For discussion PWSC(97-98)19
on 9 May 1997

ITEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

HEAD 703 - BUILDINGS
Support - Others
146GK - Disciplined services sports and recreation club at So Kon Po

    Members are invited to recommend to Finance Committee the upgrading of 146GK to Category A at an estimated cost of $297.4 million in money-of-the-day prices for the construction of a disciplined services sports and recreation club at So Kon Po.

PROBLEM

The former Disciplined Services Sports Centre at Kai Tak was closed in 1990 to make way for an expansion of the Kai Tak Airport. We need to reprovision similar facilities at a different site for the seven disciplined services departments1 .

1 The seven disciplined services departments include the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, Fire Services Department, Correctional Services Department, Immigration Department, Customs and Excise Departmen, Government Flying Services and the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

PROPOSAL

2. The Director of Architectural Services (D Arch S), with the support of the Secretary for Security, proposes to upgrade 146GK to Category A at an estimated cost of $297.4 million in money-of-the-day (MOD) prices for the construction of a sports and recreation club for the disciplined services at So Kon Po.

PROJECT SCOPE AND NATURE

3. The scope of 146GK comprises the provision of outdoor facilities as well as a clubhouse building which will house recreational and other facilities. The facilities to be provided in this project include the following -

  1. outdoor facilities - a standard 11-a-side football pitch (100 metres by 70 metres), three roof top tennis courts, a swimming pool, a children’s playing and sitting-out area, a refreshment kiosk and a snack bar, a carpark with approximately 70 parking spaces;

  2. indoor facilities - a heated indoor swimming pool with a children’s paddling pool, an indoor games hall (to accommodate two basketball courts, or two volleyball courts, or six badminton courts), three squash courts, a table tennis room, a fitness room, a dancing room, a billiard room, a bowling centre with 12 lanes, two sauna rooms with steam bath, shower and changing facilities; and

  3. other facilities - a reading room, a library/conference room, a children’s play room, a multi-purpose room, two electronic games rooms, six karaoke rooms, four activity/teaching rooms, two television rooms (each for 30 persons), a Chinese food restaurant (for 500 persons), two bars (for 300 and 100 persons respectively), a sports shop, an administration office and store rooms.

JUSTIFICATION

4. The disciplined services departments were previously provided with a sports centre at Kai Tak Airport. This centre was closed and demolished in 1990 to allow an expansion of the Kai Tak Airport. We have been unable to find a suitable site for elsewhere for reprovisioning of the facility since then. In 1994, the Chinese side and the British side of the Joint Liaison Group reached an agreement on the disposal of military grounds. The agreement stipulated that some military sites, including the So Kon Po military sports ground, would be handed over to the Hong Kong Government for disposal. We decided later toearmark part2 of the So Kon Po site, about 17 400 square metres, for the reprovisioning of the disciplined services sports centre. The So Kon Po site is centrally located and has the land area necessary for developing a sports and recreation club. Some existing facilities such as grass pitches and a floodlight system can also be retained for use in the new sports and recreation club so that the project is more cost-effective.

2 The Urban Council will develop the southern part of the site (about 13 000 square metres).

5. We expect that approximately 190 000 members will be eligible to use the proposed facilities. This number includes all the disciplined and civilian staff (with their family members) of the seven disciplined services departments. With the provision of these recreational and sports facilities, staff of the disciplined services can relax themselves, maintain their physical fitness, or take part in recreational activities with their family members when they are off duty. This would help maintain the morale and alertness of the members of the disciplined services.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

6. We estimate the capital cost of the project to be $297.4 million in MOD prices (see paragraph 7 below), made up as follows -


    $ million


    (a) Site works

    1.8


    (b) Piling

    9.2


    (c) Building

    117.2


    (d) Building services

    69.6


    (e) Drainage and external works

    12.6


    (f) Furniture and Equipment

    9.0


    (g) Consultants’ fees (details given at the Enclosure)

    5.6


    (h) Contingencies

    15.1



    _____


    Sub-total

    240.1

    (at December
    1996 prices)

    (I) Inflation allowance

    57.3



    _____


    Total

    297.4

    (in MOD prices)

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

Year

$ million
(Dec 1996)

Price
adjustment
factor

$ million
(MOD)

1997 - 98

5.7

1.06750

6.1

1998 - 99

106.1

1.16358

123.5

1999 - 2000

95.0

1.26830

120.5

2000 - 01

23.1

1.38244

31.9

2001 - 02

10.2

1.50868

15.4

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_____

240.1


297.4

_____


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8. We have derived the MOD estimates on the basis of the Government’s forecast of trend labour and construction prices for the period 1997 to 2002. We will tender the works under a fixed price lump-sum contract because we can clearly define the scope of works in advance, leaving little room for uncertainty.

9. We estimate the net additional annually recurrent expenditure for the project to be $8.1 million.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

10. We consulted the Wanchai District Board in April 1997. The District Board has no objection to the project.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

11. In August 1996, D Arch S completed a Preliminary Environmental Review (PER) for this project and concluded that the potential for the project to create adverse impacts on the environment would be limited. The Director of Environmental Protection vetted the PER and agreed that an Environmental Impact Assessment would not be necessary. During construction, we will control noise, dust and site run-off nuisance to comply with established standards and guidelines through the implementation of appropriate mitigation measures in the contract.

LAND ACQUISITION

12. The project does not require land acquisition.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

13. We upgraded 146GK to Category B in January 1996. We have completed the site investigation works for the project. We engaged architectural and quantity surveying consultants to carry out outline schematic proposals, detailed design and contract documentation for the project at an estimated cost of $9.95 million and charged this amount to the block allocation Subhead 3009GX "Consultants’ fees for building projects" in February 1996. We plan to start the construction works of the proposed project in September 1997 for completion in August 1999.

Security Branch
April 1997
(DD1103)

Enclosure to PWSC(97-98)19

146GK - Disciplined services sports and recreation club at So Kon Po DETAILS OF CONSULTANTS’ FEES Breakdown of estimates for consultants’ fees

Consultants’ staff costs


Estimated
man
months

Average
MPS
salary
point

Multiplier
factor

Estimated
fee
($ million)

(I) Quantity surveying discipline






(a) Contract administration

Professional
Technical

11
17

40
16

3
3

1.83
0.95





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Sub-total

2.78





____

(II) Architectural discipline






(a) Contract administration

Professional
Technical

4.5
8.0

40
16

3
3

0.75
0.45





____



Sub-total

1.20





____

(III) Service charges for the Electrical and Mechanical Services Trading Fund (EMSTF)






(a) Fees for installation testing and commissioning, as well as maintenance period monitoring





1.60





____



Total

5.58





____



Say

5.60





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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 1.4.96, MPS pt.40 = $55,390 p.m. and MPS pt.16 = $18,595 p.m.)

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

  3. Upon its establishment on 1 August 1996 under the Trading Funds Ordinance, the EMSTF starts charging government departments for design and technical consultancy services for electrical and mechanical installations. The services rendered for its project include installation testing and commissioning as well as maintenance period monitoring. The figures above are based on estimates prepared by the Director of Architectural Services. The actual cost for the service charges is subject to further negotiation between the Government and EMSTF.

(DD1103)

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