now been let for the interior work. Hong Kong Industrial (Woodwork) Co. will construct the first section, which shows Social Progress and is design- ed by Jackson Wong of Wong Ng Ouyang & Asso- ciates.
T.K. Shen Construction Co. have received the contracts for the other two sections which depict Industrial Progress and Chinese Culture. These sections are designed by Bernard Navetta of Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Christopher Haffner of Spence Robinson. All the displays will be prefabricated in Hong Kong.
HK$1 million market planned
Hong Kong Government plans to spend almost HK$1 million to build a modern three-storey mar- ket at the junction of Shau Kei Wan Main Street and Kam Wah Street, Hong Kong Island.
Designed by PWD architects, the market will have 24 meat and fish stalls, seven poultry stalls and 74 smaller fruit and vegetable stalls. Quarters for the market staff will be built on concrete stilts on
Shau Kei Wan market
the third floor which will be partly covered and used as a children's play area. A bridge at second floor level will link the market to Ming Wah Build- ing, a Hong Kong Housing Society estate.
Work on the scheme will start later this year and should be completed by mid-1970.
Singapore interest in old buildings
The Singapore Institute of Architects and the History Association of Singapore sponsored a recent meeting to signal the formation of the 'Singapore Society' with the aim of stimulating public interest in the republic's cultural heritage.
The society will preserve records and buildings, and initiate research, evaluation, documentation, publication, collection, display and restoration of items of historical interest. Headquarters of the society will be at the National Archives and Records Centre in the National Library.
Tunnel completion date set
The date by which the Hong Kong cross-har- bour tunnel is required to be completed is now August 18, 1973.
The financial secretary, Sir John Cowperthwaite said last month that now the contract had been
signed with the Costain-Paul Y.-Raymond con- sortium work would start before the end of sum- mer. Under the terms of the contract the estimated completion date of the tunnel was three years from the start of work.
Regarding Government's decision to take up its option of 25 per cent of the shares of the Tun- nel Company, Sir John said it seemed likely that the maximum of HK$27.5 million would be requir- ed. As for the counter-guarantees to the Export Credit Guarantee Department, he said Govern- ment's liability for guarantee would amount to just under £3.7 million.
Kwai Chung will house 250,000
Work will start within the next month on five blocks and an estate school at the Kwai Fong low cost housing estate one of five estates being de- veloped at Kwai Chung in the New Territories, Hong Kong.
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The estates are now in various stages of con- struction. They are the Kwai Shing, Kwai Hing, Kwai Fong, Lei Muk Shu and Shek Yam estates. All are due to be completed by early 1974, by which time about 250,000 people will be living there.
The Kwai Fong estate, which is being built in three stages, will house 42,500 people in eleven multi-storey blocks ranging from seven to 20 storeys. Four estate schools with 96 primary class- rooms and three kindergartens are included in the estate.
Building work has also started on the nearby Kwai Shing estate which is the largest in Hong Kong. This will have a population of 81,000 living in 20 multi-storey blocks of seven to 20 storeys. A feature of the estate (Far East Builder, April 1969) is its external lift towers, each 100 ft. high, to link the upper terraces with the lower terraces.
Perak builds first low-cost flats
The Perak Government signed a contract last month for its first low-cost flats. To date it has built only single-storey terrace houses.
Kim Yee Construction, Kuala Lumpur, were awarded the contract which provides for 336 units, including 12 shophouses, in seven four-storey blocks on a 24-acre site at Ashby Road, Ipoh.
The flats will be of two types, two-roomed and three-roomed. Access will be by stairways at either end of each block. The work will take 18 months.
Hotel laundry equipment contract
Far Eastern Hotels Development, Ltd., owners of the new Singapore Hilton, have placed a S$400,000 contract for laundry and dry-cleaning equipment. The plant to be used is made by Ameri- can Laundry Machinery Industries and will be installed by Reliance Electric (Pte) Ltd. in co- operation with Faithful Engineering (S) Pte. Ltd. Architects for the hotel are BEP Akitek.
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Far East BUILDER, July 1969