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who do on occasion come there is ample space in the Courts.
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M C. There should be at least two Waiting
Rooms for witnesses.
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This would be an advantage and an improve-
menton Mr. Cooper's plans.
D. "There should be a "Bar" corridor and
f
Reading Room,&c.
M
This we considered unnecessary. In HongKong
there are only as a rule 5 or 6 practising Barristers and
the Library provides ample accommodation for them. The multi-
plication of Corridors should be avoided.
E
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There should be a Solicitors' corridor
with suitable consultation rooms,&C.
M
One moderately sized room for Solicitors con-
sultations in addition to the robing room would be ample,
no special corridor is necessary.
, and
"There should be a Prisoners' Entrance,
Detention Room,&c.
with the remarks in this sentence we agreed.
The judges wished it to be clearly understood that provi-
sion for the General Public in Halls and Corridors was not
only absolutely unnecessary but undesirable.
The Consulting Architects should be made
acquainted with the fact that the weather in Hong-Kong is
extremely hot for 4 or 5 months in the Summer and very cold
for about the same period in Winter, when adequate provision
for