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Hong Kong Builder
Another illustration of the Main Banking Hall
Through the courtesy of Mr. Raoul Bigazzi, we have been able to publish some photographs of the interior of the banking hall and the lift lobby, but owing to cen- sorship restrictions it has not been possible to obtain photographs of the exterior of the building. The print of a Singapore newspaper clipping, showing the building during course of construction, gives some idea of the design and appearance of the building.
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The accommodation provided in the structure is as follows; in the lower ground are situated the vaults and the bank's archives department, the quarters and mess The upper for the junior staff, and spacious garages. offices of the banking corporation. The first and second ground and mezzanine floors are entirely devoted to the
floors contain suites of public offices, while on the top floor, air-conditioned flats have been provided for the foreign banking staff.
The Architects were Messrs. Swan & Maclaren, Singapore, in co-operation with the Archi- tects of the Netherlands Trad- ing Society Bank head office in Batavia. The General Con- tractors were Messrs. Nanyang Structural Co., Singapore, the tiling and glazing work were executed by Messrs. A. Clouet & Co., while the precast imita- tion granite slabs used for the
exterior were the work of
Messrs. A. Nolli & Co., also of Singapore. Mr. Raoul Bigazzi of Hong Kong supplied and fixed all marble work and the bronze capitals.
The main entrance to the ground floor premises