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ministration Block. The large floor the Administration Block will The second stage of the develop- parade ground with which it is be air-conditioned; conditioned air ment, which will follow on after provided gives easy and convenient will be supplied by two vertical this first stage is completed, will access to the waterfront along ducts at the east and west ends of include the garages, mechanicai which the Marine Police vessels the building, and will be let into workshops, stores, radio workshops will be able to berth. This block individual offices from a horizontal and Immigration Department: will be 100'3" by 41'6", and will ceiling duct over the main corri- while the third section, which will have its main entrance facing dor. The return air will be let front onto Hennessy Road, will in- north, served by a 30'0" wide out from the individual offices clude headquarters for the Emer- private road along the sea front. through grilles in the walls and gency Unit and married quarters The Marine Police Station, thougn aoors, to the main corridor where for Police personnel and their linked up with the Administration it will be extracted by two vertical families. Block in elevation, will be a unit ducts at each end of the corridor. in itself. An air-conditioning plant Generally, the supply will be turn- room in the basement, the Marine ed on only during office hours, ex- Police Station proper on the cept in special departments where ground floor, living accommoda- a 24-hour air-conditioning service tion for rank and file and single will be required. officers from the first to the

seventh floor, and full laundry scheme is a residential building, Included in the first part of the facilities on the eighth floor for

the occupants of the building, are planned for this building.

Architect: Mr. T. T. Wong A A.R.I.B.A.

Quantity Surveyors: Mr. W. J Skinner, F.R.I.C.S., Mr. A. F. Evans, A.R.I.C.S.

Electrical & Mechanical gineer: Mr. M. Mackenzie.

En-

Clerk of Works: Mr. H. Ridsdale.

Piling Work: H.K. Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.

Contractors (for Basement): Hsin Chong & Co.

Structural Engineers: Mr. A. Dr. adjoining the Administration E. Claasen, A.M.I. Struct. E., Block, for married officers. This G. L. Lee, A.M.I. Struct. E. subsidiary block, which covers an The elevations

directly area of approximately 2,400 square derived from the requirements of feet, will be three storeys high the planning, the office portion be- and will contain three separate ing divided into modules of 11'6" apartments, one on each floor, con- with structural columns projecting sisting of a living room, dining out from the main structure to room, three bedrooms and the form fins to each bay. Reinforced usual offices and servants' quar- concrete construction will be used ters. An independent entrance throughout the building, which and stairhall will be provided. will be carried on concrete piles cast in situ; the walls of the Ad- ministration Block will be faced ing is $6,000,000.00, which includes with precast concrete slabs, while air-conditioning. The building was those of the Marine Police Station designed by the will be cement rendered; the roof Office of the Public Works Depart- gineering Corp. will be covered with fibre glass ment, under the supervision of the Chief Architect, Mr. A. M. J. cement screed and roofing felt. Chief Architect, Mr. A. M. J. The main entrance doors will be Wright. A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.CS., and & Co., Ltd. of bronze. Internal walls will be the Acting Chief Architect, Mr. plastered; floors will be mostly G. P. Norton, A.R.I.B.A.

asphalt tiles on glass wool slabs with some teak blocks and domino tiles; the main staircases will be finished with terrazzo and the fire escape with granolithic. Masonite flush doors with exposed hardwood styles and rails will be used in- ternally, with teak doors to the ante-room and the dining room. Ceilings will be plastered, except in the main corridor where acous- tic tiles will be used. Concealed conduit wiring will be used throughout, designed for maximum flexibility in arranging light_fit- tings, mainly fluorescent tubes. Built-in cupboards, benches, coun- ters and racks, generally made of teak, will be provided where neces-

sary.

From the basement to the fifth

The estimated cost of the build-

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Asphalt Tanking: Dreyer & Co.

Ltd.

Air-Conditioning: American En-

Crittall Metal Windows: Dodwell

Lifts: Waygood-Otis Ltd.

The building as it will appear from the waterfront.

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