No_12_December_1969 — Page 3

Index to Advertisers:

American Engineering Corp.

HKV

Australian Government Trade Commission HKI/SMI

Blue Circle Group. Bolton Gate Co. Ltd.

Builder

Editor: A. G. Barnett

Contents

News review

SMVI

28

+

G. Brady & Co. Ltd.

10

3

Nathan Road site sold for HK$ 130m.

Chrysler-Airtemp .

3

42

4

Ohbayashi-Gumi expected to win Thai project

Start on Shaw's residence

Construction Material Marketing Co.

IBC

4

Transport at Expo '70

Danto Co. Ltd.

50

5

New building for Gilmans

Diesel Electric (M) Ltd..

6

SMIX

CMA Exhibition designs

9

World news

Diethelm & Co. Ltd.

SMV

Dodge & Seymour (F.E.) Ltd.

HKII

Jardine Engineering Corp. Ltd.

·

Marley Tile Co. Ltd..

Duro Industries Ltd..

Fibrite Fibreglass (M) Sdn. Bhd..

Fujimori Kogyo Co. Ltd.

Gammon (H.K.) Ltd.

Gilman & Co. Ltd.

Robert Hildebrand

Hyster Co..

I.C.I. (M) Sdn. Bhd..

+

+

Ishikawajima Koehring Co. Ltd..

Inniss & Riddle (China) Ltd. (B.I.C.C.).

Inniss & Riddle (China) Ltd. (Sloan)

International Engineering Ltd.

Intrusion Prepakt (F.E.) Ltd. .

William Jacks & Co. (M) Berhad.

Japan Iron & Steel Exporter's Association.

Kotobuki Seating Co. Ltd.

Kubota Ltd. (PVC Pipes)

Kubota Ltd. (G-Column)

Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kikai Kogyo Co. Ltd.

W.R. Loxley & Co. Ltd.

Malayan Oxygen Sdn. Bhd.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

M.K. Electric Ltd.

Muller & Philips (China) Ltd.

Nikkei Aluminium

Nippon Electric Co. Ltd.

INT.1

SMVIII

12

D

2258

13

27

A new role for the quantity surveyor

29

Design

Commerce and arts combined in Lopez Building Luxury home is compartmentalised

Steel and r.c. construction used on textile factory

HKXII

HKIII

Civil engineering

45

35

Japan building its longest submerged tube tunnel

34

SMVII

IFC

39

43

HKXVI

New products

Materials and equipment

Contractors plant

·

HKVIII

*

New projects

HKVII

•

+

47

Plans approved

HKIX

49

SMIV

2

HKX

+

52

46

·

HKXI

•

51

INT.4

•

SMX

11

BC

HKXV/SMIII

HKVIII

8

•

38

+

Otis Elevator Co.

Peglers Ltd.

Petman Ltd.

Philips Hong Kong Ltd.

N.V. Philips

40

Pilkington Bros. Ltd.

21

Rediffusion Rediture

HKXIII

Rheem Hume Ltd.

33

Sekisui Chemical Company Ltd.

HKVI

Taksiu Trading Corp. Ltd.

HKVIII

Westinghouse Electric International S.A..

7

INT.2-3

44

HKXIV/SMIJ HKIV

Contracts awarded

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a new

Cover: Saw-toothed acoustic ceiling of the Meralco Theatre at Pasig, Philippines. The 1,080-seat theatre, equipped for confer- ences and live performances, is built as an extension to the Lopez Building 15-storey administration headquarters for the Manila Electric Co. The richly decorat- ed buildings which are linked by a services and lift tower, were designed by Jose M. Zaragoza & Associates. United Construc- tion Co. Inc. was the main contractor. Cost of construction and furnishing totalled approximately P48 million.

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