Photograph of the entrance elevation.
It is generally conceded that our Building Ordinance of 1935 is de- finitely out of date and that consider- able revision is required to bring its provisions in line with modern requirements in Hong Kong.
One section in particular, para. 79 dealing with open epaces between a building and the hillside, causes а great deal of difficulty to architects when trying to fit a house onto a steep hill site of restricted area. An example of this difficulty arose in the construction of a house for Mr. E. J. Tsu, on R.B.L. 572, Deep Water Bay, designed by Mr. Wigglesworth of the well known firm of Leigh & Orange.
The above mentioned clause in the Building Ordinance is as follows:-
No person who shall erect a new domestic building or alter any existing domestic building on a site excavated out of a slope or declivity shall permit such build- ing or part thereof to abut against the hillside, but a clear intervening space or area of a width of not less than one-fourth of the height of the cutting shall be left between such building,
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DEEP WATER
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R.B.L. 572
View of the building from the west.
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along its whole extent, and the toe of the cutting: Provided that such intervening space ог area shall in no case be of a less width than eight feet in any part as measured on the ground level of such building, and shall not encroach in any way upon any street; Provided further that the Governor in Council may grant exemption in any case in which the provisions of this section may appear to him to be inap- plicable.
The height of the cutting shall be measured on a vertical line drawn from the toe of such cut- ting, and extending from the finished ground or concreted sur- face to a point where it meets
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