MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1985
ASSISTING THE TEAM WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS ON SITE WILL BE CANADIAN-BASED BUT HONG KONG-BORN ARCHITECT BING THOM TOGETHER WITH FRANK MAYRS WHO HELPED DESIGN THE ENTIRE EXPO GROUND PLAN IN THE INITIAL CONCEPTUAL STAGES OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD FAIR.
THE TAO HO DESIGN PROJECT WAS SELECTED FROM AMONG THREE PRESENTED TO THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE BY DESIGNERS ON A SHORTLIST DRAWN FROM THE 40 ENTRIES SUBMITTED. THESE ENTRIES CAME NOT ONLY FROM HONG KONG BUT FROM LEADING DESIGN AGENCIES IN CANADA; THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN.
MR HSU SAID THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD BEEN SCRUPULOUSLY FAIR IN VOTING FOR THE SHORTLIST AS WELL AS FOR THE THREE FINISHED PRESENTATIONS.
THE RESULTS, HE SAID, WERE OF A VERY HIGH STANDARD AND HAD MADE THE TASK OF SELECTION A DIFFICULT ONE. BUT ON BALANCE THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT THE TAO HO DESIGN BEST EXPRESSED THE SPIRIT OF PERPETUAL RENEWAL AND GROWTH THAT HAD BUILT HONG KONG AND WOULD CONTINUE TO INSPIRE IT IN THE YEARS TO COME.
REPRESENTED ON THE HONG KONG EXPO '86 CO-ORDINATING COMMITTED ARE THE GOVERNMENT, THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, CABLE AND WIRELESS, SWIRE PACIFIC LIMITED, THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, SING TAO NEWSPAPERS LIMITED AND HUTCHISON WHAMPOA LIMITED.
THE COMMITTEE HAS SO FAR RAISED $10.5 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT, BUT MR HSU SAID HE HOPED FOR FURTHER SPONSORSHIP TO MAKE HONG KONG? ; PARTICIPATION AT EXPO '86 AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE A TRIBUTE TO THE COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY SPIRIT IT WILL SYMBOLISE.
A DISPLAY OF THE PAVILION DESIGN HAS BEEN ARRANGED IN THE MAIN PLAZA OF THE LANDMARK LATER THIS MONTH, AND WILL SUBSEQUENTL BE MOVED TO THE SILVERCORD BUILDING AND THE OCEAN TERMINAL IN Tɔir SHA TSUI.
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