Centre, will comprise a low block of two storeys, connected to a high five-storey high block. It is being financed through a grant of HK$1.25 million from the Lotteries Fund and a donation of HK$.75 million from Sir Shiu-kin Tang.
The ground floor of the low block will have an indoor gymnasium of 5,000 sq. ft. with changing
Lady Trench nursing and training centre
rooms and a spectators' gallery. On its upper floor will be four large play rooms for children. The high block will house the administration and nursery training facilities. A further two floors may be added to this block in the future.
KL hotel will have ice rink
An indoor ice-skating rink is to be included in the attractions offered by a new 300-bedroom hotel complex to be built at Imbi Road, near Bukit Bintang Park, Kuala Lumpur. The M$10 million hotel will also include a large shopping arcade, swimming pool, steam baths, three restaurants, two night clubs, bars and a small conference room.
Three floors of the 23-storey building will be devoted to shops while a further four floors will be offices. Work will begin early next year and will be completed in 21⁄2 years.
The hotel will be called the President, though it is not connected with the international President chain. The owner is Dato Chong Kok Lim and the architect is Mr. Leung Chin Fan. Building will be carried out by the owner's own construction firm.
Tribunal will settle shoring disputes
In future, disputes over compensation for shor- ing in Hong Kong, assuming they cannot be settled by the existing informal mediation by the Secre- tariat for Chinese Affairs, will be determined by a tenancy tribunal. This is provided for in the Build- ings (Amendment) Bill 1968 published last month by the government.
Experience of the operation of the existing legislation had confirmed that although mediation by the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs had resulted in settlements being arrived at in a considerable number of cases, hardship had been caused by the absence of a simpler statutory method of determin- ing disputes over compensation.
section 18 of the Buildings Ordinance so as to en- able compensation for damage caused by the dis- mantling of shoring to be claimed; at present it can be claimed only for damage caused by the erection or maintenance of the shoring.
Start soon on Singapore language centre
Work is expected to begin within the next few weeks on the construction in Singapore of an 18- storey block to house the seven-nation Regional English Language Centre. A site of two acres in Orange Grove Road has been reserved for the pro- ject which should be completed in two years. It will cost about S$6.6 million.
Promoted by the South East Asian Ministers of Education Council (Seamec), the building will have complete international conference facilities, an audi- torium, delegates and committee rooms. It will also include secretariat facilities, an administration floor and a large library.
Seven floors will be allocated for visiting re- search fellows, senior educators and conference delegates. This part of the block will be known as International House and will have cocktail and student lounges, a restaurant and cafeteria. Other facilities will include a workshop for audio-visual
Singapore language centre
aids, a 32-booth language laboratory, lecture and demonstration rooms.
The architect is Mr. Henry Lu, of Pan-Malaysian Group Architects, Singapore.
Modifications to HK Expo pavilion
Architect, Mr. Alan Fitch, has made some modi- fications to his original sketches for the Hong Kong
The opportunity has also been taken to amend pavilion at Expo '70. The batwing sails which will
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