No_5_May_1968 — Page 3

Builder

Far East

A. G. Barnett, editor

Cover: The new Bank of Canton Building in Hong Kong consists of a two-storey bank podium from which rises 18 floors of offices. This terrace garden is laid out on the roof of the podium at the second floor level of the building.

Founded 1935 and published monthly by

Far East Trade Press Ltd.,

1908 Prince's Building, Hong Kong. Telephone: 241031

Cables: FETRAP

Printed by Shum Shing Printing Co., Hong Kong

Contents

New Review

MAY 1968

HK$33m. to be spent on university buildings 11 Toshiba-IHI pavilion at Expo will be 300-ton

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globe Further stage of Garden Road complex starting 13 Yamasaki to design S$30m. Singapore hote! 13 Bid to improve architectural training in Malaysia 14 Kowloon fire station will cost HK$7.6m.

Singapore Housing Board place S$5m. contracts

World News

Design

Beacon Hill Primary School, Hong Kong Bank of Canton Building, Hong Kong

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Controlled circulation to 8,000 qualified readers

Far East BUILDER, May 1968.

The Nile Theatre-Restaurant, Manila

New Methods

The small digital computer

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R. A. Callow and A. A. Bunting

Civil Engineering

Models Used to test flyover design

H. W. Chung and N. J. Gardner

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New Products

Materials and equipment

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New Projects

Building plans approved Contracts awarded

Index to advertisers

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