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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1984
THE PANEL OF ASSESSORS, COMPRISING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, PROFESSOR SHIH HSIO-YEN, PROFESSOR OF FINE ARTS, HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, AND MR JACKSON WONG OF WONG AND OUYANG AND ASSOCIATES, WAS CHAIRED BY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT, MR JOSE LEI.
THE AWARD IN THE +MINOR WORKS SECTION+ WENT TO THE DESIGN
FOR SHEUNG YIU FOLK MUSEUM IN NORTH SAI KUNG.
THE DESIGN FOR THE KING'S PARK HOCKEY GROUND, WHICH CAN BE USED UNDER ANY WEATHER CONDITIONS WAS GIVEN A SPECIAL AWARD.
THERE WERE NINE ENTRIES COMPETING FOR THE AWARDS AND THE WINNERS WILL BE PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES LATER.
ACCORDING TO THE JUDGES, THE NEW SUPREME COURT BUILDING IN QUEENSWAY PROVIDED A CHALLENGE TO THE DESIGNERS.
THE SITE DIFFICULTIES, SUCH AS THE STEEP SLOPE AT THE REAR, MAIN ACCESS FROM VICTORIA BARRACKS AND THE PROBLEM OF HAVING ONE COURT ON TOP OF ANOTHER, WERE SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED BY THE DESIGN TEAM.
AS FOR THE MUSEUM, THE PANEL COMMENDED THE DESIGNERS FOR THE REUSE OF SALVAGED MATERIALS AND FOR CARRYING OUT EXTENSIVE RENOVATION WORK AND YET RETAINING THE ORIGINAL APPEARANCE - ALL DONE WITH A VERY LIMITED BUDGET OF $700 000.
THE PANEL AGREED THAT THE KING'S PARK HOCKEY GROUND DESIGN
IT DESERVED A SPECIAL DID NOT FIT INTO ANY PARTICULAR CATEGORY. AWARD BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE, YET FUNCTIONAL AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF THE EXTERIOR.
MR LE! SAID THAT IN 1983-84 190 MAJOR BUILDING PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, WITH THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE TOTALLING ABOUT $2 BILLION.
LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 12 PROJECTS COMPETING FOR THE AWARDS. THE HONG KONG COLISEUM AND THE AMENITIES BUILDING AT OSBORN BARRACKS WERE THE WINNERS.
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