ES
MEDIUM-SIZED BUILDING
FAMILIES 16.7
high. Cooking will be by kerosene
stove.
So that, on this small site will rise in the place of two medium sized houses, compact accommodation for 28 simple families, plus two shops.
Construction is in reinforced con- crete with strength calculated to take sufficient wind stress to avoid over- stressing the foundations.
The scavenging lane which runs at the rear of the block is at a level above that of the first floor. The physical body of the retaining wall is integrated into the structure of the building, directing the active soil pressure to act against the dead weight of the building resulting in a more economical wall section than by using conventional methods.
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TYPICAL
FLOOR
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PLAN
FIGURES
DROP
NEW BUILDINGS costing a total of $305,707,193 were put up in Hong Kong in 1961. This was about $90,000,000 lower than the previous year's total of $394,723,859, which was a record.
Value of
new building in the Colony during the part eight years has shown a remarkable rise as the figures for each year prove. In 1954 new buildings costing $95,000,000 were erected. Since then there has been a large increase each year until the peak of 1960 was reached with a drop last year. Yearly totals for recent years have been approxi mately:
$ 95,000,000 $148,000,000
LIVING
BED AND
BATH
ROOM
DN
UP
LIVING
BED AND
ROOM
BATH
KIT.
KITE
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
$165.000.000
$175.000.000
$259.000.000
$300.000.000
$394.723,859
$305,707.193
Last year's investment in buildings was mainly in hotels, multi-storey apartments, tenement blocks and flatted factories.
Monthly totals for the cost of buildings completed each month in 1961 were:
January February March
$38,466.490
LOBBY LIFTI
$16,514,272
$45,187.806
April
$19,123,810
May
$15,841.244
June
$27.024.525
July
$38.504,027
BATH
KIT.
KIT. BATH
August
$28.266.247
DN
LIVING
DINING
ROOM
LIVING
DINING
ROOM
&
September
$18.509.338
October
$14,058,901
November
$17.177,427
December
$27,033,106
BED RM.
BED RM.
BALCONY
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BALCONY
THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER-VOLUME 16. NUMBER 5
NOTICE
P. C. Russell & Associates Char- tered Quantity Surveyors announce that they have commenced a practice at Printing House, Duddell St., Telephone 36461, and would be pleased to receive trade publications.
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