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and several staircases were unsafe. Plasterwork had peeled off in many places leaving the brickwork exposed to weathering.

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The lower cost of acquiring pro- perty in these newly opened areas attracted many speculators. The re- sults of their deals arc beginning to become evident as old buildings are torn down after the necessary delays in settling with tenants and having building plans approved.

Yip Fung Building will occupy 7.200 square feet of a 7.800 square feet site. Most of the remaining 600 square feet will go in setting the building eight feet back from the original frontage in D'Aguilar Street. This will. in effect. widen the street to 40 feet. a move to ease the traffic congestion when the building is completed.

The overall cost of construction, excluding the cost of the site. is expected to be $1.800.000.

Piling commeced last month and construction is expected to be com- pleted in about 16 months.

The building will have a 6.600 square feet basement reserved for a department store or tea house. The ground floor will be divided into five shops of about 500 square feet and one exceptionally large shop of 3.000 square feet with a 2,000 square feet cockloft one of the most spacious stores in Hongkong, all shops will have their own lavatories. There will be two lifts and two well lighted and ventilated staircases.

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SUN CHART FOR ARCHITECTS

A sun chart showing the direction

and elevation, from which the sun shines at any time of the day throughout the year. has been pre- pared by the Hong Kong Publie Works Department to help architects, planners and people engaged on de- velopment and building work.

With the assistance of the chart, an architect can readily find out how many hours the sun will shine in any selected window. whether it will penetrate a verandah and how sun- light can be avoided by re-orientat- ing the building.

The sun chart, designed by the Crown Lands and Survey Office of the department. works like a compass on north. It consists of a number of concentric rings, one for each month of the year.

The direction or bearing of the sun for every hour of the day and the elevation of the sun at that hour are given around each ring. This makes it simple to interpolate the position of the sun on any day of the year at any particular time.

The chart is computed on the basis of Hong Kong Standard Time. The only adjustment required for Hong Kong Summer Time is to have an hour deducted from it to convert it into standard time.

Directions for the use of the chart and two working examples are print- ed on the face of the sun chart.

Prints of the chart can be obtained at $2 each from the Crown Lands and Sunvey Office of the Public Works Department on the second floor of the Central Government Offices. East Wing.

THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER VOLUME 18. NUMBER 4

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