Far East
ARCHITECT & BUILDER
The oldest trade journal in the Far East
EDITOR: A. G. BARNETT
OCTOBER 1965
news review
Contents
News Review
World News
Macau Casino Complex
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53
59
Natural Rubber Building, Kuala Lumpur 64
Garden Oasis for Central Hong Kong 68
Engineering Services for Buildings, by J. N. Buss, MIHVE, MASHRAE
Beehive Design for New Zealand Parliamentary Building
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77
An Amateur Architect,
by Cedric Astbury, FRIBA
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Civil Engineering Section
Proposed Pan-Philippine Highway
83
New Materials and Equipment
89
New Contractors' Plant
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99
101
116
Building Plans Approved
Contracts Awarded
Land Sales
Index to Advertisers
Cover picture: Part of an artist's impression of the proposed Macau Casino complex, as it will be seen at night. Hong Kong architect, Mr. Eric Cumine, FRIBA, has designed the complex, which is described on page 59.
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A WORLD FEDERATION
INTERNATIONAL Co-operation will be the theme of this year's convention of the International Federation of Asian and Western Pacific Contractors Associations (IFAWPCA). The convention will be held in Hong Kong during the week, November 1-6.
The possible formation of a World Federation of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors is likely to be one of the main topics for discussion at the business sessions, and to pave the way for this a meeting of the group's world federation committee has been convened at the Hong Kong Hilton on Saturday, October 30.
Mr. Henry Wilckens, past president of the Master Builders Federation of Australia and chairman of the world federation committee, will meet North and South American representatives of the Inter-American Federa- tion of the Construction Industry (IAFCI) and an execu- tive of the International Federation of Buildings and Public Works, a European body. The results of their deliberations will then be reported by Mr. Wilckens to the convention during the following week.
Attending the world committee meeting, and also taking an active part in the convention, will be: Mr. A. R. Amenual, president of the board of directors of IAFCI, Mr. H. L. de Graca Couto, president of the Brazilian Construction Chamber, Mr. Lester C. Rogers, past presi- dent of IAFCI, Mr. Gonzalo Gout, of Mexico, secretary general of IAFCI, and Col. Lindblad from Sweden.
Delegates to the convention will be welcomed in an opening ceremony at the Hong Kong City Hall on Nov- ember 1. An address will be given by the convention president, Mr. Paul Y Tso. There are expected to be more than 400 delegates from nine countries, including Australia, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Taiwan and South Vietnam. Ten Hong Kong girls are being employed as guides and interpreters. The November issue of Far East Architect and Builder is being compiled for the special interest of the convention delegates. It will include features reviewing the construction scene in Hong Kong and contributions from contractors' associations in the Far East.
NEW TOWNS PLANNED
HONG KONG Government plans to establish by stages two new towns, each with a planned population of 1,000,000. at Sha Tin and Castle Peak in the New Territories.
The Town Planning Board is engaged in preparing outline plans for both areas and these will be published shortly. The Public Works Department is also preparing designs and detailed drawings for the first phases of de- velopment. More than 2,700 acres of land will be made available including land for industrial purposes.
It is estimated that the total cost of engineering works for both schemes will be of the order of $1,310 million $878 million for the Sha Tin scheme and $432 million for the Castle Peak.
The development at Sha Tin calls for the formation of 1,716 acres of land, comprising 500 acres of reclama- tion, 650 acres of existing low-lying areas, and 566 acres
Far East Architect & Builder October, 1965
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