Mr Chris GABRIEL studied at the Oxford School of Architecture and worked on housing projects in London before coming to Hong Kong in 1980.

Since joining the Housing Department he has been involved with public housing estate design and construction projects in the New Territories and in Hong Kong Island. He later developed an interest in housing for the elderly when working in the Design and Standards Section, on client briefs, standard designs and specifications for general use in public housing estates.

He carried out a study of projects for the elderly in UK in 1994 and has since been involved in developing new designs of for use in Housing Authority projects.

He has been involved in recent years with the design and building contract management of projects in the North West New Territories and Hong Kong Island and assumed the role of Project Manager for these districts in 1997.

He re-joined the Design and Standards Section in 1998 with responsibilities for preparing the Clients Requirements, Standard Designs and Specifications and for the various Design Guides that are used by project teams when preparing their estate designs.

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