No_3_March_1969 — Page 9

Frame of British pavilion for Asian Trade Fair

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Australian pavilion

determined by computer; the same computer will control the machine that actually cuts the tube.

Australia has also released sketches of its pavilion for Tehran. It will have a floor space of 2,500 sq. metres beneath a long-span suspended roof. The overall shape of the pavilion will resemble a bedouin tent.

Traffic problems forecast for Jurong

Traffic will be Jurong Town's biggest headache if present trends continue, according to a survey just completed by Singapore city planners.

The survey reveals that 80 per cent of Jurong's working population lives outside the complex and a good proportion of them have to travel up to 20 miles to work each day. Most of the workers are young and unmarried and there is a lack of social and city amenities in the town, say the planners.

The survey was carried out by the State and City Planning Office of the Ministry of National Development in collaboration with the Jurong Town Corporation. It covered the entire 3,650 acres of the site, the 137 factories in production and the 80 more under construction or being planned.

It showed that 65 per cent of the households in Jurong had one or more workers working outside the town. If this proportion was maintained as the Jurong population grew, it would make the problem of commuting even more acute.

Scottish architect wins RIBA medal

Mr. Jack Coia, CBE, FRIBA, will be presented with the RIBA's Royal Gold Medal for Architecture at a special ceremony to be held in London on June 17

Internationally recognised for his contributions to modern church architecture, Mr. Coia is senior partner of the Glasgow firm of architects, Gillespie Kidd and Coia. He was educated in Scotland and

received his architectural training at Glasgow's School of Architecture between 1917 and 1923.

His practice has undertaken almost every type of commission including hospitals, schools, housing, colleges and exhibitions, but is best known for its modern churches. Since the creation of the RIBA's architectural awards in 1966, the firm has received a regional award each year.

Mr. Coia is president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and was president of the Glasgow Institute of Architects 1964-65.

PWD architect to retire

Mr. R.J. Phillips, who is responsible for the design of the 27-storey Murray Building now under construction at Garden Road, Hong Kong, is to retire shortly from his post as a senior Government architect with the Public Works Department.

Employed by the PWD for 13 years, Mr. Phillips joined the Architectural Office in January 1956. He was promoted to senior architect in August 1966. He has designed several of the colony's major building projects, including the city hall, the Star Ferry concourse with its multi-level car parks, Beaconsfield House and the redevelopment of the police training school at Aberdeen and Kai Tak airport.

More multi-storey car parks soon

More multi-storey car parks will soon be built on Hong Kong island and in Kowloon. Four sites and possibly a fifth will be offered for sale before the end of this year.

Two sites will be offered for sale by tender this month. One is at Fortress Hill Road, North Point and the other is in the heart of San Po Kong, Kow- loon. On the Fortress Hill site the buyer is required to build a multi-storey car park for at least 180 cars, while the San Po Kong structure will have at least 450 spaces.

Far East BUILDER, March 1969