No_4_December_1962 — Page 77

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Architects:-

Ramsey, Murray, White and Ward (of London) in association with W. W. C. Shewan of Eric Cumine. Job Captain: B. C. Penman.

Consulting Engineers:-

Scott and Wilson, Kirkpatrick and Partners.

Electrical Consulting Engineeers :-

Preece Cardew and Rider Ltd.

General Contractors:-

Hsin Chong & Co., Ltd.

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IGGEST airport terminal build-

ing in the Far East. Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport building. which came into full use in the mid. dle of November, cost Over HK$16,000,000, is six storeys high, has a volume of 3.500,000 cubic feet, a ground floor area of 100,000 square feet, rests on 991 piles, con- tains 115 miles of electric wiring (not including electronic installa- tions, telephones etc.), has 13,200 square feet of plastic floor tiles, and its windows contain 68,000 square feet of glass, which would make a strip 13 feet wide by a mile. long.

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