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First floor plan.
TYFL İMELTING ROOM
TYPE SETTING DEPARTMENT
LIFT
STAIR HALL
LIFTITI
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LAV
FLAT ROOF
Fourth floor plan.
FLAT
ROOF
RECREATION ARE A
LIFS
up
STAIR HALL
STORE
LAV
The third floor, which is slightly On the roof is the workers' dining smaller in area than the lower floors, room with the necessary service owing to setbacks on the Merlin rooms, and a machine room. Street frontage, contains a large re- ception hall, off which open a meet- The dominating features of the ing room, a supervisor's office, and a elevations are the tower at the corner manager's office. The fourth floor of the building over the main en- contains a recreation room, about 1800 trance, and the canopy extending square feet in area, with a small over the pavements on the King's store, bathroom and lavatories. There Road and Shell Street frontages. are quarters for the office staff and The external walls facing these for other male workers on the fifth two streets will be finished with fac- floor, together with suitable bath- ing tiles and the main entrance with room and lavatory accommodation. marble.
Construction of the new building was begun in August, and is expected to be completed early in 1954.
Architect: Mr. Iu Tak Lam, B. Sc. General Contractors: Taylor Con-
struction Co.
Cooling system: International En-
gineering Ltd.
Lift Installation: Otis Elevator Co. Sanitary Equipment: Lee Yu Kee. Fire Service Installation: The
Victory Manufacturing Co.
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