should be submitted for planning approval by engineers and not by architects as is now the practice.
The president of the Malaysian Institute of Architects, Inche Hisham Albakri, has deplored the comments made in the press as 'unbecoming and unnecessary' and called for discussions through the two bodies' joint professional committee and the joint professional consultative committee.
Replying to this comment an ACE spokesman said: 'The matters under debate are of public in- terest and not of technical or professional concern. If these matters are not discussed in public, the public may be misled into thinking that we have something to hide."
HK to have largest hangar in S.E. Asia
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. have placed contracts for the construction at Kai Tak airport of the largest hangar in S.E. Asia. It will have unobstructed internal dimensions of 400 x 200 x 48 ft. and hangar workshops and annexes will add a further 50,000 sq. ft.
Design and construction of the hangar will be carried by the UK firm, Redpath-Dorman Long Ltd. and erection will be handled by Gammon (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Internal fittings in the hangar will include a full width travelling crane capable of lifting 10 tons with a traverse of 80 ft., 18 electrically raised and lowered power source consoles suspended from the roof to supply air and electrical services, and rail mounted tail docks. The building will house present subsonic jets and the concorde supersonic trans- port. It will also permit the full servicing of Boeing 747 jets, other than complete entry of the fin.
Timber buildings form NZ pavilion
A group of five timber structure buildings, each 50 ft. by 50 ft., will make up the New Zealand pavilion for Expo '70 at Osaka, Japan. The build- ings will be spaced out over the 31,500 sq. ft. rectangular site at slightly different levels, giving the impression of varied height and space.
The identical roofs of the five blocks will be supported by exposed timber beams of laminated radiata pine. Each will be pyramid-shaped with a small steeple-like cap and will be pitched at about 20 degrees.
The pavilion will comprise an administration block, two display halls, a cinema and a restaurant with a total floor area of about 25,000 sq. ft. Main entrance hall and display counters will be on the ground floor of the two-storey administration block at the south-east corner of the site; it will be joined by low-roofed linkways to the display halls.
Emphasis will be given to the structural elements of radiata pine by staining them a reddish-brown colour typical of many modern New Zealand homes. These elements include the exposed vertical columns and tension members and some boarding on the
New Zealand pavilion
diagonal to contrast with other non-structural wall surfaces of white, horizontal cladding.
Architect for the pavilion is Mr. J.L.Newnham.
Three HK underground lines recommended
A supplementary report to the Hong Kong Mass Transport Study, made public last February, concludes that only three underground lines could be recommended for the forseeable future. The pro- posed Shatin line would no longer be justified be- cause of the reduction of population growth and only one underground double-track railway line was required down Nathan Road and across the harbour.
Government states that the engineering feasi- bility of the revised proposals has been examined in detail and ways in which the first parts of the proposed system might be implemented are now being considered.
The supplementary report has been produced because the original study was based on an assumed population of 6.87 million in 1986. A revised esti- mate, following the 1966 B-Census, forecast a 1986 population of 5.65 million.
UK/Japan piling agreement
A manufacturing agreement has been signed between The British Steel Piling Co. Ltd. and Fuji Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Tokyo. It provides the Japanese company with the technical 'know how' for the design and installation of BSP cased piles and covers S.E. Asia and the Pacific area.
Germany's Expo halls underground
West Germany's information services describe the country's pavilion for Expo '70 at Osaka as replacing 'formal extravagance and visionary futur- ism with harmonious functionalism'.
In simpler terms, architect Fritz Bornemann's design is for a broad circular approach ramp leading to a series of four cylindrical underground exhibi- tion halls. The first of the four halls houses the main exhibits, is 92 ft. in diameter, 26 ft. high and
Far East BUILDER, January 1969.
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