Progress sculpture for HK pavilion
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made under the supervision of the designer in Hong Kong and that the finished piece will be on show in Hong Kong before its despatch to Japan later this year. The sculpture, when it is in position in the social progress section of the pavilion, will signify Progress which is the basic motivation be- hind the HK pavilion at Expo.
The main contract for construction of the pavilion has been signed with Ikeda Construction Co. Ltd. Work has just begun on the contract which covers all the site work and building the restaurant and the main pavilion.
Ikeda are associated with the Hong Kong build- ing firm of Sung Foo Kee Ltd. and it is expected that some parts of the main construction will be completed in Hong Kong. It is planned that all the interiors will be made in Hong Kong, prefabricated and installed in the main building in the early autumn.
Malacca plans a satellite town
A M$30 million satellite town for Malacca is to be developed on a 700-acre jungle area four miles from the town. Its main purpose is to provide ad- ditional housing for Malacca's population which is expected to increase from the present 420,000 to 600,000 by 1978.
The master plan, which has now been accepted by the local housing committee, incorporates all the features of a self-contained town such as shop- ping centres, hotels, markets, schools, theatres, health clinics, community centres, places of wor- ship, police and fire stations and other municipal services. A road will be built through the town to link up with Bukit Baru in the south and the Ayer Kroh Country Club in the north.
The town will be developed in stages over a period of ten years. The first phase will comprise 561 units. Land will be allotted to individual appli- cants at ten cents per sq. ft., excluding development charges and the applicants may then instruct the developers to build the type of house they want. There will be three types of houses: terrace
(costing M$10,000 each), semi-detached (M$15,000) and detached (M$20,000). Multi-storey flats will also be built. Potential buyers will get loans of up to 95 per cent of the cost.
Some 415 acres will be taken up by the resi- dential area, 50 acres by the town centre, 22 acres by schools and 70 acres by parkland and open spaces. Some 60 acres is reserved for heavy and light industries.
The project is sponsored by the State Govern- ment but will be carried out by a private company, Sharikat Ayer Kroh Kemajuan Sendirian Berhad. The architect is Mr. Lee Sian Teck of Singapore.
Town hall proposed in New Territories
A town hall is to be built on a 20,000 sq. ft. site at the western approach to Yuen Long in the New Territories with the aid of a HK$1 million allocation from the Hong Kong Government Lot- teries Fund.
An L-shaped building, with wings of four-storeys and six storeys, it will include a hall for stage shows and exhibitions, library, vocational training rooms, offices and committee rooms. Construction is about to begin and will be completed by October. Adjacent to the town hall site, work is nearing completion on the HK$780,000 Yuen Long recrea- tion and sports ground. This occupies 365,000
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Model of Yuen Long town hall
sq. ft. and includes a reinforced concrete stadium to hold 3,000, a grass football field, tarmac mini- soccer pitch, tennis and basketball courts and six- lane athletics track.
Town plan for Causeway Bay shows little change
Almost no changes in the built-up areas or pri- vate and public open spaces are proposed in the outline zoning plan for the Causeway Bay area of Hong Kong, made public by the Town Planning Board.
The plan allows for the new coastal road now under construction along the northern boundary of Victoria Park, which will connect Gloucester Road with King's Road by way of Tsing Fung Street, and for a road along the western boundary of Victoria Park, which will connect the coastal road to the Causeway Road/Yee Woo Street junction.
Some 56 acres of green belt and 47 acres of typhoon anchorage are shown in the 351 acres covered, but only two new areas of open space,
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Far East BUILDER, February 1969
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