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Jordan Road, its sides bounded by Pilkem Street and Parkes Street, with a scavenging lane at the rear.

The new building will be of a com- posite nature with eleven shops on the ground floor, varying in area from 300 to 500 square feet. There will be restaurants on the first and second floors, these being served by kitchens and a food preparation room located in the basement.

The upper eleven storeys will con- tain Chinese tenement flats, a total of 154 with net floor areas from about 350 square feet to 850 square feet. The average flat area will be about 500 square feet, which is considered to be the most practical and econo- mical size for the middle class Chinese families, to whom the building will cater.

Separate entrances for the restau- rants and the flats will be provided in different locations in the building to avoid congestion and to preserve the privacy of the domestic accom- modation on the upper floors. The main entrance to the elevator lobby serving the restaurants will be from Jordan Road, and entrances to the elevator lobbies serving the flats will be from Parkes Street and Pilkem Street.

Two staircases located off the lift lobbies for the flats will extend from the ground floor to roof level, while a separate staircase will serve the restaurants.

The basement will be provided with both mechanical ventilation and na- tural lighting from the open yard which is designed at a lower level. Two exits with staircases leading to the scavenging lane are provided for the basement to ensure safety and convenience.

Ample headroom has been provided for the shops on the ground floor (14'-0" to 17'-0"), and for the first and second floor restaurants (11'-6").

The building will be of reinforced concrete construction, the whole build- ing being designed to resist wind pressure from four directions, R.C.C. slabs and beams attached to columns are used to resist the earth pressure from the sides of the basement in lieu of the Determinate type of Retaining Wall for economic cost of construction. The sideways effect of the earth pressure in the basement exerted on the R.C.C. frames of the building was also analyzed in the design.

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