The 7th, or top, floor contains an air conditioned store room, staff quarters with Chinese kitchen and dining room, and general storage space. On the roof above are the water tanks and lift motor ma- chine rooms. All floors have ample lava- tory accommodation for both sexes.
Auxiliary Buildings
The construction of the new central block necessitated the removal of the weighing room, the saddling room, jockeys rest room and lavatories. office and Stewards rooms, which were all located in the old structure. The architects chose to house these facilities in the ground floor of the north wing, and this was com- pletely remodelled and extended.
The accommodation now comprises the Secretary's office, Stewards' room, enquiry room. weighing room, saddling rooni, jockeys' room and baths, lavatories and a first aid room.
Previously this space was occupied by the betting and paying out booths, now removed to the new building.
showers and washing up purposes comes from the gas operated "Beeston" and ''Ascot Multipoint water heaters.
Construction
There are no special features about the construction, which is of the normal rein- forced concrete frame type. It is OF interest to note, however, that in the new building 1400 tons of steel and 15,000 tons (224,000 cubic feet) of concrete were used.
General
Owing to the very limited amount of time available for the construction of the new building, the interior is by no means finished and undoubtedly presents the appearance of a godown. The time factor precluded all forms of decoration and finish. What has been achieved is to workable "Betting Machine** with normal ancillary facilities So that booths giving security of access between racing could made possible
the kitchen and servery.
A small cash produce a lift serves the betting and paying out
the 1st and 4th floors inclusive.
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be prevailing circumstances at the earliest possible moment. It is hoped that later There are two 48"-wide escalators in the year will see the completion of all travelling between the ground and 1st outstanding details. floors, and two 32"-wide escalators be- tween the 1st and 2nd floors and between the 2nd and 3rd floors. The larger escala- tors, which are driven by 15 h.p. motors, hour. The smaller ones, driven by 10 h.p. are capable of carrying 10,000 persons per
motors, can carry 6,000 persons per hour. All of the escalators move at a speed of 120 feet per minute,
The siting of the escalators required careful consideration with regard to the narrow width of the site. The installation should prove of great advantage in opera- tion and will definitely handle most of the vertical traffic between the betting floors. A continual means of access is provided without waiting periods as would OCCUT with lifts.
The paddock has been remodelled and a suitable stepped gallery and
tion platform provided for members to view the paddock
in comfort.
A changing room for trainers and a bet- ting counter for mafoos have been incor- porated on the first floor of the racing stables facing the paddock.
The unsaddling enclosure, which was
situated before in the centre of the main block, is now sited outside the new weigh- ing room.
These changes are a great improvement in many ways, particularly because they are more handy to the paddock and, therefore, there is less time lost between
the weighing in and the saddling of the
ponies.
Services
Preparations were made for the installa- of pneumatic tubes to connect all betting and paying out units to a central control room. It was unfortunate that it proved impossible to have this in opera- tion at the start of the racing season.
The totalisator installation was subject- cd to many alterations and considerable extension and was found to be in first
class running order.
A system of synchronised clocks, con- trolled by a master clock in a central building. The most noticeable of these position, was installed throughout the
are the three o'o' dial units situated at the 7th floor level, and these can be scen readily from the enclosures and from every
part of the race course.
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Cooking and the heating of water effected mostly by gas, with electricity Two passenger lifts with a travel of for the smaller units. The main European 83"-z" serve all but the top floor; these kitchen and Chinese staff kitchen are have a speed of 300 feet per minute and provided with al gas cooking equipment, each has a capacity of 23 passengers, whilst boiling water for tea making is There arc four dumb-waiters travelling provided by the latest type of Summerling between the 5th and 6th floors to connect Cafeteria gas equipment. Hot water for
Architects: Messrs. Leigh & Orange General Contractors: Lai Kee Company Piling: The Vibro Piling Co., Ltd. Reinforcing Steel Bars: The Jardine
Engineering Corp., Ltd.
B.R.C. Fabric: Davie, Boag & Co., Ltd. Rock Asphalt Roofing: Supplied and
laid by Dreyer & Co., Ltd. Crittall Metal Windows: Dodwell & Co..
Ltch.
Sanitary Installation: Dodwell & Co.
Ltd.
Electrical Installation: The Jardine
Engineering Corp., Ltd.
Hardware: William Jacks & Co., Ltd. Semi-Porcelain & Mosaic Floor Tiles:
Supplied & laid by Sino-British (H.K.), Ltd.
Gas Connection : The Hong Kong &
China Gas Co., Ltd.
Light & Power Connection to Trans- former Room: The Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd.
Atlas Lighting Fittings: The Jardine
Engineering Corp., Ltd.
Escalators: Otis Elevator Co.. Hong
Kong
Schindler Lifts: The Jardine Engineer-
ing Corp., Ltd.
Public Address System: The British
General Electric Co., Ltd.
Air Conditioning & Dehumidifier: Davie,
Boag & Co. Ltd.
Refrigeration: Dodwell & Co., Ltd. Pneumatic Tube Installation: The
Jardine Engineering Corp., Ltd. Clock Suppliers: Ed. A. Keller & Co..
Ltd.
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