only tenderer for developing part of the government's Naval Dockyard scheme.
Main structure on the East Point site will be more than 20 storeys high. It will contain residential flats on the upper floors, a department store at basement and ground level, and a 1,800-seat cinema, restaurants and a nightclub on the first floor.
Sketch plans are now being prepared by Mr. Jackson Wong, of Wong Ng Ouyang and Associates.
BIDS FOR RECLAMATION
CONTRACTORS from Malaysia, Britain, United States, France and Japan have submitted tenders for the M$48 million scheme to reclaim a third of a mile of the shore from Bedok to Tanjong Rhu, Singapore, a distance of about six miles. A decision is expected this month from the Minister for National Development, who is now studying the bids.
When tenders were invited early this year, the Government proposed that earth for the reclamation could be obtained from Siglap Plain or by cutting down Bedok Hill. One firm, however, is said to have suggested that the project could be undertaken by dredging.
The government has aquired some 345 acres of land in the Bedok area for development connected with the reclamation, which when completed in 1968 will trans- form the appearance of the entire east coast of the island.
TERMINAL PROGRESS
THE combined cost of the new Ocean Terminal, Kowloon, Hong Kong, and the adjoining 19-storey harbour centre, announced last month, would be about HK$100 million, Mr. H.M.G. Forsgate, general manager of Hong Kong Wharf and Godown Co., told a recent meeting of Kowloon Rotary Club.
He said that the last pile for the terminal was driven at the end of March and the terminal was due to open on March 21, 1966, to coincide with the arrival of the 46,000 ton "Canberra".
Describing a few of the features of the new ter- minal, he said that a drive-in lane would run the full length of the pier through the transit godown so that
Drawing of the main lobby, running the full height of the two-storey shopping centre
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Cross-section of the Ocean Terminal
trucks carrying cargo could deposit it directly by the loading equipment at the ships' side. An air-conditioned shopping area would fill the first and second floors and the two top floors would provide parking for 1,200 cars. Escalators, lifts and stairs would connect all four floors of the terminal.
Consulting engineers for the terminal are S.E. Faber and Partners, and the architects are Spence, Robinson, Prescott and Thornburrow.
MANILA MEMORIAL BUILDING
A NEW 12-storey block soon to be erected at Bonifacio Drive, Manila, will have a touch of classic elegance. Slender reinforced concrete columns, two-storeys high form an arched podium to the building and this design is repeated at roof level in the main structure.
The building, to be known as the General Emilio Aquinaldo Memorial, will cost about P7.8 million. It will house the national headquarters of the Veterans
Main facade of the General Emilio Aquinaldo Memorial Building
Federation of the Philippines and the main offices of the Philippine Veterans Bank.
Records and security vaults will be housed in a base- ment and sub-basement. At ground level will be a cafe- teria and parking facilities. The main floor and spacious lobby of the bank, where a huge mural will be the central motif, will be accessible through a drivein ramp.
Upper floors will be bank offices, library and museum, and government and private offices. The top floor will be a convention hall, accommodating 600 to 700 persons. Three lifts will be installed in the building, which will be completely air conditioned. A closed circuit television and radio service will also be installed. Foundation work starts this month; bids were opened on April 26. Construction will begin in October and will take about two years.
The architects are Felipe M. Mendoza and Leopol- do Coronel. The structural engineer is Col. J. Inocencio, and the mechanical and electrical engineer is Maj. A. Dumlao. Supervision of construction is the responsibility of Federation Engineer. I.J. Sevilla.
PLANS APPROVED NINETY-FIVE plans for new buildings of all types in Hong Kong Kowloon and the New Territories were approved by the Building Authority in March as com- pared with 104 plans approved in February and 101 in March, 1964.
During March, 1955, a total of 86 completed build- ings was certified for occupation. Of these, 26 were tenement buildings, 14 were buildings for non-domestic purposes while 46 were for combined domestic and non- domestic purposes.
The Building Authority also approved a total of 166 buildings to be demolished during the same month.
Far East Architect & Builder May, 1965