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HONG KONG

Artist's impression of stage 1

MOBIL'S LAICHIKOK PROJECT

HIRTY-SIX acres of land at Lai-

Tchikok.

the

chikok. Kowloon, Hong Kong, formerly the site of a Mobil Oil depot. is being developed as largest privately sponsored housing project in South East Asia.

Some 60,000 to 80,000 people will be housed in 12,000 to 15,000 flats at a construction cost of more than HK$400 million.

The project, com- prising groups of 20- storey tower blocks of a repetitive cruciform design, will be man- aged by Mei Foo In- vestments. Ltd., Hong Kong, an affiliate of Mobil Oil Corpora- tion. Also involved in both the investment and the development will be Turner Con- struction Co., one of America's largest building firms, who will manage and co- ordinate the construc- tion programme, and Galbreath - Ruffin Согр., а real estate organisation who, it is stated, will supervise the planning. The ar- chitects are Wong & Tung & Associates. Hong Kong.

The site lies on level land between the Kowloon Hills and Hong Kong Harbour and is at the western

LAI CHI КОК BAY

HARBOUR

WONG & TUNG & ASSOCIATES

TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO.

MEI FOO INVESTMENTS LTD.

GALBREATH RUFFIN CORP.

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Solution of the traffic problem adopts the principle of separating vehicle and pedestrian traffic

Far East Architect & Builder December, 1966

architects and planners

construction managers

developers

planning supervisors

NOTATION

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TRAFFIC

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