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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1993

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THE TWO SIDES ALSO AGREED TO WORK REMAINING TECHNICAL ISSUES THROUGH THE WORKING GROUP GROUPS, THE WORK OF WHICH WOULD BE INTENSIFIED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

THE HONG KONG DELEGATION TO THE WORKING GROUP WAS LED BY DEPUTY MEMBERS SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR CANICE MAK.

ASSISTANT INCLUDE THE DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES, MR SIU CHUEN; AN

FINANCE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MR RAYMOND CHAN; AND A BRANCH REPRESENTATIVE.

BOOK OF THE DECADES

FASTEST-CHANGING AND

HONG KONG GENERATES SOME OF THE WORLD'S

AND THE PACE IS SO FAST IT IS SOMETIMES MOST INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURE HARD TO REMEMBER THE WAY IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.

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GLOSSY WHICH

LARGE FORMAT THIS VARIETY IS RECORDED IN A 160-PAGE,

AESTHETICS OF DENSITY" BOOK ENTITLED "HONG KONG ARCHITECTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE TERRITORY FROM TOMORROW AT $320 FOR THE SOFT- COVER EDITION.

KONG THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED TO ACCOMPANY AN EXHIBITION OF HONG

ARCHITEKTUR-MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE SAME TITLE AT THE DEUTSCHES

WILL CONTINUE UNTIL IN FRANKFURT WHICH OPENED ON NOVEMBER 14 AND FEBRUARY 27.

BUILDINGS

MODELS, DESIGNS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF NOTABLE HONG KONG FOR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE FILL THE BOOK, TOGETHER WITH COMMENTARIES DR TED PRYOR, BY THE TERRITORY'S PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, DR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR PAU SHIU-HUNG, THE DEUTSCHES ARCHITEKTUR-MUSEUM DIRECTOR, PROFESSOR VITTORIO MAGNAGNO LAMPUGNANI.

AND

ZACHMANN AND AN PERSONALISED

PHOTOGRAPHS BY FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER PATRICK BY GERMAN SINOLOGIST DR TILMAN SPEngler offER TWO VIEWS OF HONG KONG.

ESSAY

THE BOOK, LIKE THE EXHIBITION, LOOKS AT HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT FROM 1841 TO THE EMERGENCE OF THE STRIKING NEW CITY IT HAS BECOME.

PHOTOGRAPHS,

AS WELL AS A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF HISTORIC THE BOOK CONTAINS PICTURES, DRAWINGS AND MODELS OF EXISTING STRUCTURES SUCH AS THE HONGKONGBANK HEADQUARTERS BUILDING; PACIFIC

THE KONG PARK; CENTRAL PLAZA; THE SHUN TAK CENTRE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE BANK OF CHINA BUILDING.

PLACE; HONG UNIVERSITY OF

INTERNATIONAL IN SOUTHEAST SITE NOW

PROJECTS THAT LIE AHEAD INCLUDE HONG KONG'S NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND A MASSIVE REDEVELOPMENT KOWLOON WHERE IT IS PLANNED TO HOUSE 280,000 PEOPLE ON THE OCCUPIED BY KAI TAK AIRPORT.

POR DR PRYOR, WHO DIRECTED A STUDY TO PRODUCE AN OUTLINE PLAN

ALLOWED PEOPLE TO OF

THE BOOK ΚΑΙ REDEVELOPMENT

TAK, SAID APPRECIATE THE RATE AND SCOPE OF CHANGE IN HONG KONG.

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"THE HISTORICAL COMPONENT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK

DESIGNERS HONG KONG'S HE SAID. "AND THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE,

BUILDINGS - SOME OF THEM ON PRODUCING QUITE EXCITING INDIVIDUAL CUTTING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND BUILDING TECHNIQUES.

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