FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1993
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HIS HONG KONG OFFICE TEAMED UP WITH MOTT CONNELL AND BAA FORMER BRITISH AIRPORT AUTHORITY) TO WIN A CONTRACT WORTH ABOUT MILLION TO DESIGN THE AIRPORT TERMINAL AT CHEK LAP KOK.
IT IS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1997 AND WILL EQUAL THE AREA OF NEW YORK'S JFK AND LONDON'S HEATHROW.
(THE
US $70
COMBINED
AN
IS SHOWING
HONG KONG'S PRINCIPAL TOWN PLANNER DR EG PRYOR HAS CREATED AIRPORT OUTLINE PLAN FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF KAI TAK AFTER THE RELOCATED AND THIS WILL FORM PART OF THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE TERRITORY.
EXHIBITION
AT THE REQUEST OF THE FRANKFURT ORGANISERS, A SPECIAL SECTION
CREATED FOR PROFESSIONALS
ARCHITECTS,
WHERE
OF THE
HAS BEEN PLANNERS
J
THE MORE TECHNICAL ASPECTS
DISCUSSED IN DETAIL.
DESIGNERS PROJECTS
AND
ARE
EXHIBITION
A FINELY PRINTED CATALOGUE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DEALING AT LENGTH WITH HONG KONG'S HISTORY AND BUILDING PECULIARITIES. HONG KONG COVERS AN AREA OF 1,080 SQUARE KILOMETRES, BUT MUCH OF CANNOT BE BUILT ON BECAUSE IT IS TOO STEEP, SO THE CITY'S SIX PEOPLE ARE CRAMMED INTO ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF THE SPACE.
THAT MILLION
UNTIL RECENTLY, THE MONG KOK DISTRICT WAS REGARDED AS THE DENSELY POPULATED SQUARE MILE ON EARTH.
IN THESE CONDITIONS, THE TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION TAKES ON ΤΟ TACKLE MEANING AND
THE APPROACH NOW BEING TAKEN INDICATES DIFFICULTIES INHERENT IN ACCOMMODATING SO MANY PEOPLE IN SUCH A
MOST
NEW
THE
SMALL
AREA.
AS
THE
EXHIBITS
DEMONSTRATE,
THE RESULTS
CAN
BE
QUITE
INSPIRING.
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SMILING IMAGES OF HONG KONG
A TROUPE OF
17 PERFORMERS FROM HONG KONG'S ACADEMY PERFORMING ARTS WILL ENTERTAIN LEADING EUROPEAN BUSINESSMEN POLITICIANS AT A DINNER IN THE HAGUE LATER THIS MONTH.
THE PERFORMANCE, HONG KONG IMAGES, WILL COME THE KURHAUS HOTEL, THE HAGUE, ON NOVEMBER 16.
FOR AND
AFTER DINNER IN
HONG IT WILL COMBINE DANCE, MUSIC AND VISUAL IMAGES TO REFLECT
INTO A MAJOR, MODERN KONG'S CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL CITY.
A
A
SIX-MINUTE FILM KICKING OFF THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE A LIVELY,
HONG KONG INTERSPERSED WITH GLIMPSES OF PRESENTING IMAGES OF
WHO BEAMS TRADITIONAL CHINESE MASKED CHARACTER, BIG-HEADED BUDDHA, BIG, INFECTIOUS GRIN.
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