Far East
ARCHITECT & BUILDER
The oldest trade journal in the Far East
EDITOR: A. G. Barnett
SEPTEMBER 1965
news review
Contents
News Review
39
World News
45
St. Stephen's Church, Hong Kong
51
New Palace for Paramount Ruler of
Malaysia
56
Foundations for High Buildings in Hong
Kong
59
St. Peter's Seminary,
Seminary, Hammanskraal,
South Africa
64
One Trend in Architecture, by Cedric
Astbury, FRIBA ..
69
Civil Engineering Section
Thailand's Nam Pong Irrigation Project 71
Breakthrough on Shek Pik Tunnel
75
New Materials and Equipment
77
81
85
87
89
New Contractors' Plant
Building Plans Approved
Contracts Placed
Books
Cover picture: Interior of the new St. Stephen's Church, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, seen from the choir loft which faces the congregation. The church is described on page 51.
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ACCELERATED HOUSING PROGRAMME
MORE than half of Hong Kong's population might be living in resettlement estates by 1974 if the Government's ten-year resettlement technical planning target is fulfilled.
This was stated by the Governor, Sir David Trench, when he officially opened the Tsz Wan Shan Resettlement Estate in Kowloon last month. At present, roughly one person in five lives in one of the 17 resettlement estates built by Government.
When fully completed, the resettlement estate at Tsz Wan Shan, near Diamond Hill, will have 67 blocks pro- viding housing for some 184,000 people. Of the resettle- ment blocks, 38 will be eight storeys high and the remainder 16 storeys.
In declaring the Tsz Wan Shan Resettlement Estate open, the Governor said that over 700,000 persons were now housed in 373 resettlement blocks and that work was proceeding on further buildings which would provide another 153,000 rooms by April 1970.
He pointed out that the 1964 White Paper on the "Review of Policies for Squatter Control, Resettlement and Government Low-Cost Housing", laid down an ac- celerated building programme with the object of provid- ing a further 900,000 (not counting children) resettlement places in the six-year period from April 1964 to April 1970.
"By 1970, therefore, we expect there will be upwards of two million people living in resettlement accommoda- tion." Sir David said.
ACCOMMODATION FOR 25,600
HONG KONG Housing Authority is to build a new estate adjacent to the existing Choi Hung Estate at Clear Water Bay Road in Kowloon. To be named Ping Shek Estate, the scheme will provide accommodation for some 25,600 people in 4,500 flats.
The estate will be built on about 14 acres of land and will comprise five blocks, each of 20 or 21 storeys, the height varying with the levels on the site, and a low block of seven or eight storeys in three sections.
Sites will be reserved within the estate for three schools, a theatre with shopping facilities and a multi- storey car park as part of the development scheme. These, however, will be formed but not developed by the Housing Authority. Subject to further consideration and negotiation, a site for a community hall and other amenity buildings may be included in the layout.
A new feature included for the first time in a Hous- ing Authority estate will be a roof-top playground on the low block. There will also be four kindergartens and about 40 shops together with a number of covered play areas within the estate.
The estate will virtually be an extension of the Choi Hung Estate, the two being separated by Clear Water Bay Road. Together, the Choi Hung and Ping Shek complex will house some 69,000 people in 12,000 flats.
The total capital cost for the new scheme alone is estimated to be in the region of HK $39 million. It is expected that work will begin on the site formation for the first phase of the project towards the end of the year.
Far East Architect & Builder September, 1965
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