Model of the Portuguese Street area, incorporating lounges, shops and tea rooms
fish, lobsters and crabs. This re- staurant is supported on columns above the open soda fountain area of the swimming pool. Glass panels inserted in the floor slab will allow a view of the fish from below.
The kidney-shaped swimming pool and cabanas are on the east corner of the site.
Macau Casino complex is likely to become renowned as a gourmet's de- light. The eight restaurants will in- clude a two-storey Chinese style tea house situated in a position adjacent to the ground and first floor of the casino, a Chinese restaurant seating 400 on the first floor of the nine- storey hotel block and a European dining hall of similar size on the floor above.
A 24-hour coffee shop will serve snacks for interna- tional tastes, private dining rooms will have a mural back- drop of the har- bour view, and Japanese delicacies will be available for 250 diners in private rooms of Japanese decor.
On the main level of the hotel, and connected to the main entrance. will be а perma- nent set of a drama- tised Lisbon Street. There will be wine shop bars. sitting out areas for loung- ing and coffee drinking. cake
shops, small tea rooms and raised platforms for traditional Portuguese dancing and fado singers.
The casino and its adjoining lounges and tea house, all circular buildings, occupy the west corner of the site, the main entrance lobby for this area being on Avenida Dr. Rodrigues. There are four floors in the casino. Each has an area of 12.000 sq. ft., of which half is for gambling activities.
The remaining buildings, a night club and a 1,600-seat supper club and convention hall, are laid out on the northern part of the site. The supper club is an elliptical-shaped building, its tiered seats fanning out- from a revolving stage.
Equipment for the mechanical ser- vices is housed in the basement area
beneath the centre of the develop- ment.
The Chinese and European food preparation area is also centrally placed, with direct access to all the restaurants and the supper club where any combination of the many cuisines offered will be available.
Construction generally will be in reinforced concrete, with the circular roofs supported by reinforced con- crete rib beams.
The site is on reclaimed ground and over 1,000 precast piles have been sunk to support the first stage structures. Contractors for the superstructure erection will be nominated shortly.
It is expected that the building programme will be completed by the end of 1967.
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Line drawing of the complete development seen from the north west
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Far East Architect & Builder October, 1965