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Far East Builder 遠東建築雜誌 All

cy has air-conditioning

court

rooms

of staff quarters; one housing 24 flats and the other eight flats.

On the first floor of the Magistracy is a large public entrance hall, with a stairway at the rear giving access to the upper floor. On the right are rooms for the police, shroffs, a vault and a public inquiry counter.

On the left is a juvenile court with its own entrance lobby opening from the public hall. Adjacent to this juvenile court are offices for proba tion and welfare officers.

Also on the ground floor are cells (each with forced exhaust fan ven- tilation), garages, air conditioning plant, other ancillary offices for police and court officers, and a private staircase to the upper floor for the use of magistrates.

On the first floor is another public hall opening to the court rooms and to a general office with public coun- ter. There are two court rooms, each with its own chamber for the magistrates. counsels' room and an office for prosecuting counsel and a summons office. Both counts air-conditioned.

are

Panelling round the court rooms. the benches and the magistrates' benches have been carried out in teak plywood. General construction is in reinforced concrete. Flooring

and dados are in precast terazzo tiling.

General contractor for the Magis tracy was the Paul Y Construction Co. Ltd. Nominated suppliers and sub-contractors were:

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION:

Winsome Co.

PLUMBING: Lee Yu Kee Ltd.

TERAZZO TILING: J. Wong

and Co.

PRISONERS ENTRANCE

WOODWORK: Artcraft Co. AIR CONDITIONING: Yee On

Hong. Worthington)

ENTRANCE

COURT NO.1

Built-up roofing was supplied and land by Dreyer and Co. Ltd., who also supplied and fixed Marley rails.

VERANDAH

ACCESS

MAGISTRATE'S MAGISTRATE'S

CHAMBER

IS MAGSTRATE

C DN

CHAMBER

7

LAV.

DN

DN

COURT NO.2

LOBBY

LOBBY

LIGHT WELL

DN-

ST.

PROSECUTING RM

OFFICERS

LAV.

PUBLIC HALL

HALL

PUBLIC SPACE

SUMMON OFFICE

IST. CLERK OFFICE

POLICE DUTY

LOBBY

UP

1

PRISONERS' VAN

GIRLS'CUSTODY

BOYS' CUSTODY

JUVENILE

COURT

LOBBY

CORRIDOR

PROBATION,

OFFICER

WELLFARE

OFFICER

COUNTER

GENERAL

OFFICE

FIRST FLOOR

PLAN

CONTROL

CORRIDOR

COUNSELS

SOLICITORS

TIFFIN ROOM

„MAGISTRATES

GARAGE

LIGHT WELL

LAV.

A/C PLANT

POWER

RM.

HALL

POLICE

POLICE

SPACE

PUBLIC

SHROFFS

METAL WINDOWS:

Dodwell

and Co. Ltd. (Crittall)

C

A

L

16

24

32FT

PUBLIC ENTRANCE

THE HONG KONG & FAR LAST BUILDER-VOLUME 16, NUMBER 4

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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