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Far East

ARCHITECT & BUILDER

The oldest trade journal in the Far East

EDITOR: A. G. BARNETT

JUNE 1965

news review

Contents

News Review

890

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World News

43

Kuala Lumpur Air Terminal

49

Catholic Church on Coloane Island

52

Ma Tau Wai Estate, Hong Kong

54

Denmark House Extension, K. L.

57

Modern Club for Philippine Elks

60

Problems Facing Malaysia's Building Industry,

by C. K. San, FIOB

61

Professional Associations,

by Cedric Astbury, FRIBA

65

Civil Engineering Section

Angat River Development,

by Angel Buenaventura and Antonio X. Sison 69

New Materials and Equipment ..

75

New Contractors' Plant

79

83

87

104

Building Plans Approved

Contracts Awarded

Index to Advertisers

Cover picture: A corner of the new head office building for Hong Kong Housing Authority at Ma Tau Wai Estate, Kowloon. The estate, the first to be designed by the authority's own staff, is illustrated on page 54.

Published monthly by Far East Trade Press Ltd., 1908, Prince's Building, Hong Kong. Tel: 241031 European Office: Building and Contract Journals Ltd., 32 Southwark Bridge Road, London, 8. E. 1. Tel: Waterloo 2060. Printed by Shum Shing Print- ing Co., 7 Ship Street, Hong Kong. Tel: 724513.

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Far East Architect & Builder June, 1965

DOCKYARD PLAN TO BE REVISED

HONG KONG Government has conceded that the conditions it laid down for the redevelopment of the 134-acre former Royal Naval Dockyard site as a single or double unit were over-ambitious.

The one tender received for developing the small western portion of the area has been rejected as being "below the estimated value of the land," and the com- plete plan is to be revised and modified.

A comprehensive plan for the central area of Hong Kong, including the sale by tender of the former dock- yard area, was drawn up by the Town Planning Board in August 1961 and was approved, with certain amend- ments, by the Governor-in-Council in February 1963. The layout included a bold concept for the large-scale development of the dockyard land. World-wide tenders were invited in August last year for the purchase of this land.

But only one bid, from local interests, was submitted. A number of private enquiries were also received about possible alternative methods of development, but no specific offers were made.

"In view of this," a Government statement says, "the entire plan has been reviewed and the Director of Public Works has come to the conclusion that certain aspects of the proposed development, in particular the podium concept involving a substantial initial capital outlay by the purchaser, has proved too radical to succeed in local circumstances at present.

NEW ADDRESS

As from June 4, 1965, the address of Far East Architect & Builder will be: 1908. Prince's Building, Hong Kong.

"The correct course for Government now to take is to revise, as soon as possible, the layout of both the western and eastern portions of the dockyard land on more conventional lines. The aim will now be to sell individual lots of a size in keeping with the location but with sale conditions likely to prove more attractive to developers."

The statement goes on: "In replanning the develop- ment scheme, the convenience of the pedestrian will be catered for, while close attention will also be paid to parking requirements through the reservation of sites for multi-storey car parks."

In revising the dockyard plan, the comprehensive redevelopment plan for the central area has also been examined. Improvements to the central district traffic plan are being reconsidered and the whole statutory plan for the central district has been referred back to the Town Planning Board.

FULL-TIME TECHNICAL COURSES

BEGINNING in September, full-time courses at technolo- gist, technician and pre-apprentice levels are being offered by the Department of Building, Surveying and Structural Engineering of the Hong Kong Technical College.

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