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THE

HONG KONG

AND SOUTH CHINA

BUILDER

A BI-MONTHLY PERIODICAL

OF

BUILDING AND REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG AND THE FAR EAST.

CHINA

HONG KONG

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

MACAO MALAYA

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Jeb-Mase-1939

Page

Aluminium Union Ltd.

16

Anderson, Meyer & Co.

12

Atlas Preservative Co., Ltd.

5

Bigazzi, Raoul

18

1979.0

St. Joan Court Apartments

#1 1.4.

CONTENTS

Page

9

Cathay Ceramics (H.K.) Ltd.

44

Concrete Products Ltd. Inside Back Cover

The Royal Hong Kong Golf Club

13

Davie, Boag & Co., Ltd. ... Front Cover

Davie, Boag & Co., Ltd.

(Westinghouse)

8

The Cathay Theatre

17

Deutsche Farben-Handelsgesellschaft 51 Dodwell & Co., Ltd.

Back Cover

Crown Land Sales

21

Dodwell & Co., Ltd. (Dodge Trucks) Dodwell & Co., Ltd. (Frigidaire)

6

38

General Electric Co. of China, Ltd.

Public Works Department Reports

22

24

Green Island Cement Co., Ltd.

23

H.K. & China Gas Co., Ltd.

43

Architect-Painter-Sculptor

25

Jack, Wm. C. & Co.

51

Jardine Engineering Corpn., Ltd.

28

Kloeckner Steel Corporation

Vibrating Concrete

29

36

Kunst & Albers

5

Lee Cheong & Co.

36

General Contractors' Association of Hong Kong

35

Loxley, W. R. & Co. (China) Ltd.

3

Maes, R.

14

House in Cheshire for £1000

37

Malcolm & Co., Ltd.

32

Manners, John & Co., Ltd.

43

Marsman Hongkong China Ltd.

49

Modern Architecture in China

39

New Asia Co.

35

Otis Elevator Company

New Projects (English)

46

Inside Front Cover

Reiss, Bradley & Co., Ltd.

34

Robinson, J. L. & Co.

51

Effects of Bombing from the Air

•

50

Shewan, Tomes & Co. (Cressonite)

20

Shewan, Tomes & Co. (Certain-teed) Shewan, Tomes & Co., (Aluminium) 16

2

New Projects (Chinese)

53

Thornycroft, John I. & Co., Ltd.

.19

Simplex Gypsum Products, Ltd.

4

Hong Kong Architects' Directory

+

57

Tung Tai Engineering Co.

52

United Steel Companies, Ltd.

1

New Products & Materials

58

Waibel & Co.

51

Warren, C. E. & Co.

Weaver & Co.

2

Buyers' Guide

59

Wicking, Harry & Co., Ltd.

1

Wing Tai Cheung Co.

52

Buyers' Guide

59

Yorkshire Copper Works, Ltd.

32

PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY BY

THE HONG KONG BUILDER HONG KONG BANK BUILDING, HONG KONG.

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