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Mr. Harry Grace with Mr. J. R. Firth in their office

at P.W.D., behind models of the main set pieces (Wah Kiu Yat Po Photo).

co-operated by decorating and illu- minating their vehicles, cranes and ships.

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Most of the flags used by Govern- ment were made by the inmates of Stanley Prison; some of the flags and the embroidered crests were made by the convalescing patients at the Cheung Chau Hospital. Some of the shields were made at the P.W.D. workshops at Morrison Hill and these bore the various coats of arms of the Commonwealth and were painted on masonite, backed by wooden frames which housed the flags forming the background; other shields and the set pieces were constructed and erected by Fook Lee & Company, who were highly praised for their excellent work by the designers. Plumbing work to the fountains was executed by Lee Yu Kee. The four heraldic lions, which were modelled by the Vannini Construction Company Limited, had

One of the heraldic lions being modelled at the Vannini Construction Company Limited workshop.

(Wah Kiu Yat Po Photo)

bodies cf plaster built up on frame- tural Office of the Public Works De- works of steel, and were finished with partment, was in charge of the de- cement sprayed with bronze paint. signing of the official Coronation de- The braziers were designed and con- corations, and he is to be congratulat- structed by the Hong Kong & China ed on the excellent effects he obtained Gas Company Limited under the with the resources he had at his com- supervision of Mr. H.W.G. McLaren. mand; it was largely through his The Coronation Gardens in Kowloon efforts that the decorations through- were planted by the Government Gar- out the Colony were such a success, dens Department. The aluminium because of the advice and co-opera- crowns were made by the Hong Kong tion that was given by him to private Chiap Hua Manufactory Company owners in addition to his own work Limited. Floodlighting in Statue for Government. Co-operating with Square, for Government buildings, was carried out by The British Gen- eral Electric Company Limited; illu- minations Kowloon Magistracy, GPO Building, Marine Office, and the Central Fire Brigade Building were executed by Gordon, Woodroffe & Company Far East), Limited. Models were built by the Architectural Model- ling Service.

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Mr. Grace, and to whom must go a due share of the praise, was Mr. J. R. Firth. Mr. W. Bushell supervised the erection of the decorations, and Mr. M. MacKenzie was in charge of the installation of illuminations.

short article all the decorations that It would be impossible to cover in a

were put up in the Colony, but apart from Government work there were a

Mr. Harry Grace of the Architec- few private schemes worthy of par-

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Architect's Drawing of the Coronation Garden at the Kowloon Star Ferry Concourse.

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ticular attention. One of the most outstanding buildings was the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, which was surrounted by a huge coloured crown, 26 feet high and 30 feet wide; it was illuminated at night by 2,400 bulbs- 1.950 white and 450 coloured, burning 44,700 watts in all: the building was also decorated with regal motifs, and floodlit. In the centre of Hong Kong. those properties controlled and managed by the Hongkong Land In- vestment and Agency Co., Ltd., were decorated in the tradition of the Commonwealth theme to designs pre- pared by Cathay Limited. Their pro- parties were illuminated by Messrs. Jardine Engineering Corp. Ltd., ac- cording to plans prepared by Mrs. Elizabeth Mooney. Shell House was decorated and illuminated with changing coloured floodlights, to a scheme designed by the Advertising and Publicity Bureau Ltd.. and execut- ed by Messrs. Gordon, Woodroffe & Co.. Far East) Ltd. Apart from the Government pailau in Kowloon, many cther decorated arches were erected all over the Colony by various or- ganisations.

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