as an example, some first class letter- ing in and around the Star Ferry area and elsewhere. In fact, when the stamp designs were on show in the Tourist Bureau office they were over- lapped by lettering on the glass win- dow of a far better quality than any produced by the artists whose work was on display. In other spheres the lettering on St. Francis School, Ken- nedy Road is of excellent quality and should be examined by all who ap- preciate good design in general and who may be interested in calligraphy in particular. Good lettering is and should
SAINT FRANCIS
SCHOOL
CLEARLY EXPRESSED AND LEGIBLE LETTERING, BY MICHAEL GRIFFITHS, AT ST. FRANCIS SCHOOL. KENNEDY ROAD, HONG KONG. SURPRISE TACTICS WHICH MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN ADVERTISING HAVE NO PLACE IN CIVIC AND ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS.
be simply conceived and charm and seemliness as well as to not the time-honoured relationships of straightforwardly executed. In the make-up of our civic scene the good practical usefulness. The Chinese signs, majuscule and miniscule be flourished management of lettering can make a especially by night, give a sense of before our eyes in English as well? most important contribution to general gaiety in their forms and colours; can
CROWN LANDS & SURVEYS OFFICE
LAND SALES BY PUBLIC AUCTION
Location
Upset Price
TRAJAN.
Date
5/1/59 5/1/59
Lot No.
Sq. Ft.
5/1/59
12/1/59
12/1/59
12/1/59
Yau Tong M.L. 16 Yau Tong M.L. 17 K.I.L. 7732 Yau Tong M.L. 18 Yau Tong M.L. 19 N.K.I.L. 4178
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
15,000
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
15,000
19/1/59
Yau Tong M.L. 20
Maidston Road, Kowloon Kwun Tong Tsai Wan Kwun Tong Tsai Wan Junction of Tonkin St. & Un Chau St., Kowloon Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
3,780
$ 30,000.00 30,000.00 189,000.00
15,000
30,000.00
Sales Price
$ 132,000.00 128,000.00 Withdrawn
120,000.00
15,000
30,000.00
127,000.00
25,870
646,750.00
Withdrawn
15,000
30,000.00
19/1/59
Yau Tong M.L. 21
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
76,000
152,000.00
96,000.00 361,000.00
26/1/59 26/1/59
Yau Tong M.L. 22
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
75,000
150,600.00
200,000.00
Yau Tong M.L. 23
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
21,380
42,760.00
162,000.00
2/2/59
Yau Tong M.L. 24
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
19,200
38,400.00
125,000.00
2/2/59
Yau Tong M.L. 25
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
21,000
42,000.00
159,000.00
16/2/59
Yau Tong M.L. 26
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
18,300
36,600.00
145,000.00
16/2/59 16/2/59 23/2/59
23/2/59
Yau Tong M.L. 28 Aberdeen I.L. 173 Yau Tong M.L. 29 Yau Tong M.L. 30
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
I1,500
23,000.00
123,000.00
Tin Wan St., Aberdeen
10,000
140,000.00
141,000.00
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
10,500
21,000.00
87,000.00
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
10,000
20,000.00
85,000.00
2/3/59
Yau Tong M.L. 31
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
9,400
18,800.00
106,000.00
2/3/59
Yau Tong M.L. 32
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
25,500
51,000.00
185,000.00
9/3/59
Yau Tong M.L. 33
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
23,300
46,600.00
174,000.00
9/3/59
Yau Tong M.L. 34
Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
18,000
36,000.00
191,000.00
16/3/59
Yau Tong M.L. 35
Tsuen Wan Industrial Zone r
10,000
20,000.00
192,000.00
16/3/59 23/3/59
Yau Tong M.L. 36 Yau Tong M.L. 37
Tsuen Wan Industrial Zone I Kwun Tong Tsai Wan
12,000
24,000.00
189,000.00
18,000
36,000.00
191,000.00
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