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of electricity remained to be seen -

but the de- mand for electricity seemed to grow more or less parallel with the demand for water, and from ‘a layman's point of view', joint production was an obvious course.

Next after water, the Governor placed the generation of power. After 1973, the electricity generating capacity following completion of works now going on in Tsing Yi island and Ap Lei Chau would be increased by 60 per cent, but by the end of the 1970's, new power stations would be re- quired, and the timing would then be 'about right' for a joint electricity and water production ven- ture.

Third on his list of priorities was drainage and sewage works, and then came the levelling and re- clamation of land for the creation of more space, which in turn broadly concerned communications.

With regard to the latter, the Governor referred to the cross-harbour tunnel, improvements at Kai Tak, the road and flyover programme with capital expenditure of something like HK$220 million envisaged for 1974 compared to the HK$50 million being spent now the satellite station, expansion of the telephone system, and the container terminals.

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The infrastructure priority with regard to living conditions included housing, recreation areas, mar- kets, schools, hospitals, and so on. The Governor said the official housing programme would have to continue 'for a further decade at least.' Private building was proceeding at the rate of some HK$500 million a year, and was providing the 'type of accommodation that increasing numbers of residents could afford.'

Bids for police tower block

Contractors are now preparing tenders for the construction of a 20-storey tower block to be erected on the south side of the existing police

New Hong Kong police headquarters building

headquarters in Arsenal Street, Hong Kong. Work on the building, which will house offices for the police force, will start in July and is expected to be completed by the latter part of 1973.

The super-structure will rise from a low two- storey podium block covering a large portion of the site. The podium occupies some 39,000 sq.ft. The ground floor will contain a large entrance hall and a few offices and workshops. A computer suite, a laboratory and more offices are to be on the first floor, and on the roof there will be a staff canteen and a shooting range.

Measuring approximately 100 ft. by 80 ft., the tower block will contain offices, a few laboratories and a command mess on the top floor.

Cargo building for textile company

One of the first off-airport buildings in Hong Kong to include special facilities for handling bulk sea and air cargo is being built in Kowloon for Mandarin Textiles Ltd.

The 14-floor building, expected to be com- pleted in August, will occupy a site next to the

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company's present building in To Kwa Wan Road. Each floor will be 10,200 sq.ft. in area and will be strengthened to take a floor loading of 200 lb. per sq.ft.

Cargo lifts are being installed capable of handl- ing large airline pallets and covered loading and unloading bays are being constructed large enough to accommodate Sea Land containers.

The architects for the buildings are Hsin Yieh Architects & Associates, and the builders, Sung Foo Kee Ltd.

Start made on 18-story KL block

An 18-storey development is to be carried out at Jalan Weld, Kuala Lumpur for Fitzpatrick's Food Supplies (FE) Ltd. The podium and slab tower block will contain a basement car park, ground floor supermarket, first floor shopping ar- cade, four floors of car parking and eleven floors of office space, with penthouses on the top floor.

The demolition and excavation contract has

Far East BUILDER, April 1971