societies as coming up to the joint educational standard of the Royal Institute of British Architects and of the
Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA). This standard has been affirmed by past conferences of the CAA, as a desirable yardstick for assessing professional qualifications.
Hong Kong's School at Architecture is included in the list which also gives the names of 12 schools in Australia, seven in Canada, 27 in the UK, and one in New Zealand. These schools, between them, probably graduate nine out of ten of all architects in the Com- monwealth as a whole.
A CAA statement says: "There has long been a need for some practical means of evaluating standards of professional qualifications in different countries, and the list is expected to be useful to architectural socie- ties, registration authorities and governments, without necessarily being binding on them. Historically, the RIBA's recognision of a qualification has been the main professional passport for movement between countries in the Commonwealth (and often outside it), but anomalies have developed over the years and the aspirations of national authorities and societies of architects now require an evaluation procedure more consistent with the new philosophy of Commonwealth."
The list of schools is the result of a meeting in March 1968 in Canada of the Commonwealth Board of Architectural Education (CBAE), which was set up in 1966 with the aid of a grant from the Commonwealth Foundation. The Board, whose chairman is Sir Hugh Wilson, OBE, President of the RIBA, aims to improve architectural education in the Commonwealth by fos- tering exchange schemes and collaboration generally, providing special advisers on education, disseminating information and recommending changes likely to help member societies.
The list will remain valid for five years, and during that time the CBAE hopes to become associated with a system for inspecting schools under the auspices of local societies of architects or of other national approv- ing bodies.
Ma Tau Kok outline zoning plan approved
AN outline zoning plan prepared by the Town Planning Board for the Ma Tau Kok area of Kowloon, has been approved by Hong Kong's Governor in Council.
The plan covers an area of 280 acres of land to the west of Kowloon Bay. It pro- vides 83 acres of residential land which on full development will accommodate population 192,000.
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Thirty-two acres are zoned for Government, institutional and com- munity uses and cover areas for existing and proposed schools, markets, Government offices, police stations and other Government and institutional uses. To improve the recreation facilities in the area, 40.6 acres are zoned for public open space.
A total of 37 acres is zoned for industrial use. Most of these
areas are already developed and accommodate well-established in- dustries. The new industrial land on the To Kwa Wan Reclamation has yet to be developed.
Start on Yau Ma Tei project, stage II
WORK on the construction of a 15-storey Hong Kong Government office block and two smaller build- ings, forming the second stage of the Yau Ma Tei Government slipway, will begin in September.
The entire project, designed to replace the facili- ties at the existing Government slipway in the Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter, is located in Canton Road near its junction with Austin Road in Kowloon. Stage one, which involved the construction of a 260 ft. long pier and three slipways two of 380 ft. long and one of 420 ft.
within an area of about 58,820 sq. ft. of seabed off the Yau Ma Tei seafront and south of the Vehicular Ferry pier in Jordan Road, has now been completed. All three slipways are covered and the longer one is to cater for the larger vessels used by Government.
The second stage of the project will provide for a 15-storey office block fronting Canton Road as well as a six-storey block running at right angle to the taller building, forming the base of the letter "T". This smaller building will be occupied by the Marine Depart- ment's workshops and offices. Adjacent to it is a single-storey workshop block which will be used by the Marine Department.
The three buildings in the second stage, which will be built on a 154,000 sq. ft. site, are estimated to cost HK$11 million to build. They are expected to be completed by late 1970.
Brunei sewage scheme to serve 75,000
WORK began recently on a M$14 million British- engineered scheme for providing the town of Brunei, with a sewerage and sewage disposal system. Due to be completed early in 1971, the scheme will provide facilities for a population of about 75.000.
The scheme comprises some 18 miles of sewers and rising mains ranging from 9in. to 36in. in diameter, five pumping stations and sewage disposal works in- corporating primary treatment. Poor ground conditions with a water table only 5ft. below the surface in most parts means putting all building structures on piles.
The sewer pipes will be of asbestoscement, sup- plied by a UK manufacturer. Tenders have been in- vited for the supply and erection of the mechanical and electrical equipment. Binnie and Partners, London,
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