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commitment up to 1975 of HK$70,229,000, to be provided by Government.

Major new works at The Chinese University in- clude an extension to the science centre, a central activities building which will house the school of education and a number of specialist centres, a post-graduate hall and student hostels. There are also proposals for a general purpose auditorium and a sports centre for which the Government is willing to commit altogether up to HK$4 million provided private donors can be found to contribute similar amounts.

At the University of Hong Kong there will be an extension to the new Knowles Building, a health service building and maintenance workshops and stores.

Colourful Manila department store

A solid wall facade faced with semi-glazed cera- mic tiles on all sides is the feature of a large new department store completed recently at Makati, Manila.

The tile pattern of triangles is defined by stain- less steel angles and tees which extend to an 8 ft. railing above the flat roof slab of the four-storey

New Rustan department store, Manila

building. Deep Chinese blue tiles alternate with lighter blue tiles and contrast with small triangles of bright orange to create a colourful facade.

The entire ground floor of the building is oc- cupied by a supermarket with 12 check-out coun- ters. It is linked to the department store floors above by lifts and escalators. Total floor area of the building is 120,000 sq. ft.

Known as the New Rustan Department Store, it was designed by Jose E. Sala of Makati. The gen- eral contractor was A.M. Oreta & Co. Inc.

Cheung Sha Wan zoning plan

Hong Kong's Town Planning Board has publish- ed a draft outline zoning plan for the Cheung Sha Wan area of New Kowloon, covering about 780 acres. Most of the area has already been developed, but there are about 40 acres of reclaimed land

south of Cheung Sha Wan Road available for deve- lopment.

Under the plan, a total of 113.6 acres has been zoned for Government, institutional and commu- nity uses. The majority of this comprises existing government holdings such as waterworks installa- tions, police quarters and an abattoir, but further sites have been reserved within the built-up area.

Of the 72.5 acres earmarked for industrial use, about 20 acres is new land reserved in Butterfly Valley and on the reclamation. A total of more than 240 acres, including the foothills north of Ching Cheung Road, Tai Po Road and the embank- ment to the south of these roads, has been zoned for a green belt.

Areas zoned for other specified uses cover 45 acres. A cargo handling area is proposed along the waterfront. This may be extended eastward under- neath the elevated road, subject to the detailed planning of the road scheme.

As part of the long term road study to meet the future increase in traffic expected, an elevated trunk road along the waterfront is proposed. This road will be routed inland to join Lai Chi Kok Road at the western end of the planning area. It is also proposed that some of the minor streets be closed to vehicular traffic in order to improve the environment of the district.

Ventilation regulations published

The owner of a building in which there is a ven- tilating system must keep that system safe and working efficiently and must have certain parts of that system inspected annually by a registered ven- tilation contractor. This is the gist of the Building (Ventilating Systems) (Amendment) Regulations 1971, published in Hong Kong last month.

The regulations also require a registered ventila- tion contractor who has inspected a ventilation system to issue an inspection certificate.

A copy of this certificate, stating the condition of the equipment inspected, the address at which the inspection was made and the name and the address of the contractor who carried out the inspection, must be sent to the Director of Fire Services.

Japan firm wins Development Bank contract

The contract to build the 50-storey Develop- ment Bank of Singapore - another claimant to the title 'tallest in S.E. Asia' has been won by the Japanese company, Onbayashi-Gumi Ltd. The award is worth S$36.25.

Scheduled for completion in 1974, the tower block will rise from a 274 metres long, three-storey podium covering the whole of the site in Shenton Way. There will be 50 storeys above ground and two below. The total floor space will be 79,000 sq. metres.

Far East BUILDER, June 1971

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