Adjoining the dining room is the kitchen, where meals and refresh- ments are prepared. It is fitted with built-in closets, sinks, gas conkers and a servery
A first-ald room is provided on the is untended eventually to build an first floor at the extrenir end of the open-au swimming pool at the back bedroom wing.
of the bullding with a filtration rèON in the sub-basement.
The hostri proper necuplet about half of the first door and the whine Construction. Finishes and Services. Two well-equipped domestic selenée DI the second. third and fourth The general construction of the mums adjoining the kitchen are used fors It has accommodation for 80 building is of reinforced Concrete us classrooms where both Chinese guests in 32 double bedrooms, 4 single framing with 6 brick panels. Floors bedrooms, and 3 bedrooms for three are partly of solid concrete slab and persons each. All bedrooms command partly of hollow block and T-beam a good view of the harbour, and instruction The building is finished overlook either the Botanical Garden externally with cement rendering. or the east part of the city.
and a limited area is finished with The walls of the specked rubble.
and Western cooking are taught.
Changing roms are connected to the gymnasium by a separate stair- case These rooms are fitted with lockers, dressing booths, Show(TS, Each guest is provided with her own basins and water closets. They will built-in cupboard, bookcase and dres- also be nised later In conjunction ser. In addition to other simple mov- with the proposed swimming pool. able furniture.
Four rooms are pre- are fitted with wash-basins, and five vided with private baths, many ruôms
rooms have balconies.
Grouped around the head of the main staircase on the first floor is a suite nt three rooms for the numerous private classes that are held. Courses, such as English. Chinese and other languages. Bewing, embroidery and weaving are offered to groups of students. with a maximum of 20 in a group. The study on the corner of the building has a balcony.
Each Hour contains ample toilet and bath facilities, ironing space. attendant's room, a sitting room, a baggage room, and a staff room. The sitting rooms are located at the out- side corner of the elf und each has à balcony. A dumb-walter links up the kitchen and the hostel to convey food and tea to the guests, If so desired,
Up a few steps from the first floor hobby is a spacious lounge for group Activities. This lounge looks out onfa The tower lawn, which is now con→ line Bat roof over the gymnasium. In trete paved, is avaliable for badmin- The south-east corner of which are ton. volley ball basket ball. roller- two small music rooms, each 7'0" by skating and other outdoor 8'6". so placed in an isolated position The retaining wall between the lower to prevent sound penetrating to the lawn and the upper lawn is stepped to serve as a spectators' gallery. It
other rooms.
games
gymnasium are finished with smooth plaster, the ceiling with acoustic tiles A tiler and the floor with teak. water to baths and bastus on the toum in the basement provides hot
different floors.
The cost of the bullding alone was
xtures and furniture amounted to about $640,000.00, the equipment.
about $250,000.00
Architect: Mr. P Y Lamb.
Sile Formation. Plling & General Contractors: Lam Construction Oo. Plumbing & Hot Water Service: Lee
Yu Kee.
Electrical Installation: British G.E.C.
Ltd
Fire Protection Installation: Shum
Yick Company.
Acoustic Tile and Asphalt Floor Tile.
Showan Tomes & Co., Ltd.
POLYVINYL ACETATE EMULSION PAINTS.
It is perhaps unfortunate that the coals to be applied in one day, and term Emulsion Paint is being rather obviously this saves valuable labour. Indiscriminately used to CUJYT? all They may be sprayed by normal water bound paints and has even in methods and are virtually free from Bone cases been used to describe smell during the drying period. They ordшuary où bound distempers Strict have proved to be highly resistaul to ly speaking, it may be reasoned that afkalles and high salt concentrations This is quite sorrect and, while It Is in new plaster, and from experience true that oil bound distempers of the gained they do not appear to support types described in British Standard Fungl growth and may indeed be Specification 1053 are Emulsions, they toxic to such growth By virtue of have not proved as successful as the new type Emulsion Paints.
It la considered that the new type Emulim Paints should refer unly to those Paints manufacture) from special Synthetics. These may be of Alkyd, Styrene or Polyvinyl Acetate type. It is proposed to discuss the latter type in this article although relerence may be made to others when comparison is desirable. P V. A. Emulsion Paints use as their binding medla Polyvinyl Acetate La special typ Synthetic) and may vary in finish from matt to oll gloss. It has been found by experience that the Eggshell Finish is more suitable for new plaster walls.
These Paints have many distinct advantages over others, particularly for the décoration of new buildings. They are extremely easy to apply. having litte or no drag on the brush. The finish shows no brush marks as the media easily flows out. Drying time is rapid. allowing two or three
thrir aqueous composition they may be applied readily to damp walls. It may be interesting here to quote an extract from a lecture given by Dr. C. Bondy to the Oll and Colour Chemists Association in October of last year:
variety of surfaces.
An important feature of PV A paint films is their permeability to water vapour. This is partly due to their "mosaic" structure, but chiefly to the moisture permeability of the resin Itself. This property has been of great significance in the success- ful application of PV.A. paints to fresh concrete or plaster. damp walls and other moist surfaces, from which most other paints would flake off."
Tests carried out by various manu- facturers and also by the Building Research Station would seem to bear out Dr. Bondy's report.
Summing up It may be said that "As aqueous dispersións P.V.A. emulsion paints exhibit many of good quality Emulsion Paints based mi the desirable
Polyvinyl Acetate and having Eggshell characteristics of other water paints, Le, quick interior and exterior decoration. They Finishes are excellent materials for
Ing, ease of application. absence of inflammable or objectionable lumes are suitable for use on all surfaces and freedom from lour. At the except unpainted metal. but are pat- same time they can approach, or ticularly successful on plaster, asbes- even surpass the performance of toe cement, brick, stone work, etc. oil or solvent type paints in such Covering capacity is generally of a high order and varies from 75 to 100 properties as weathering resistance, adhesion flexibility and surface sq. yds. per Imperial Gallon, depend- gloss. The great stability of PVA ing on the amount of water added. coatings to light, oxygen and che "POLYAC" Emulsion Paint befug mical attack ensures a long service entirely based on Polyvinyl Acetate life, while the high order of adhe- and manufactured by Messrs. Bltulac sive strength of the resin is reflected Ltd. of Newcastle-On-Tyne, is Sup- In the considerable pigment binding plied solely in Hong Kong by Gibb, capacity and good keying to a wide Livingston & Co., Ltd.
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