No_4_May_-_June__1958 — Page 17

Royal Interocean Lines

Architects:- Palmer & Turner

Royal Interocean Lines, a leading uniformly spaced across the water- Royal Interocean Lines itself was Netherlands shipping company which front facade transoms for the formed in 1947 from an amalgama- has always directed its world-wide storage levels and wide ones for the tion of the Java-China-Japan-Lijn business (except for that of Europe) office floors above. A 60'-0 reinforced and oceangoing services of the Konin- from Hongkong, has just erected a concrete pier projects from the wailed- klijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, so it new modern headquarters at Java off handling area in front, to facilitate has actually many decades of ex- Road, North Point, which will greatly transfer of goods to and from vessels. perience behind it in the Far East. facilitate operations.

A full description of the interior for the former company began opera

This multi-million dollar project was given in a previous article (Vol. tions in 1902 and the latter seventy includes a specially-designed six-storey 12 No. 5 Page 29) but to summarize years ago. Today its interests include main structure, occupying about this: the first three floors will house passenger vessels, cargo-passenger 16,000 square feet of the 20,000 storerooms for ships' supplies and ships, freighters and charter work. square foot site. It has two dangerous various workshops connected with the Postwar the head office was located goods stores and will provide 40,000 operation of the Company's vessels, in an old building at West Point, but square feet of godown space and while the floors above will be mainly these new premises will house the 36,000 square feet of office space. The offices. The top floor, however, has present staff of about land cost $1,200,000 and the building a kitchen capable of supplying both and fifty people much more adequate- about $5,000,000.

European and Chinese meals to 300 ly, and materially assist in meeting Nearly square in shape, the struc- people, and three dining-rooms. This ture is of neat and attractive ap- kitchen also supplies, by means of a

manifold requirements of the pearance, with six bays of windows dumbwaiter, a pantry connected with

Company's ships. the Directors' luncheon room on the fourth floor.

10

KOWLOON

100

SCALE SEA WALA

GOVT. SAND DEPOT

JAYA

AO

BAY

(SOFT

A

GODOWN

Site plan.

PIER

+ OFFICE

Full use has been made of the flat rooftop to provide a tennis court and a large shelter. Here members of the staff may play or rest during their leisure hours. Showers and changing rooms have been attached for the use of those participating in sports. This roof has been so constructed that it can be converted into another office floor if such a step should become necessary at any future time.

15

the

General Contractors:

Const., Co.

two hundred

Ngo Kee

Jardine

Electrical Installation:

Engineering Corp. Ltd. "Schindler" Passenger & Cargo Lifts: Jardine Engineering Corp.

Ltd.

"Marleyrail": Dreyer & Co., Ltd. Gas-operated Incinerator; Ranges & Hotplates for Catering, Bunsen Burners in Medical Dept: H.K. & China Gas Co., Ltd.

The