experience relevant to local conditions. We feel they also must take the local examination before being regis- tered. We consider this the first step towards establishing local standards."
Mr. Lim said that local architects felt that S.I.A.. being the national institute, should replace the R.I.B.A. in the ordinance.
BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
HONG KONG Building Authority last month approved a total of 15 new building plans of all types in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories. In the same period, newly-completed buildings certified for occupation num- bered 69 an increase of 25 as compared with August's total.
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Of these new buildings, eleven were for domestic purposes, 25 for non-domestic purposes, and 33 for com- bined domestic and non-domestic use. In addition, the Building Authority approved the demolition of three buildings.
Cost of new building work in the Colony in the month of September amounted to HK$112,933,602, while a total of HK$6,635,585 was spent on site formation work. In the same period there were 205 new buildings of all types erected. This total includes five factories and godowns, 11 offices and shops, 183 houses and flats and six other buildings of mixed accommodation.
THAI SEAPORT PROJECT
THE Royal Thai Government National Economic Deve- lopment Board has approved a project for the construction of a new major seaport at Puket, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Pangna Province in the southern part of Thailand. The project will cost an estimated US$6.8 million and will extend over a three-year period.
Bids will be invited in the near future, after approval by the Council of Ministers and a budget allotment are obtained. Information about the project is available from Senior Lt. Prathip Payomyong, Director General, Harbour and Marine Transport Dept., Talad Noi, New Road, Bangkok.
SHOPPING CENTRE SCHEME
WORK on the S$4 million shopping complex to be con- structed at the junction of Thomson Road Newton Road and opposite Moulmein Road, Singapore will start at the end of the year.
The shopping centre will be known as the Goldhill Shopping Centre and when completed will consist of 58 units of flats over 29 units of modern shops. The deve- lopers are Goldhill Properties Ltd.
The centre will have many modern features. Shops will be of a "walkthrough design" with "double-faces,' that is two entrances, one serving the main road the other opening on to the shopping mall. Above these shops will be spacious three and four bedroom flats.
The three blocks of three-storey buildings are inter- connected with covered walkways surrounding a fountain which is sited in the middle of the shop- ping complex. Architect for the centre is Mr. Yang Tai Tye, ARIBA.
Katong Villa flats a new 17-storey block of 96 dwellings recently completed at Singapore's East Coast. The block was designed by Ang Kheng Leng and Associates and constructed by Kong Hoa Realty Co. Ltd. Anodised aluminium doors and windows were supplied by Diethelm and Co. Ltd.
HOSPITAL CONTRACT AWARDED
A CONTRACT worth HK$1.44 million has been placed with the Fook Wah Construction Co. for building the new Tang Shiu Kin Hospital to be sited opposite the junction of Queen's Road East and Stubbs Road at Mor- rison Hill, Hong Kong. Work will begin this month and will take about 15 months to complete.
The six-storey hospital will contain a casualty depart- ment, an out-patients department, a maternal and child health clinic, a male and female dermatology and hygiene out-patients department, a health nurse training school and nurses' quarters, a casualty ward and a maternity ward.
BANGKOK CONTRACT FOR GAMMON
A CONTRACT worth more than HK$8.5 million has been awarded to Gammon (Hong Kong) Ltd. by the Bangkok Port Authority. It provides for the erection of two warehouses with a net floor area of more than 350,000 sq. ft. and includes site preparation work, construction of access roads and installation of fittings. Subject to the permission of the authority, the work will be carried out by Gammon Thailand, a newly registered subsidiary of the Hong Kong company.
Artist's perspective of the central shopping mall of the
Goldhill Centre
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