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Far East ARCHITECT & BUILDER

The oldest trade journal in the Far East

EDITOR: A. G. BARNETT

Contents

JUNE 1967

news review

News Review

World News

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Expo' 67, Montreal

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Habitat 67, Montreal

34

Keelung Transit Shed, Taiwan

37

Jockey Club Polyclinic, Hong Kong

42

Network Analysis in Construction

46

P. A. Smith, AIOB

Civil Engineering Section

Ap Lei Chau Power Station, Hong Kong..

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R. Boorman

Materials and Equipment

59

Contractors' Plant

63

Building Plans Approved

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Contracts Awarded

69

Index to Advertisers

72

Cover picture: Structure for one of the five compartments of a 250 metre long transit shed at Keelung Harbour, Taiwan. Erected by Rebar Structures China Ltd., each compartment measures 45 x 50 metres. See page 37.

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MASTER PLAN CRITISISED

A PROMINENT Malaysian architect, Mr. Goh Hock Guan, has made strong critisism of the Master Plan for Kuala Lumpur which has recently been put on public exhibition.

One would have thought, he said, that with 30 years to do the job a first rate effort would be the result. (The first and last Master Plan was prepared by the British almost 30 years ago). But the immediate impression on seeing the plan was one of acute disappointment that so little has been done in so long a time. This was not the Master Plan of a proud, inspiring, forward looking capital city designed now and for years to come.

Nowhere, for instance, was there provision for a public library an elementary but incredible omission when one of the needs of Kuala Lumpur was for a library for the people.

Instead of maximum contact and providing the facili ties and the setting for a free intermingling of different races, cultures and peoples of different walks of life the new plan showed a rigid compartmentalisation of every- thing that was different, Mr. Goh continued.

Much more serious was the separation of the Malay residential area from those of Chinese and Indians, he said. Thus there were places like Kampong Bahru only for the Malays, Chinatown for the Chinese and Sentul for the Indians. All these in turn must be effectively insulated from that elite group of very rich Malays, Chinese, In- dians and Europeans who lived in Kenny Hill and the Golf Course area.

This kind of planning made little sense in a develop- ing nation, he added.

BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

THE Building Authority approved a total of 26 new building plans of all types in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories in April.

During the same period, 71 newly completed build- ings were certified for occupation as compared with 83 in March. The total included eight for domestic pur- poses, 20 for non-domestic purposes and 43 for combin- ed domestic and non-domestic use. In addition the Building Authority approved the demolition of ten buildings.

Cost of new building work in the Colony in the month of April amounted to HK$94,266,038, while a total of HK$4,549,492 was spent on site formation work. In the same period there were 181 new buildings of all types erected.

This total includes five factories and godowns, 15 offices and shops. 147 houses and flats and 14 other buildings of mixed accommodation.

SINGAPORE FLYOVER

SINGAPORE's first fly-over is to be built at the inter-section of Jalan Toa Payoh and Thomson and Whitley Roads, near the entrance to the Police Training School. Costing M$3,250,000, the project is expected to be completed by the end of next year.

Tenders for the piling work have been invited and

Far East Architect & Builder June, 1967

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