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form an airlock to prevent the 15' 0" wide. One wall is almost with a bathroom between them. leakage of paint and lacquer entirely composed of three double Each bedroom contains a large vapours into the rest of the build- french windows opening onto the closet, one of which extends the ing.

large verandah, which overlooks entire length of one wall. The The second floor contains a the secondary road. At the op- large bathroom may be entered manager's office with its own posite end of the living room to from either of the bedrooms or private shower and lavatory, a the french windows is a fireplace. from the hall itself.

The only secretary's office, a meeting room, An interesting feature of this room difference between the two apart- a small office, a school for the is a built-in cabinet placed be- ments is in the size of the veran- accounting machine division, a tween the entrance door and the dah, that on the lower floor being retail room for adding machines, dining room.

much larger than that on the and salesmen's rooms for the The dining room forms an L- fourth floor owing to the set-back accounting and adding machines shaped area with the living room of the building. departments.

and has a fair sized kitchen The fifth floor contains a small The upper storeys are intended adjoining it. At the back of the studio apartment. The entrance for staff residential quarters. The building, with access from

access from the from the lift hall leads directly planning of the third and fourth dining room, is an additional small into a bed-sitting room of the same floors is similar, and each contains bedroom complete with built-in dimensions as the living room of a medium sized apartment, com- closet and private bathroom fitted the apartment below. The veran- prising a living room, a dining with a shower. The kitchen has dah to this apartment covers the room, verandah, three bedrooms, an outside door leading to the fire entire area of the main bedrooms two bathrooms, and a kitchen. escape.

below it, and is protected by a The entrance from the lift hall Opening off a small hall from reinforced concrete canopy 25' 0" leads directly into a generously the living room are two bedrooms long. Opening off the bed-sitting sized living room, 25′ 0′′ long by

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room are a small kitchen and a bathroom. Also on this floor are two servants' rooms with a W.C. containing a shower.

On the roof is a hot water boiler room, a motor room, and a covered space for laundry. The roof and all verandahs are enclosed by three feet high parapet walls. The floor of the motor room is about five feet higher than the roof level, owing to the fact that beneath it is a reinforced concrete water tank for the fire service installation.

Architect: G. D. Su. General Contractors:

Construction Co.

Plumbing: Lee Yu Kee.

Techoy

Hope Steel Windows & Parti- tions: Jardine Engineering Corp., Ltd.

Electrical Installation: Jardine

Engineering Corp., Ltd.

Lifts: Otis Elevator Co.

Carrier Air Conditioning: Inter-

national Engineering, Ltd. Marble Work: Raoul Bigazzi,

Island Road

Aberdeen

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