from nullahs passing through the site, but this will have to be pumped to a higher level to give the necessary pressure. During the dry season the supply may have to be supplemented from the sea.
An interesting feature of the flat design is that with very little structural alteration two adjoining flats can be converted into a flat with a living-room and two bedrooms should this prove practicable at some future date. Rents have not yet been finally calculated, but are likely to vary from about $75 a month (for a five person flat) to about $135 a month (for a ten person flat), exclusive of rates and water charges.
OTHER AMENITIES
A 3-storey welfare centre/estate office will be built in a central position at the intermediate level, near Block D, easily accessible to vehicular traffic. In view of the intense development of the site, and its steepness, it has been difficult to provide much recreational space, but there will be one or two small children's playgrounds. In addition there are children's play areas on all the floors where there are no lift openings, in the space otherwise taken up by lift lobbies. No shops are included as public markets and shops already exist in the vicinity, and are considered adequate. Should this assumption prove incorrect there are certain areas in each block which could easily be converted into shop stalls if necessary.
The Medical Department has tentatively reserved a site of about 9,000 sq. ft. at the lower end of the approach road, on which it is eventually hoped to construct an out-patients clinic.
PROGRESS SO FAR
The unusually heavy rains which fell in May caused a serious dete- rioration in the condition of this site, which was already giving some cause for concern. There were extensive falls of earth banks at several places, and the road cutting was slightly damaged. The most serious slip occurred on the site of Blocks C and E, where hundreds of tons of earth were washed down, burying the foundations and reinforcing steel, and depositing a layer of silt two feet deep over Cadogan Street itself. A very large slip also took place from outside the site, on the hillside above the sites of Blocks B and C, necessitating the cutting of a new face, and patching with rough-packed stone or chunam plaster. This alone cost over $40,000 to make good, but fortunately most of the earth was utilized as back-fill for other parts of the site. As these difficulties
19