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scheme was prepared in collaboration with the Roads Office for a pedestrian tunnel under Connaught Road Central to connect with the covered way.
Three Tiered Car Parks
23. The first three tiered car park building adjacent to the 'Star' Ferry Pier was completed and opened in December. Work commenced on a second car park on a site adjacent to the proposed City Hall in November and at the end of the year neared completion.
City Hall
24. After completion of the drawings for the concourse and the two three tiered car parks, work on the City Hall drawings was resumed and considerable progress made.
25. The consultant on acoustics (Mr. Hugh Creighton, A.R.I.B.A.) approved the final shape and volume of both the theatre and concert hall together with all floor, wall and ceiling finishes.
26. The stage equipment and lighting schemes and the sound amplification requirements were examined and the necessary provisions made for these in the plans.
27. By the end of the year the basic structural designs of the theatre and high block had been completed.
OFFICE BUILDINGS
Central Government Offices
28. Work on the West Wing began in March and continued throughout the year although the heavy rains in May delayed work.
District Branch Office, Farm Road, Kowloon
29. This building, originally called 'P.W.D. Office and Depot, Kowloon', has been fully described in previous reports.
30. The building was completed in July, followed shortly afterwards by the opening of a Post Office and Registry for Births and Deaths on the ground floor. Offices on the upper floors are occupied by branches of the Urban Services Department, the Medical Department and the Roads Office, Buildings Ordinance Office, Drainage Office and Crown Lands & Surveys Office of the Public Works Department.
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