For sound proofing and insulation. Woodland Heights will be insulated throughout with foamed plastic sheets.
The general contractor for Wood- land Heights was the Paul Y. Construction Co., and the quantity surveyors, Bridgewater and Coulton.
Other contractors and suppliers include.
LIFTS: Otis Elevator Co. (1800 lb., 300 ft./min., D.C., all stainless steel-Formica passenger lifts and 1200 lb., 200 ft/min. service lifts.
PLUMBING FIXTURES: Berents and Associates (Kohler).
PLUMBING
Lee Yu Kee.
CONTRACTOR:
ALUMINIUM FIXTURES:
The
Hong Kong Aluminium Co. Ltd. (Arcadia).
STEEL WINDOWS: Dodwell and Co. Ltd. (Crittall).
VINYL FLOORING: American Engineering Corp. (Johns Manville),
FLOOR INSULATION: Hong Kong Plastic Foam Mfg. Co. (Lily- white Foam).
HARDWARES:
(U.S. Yale).
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UTILITY:
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BED RM.
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Universal Sales.
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LIVING RM
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Far East Electrical & Engineering Co.
LIGHT-WELL
BED RM
TYPICAL
PART OF SECTION THROUGH FLAT A & B
FLOOR
PLAN
▲ A typical floor plan of apartments in the centre conventional block.
This cross section clearly shows the honeycombing idea use in the out- side blocks. There are no high stairs as in the ordinary home of two or more levels.
NOVEL SPACE SAVING STORAGE SYSTEM
TWO Australian businessmen re-
cently visited Hong Kong to promote Brownbuilt Compactus. a revolutionary storage system said to be ideally suited to the Colony's cramped conditions.
The men, Mr. John H. Wallis, technical manager for Brownbuilt and Mr. J. Russell, advertising and sales promotion manager, screened a film featuring their design to more than 100 leading Hong Kong busi- nessmen. The film had a big impact.
It showed how, with the system. storage space could be increased by as much as 122 per cent.
are
Simply, this is a system of mobile steel storage shelves. There hand and electrically driven models. Because of their mobility the shel- ves can be pushed together, eliminat- ing the aisle space between each row. A simple press of a lever moves any particular set of shelves apart, allow- ing quick access.
With it, not only is extra space provided by eliminating all aisles except one, but efficiency is increas- ed, labour costs lowered and firms
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can
can be saved from having to move to larger and more expensive premises.
All units are custom made to the needs of the client. They can be made any style or shape, to suit any office factory or store such as dust- tight units for storing precious docu-
ments etc, huge open shelved units for storing bulky goods and wood panelled units for modern offices.
First major installations in Hong Kong have just been completed by the local agents Shewan Tomes (Equipment) Ltd. in the Mandarin Hotel.
WONG TAI SIN ESTATE
low-cost
A second Government
housing scheme is to be built in the Wong Tai Sin area.
Construction work
on the first scheme west of the Wong Tai Sin Monastery is already well advanced and three of the blocks have been handed over to the Housing Author- ity for management.
The new scheme will be sited to the east of the Monastery at the junction of Lung Cheung Road and Sha Tin Pass Road. One large 20- storey block and a smaller twelve- storey block of flats will be con- structed.
The 20-storey block will contain four-person and six-persor flats whilst
the twelve-storey block, which will be attached to the eastern side of the higher block. will contain four-person and five-person flats. The two blocks will eventually accommodate about 14.000 people.
Lifts and refuse chutes will be con- structed inside the 20-storey block while the roof of the twelve-storey block will be used as a recreation
area.
Shops will be located on the groun floor of the 20-storey block on the side facing Lung Cheung Road.
Construction work on the new housing project will start in Novem ber and the flats are expected to be ready in July, 1965,
THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER-VOLUME 18. NUMBER 3