Model of Hong Kong pavilion as seen from main east-west boulevard
be mounted on the roof of the pavilion and which aroused vigorous controversy in the colony, will now number 13 in place of the original 27.
The sails will be fashioned from orange red nylon net, made in Japan. The net will be cut to shape and shipped to Hong Kong where members of the Agricultural and Fisheries Department will affix the spars, booms, tackles and sheets.
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Two murals one to go inside the restaurant of the pavilion and the other to go outside on one of the public platforms have now been chosen following a design competition among students of Hong Kong University. The two winning designs, by Mr. Chan Hung Yue and Mr. Liu Kam Tai, were selected from over 80 entries.
20-storey point blocks at Queenstown
Two 20-storey point blocks are to be erected at Queenstown estate by the Singapore Housing and Development Board at a cost of S$2.5 million. They will have a lift-staircase shared by four units per floor, as against the ten or more units per floor of the estate's slab blocks.
Flats in the point blocks will have three rooms each with more than 700 sq. ft. of floor space, compared with 630 sq. ft. in the present flats. Four- room flats will also be included in the blocks, which will contain a total of 456 units.
The Board is finalising plans for a ten-storey complex at Colombo Court. It will consist of four basement floors, five shopping floors and a roof garden. The complex is part of a S$5 million project in the city centre.
Building plans approved
The Building Authority approved 27 new build- ing plans of all types in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories in September. In the same period 44 completed buildings were certified for occupation as compared with 36 in August. Of the new buildings, five were for domestic purposes, 22 for non-domestic purposes and 17 for combined domestic and non-domestic use.
Fees scale for Singapore/Malaysia architects
Architects in Singapore and Malaysia were work- ing on a joint scale of fees for both territories but the work was expected to be long and arduous,
said the president of the Malaysian Institute of Architects last month. The president, Inche Hisbam Albakri, said that the Board of Architects, which maintained the register of architects in the country, was expected to accept provisionally the existing scale of 71⁄2 per cent of the cost of the project.
The revision of fees is being undertaken at the request of the Board of Architects which, under the Architects Act, is authorised to fix the scales that architects may charge for their services.
"We have been working on this for the past year, but it will take some time before agreement is reached between the two countries as we are aiming at achieving a common set of fees," stated the MIA president.
At present architects could charge whatever fee they considered reasonable but the average worked out at 71⁄2 per cent. They charged a flat 71⁄2 per cent whether they were designing a small house or a skyscraper. Under the new scale of fees there would be different rates for different types of building.
Another Singapore Hilton
A second hotel in Singapore is to be built by Far Eastern Hotels Ltd. for operation by Hilton International. The first, the 450-room Singapore Hilton is already under construction at Orchard Road and is due to open towards the end of 1969.
Mr. Curt R. Strand, president of Hilton Inter- national, said last month that the new 400-room hotel at Bras Basah Road would help meet the growing demand for first class accommodation in Singapore.
Correspondence
Sir,
With reference to the feature on Hotel Malaysia in your September 1968 issue, there is a mistake in the information relayed to you as regards the com- mencement date of the building contract. Construc- tion work was in full swing in July 1965, rather than July 1966.
For the benefit of readers who may be interest- ed in contract periods for projects of this type, the correct information may be of interest.
Yours etc.
Alfred Wong Partnership.
Far East BUILDER, December 1968