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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1993

OCCUPATION,

DURING THE JAPANESE BILLET JAPANESE TROOPS AND STABLE HORSES.

THE BUILDING WAS USED TO

IN

AFTER THE WAR, AS SOON AS THE BUILDING WAS DE-REQUISITIONED DECEMBER 1946, IT OPENED AGAIN TO RECEIVE GUESTS, AND HAS CONTINUED TO FUNCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE UP TO THE I'RESENT TIME.

ARCHITECTURALLY, THE BUILDING IS IN THE STYLE VICTORIAN OR EDWARDIAN CLASSICAL REVIVAL.

OF LATE

SCALE.

ITS FUNCTION AS A HOSTEL IS REFLECTED IN ITS ARCHITECTURE AND

THE BUILDING IS THREE STOREYS HIGH AND HAS A BASEMENT.

ITS U-SHAPED PLAN, WITH ITS MAIN FACADE FACING GARDEN ROAD AND TWO SIDE-WINGS PROJECTING TOWARDS THE BACK, WAS PROBABLY ORIGINALLY SYMMETRICAL; THE PRESENT EXTENSIONS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS

WERE LATER ADDED TO THE BACK OF THE SOUTH WING.

THERE IS AN EXQUISITE ENTRANCE PORCH AT THE CENTRAL PORTION. THE SEGMENT-ARCH PEDIMENT OF THE PORCH, BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED, AND THE TWO COLUMNS IN THE "NEO-CLASSICAL" VERSION OF THE IONIC CAPITAL, FLANKING THE ENTRANCE STEPS ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE BAROQUE-ROCOCO FLAVOUR OF THE BUILDING.

THE DECLARATION OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE MAIN BUILDING AS A HISTORICAL BUILDING HAS THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE HELENA MAY COUNCIL AND THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD.

IT IS THE THIRD BUILDING IN THE TERRITORY, THE EXTERIOR OF WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED A MONUMENT.

THE OTHER TWO ARE THE OLD SUPREME COURT (NOW THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING) AND THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KONG.

HONG

MAP OF HK IN ITS REGIONAL SETTING PUBLISHED

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A NEW MAP OF HONG KONG IN IT'S REGIONAL SETTING IS NOW ON SALE.

PRODUCED BY THE SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE (SMO) OF THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, THE FULL COLOUR MAP COVERS HONG KONG, ZHUHAI, HUIDONG ZHU JIANG DELTA WITH CONTOURS AND A SCALE OF 1:300000.

AND

IT SHOWS CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE REGION AND MAIN INFRASTRUCTURAL INSTALLATIONS, SUCH AS AIRPORTS AND POWER STATIONS. MAIN ROADS AND SECONDARY ROADS ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP, TOGETHER WITH ROADS AND RAILWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

/A SMO