FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1976
PILING WORKS ON PLANETARIUM SITE TO START IMMEDIATELY ******
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BEGIN WORK IMMEDIATELY ON PREPARING A、7,600 SQ. METRE SITE FOR HONG KONG'S $20 MILLION PLANETARIUM ON THE FORMER KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TERMINUS SITE AT TSIM SHA TSUI,
THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT WAS SIGNED IN THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING, MARKING THE FIRST STEP IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH $1.8 MILLION, IS FOR THE PILING WORKS AND HAS BEEN AWARDED TO RIGID ENGINEERING CO. LTD. FURTHER CONTRACTS WILL BE LET IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS FOR THE BUILDING WORKS.
MR. JACK STEAN, DIRECTOR OF THE P.W.D.'S BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SAID TODAY SITE PREPARATION AND PILING WORK WOULD TAKE FOUR MONTHS AND BUILDING WORK ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WOULD COMMENCE IN DECEMBER.
+THE ENTIRE PROJECT,+ HE SAID, +WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING WILL BE COMPLETED IN MID-1978,+
THE PLANETARIUM, WHICH WILL FORM PART OF THE PROPOSED CULTURAL CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI, IS BEING BUILT BY THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, WHICH IS FINANCING THE PLANETARIUM PROJECT.
TODAY'S SIGNING OF THE $1.8 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE PILING WORKS IS THE CULMINATION OF TWO YEARS OF EXHAUSTIVE PLANNING AND RESEARCH BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND A TEAM OF P.W.D. ARCHITECTS HEADED BY MR. THOMAS KU, SENIOR ARCHITECT IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT,
MR. STEAN SAID AS THIS IS THE FIRST PLANETARIUM IN HONG KONG, BOTH THE P.W.D. AND THE URBAN COUNCIL ARE NATURALLY ANXIOUS THAT ITS DESIGN SHOULD BE COMPARABLE WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE PLANETARIA IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.+
+MR. KU WAS THEREFORE SENT ON A STUDY TOUR OF SOME OF THE MOST ADVANCED PLANETARIA IN THE WORLD TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG'S PLANETARIUM IS OF THE VERY LATEST DESIGN AND INCORPORATES THE NEWEST IDEAS IN PLANETARIA,+ HE SAID.
MR. KU VISITED 15 PLANETARIA IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND GERMANY.
SAID MR. KU : +THE DESIGN OF THE PLANETARIUM HAS BEEN A GREAT CHALLENGE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT WILL FILL AN IMPORTANT RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEED, BUT BECAUSE THE BUILDING MUST ITSELF BE SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT HONG KONG CAN BE PROUD OF.+
/MR. STEAN
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