building will be painted red and the back white, to carry out the flag motif.
A team of Russian architects designed the pavi- lion which will occupy a site of 20,422 sq. metres.
Russian pavilion for Expo '70
The pavilion's 8,430 sq. metres of floor space will be divided into an 800-seat cinema, a 600-seat au- ditorium and a number of other facilities.
Since the 1970 World Exposition coincides with the centennial of Lenin's birth, the Russian exhi- bits and events will be planned to show 100 years of progress of the Soviet Union.
Construction of the US$7 million project will be carried out by Takenaka Komuten. This com- pany is already building eight other pavilions on the 330-hectare fair site.
Hotel will be Taiwan's tallest
Planning approval has been given by the Taiwan Government for the construction of a 71.5 metres high hotel in the central district of Taipei. To be called the Hwa Yang Hotel, the building will be the tallest yet in Taiwan.
The site covers an area of 2,250 sq. metres at Chung Sheng Road near the railway station. Its development will involve an investment of more than NT$300 million. The building owners are Hwa Yang Development Co., an overseas Chinese-owned company.
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The building, with 20 storeys above ground and two below, will house 516 guest rooms, a 1,000- seat restaurant, cafes, shops and night clubs. At roof level will be a rotating turret providing views over Tapei City. The lower basement will include space for 200 cars.
Work on the hotel is scheduled to start early next year and to be finished in two years.
Building plans approved
The Hong Kong Building Authority approved 31 new plans of all types in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories in August. In the same period 36 completed buildings were certified for occupation as compared with 39 in the preceding month. Of the new buildings, three were for domes- tic purposes, 16 for non-domestic purposes and 17 combined domestic and non-domestic use.
Cost of new building work in the colony during August was HK$17,356,990, while a total of HK$922,450 was spent on site formation work. Some 32 buildings of all types were erected, includ- ing five offices and shops, 23 houses and flats, and four buildings of mixed accommodation.
Tenders for Jurong amenity schemes
In an effort to speed up the provision of public amenities, social and recreational facilities for re- sidents and workers in the Jurong Industrial neigh- bourhood, the Jurong Town Council is now inviting developers to submit tenders for laying out Jurong Park and for erecting a modern cinema in the town.
The Jurong Park site covers about 300 acres, of which 150 acres will be reserved for an aviary, Jap- anese and Chinese gardens. The other 150 acres, along the banks of the Jurong River, will be avail- able for development, including restaurants, a drive- in-cinema, children's amusement park, playgrounds and boatels.
The council has stated that the applications will be considered on the basis of attractiveness and suitability of the scheme, size of development and investment, method of operation, management and know-how and viability.
New vaccine institute to be built in HK
A new vaccine institute designed by architects of the Public Works Department is to be built in Hong Kong on a 50,000 sq. ft. site at Pok Fu Lam.
It will comprise four blocks of buildings to accommodate offices, laboratories, and animal houses as well as quarters for the resident staff. The cost will be about HK$1,540,000.
One three-storey block will have accommodation for ten laboratories, three cold rooms, an incubator
Pok Fu Lam vaccine institute
room and offices for the pathologists and tech- nologists, a general office, packing and despatch rooms, staff common rooms and changing rooms, and plant and boiler rooms. The staff quarters will be housed in a two-storey blocks.
The remaining two blocks will be used to accom- modate animals. One, of two-storeys, will be linked to the offices and laboratories block at ground and first floor levels and will house the smaller animals
Far East BUILDER, November 1968.
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