Index to Advertisers:
Aluminium Malaysia (Pte) Ltd. American Engineering Corp.
Blue Circle Group (Cement)
Blue Circle Group (Snowcem)
Construction Material Marketing Co.
2
.HKVII
S/MII
S/MXI
3
4
IFC
4
Chrysler Airtemp Corporation
34
5
Builder
Editor: A. G. Barnett
Contents
News review
1940
50-storey tower on world's most valuable property
Underground report ready
New Federal Hotel at Ipoh
Bangkok international shopping centre
5
Precast flatted factories
Critall Hope Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
INSERT 4/S/MXII
7
World news
Duro Industries Ltd.
·
HKVI/40
Design and construction
Engineering Equipment Co. Ltd.
HKVI
10
Evode (Export) Ltd.
·
HKIV/S/MVI
19
Hotel complex for choice Kowloon site Multi-floor parking for 900 cars
Formica International Ltd.
9
Gilman & Co. Ltd.
.HKI/S/MX
The Guthrie Waugh Organisation Engineering Group
23
12
24
(Building Materials)
.S/MIX
I.A.C. (S) Pte. Ltd. (Carrier Heavy/Applied
265
Equipment)
S/MIII
I.A.C. (S) Pte. Ltd. (Day & Night)
S/MVII
35
I.C.I. (M) Sdn. Bhd.
36
39
New techniques
Architectural acoustics, part II
Concrete is getting stronger and stronger
Civil engineering
Cross-harbour tunnel road connections on HK Island
New products
Materials and equipment
Contractors plant
Innis & Riddle (China) Ltd. (Rawlplug)
42
New projects
International Engineering Ltd.
48
William Jacks & Co. (H.K.) Ltd.
HKIII
**
43
Plans approved
45
William Jacks & Co. (M) Sdn. Bhd.
.S/MIV
(Henderson)
William Jacks & Co. (M) Sdn. Bhd.
James Warren & Co., Ltd.
.HKV/S/MVIII
S/MI
Jardine Engineering Corp. Ltd.
Kubota Ltd.
Marley Tile Co. Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric Co.
Otis Elevator Co.
Philips Hong Kong Ltd.
N.V. Philips
Rheem Hume Ltd.
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Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kikai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
6
33
IBC
Contracts awarded
Cover: Mr. Ian Campbell, DA (Edin), ARIBA, MASA, lecturer in architecture at the University of Hong Kong and a former partner in N.J. Pappas & Associates, con- tinues his three-part series on Architec- tural Acoustics in this issue, with simple graphs and figures to check design require- ments. He outlines some of the basic techniques and methods by which poten- tial noise sources can be identified and explains acoustics terminology. Cover de- sign is by Edmund Lo, first-year student in architecture at HKU.
BC
INSERT 2-3
Publisher and General Manager: R.V. Pandit
Published by Far East Trade Press Limited
HKVIII
17
23
Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. (Sekisui Plastics)
Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
HKII
. 38
Sime Darby S. Ltd.
·
Singapore Oxygen Pte. Ltd.
Smith Wallis & Co., Ltd.
Stanley Export
Tai Ping Carpet
Taksiu Trading Corp. Ltd. Wealco Ltd.
18
S/MV
47
S/MXII
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