Two other new institutes. the MacPherson Vocational Institute of Engineering and the Kallang Vocational Ins- titute of Engineering and Building will be built at $1
million each.
Over $2.1 million will be spent on the new Ministry of Education Administrative Building. The Physical Education Centre will be built at a cost of about $356,000, with another $25,000 for furniture and equipment, while the University of Singapore will receive $400,000 for works and buiklings, and another $100,000 for equipment.
REPORT OF HOUSING BOARD
The Hong Kong Government should investigate the pos- sibility of the early conversion of some of the older reset- tlement blocks into self-contained flats. This is one of the recommendations contained in the Housing Board's re- port for the period April 1, 1966 to March 31, 1967.
The board also recommends that the balance between the present resettlement and Government low cost housing building programmes be adjusted to allow 550,000 indi- vidual units of resettlement accommodation and 440,000 units of Government low cost housing to be constructed between April 1, 1967 and March 31, 1973.
Further recommendations by the board are for a housing census to be undertaken by the Commissioner of Census and Statistics in 1970 and for the Government to continue to support the Hong Kong Building and Loan Agency Ltd. and explore the possibility of promoting joint development ventures with private enterprise.
CANAL ROAD FLYOVER
WORK will start shortly on the construction of a flyover in Canal Road in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong Island to provide motorists with a direct access to the new Water- front Road now being built.
Starting just north of Leighton Road, the flyover will run about 1,100 ft. long in Canal Road.
It will carry dual, 22 ft. wide, two-lane carriageways over Hennessy Road and Lockhart Road and thus eliminate difficult crossings at these intersections. Apart from the main ramps, additional access to and from the flyover will be provided at Lockhart Road,
The structure will be built in prestressed concrete and supported on piled foundations. Construction work is expected to take two years to complete.
The
A flyover will also be constructed shortly at the junction of Chatham Road. Princess Margaret Road and Gascoigne Road, one of the busiest intersections of Kowloon, structure will join Chatham Road South with Princess Margaret Road and, with its associated roadworks, will
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Artist's impression of the 19-storey Hotel Riviera, now under construction at Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City, City, Philippines. It will contain 400 guest rooms, cocktail lounge, coffee shop stores, supper club, dining rooms, swimming pool and sauna bath. Designed by C. D. Arguelles and Associates, the hotel is being built for the Bay View Hotel, Inc. by A. M. Oreta & Co., Inc., with DCCD Engineering Corporation acting as engineer- ing consultants
give motorists a trouble-free run through the intersection which is now causing lengthy delays.
It will be about 1,000 ft. long, including ramps. The 50 ft. wide flyover will be constructed in prestressed concrete and supported on piled foundations. In order to minimise the interference of traffic during the construction. wherever possible structural elements will be precast on the ground and erected during off-peak periods.
Construction work will take about 18 months to com- plete. The consulting engineers for both projects are Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners, Hong Kong and Free- man, Fox and Partners, London, who act for the Director of Public Works, Hong Kong.
Canal Road Flyover
FROM
LEIGHTON ROAD
TO LEIGHTON ROAD-
20
HENNESSY ROAD
To Future Waterfront Rd."
and Reclamation
and Reclamation
"From Future Waterfront Rd
Future Extension
JAFFE ROAD
·LOCKHART ROAD
Far East Architect & Builder January, 1968