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H.K. BUILDING INDUSTRY DIARY 1952.

10th October 1952

H.E. The Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham. attended the Fifth Annual Dinner of the Engineering Society of Hong Kong

14th October

Standing at the foot of Victoria Peak in a wide V-shape is the magni-

ficent new building of the St. Louis Industrial School, which was opened by Mrs. Crozier today.

28th October

in going ahead with the new school 11th March building project in the face of finan- cial problems, when he opened the new Wah Yan College at King's Park.

Kowloon.

24th December

Mr. J. D. Clague has been appoint- ed the Chairman of the Hong Kong

Housing Society. 1st January 1953

The need for an administrative block to house the various civilian emergency services of the Colony, as well as the Hongkong Royal Navy Volunteers Reserve, will be realised when a projected 7-storey building. adjoining the China Fleet Club in Gloucester Road, is completed in 15

months' time.

15th March

A new wing is to be added to the Ruttonjee Sanatorium: this is made H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent laid possible through a donation of $600 the foundation stone of the new Isan 000 from the Hong Kong Jockey Club will take its place as one of the most and will be named the "Jockey Club Wing".

Yuk Maternity Hospital. This project is made possible solely through the donation of the Hong Kong Jockey Club of three and а half million dollars.

31st October

An ultra modern office block, 12- storeys high, will replace the 60-year old building in Ice House Street which used to house the Hong Kong Share- brokers Association.

8th November

By December 1953 it is hoped that the five large blocks of flats for Navy personnel, which are to be built on the site of the old Mount Austin Bar-

racks on the Peak, will be ready for occupation.

21st November

G. B. Gifford Hull, CBE, MICE, who nearly twenty years ago built Hong Kong's largest reservoir at Shing Mun, returned to the Colony to supervise the building of the $40 mil- lion Tai Lam Chung Reservoir.

30th November

Mrs. Richard C. Lee declared open Kowloon's new Princess Theatre, which is situated on the corner of Kimberley and Nathan Roads, with a seating capacity of 1,723 people. 2nd December

Government announced that it has purchased for $2,850,000 the building at the top of Battery Path, known as the French Mission, to house the Hong Kong Government Education Department.

5th December

A contract for $7,395,000 for the construction of the

new Tai Lam Chung Reservoir has been awarded to the Major Contractors Ltd., a new local company formed in interests connected with three leading Hong Kong contractors, the Hong Kong Engineering & Construction Co., Lam Woo & Co., and Cheong Hing Co. 11th December

The Hon. Sir Arthur Morse opened the new Empire Theatre on King's Road.

12th December

H.E. The Governor praised the Wah Yan College Fathers for their faith

2nd January

With funds subscribed by leading European firms, a new junior English School is to be built on the site of the old Peak Club at Plunketts Road. 16th January

Built at a cost of little over $5 mil- lion, the new Asiatic Police Quarters in Canton Road, consisting of three large 7-storey buildings, were inspect- ed by the Hon. T. L. Bowring, Direc- tor of Public Works.

The Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Nurses Quarters, Causeway Bay, was officially opened by Mrs. R. R. Todd, wife of the Secretary for Chinese

Affairs.

20th January

More than 500 guests thronged the auditorium of the new Y. W. C. A. Building in Garden Road to see Lady Grantham officially open the building which was completed in November last.

23rd January

and other ranks of the Hong Kong A new town for the married officers Land Forces, covering an area of 90 acres on the slope of Tai Mo Shan, N.T., is now ready to accommodate 200 families. 27th January

Another block of 60 flats for Hong- kong Tramway workers is being add- ed to the present forty near the King's Road Tramway Depot. The new project will cost the Hongkong Tramways about six lakhs.

2nd February

for the construction of the new two- Preparations have already begun million dollar Hoover Theatre, which

modern theatres in Hong Kong.

26th March

A modern five-storey building will soon be erected in Bonham Strand East for the Nam Pak Hong Associa-

tion.

30th March

A hostel to house working boys of apprentice age is to be built as a per- manent memorial to the late Mr. W. M. Thomson, formerly Defence Secre- tary of Hong Kong.

Another important stage in the progress of the Central Reclamation was reached when pile driving started for the new Star Ferry Pler, Hong Kong, and the new Queen's Pier. 3rd April

The Hongkong Settlers

Settlers Housing Corp., Ltd. are issuing at par 8,000 eight per cent debentures of $500 each, to help raise four million dollars to use in their scheme, which, operat- ing

on a non-profit-making basis, aims to provide houses at low cost for squatters and residents of the Colony who cannot afford other ac- commodation.

7th April

The proposed lay-out plan for the King George V Memorial Park at the

of Canton and junction

Jordan Roads, was tabled at the meeting of the Urban Council today. The Com- mittee report says that notification has been received from Government that the proposals have been accept- ed and will be put into effect at an early date.

10th April

The Hongkong Juvenile Care Cen- tre, a modern four-storey building, at 1 Lower Albert Road. will be formally opened by H.E. The Gov- ernor at 4:30 p.m.

on April 13th. The cost is over $170,000 and is the

who laid the foundation stone in September last year.

Three_buildings fronting on Con- naught Road have been demolished to make way for the new Chinese Chamber of Commerce Building, which is expected to be ready for oc- donation of Mr. N. Croucher, J.P.. cupation by the end of 1953. 9th March

Tribute to the generosity of Sir Robert Ho Tung was paid by H.E. The Governor when he opened the Ho Tung Primary School and the Ho Tung Technical School for Girls be- fore a large and distinguished gather- ing at Causeway Bay today.

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11th April

Mr. C. S. Mark Breiter, A.RI.B.A., Dip. Arch. London, arrived from Lon- don today to join the firm of Messrs. Leigh & Orange, architects and civil engineers, and will be on the par- manent staff.