will be very reasonable and on a which is the first of its nature in the monthly basis. It will be possible for a Colony, is expected to commence man to live there for $90.00 a month, functioning in the spring. inclusive of hot and cold water, room service, furniture and lift service.
Living accommodation will be pro- vided on five floors of the building from the second floor upwards. It will be possible to house 228 men in both single and double rooms accord- ing to individual requirements; some of the single rooms overlooking 78 Franki piles were driven by the Lockhart Road have private veran- Hong Kong Engineering & Construc- dahs. All rooms will be provided with tion Co. Ltd., to provide a sound foundation for the superstructure as built-in closets
and wash-basins and each floor will have centralised the bearing capacity of the soil was found to be too low. The tall struc- sanitary arrangements. Rooms will be ture has been designed to resist the furnished with spring beds. writing specified wind load it is likely to desks and chairs and provided with receive in such an exposed position. gencrai lighting and desk lamps. Long span beams have been used to Locker storage space, drawers, shelves avoid obstruction by too many and hangers are provided in the columns on the ground and first built-in closets to achieve the maxi- floors, in order to give them greater mum use of the space available. On flexibility to suit the different sizes each floor, opposite the main stair- and requirements of the prospective case in the waiting hall, there will be offices. space for a servant from which opens a store.
The first floor will be used for offices with tollets provided for both
sexes.
On the ground floor there will be a series of lock-up shops facing the streets on both sides of the main entrance. The interior section of this
floor behind the shops will be used partly as a mess hall and common room and the remaining portion for recreation.
The two penthouse apartments on the seventh and eighth floors com- mand an unobstructed view of the town and harbour; they are three roomed self-contained modern flats with electric wiring installed.
Running hot water is supplied by а centralised diesel-fired heating system in the basement; this system has an automatic feed and under- ground fuel storage, which may be replenished without difficulty from an inlet valve at the Great George Street frontage.
Vertical circulation is provded by a ed by two staircases. Schindler passenger lift, supplement- Fire fighting installation is provided on each floor.
Messrs. T.C. Yuen & & Company were the architects of this fine build- ing, which is managed by Messrs. Sun Hsing Company, Limited. It is under- stood that the two penthouse apart- ments have already been taken and numerous persons and firms have been registered for tenancy on the various floors.
The management of the hostel section of the building will be similar Construction began at the end of to that of the Y.M.C.A., and rentals June 1953 and the entire scheme,
General Contractors: Hsin Chong
& Co.
Plumbing & Drainage Work: Tung
On Plumbing Co., Ltd. Concrete Piling: H.K. Engineering
& Construction Co., Ltd.
Lift Installation: Jardine Engineer-
ing Corporation Ltd.
Fire Fighting Installation: Shun
Yick & Co.
Electrical Installation:
Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd. Iron Work: Shing Fat Engineering
& Machine Works.
Furniture: Tai Wah Furniture Co.
CORRECTION
In the last issue of the BUIL- DER, we regret to state that there was a typographical error in the first page of the article on the Hang Seng Bank. This fine building was attributed to Mr. G.D. Su, when in actual fact it was designed by Mr. T.C. Yuen. We wish to correct this mistake at this time and to apologise to the two architects concerned for any inconvenience and annoyance that may have been caused to them.
The Editor
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