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Proposal for Modernisation and Extension.

BASEMENT

UNDER

Architects:-

Messrs. HARRIMAN REALTY CO., LTD.

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MAIN ENTRANCE.

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OLD BUILDING:

I MAIN LOBBY

2 BALLROOM

3 JUNIOR BALLROOM

4 COCKTAIL

LOUNGE

5 BARBER & BEAUTY SALON

6 LAVATORIES

7 PANTRY

8

INTERNAL SHOPS

NEW BUILDING.

9 SHOPS

IO CAFETERIA

GARDEN

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12

TENNIS COURT

13

TERRACE

14 PARKING AREA

SERVICE & UNLOADING BAY

CABANAS

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16

LIFT LOBBY

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18

SEA

1

I LOBBY & FRONT OFFICE

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 LAVATORIES

S MAIN DINING

4 PRIVATE DINING

6 MAIN KITCHEN

7 COCKTAIL TERRACE

8 FOOD STORAGE

IO HOUSEKEEPER

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& LINEN

LAUNDRY

12 ACCOUNTS

15 LIFT LOBBY

14 STORES

IS GUEST ROOMS

9 STAFF LOCKERS, DINING, ETC.

(TOP) GROUND FLOOR PLAN

(ABOVE LEFT) FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SWIMMING POOL

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50

100

150 FT

I GUEST RM.

2 BALCONY

3 LIFT LOBBY 4 SERVICE &

LINEN

5 SPINAL

CORRIDOR

(ABOVE RIGHT) TYPICAL GUEST ROOM FLOOR PLAN

It is interesting to note that, under the new Hotels Aid Ordinance, finan- cial assistance is provided for persons making extensions to existing hotels within a five-year period commenc- ing from 1st January 1959. qualify for aid, the lease-holder must spend at least £20,000 on extensions. The assistance takes the form of:-

To

(a) a grant, in lieu of customs concessions, consisting of ten per cent of the amount

amount spent on building materials and hotel equipment, and,

(b) the privilege of writing off the whole of the capital expenditure on new building

building (less the cost of land and the grant in lieu of customs con- cessions) against income from the hotel in any five out of the first eight years commencing with the year of completion.

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Tenders closed on the 31st March 1959, and it was expected that the successful tenderer would be nounced by the end of April. Up to now, we have no information avail- able as to the result of this invitation.

However, we are privileged to be able to reproduce here a proposal prepared for a prospective tenderer by the well-known firm of local archi- tects, Messrs. Harriman Realty Co., Ltd.

In their design, the architects have converted the original building into public and administrative rooms. The single-storeyed ancillary structures and outbuildings would be demolished, and a two-storeyed link would be built connecting with a new six- storeyed block running east to west on the land available for expansion to the north of the original site.

Details of the accommodation avail-

2,070 sq.ft., private dining-room or To the north lie two acres of open able after expansion are clearly shown cocktail lounge 1,881 sq.ft., public land available for expansion. On one

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bar 1,446 sq.ft., kitchen 1,152 side of this land is the sea and on the in the accompanying illustrations. sq.ft., bathrooms, showers and toilets other, the main marine parade. To There would be more than four times 1,760 sq.ft., laundry -681 sq.ft., the south are the Botanical Gardens the original number of guest rooms sq.ft., and Government House grounds. To with corresponding increases in the

1,520 the east is the open area of Albert sizes and variety of public rooms.

servants' quarters 1,530 powerhouse and boiler room sq.ft.

Colonnaded, balconied, with pleasing lines, the hotel stands between the blue of the sea and the green of Albert Park.

In the background is the line of surf where Pacific waves break ceaselessly on the protecting reef.

THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER

Park, fringed by the massive pile of Interesting points to note are the the Government Buildings. To the provision of shops, the centrally west, the hotel fronts on to the har- located free-standing cafeteria and the bour. Suva's main shopping centre cabanas on the ground floor. Ample is only five minutes' walk away recreation space has been incorporat- along the city's main marine parade, ed, both covered and uncovered; an The hotel was offered with vacant adequate car parking lot is located possession as from the 23rd April 1959, at the north of the site. fully licensed, equipped and staffed. Generally speaking, the architects Because of the shortage of hotel ac- have endeavoured to harmonise the commodation in Fiji, and the growing new additions with the old building tourist industry, it is busy all the year and the whole conception gives an

impression of planned unity.

round.

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