PWSC(97-98) 68
For discussion
on 12 November 1997

ITEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS
SUBCOMMITTEE OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

HEAD 703 - BUILDINGS
Education - Primary
229EP - Extension to the Hong Kong Chinese Women's Club Hioe Tjo Yoeng Primary School, Shaukeiwan

Members are invited to recommend to Finance Committee the upgrading of 229EP to Category A at an estimated cost of $72.0 million in money-of-the-day prices for the extension of the Hong Kong Chinese Women's Club Hioe Tjo Yoeng Primary School, Shaukeiwan.

PROBLEM

The Hong Kong Chinese Women's Club (HKCWC) Hioe Tjo Yoeng Primary School, Shaukeiwan does not have sufficient facilities in its existing school premises to operate as a standard 30-classroom whole-day primary school.

PROPOSAL

2.The Director of Architectural Services (D Arch S), with the support of the Secretary for Education and Manpower, proposes to upgrade 229EP to Category A at an estimated cost of $72.0 million in money-of-the-day (MOD) prices.

PROJECT SCOPE AND NATURE

3.The scope of the project comprises the construction of an extension block, formation of the associated open area which will accommodate an open basketball court and minor road works on the adjacent public road. The extension block will have the following facilities -

1. 18 classrooms;
2. two special rooms (multi-media and language);
3. two remedial teaching rooms;
4. two interview rooms;
5. a staff room and a staff common room;
6. a student activity centre;
7. a library;
8. an assembly hall;
9. a covered playground; and
10. ancillary facilities.

JUSTIFICATION

4.We propose to carry out the extension project for the following reasons -

1. the HKCWC Hioe Tjo Yoeng Primary School was built in 1965. It only has 12 classrooms, three special rooms, two staff rooms and a small covered playground. It does not have some essential facilities such as an assembly hall, a proper covered playground, a library, etc. provided in schools of the prevailing standard design;

2. the Director of Education (D of E) forecasts that there will be a shortfall of 85 whole-day primary classes in school zone 106 (Shaukeiwan and Sai Wan Ho) by 1999; and

3. it is the Government's policy to implement whole-day primary schooling as soon as possible. Apart from building more new primary schools, we will convert existing bi-sessional/uni-sessional schools to whole-day operation, wherever feasible.

The extension project will enable the school to have 18 additional classrooms and essential facilities, improving the school environment up to the prevailing standard, reducing shortfall of primary places in the school zone and enabling the school to convert to whole-day operation.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

5.We estimate the capital cost of this project to be $72.0 million in MOD prices (see paragraph 6 below), made up as follows -

	$ million
(a) Site formation	6.7
(b) Road works	2.8
(c) Spread footing	6.8
(d) Building	19.0
(e) Building services	5.9
(f) Drainage and external works	6.5
(g) Furniture and equipment	2.4
(h) Consultants' fees	4.0
(i) Contingencies	4.9
Sub-total	59.0	(at December prices 1996)
(j) Inflation allowance	13.0
Total	72.0	(in MOD prices)

A breakdown by man months of the estimate for consultants' fees is at Enclosure 1. Details of the project estimates are at Enclosure 2.

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

Year	$ million (Dec 96)	Price adjustment factor	$ million (MOD)
1998 - 99	34.2	1.16358	39.8
1999 - 2000	18.9	1.26830	24.0
2000 - 01	5.9	1.38244	8.2
	59.0		72.0

7.We have derived the MOD estimates on the basis of the Government's forecast of trend labour and construction prices for the period 1998 to 2001. 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.

8.We estimate the additional annually recurrent expenditure for this school to be $3.7 million.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

9.We consulted the Community Building Committee of the Eastern Provisional District Board on the proposed extension in August 1997. The Committee supported the project.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

10.The consultants engaged by D Arch S completed a Preliminary Environmental Review (PER) and the Director of Environmental Protection vetted the PER in February 1996. The PER concluded that the proposed school extension would not be subject to any long-term environmental impacts.

11.We will control noise, dust and site run-off nuisances during construction to comply with the established standards and guidelines through the implementation of appropriate mitigation measures in the relevant contracts.

LAND ACQUISITION

12.The project does not require land acquisition.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

13.We upgraded 229EP to Category B in July 1996. We engaged consultants to carry out pre-contract preparatory work, including site investigations, at an estimated cost of $4.05 million and charged this amount to the block allocation Subhead 3100GX "Project feasibility studies, minor investigations and consultants' fees for items in Category D of the Public Works Programme" in March 1997.

14.We have completed site investigations for the project. We plan to start the extension work in March 1998 for completion in August 1999.

Education and Manpower Bureau
November 1997

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Enclosure 1 to PWSC(97-98)68

229EP - Extension to the Hong Kong Chinese Women's Club Hioe Tjo Yoeng Primary School, Shaukeiwan

DETAILS OF CONSULTANTs' FEES

Breakdown of estimates for consultants' fees

MPS = Master Pay Scale

Notes

1.The multiplier factor of 3 is applied to the average MPS point to arrive at the full staff costs including the consultants' 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.). A multiplier factor of 2.1 is applied in the case of site staff supplied by the consultant.

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 consultants through the usual competitive bidding system.

(HH583)

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Enclosure 2 to PWSC(97-98)68

229EP - Extension to the Hong Kong Chinese Women's Club Hioe Tjo Yoeng Primary School, Shaukeiwan

Details of the project estimates are as follows -

	$ million (at Dec 1996 prices)
(a) Site formation	6.7	(see note A)
(b) Road works	2.8	(see note B)
(c) Spread footing	6.8	(see note C)
(d) Building	19.0	(see note D)
(e) Building services	5.9	(see note E)
(f) Drainage and external works	6.5	(see note F)
(g) Furniture and equipment	2.4	(see note G)
(h) Consultants' fees	4.0	(see note H)
(i) Contingencies	4.9
Total	58.1

Notes

A.$6.7 million is for site formation and geotechnical works to stabilise the slope with soil nails as part of the southern side of the site is abutted by a rock slope.

B.$2.8 million is for minor road works as the site will encroach upon a public road.

C.$6.8 million is for spread footing instead of piling work as the ground investigation shows that rock is very close to the surface.

D.Provision for site safety measures at 2% of the estimated contract sum (excluding contingencies) has been included in the building cost.

E.$5.9 million is for the necessary building services work.

F.$6.5 million is for the necessary drainage and external works.

G.$2.4 million is for the cost of furniture and equipment for the extension block.

H.Design of the extension block cannot be absorbed by D Arch s' in-house staff resources. $4.0 million is required to engage consultants to carry out contract administration.