SINGAPORE & THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA
AVERAGE CURRENT PRICES OF COMMON BUILDING MATERIALS.
For ease of comparison the Singapore prices given below are quoted in Hong Kong dollars, converted at the rate of Str.$1.00 to H.K.$2.00. They are, in nearly every case, the averages of several quotations. The balance of trade with Japan having gone against Hong Kong, there is a great shortage of Japanese trade dollars and Japanese cement is getting very scarce in Hong Kong, the price rising sharply in consequence. Japanese galvanized water pipe was just beginning to appear on the market at prices competitive with British prices but the supplies are now drying up.
COMMODITY
SINGAPORE
HONG KONG
Price H.K.3
Unit
Price H.K.S
Unit
Portland Cement, British
H
156.00 Ex. Gdn.
2240 lbs.
Local
Indo China
136.00 Ex. Gdn.
2200 lbs.
33
Japanese
British, White
84.00 Ex. Gdn.
375 lb. drum
Sand
Rapid Hardening Cement
Aggregate, Granite, 1′′
35.00
130.00 Ex. Gdn. 130.00 104.00 55.00 150.00
11
11
**
2240 lbs.
2200 2200
>
T
33
+
6.00 Del.
cu. Yd.
11
Pitching, 6"-9""
Bricks, Red Facing
No. 1 Common
17
21"
13.60 13.00 11.50 9.00
*
E
77
9.00 Ex. Gvt. Bin 16.00 Ex. Quarry
375 lb. drum
2240 lbs.
Cu. Yd.
+
11
"
12.00 8.00
"
15
"
**
H
11
++
6.00
+
H
"
11
D
250.00 Ex. Wharf
1000
160.00 Del.
1000
155.00
*
+
M
2 3
15
125.00
M
"
11
Roofing Tiles, Local
Marseilles (Indian)
Red Quarry Tiles, Jap., 6" X 6"
36.00 Del,
1000
115.00
80.00 **
11
"
"
520.00
1,32 Ex. Gdn.
Sq. Ft.
11
14
"
Local. 6" X 6" British, 4" X 4"
1.70 Ex. Gdn.
Sq. Ft.
1.80 Ex. Wharf 1.80 Ex. Gdn.
Sq. Ft.
1.
"
Floor Tiles, Rubber
―
11
White Mosaic Tiles, Japanese Coloured
White Glazed Wall Tiles, Jap.
3.00 Laid 3.20
Sq. Ft.
3.00 1.40 *
"
1.
11
F4
"
Sq. Ft.
2.20 1.76 17
"
77
ท
Ir
Coloured
White
2.00
+
לד
11
+
**
TH
British
Coloured
Copper Water Pipe,
1.28 Ex. Gdn. 2.40
Sq. Ft.
1,40
11
11
H
*
+1
JP
A
Sq. Ft.
2.00
11
10
"
0.78
Foot
J7
נו
1.04
"
**
11
"
++
+1
1.37
7
"
Galvanized Steel Water Pipe, 1"
L
17
Flush Doors, Siam Teak. 17"
British
Steel Reinforcing Bars, Imported,
"
0.78 Ex. Gdn. 1.08 1.40 11.00
Foot
**
49
H
0.50 บ 0.68 0.96
11
ET
++
..
..
2
H
Sq. Ft.
3.00 Ex. Gdn.
Sq. Ft.
570.00 Del.
2240 lbs.
705.00
2240 lbs.
59
17
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"
T
U
++
J-
1
"
+
1
*
19
+
"
**
+
"
11
+
11
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+
**
11
>>
1+
11
F
11
*
Local
37
M
|||:
560,00 548.00 540.00
71
13
**
11
"
略管
+
די
>>
TIMBER CUT TO SIZE
Teak Parquet Flooring, 1′′ thick
Teak, Siam
Карог
Seraiah (Shuttering)
Chengai
Kruen
Balau
Yacal
Douglas Fir. 1" (Shuttering)
China Fir, 1" (Shuttering)
3.00 Laid 1200.00 Del.
Sq. Ft.
50 Cu. Ft.
2.70 Laid 1200.00 Ex. Gdn.
Sq. Ft.
50 Cu. Ft.
270.00 151.40 620.00 220.00 350.00
"
**
*
450.00 350.00
"
55
++
15
19
+1
17
H
"
400.00 Ex. Gdn.
50 Cu. Ft.
++
1
"
T
1000.00 Ex. Gdn.
0.50 0.35
50 Cu. Ft. Board Foot
11
**
3
+
11
NABI CONSTRUCTION CO.
Civil Engineers & Contractors
45, The Arcade, Singapore
Cables-NABICON
33
Telephone-83754
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