construction will start in the next few weeks.
A Public Works Department spokesman said last month that the bridge, nearly 1,000 ft. long and 70 ft. wide, would connect New Jalan Toa Payoh Road with Whitley Road to allow an uninterrupted flow of traffic between east and west. Underneath the bridge, the traffic from north to south and vice versa would continue to flow freely along Thomson Road.
The bridge would have a central span of 120 ft. above Thomson Road, and 12 spans of 69 ft. each with four smaller spans for the slip roads.
AGGREGATE PLANT OPENED
HONG KONG's most advanced quarrying operation which is now producing granite aggregate both for the Colony's ready-mixed concrete suppliers and for the open market. was officially opened last month at Chakwoling in the New Territories.
Developed by Pioneer Quarries (H.K.) Ltd., joint venture of Newvic Nominees Ltd. and Pioneer Concrete Services. Ltd., both of Sydney, the plant has a capacity of about 180 tons an hour and produces a range of aggre- gates from 11⁄2 in. to stone fines. The initial output will be about 35,000 cu. yd. a month.
Crushing plant for the quarry was supplied by an- other Sydney firm, Jaques Bros. Ltd. It includes a hydraulically controlled apron feeder, a double toggle
Third stage crusher and despatch area
primary crusher, a secondary gyratory crusher fed from a 2,000 cu. yd. surge pile by vibrating feeders, and a third gyratory crusher. The plant is equipped with a new dust supression system and experiments are under way to de- termine its worth under Hong Kong conditions.
MEDAN TUANKU PROJECT PROGRESS
FIRST stage of the M$30 million Medan Tuanku project in Kuala Lumpur described in the October 1966 FEA & B should be ready for occupation next year.
The 111⁄2 acre site off Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman has now been cleared and work has started on the first three four-storey buildings which will have shops on the ground floor and flats above. In all, the scheme will pro- vide 100 lots of three types of shop-house and three lots for larger developments such as department store, bowling centre and offices.
Built around the Loke Yew Memorial which covers an acre, the project will have its own internal road system and parking facilities. The developers are Capitol Pro- perties. Ltd. and the architects, Kumpulan Akitek.
AID FOR DISASTER AREAS
THE Hong Kong Society of Architects was addressed last month by a leading British architect, Mr. Edward Mills, who was in the Colony to examine students of the School of Architecture. University of Hong Kong.
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Theme of Mr. Mills' address was the need for an
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international body of consultants to provide technical aid to countries which had experienced natural disasters.
He said that when natural disasters struck, the Red Cross and other international bodies were there to provide medical aid, rescue and welfare work, but there was at present no such body to render technical aid. There was a dire need for studies to carried out on the effect of typhoons, earthquakes and other natural disasters on buildings, roads and historic monuments.
"I would like very much to see teams of architects, engineers and town planners willing to give up their time to carry out these studies in countries which had ex- perienced natural calamities," he said.
Mr. Mills disclosed that he had recently been com missioned by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation to prepare a report on the feasibility of starting such a world body. He had sub- mitted his report to UNESCO and it was now being discussed.
Mr. Mills added that Hong Kong architects had had a good deal of expereince of typhoons, and he had been pleased with their interest in the project.
400-ROOM MANILA HOTEL
A NEW 22-storey hotel is planned for Manila. To be known as the Bayside it will have 400 rooms and has been designed for Samson Enterprises by Mr. Antonio Heredia of Manila.
The building will consist of a rectangular tower ris- ing from a podium base. Four reinforced concrete needle- like columns will stand at the corners of the tower, end- ing as beacon houses for a heliport to be constructed on the roof.
The core-designed structure will stand free of its multi-layer glass curtain walling and is designed to with- stand earthquake shocks. Floors will be prestressed and interiors, column-free. It will be supported on in situ cast step-tapered concrete piles.
GOVERNMENT OFFICERS' HOUSING
WORK will begin soon on a new housing scheme for local Government officers on a site off Lung Cheung Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The scheme. designed to accom- modate about 2,350 people in 296 flats, has been planned by the Housing Division of the Urban Services Depart-
ment.
A site of almost 8 acres will contain ten blocks of flats and maisonettes varying from five to nine storeys in height. These will be constructed in two phases.
The first phase will consist of seven blocks of flats with a total of 160 units. Each flat will comprise one combined living, dining room,
three bedrooms. two bathrooms, a kitchen and servants' quarters. Car parking will be provided at the rate of one car per flat.
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