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Proposed Fitzpatrick's Building, Kuala Lumpur.
been let to Tan Pow of Kuala Lumpur, and the piling and general contracts will be let shortly.
Estimated cost of the complex, including pos- session of the site, is M$10.5 million. It will pro- vide some 14,500 sq.ft. of trading area, 110,000 sq.ft. of office space and car parking for 450 vehicles.
Seow, Lee and Heah are the architects for the project. Eugene Chan & Associates are the struc- tural engineers, and Pappacon Engineers, the mechanical and electrical engineers.
Site investigations for N.T. development
Site investigations will soon be carried out in Tsuen Wan-Kwai Chung new town and the north- ern part of Kowloon to prepare for staged develop- ment schemes. They aim at ensuring a continuing supply of land for residential and industrial use.
In Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung, some 34 acres of formed land will be available for disposal over the next three years, most in areas already planned for industrial development. The main localities still to be developed in the new town are to the north of Castle Peak Road. It is proposed to investigate them so that engineering, planning, lands and other problems can be considered and a scheme for staged development prepared. The investigation will also take into account the need to provide filling for the completion of reclamation works.
Feasibility studies will also be carried out in three areas in North Kowloon for planning of fur- ther site development schemes. The areas thought
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to be suitable for development are: 96 acres of land in Tat Chee Avenue to the west of the Kow- loon Canton Railway and to the north of Yau Yat Tsuen; a strip of land of about 27 acres in La Salle Road lying to the east of the Hilsea Barracks at the northern end of the road; and four acres of land in Lung Cheung Road between the eastern and west- ern sections of Beacon Hill Road.
Chung Hing Mansion investigation
A five-man committee of inquiry has been ap- pointed by the Hong Kong Governor to investigate the circumstances surrounding the impending closure of Chong Hing Mansion. The building, at 347 and 349 Des Voeux Road West, is the subject of a closure order because it is structurally dan-
gerous.
The committee has been asked specifically to report as soon as possible to the Governor on: 'Whether the conduct of any public officers, in re- lation to the occupation of Chong Hing Mansion without an occupation permit would, having regard to the circumstances which applied at the time of such occupation, justify on moral grounds the of fer of further official help (in addition to the offer of resettlement already made) to those directly af- fected by the closure'.
The chairman of the committee of inquiry is Judge P.F.X. Leonard, a district judge of Victoria District Court. Other appointed members are Mr. Lam Chik-ho, a building contractor; Mr. Jon A. Prescott, president of the Hong Kong Society of
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