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Architect's impression.

ST. PAUL'S CONVENT TO GET NEW SCHOOL

Erection of the new St. Paul's Convent School on I.L. 1698, Wong Nei Chong and Ventris Roads, is

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Architect: Eric Cumine, F.R.I.B.A.

expected to be completed by June 1960. The new school will be within the same grounds as the existing St.

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Paul's Convent School, which has been in use for more than half a century. The old school will continue to function and the playground areas of the old and new schools will be combined.

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the Valley racecourse

new school, which will accommodate 450 girls, will have a generally open atmosphere. Disposition of the various offices and areas will be as follows:

Lower ground floor: Covered play- ground, 4,061 sq.ft.; open playground, 10,255.

Ground floor: General office, 596; Principal's office, 279; clinic, 276, teachers' room (women) 735, men, 328; geography room, 1,095; library, 976.

First floor: General science, 882; biology, 1,059; chemistry laboratory, 1,059; physics laboratory, 976.

Second floor: Art room, 882, domestic science (needlework) 1,059, cooking 1,059; music room, 976.

There will be 15 classrooms, all with cross-ventilation. Each will have an area of 600 sq.ft.

Third floor: Roofed playground, 10,484 sq.ft.; assembly hall, 3,262; gallery, 630; changing room, 503; games store 462.

Finishes will be as follows: Class- rooms and offices, Vinyl flooring tiles. Laboratories, colour mosaic flooring. Assembly hall, teak strip flooring. Corridors, colour mosaic flooring with walls in painted coloured panels.

Mr. Eric Cumine is the architect.

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