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BUILDING CONTRACTORS' SCHOOL Architect:- W. Szeto, B.Sc. (Eng.), M.I.C.E.

The splendid new primary school Government generously granted the erected by the Hongkong Building 70,000 sq. ft. hillside site, and ori- Contractors' Association in Tin Hau Temple Road shows what a joint com munity effort can do to help educate the Colony's youngsters.

ginal plans for the school were pre- pared long ago, but clearance of squat- ters, and considerable difficulty with formation work delayed the construc- It is an attractive modern building tion. A large amount of levelling was with a large play area, financed by needed and the presence of huge voluntary contributions in cash and boulders hidden in the slope further in kind from members of the Associa- complicated matters. tion, and intended for the children of their employees. This naturally will lead to a certain stress being placed on the teaching of handicrafts.

BLOCK PLAN

SCALE: 1200'-0"

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So large were some of the these them and the original plan was modi- that it proved undesirable to remove

fied accordingly. The main classroom wing which would have projected in- to this part of the site had to be turn- ed instead along the rear part of the playground area, and the hillside con- taining the boulders buttressed up.

The school stands on the east side and well above the level of Tin Hau Temple Road. Its main facade is most distinctive. Concrete shell roof arches overhang four wide tall bays of windows belonging to the main section of the assembly hall block. On the south side of these the structure rises to three storeys, with the upper

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An apt mural.