Educational TV studios being built
New educational television studios for the Hong Kong Government are now under construction on a site between the TVB and RTV studios at Broad- cast Drive, Lung Cheung, Kowloon.
Wang Cheong Co. recently started work on the superstructure of the building which is due for
Educational TV studios
completion in April 1971 at a cost of approxi- mately HK$3.2 million. A two-storey structure will be erected on the 24,000 sq. ft. site, providing studios and technical areas on the ground floor, with offices, edit rooms, etc. above.
The architect is Mr. B. C. Penman of Eric Cumine Associates.
Hillside flats overlooking Aberdeen
Wide unobstructed views towards Aberdeen and Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, will be provided from a slim 12-storey block of luxury flats to be erected on a hillside site at 44 Mount Kellet Road.
Because of the steep slope the block has been planned as a narrow 30 ft. structure with a length
Mount Kellet apartments
of 165 ft., giving most rooms advantage of the view. The easterly aspect is shrouded by heavy sun screens which will also give typhoon protection.
The block will contain 24 luxury flats each of 2,400 sq. ft. It will rise above car ports. Architects and engineers, Spence Robinson have made use of an existing access road to provide separated pedes- trian access and extended decks for 36 car spaces.
Cost of the project is estimated at HK$4 mil- lion. The developers are Central Development Ltd.
Telephone exchange for Bedok
A new telephone exchange is to be built by the Singapore Telephone Board at 71⁄2 m.s., Upper East Coast Road. When completed it will provide some 30,000 telephone lines for the new satellite town at Bedok and its neighbourhoods.
The four-storey building will have a built-up area of 50,000 sq. ft. and will be completely air-
Bedok exchange
conditioned except for service and circulation areas. It is designed for future extension of another storey and a further 10,000 lines.
Estimated cost of the building is S$1,500,000, including mechanical and electrical installations and external landscaping. Completion is scheduled by July 1971.
Chng Heng Tat & Associates are the architects. Consultants include: Tay Yeow & Associates, structural engineers; CMP Consulting Engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers; and Lau, Teo & Yong, quantity surveyors.
Singapore airport expansion
Terminal facilities at Singapore Airport are to be doubled by the construction of a S$6.4 million extension on which work has now started.
Mr. Tan Beng Kiat, project architect from the Public Works Department, said recently that the expansion would be completed by August next year. The arrival wing of the larger terminal would be a three-storey structure with a waving deck and a refreshment lounge on the second floor.
The Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. Cheong Pak Chow announced that in the mid-1970's a com- pletely new giant terminal would be built at a cost of S$31 million on a site a few hundred yards north of the existing building. This, he said, was part of a plan for a S$600 million super-airport.
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Far East BUILDER, October 1970