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AUGUST, 1964.
Vol. 19.
No. 2
A magazine with a record of nearly 30 years' coverage of building, architectural and real estate activities in the Far East.
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IN THIS ISSUE..
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NEW BUILDINGS Carolina Gardens, H K. National Museum, K.L.
Architecture
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An Example of Good Planning
A Showpiece of Malayan
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Tasek Estate Ipoh's New Industrial Area Groundnut Factory. Ipoh
Alberose University Staff Flats, Hong Kong Kowloon Tsai Olympic Swimming Pool I-Feng A Giant Apartment Block
ARTICLES
Candid Comment by Professory Gregory
Aberdeen's Population Expected to Increase Fourfold There are Thousands of Empty Flats in Hong Kong. Atomic Town, Sweden A Housewife's Dream Building Contracts and the Law Impressions of Hong Kong
Carbon Black Flooring
Estimating Daylight in Buildings (No. 1) Hong Kong Crown Land Sales
BUILDING PLANS APPROVED Hong Kong
Penang
Singapore City Council Singapore Rural
CONTRACTS AWARDED
Hong Kong Singapore
Hong Kong Housing Authority
CANDID COMMENT
THE introduction to the Hong Kong Legislative Council of ad- ditional legislation to deal with the effects of piling and founda- tion works on adjacent property, raises a number of other connect- ed and vital issues, which should engage attention.
The Buildings Ordinance
and its Regulations are a formidable com- pendium of restrictions. Whilst it is possible for Government to ensure that the proposals shown on plans meet the legal require- ments, it is not always possible to ensure that they are in fact carried out and it is virtually im- possible to ensure that they are continued to be complied with, once the building is occupied. There is therefore always an ele- ment of doubt as to the wisdom of introducing more building legis- lation.
It must be certain that the new legis- lation is in the right form and that it is not of an ad hoc nature,
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A provocative new feature by Professor W. G. Gregory.
requiring even more legislation to make it effective (irrespective of the ability to enforce it). In the present issue, whilst it is reprehen- sible for developers to cause damage (and indeed inconvenience) to neighbouring property, if the present and carlier Buildings Or- dinances had been more specific about the maintenance of property and the powers which the Building Authority already possesses had been applied very much widely, there would be probably less need for this new legislation. The same applies to the existing legislation concerning the rights of adjoining
these evidently not wide enough. In these matters, the attitude of the landlords must not be overlooked, firstly, as long as there is a housing shortage, there is no compulsion on them to maintain their build-
owners
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