prices for reprovisioning the HK&KJKS from Sau Mau Ping Estate to area 13, Tseung Kwan O.

PROJECT SCOPE AND NATURE

3. The scope of the project comprises the construction of a new special school with 100 school places for moderately mentally handicapped children. The new school will consist of -

1. ten classrooms;
2. 12 special rooms;
3. an assembly hall;
4. a student activity centre; and
5. ancillary facilities.

JUSTIFICATION

4. The HK&KJKS in Sau Mau Ping Estate which currently provides 100 school places for moderately mentally handicapped children has to be demolished by March 2001 as it will be affected by the Housing Authority’s Comprehensive Redevelopment Programme in the area. We therefore need to reprovision the school in order to maintain adequate provision of school places for moderately mentally handicapped students.

5. The provision of special school places for moderately mentally handicapped students is planned on a territory-wide basis. In deciding the location for reprovisioning an existing special school, the Director of Education (D of E) takes into account the demand for such school places in different regions. The aim is to achieve a more even distribution of school places among different regions as far as possible. D of E forecasts that by 1998, there will be a demand of 96 school places for moderately mentally handicapped students in South East New Territories which includes Sai Kung and Tseung Kwan O. At present, there is no such special school in this area and students there are provided with school places mainly in Kwun Tong. We therefore propose to reprovision the HK&KJKS from Sau Mau Ping Estate to area 13, Tseung Kwan O.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

6. We estimate the capital cost of the project to be $39.5 million in MOD prices (see paragraph 7 below), made up as follows -

7. Subject to approval, we will phase the expenditure as follows -

8. We have derived the MOD estimate on the basis of the Government’s forecast of trend labour and construction prices for the period 1997 to 2000. We will tender the project under a fixed-price lump-sum contract because we can define the scope of works in advance, leaving little room for uncertainty.

9. Since this project is a reprovisioning of an existing ten-classroom special school, it will not incur additional annually recurrent expenditure.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

10. We consulted the Sai Kung District Board in February 1996 and the Board supported the project.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

11. The Director of Environmental Protection conducted an Environmental Review on 59ET in October 1994 and concluded that the proposed school would not be subject to adverse traffic noise impact.

12. For short term construction impacts during construction, D Arch S will control noise, dust and site run-off nuisances to comply with established standards and guidelines through the implementation of mitigation measures in relevant contracts.

LAND ACQUISITION

13. The project does not require land acquisition.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

14. We included 59ET in Category B in March 1995.

15. We have completed site investigation and detailed design, and are finalizing working drawings for the project. We plan to start the construction works in June 1997 for completion in July 1998.

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Enclosure to PWSC(96-97)89

59ET - Special school for moderately handicapped children at area 13, Tseung Kwan O

Breakdown of the estimates for consultant’s fees

Notes

1. A multiplier factor of 3 is applied to the average MPS point to arrive at the full staff costs including the consultant’s overheads and profit, as the staff will be employed in the consultant’s offices. (At 1.4.1995, MPS pt. 40 = $51,440 p.m. and MPS pt. 16 = $17,270 p.m.).

2. Out-of-pocket expenses are the actual costs incurred. The consultant is not entitled to any additional payment for overheads or profit in respect of these items.

3. The figures given above are based on estimates prepared by the Director of Architectural Services. We will only know the actual man-months and fees when we have selected the consultant through the usual competitive lump sum fee bid system.

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