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IT WILL ALSO LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN THE TRAFFIC CAPACITY OF THIS ROAD JUNCTION BY UTILISING THE GREEN TIME ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED TO THE PEDESTRIAN PHASE FOR OTHER VEHICULAR PHASES, THUS ENHANCING THE THROUGHPUT OF RESPECTIVE APPROACHES AT THE JUNCTION.
THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO START IN NEXT YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
APRIL
A STYLE OF DISTINCTION
THE WORLD'S GREAT CITIES HAVE A RECOGNISABLE STYLE ABOUT THEM, FROM THE WAY THEIR INHABITANTS GO ABOUT THEIR LIVES TO THE BUILDINGS THEY CHOOSE TO DO THEIR LIVING IN.
HONG KONG'S ARCHITECTURE IS DISTINGUISHED BY THE PACE OF CHANGE
AS WELL AS THE VARIED STYLE OF ITS MAJOR BUILDINGS.
THIS VARIETY WILL BE AMONG THE KEY POINTS OF INTEREST IN AN EXHIBITION OF HONG KONG ARCHITECTURE WHICH WILL OPEN AT THE DEUTSCHES ARKITEKTUR-MUSEUM IN FRANKFURT ON NOVEMBER 14.
MODELS,
ENTITLED THE AESTHETICS OF DENSITY, THE EXHIBITION FEATURES
DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF NOTABLE HONG KONG BUILDINGS.
THEY HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO REFLECT THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXHIBITION, WHICH LOOKS AT HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT FROM 1841 TO THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW CITY; SOME VISIONS OF WHAT MAY BE; AND A SPECIAL SECTION FOR PROFESSIONALS.
EXISTING STRUCTURES INCLUDE SIR NORMAN FOSTER'S HIGH-TECH MILESTONE, THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING, COMPLETED IN 1985; PACIFIC PLACE, DESIGNED BY WH LAM OF WANG & OUYANG; HONG KONG PARK, A DELIGHTFUL GREEN SPACE AT THE CITY'S HEART DESIGNED BY EDWARD HO AND JIM TONG OF WONG, TUNG AND PARTNERS LTD; AND I M PEI'S BANK OF CHINA BUILDING, COMPLETED IN 1989.
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS INCLUDE CENTRAL PLAZA, WAN CHAI, AT 78 STOREYS ASIA'S TALLEST BUILDING AND DESIGNED BY DENNIS LAU OF NG CHUN MAN & ASSOCIATES; AND HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, DESIGNED BY SIMON KWAN OF SIMON KWAN AND ASSOCIATES, ITS FIRST PHASE WAS COMPLETED IN 1991 AND ITS FIRST GRADUATES TOSSED THEIR MORTARBOARDS IN THE AIR THIS OCTOBER.
PROJECTS THAT LIE AHEAD INCLUDE HONG KONG'S NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND A MASSIVE REDEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH-EAST KOWLOON ON A SITE NOW OCCUPIED PARTLY BY THE EXISTING
TAK.
EAST
AIRPORT, KAI
SIR NORMAN FOSTER CAME TO HONG KONG RECENTLY TO SET UP HIS FAR BRANCH, FOSTER ASIA.
/HIS HONG
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