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UNIVERSITY H.K. MINARY REPORT

Architects: W. Szeto.

Associate Architect:- Alan Fitch A. R. I. B. A., M. S. I. A.

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Finally, estimates of cost and programming of development discussed, the latter being complicated by the Plover Cove Water Scheme.

The University will be formed of three constituent colleges operating on a federal basis. The colleges will and have varying accommodation specialise in different courses of teach- ing. requiring buildings, other than hostels and quarters, of different planning.

The social and academic structure of the University will, therefore, be a satellite pattern of colleges grouped around a headquarters complex.

THE SITE AND ITS ENVIRONMENT

The site for the new University is about half way between

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It is well situated as far as com- munication is concerned, being sand- wiched between a modern highway on the high level and the Kowloon- Canton Railway on the seaward side. It is approximately 13 miles from the urban area of Kowloon which has a rapidly increasing population and industries

The site has an area of 273 acres. all hilly ground extending over spurs and valleys. Its elevation rises from 30.00 P.D. along the edge of the railway to 560.00 P.D. on the highest point. Part of the area lies to the west of the Tai Po Highway which rises still higher. South of the site and on lower ground lies the campus of the existing Chung Chi College, one of the three constituent colleges.

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The north-east is defined by cultivat- ed lands and villages. It is a beauti- ful site in a rural setting having the high hills to its west as a back-drop. Tolo Harbour to the east and Plover Cove across the sea to the north.

The site possesses some formid- able contours. Perhaps it is cor- rect to say that no university in the world has been built on such hilly ground and it is not difficult to visualize that when fully developed and landscaped a truly magnificent view will be achieved.

To the formidable features of the site are added the engineering im- plications and restrictions imposed by the fact that over half of the site area (152 acres) is reserved as the Borrow Area for the construction of the Plover Cove Water Scheme, that is, a considerable quantity of fill materi- als has to be obtained from this area for construction of the dams. While the fulfilment of this tremendous engineering requirement may call for certain compromises in the ideal planning of the University, it is a blessing in disguise from an economic point of view, for this huge excava- tion by the Plover Cove Scheme will benefit the University development by reducing the mountainous site to platforms suitable for building work, thereby making possible a saving of millions of dollars, which otherwise would have been a considerable finan- cial burden. The total quantity of excavation calculated from the various platforms and roads is over 9,000,000 cubic yards but what pro- portion of this huge quantity will be taken by the Water Scheme is still a matter of conjecture as only materi- als suitable for the construction of the dams will be accepted.

From the boring records available, it is evident that sub-soil conditions of the site will provide satisfactory bearing values for the foundations of most of the buildings planned on the various platforms as practically all of these are planned on solid ground.

PROPOSED LAYOUT PLAN

The proposed layout makes logical use of the site and follows. as much as sound planning permits, the terrain of the ground; it also answers the needs and requirements of the water project, the entry on to the site from the highway, the internal road system and the plat- forming, etc. This agreement, in a short period of three months. be- tween the Architects and the En- gineers over such diverse problems as university planning and dam con- struction is a great achievement.

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