escalators and lifts. The centre will include restau- rants, bars, an English pub, two cinemas, an ice rink, a swimming pool, squash and badminton courts and a medical centre.
Car parking for 3000 vehicles will be provided, with immediate access from the parking areas to the shopping and offices. Pedestrians will not be hampered by these vehicles as the design allows separate roads for vans and lorries delivering to the shops and also pedestrian bridges.
Some 2 million sq. ft. of office space will be built in a number of 20-storey blocks which form the background to the shopping centre. And 600 residential units will be erected for sale and letting; these will be linked by pedestrian underpass to the shopping area. Also included in the scheme are quiet areas for relaxation and a square with foun- tains.
Subject to final planning approval, work will start this year and it is expected the first buildings will be ready for occupation in 1972.
HK$12 million flats scheme
Work has started on the main structure of a HK$12 million private housing project at Broad- cast Drive, Kowloon, which will provide 96 apart- ments in three identical multi-storey blocks.
To be known as Tudor Court, the development is being undertaken by Hongkong Land & Invest-
Tudor Court, Kowloon
ment Agency Co. Ltd. The apartments have been leased to the UK Department of Defence for accommodation of army personnel.
Each of the three H-shaped buildings has eight floors. They occupy one-third of the 46,000 sq. ft. site which adjoins the RTV studios. To avoid vibra- tion, auger piling techniques were used.
Wong, Ng Ouyang & Associates are the archi- tects. The contract for the main structure has been let to Wing Tai Construction Co. Ltd. Intrusion -Prepakt (HK) Ltd. did the piling, and lifts will be supplied by The Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd.
Far East BUILDER, February 1971
Further stage of HK$40 million flyover scheme
The second of five new flyovers to serve the north east area of Kowloon has been opened to traffic. One of three being built over the Kowloon City roundabout, it links Argyle Street and Prince
Last beam being placed on the second Kowloon City flyover
Edward Road fronting Kai Tak airport. The other two flyovers serving Ma Tau Chung Road and Prince Edward Road are expected to be completed during the year.
These three flyovers will be connected with two other flyovers at the junction of Choi Hung Road and Prince Edward Road in San Po Kong, thus providing smoother flow for east-west traffic and segregating it from the north-south traffic that must pass through the existing road network in the vicinity of Kowloon City.
When the HK$40 million scheme, known as the Kowloon North-East Corridor Project, is complet- ed, motor and pedestrian traffic will be kept entire- ly separate.
Sites for museum and gallery
Various locations for a proposed museum and art gallery were considered by the Hong Kong Urban Council last month, and following the meet- ing it was announced the Council would recom- mend to Government a site between the present Kowloon-Canton Railway Terminal and Holt's
Wharf.
If this site were not to be made available, the Council put forward, in order of priority: the temporary open-air car park site east of Murray Road; a portion of the Hong Kong Cricket Club site; and Kowloon Park.
The Council supported the inclusion of separate facilities on the other side of the harbour to the main museum for the provision of educational ser- vices and exhibition space for the population on that side.