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AND SUPPLY DIVISION

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The service and supply division. additional office space is required at any time, one or both of these flats can always be converted.

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To the right of the dining room is small additional bedroom com- plete with built-in closet and private bathroom fitted with a shower. This bedroom may be used as a study or den.

The service department workshop. the States. This kitchen has grey The decor of this room shows Orient- walls to harmonize with the grey al influence in a subtle melange of linen Formica finished counter tops; Chinese and Japanese motifs. The cabinets are painted Chinese red. theme is set by the bamboo design The kitchen has an outside door leading to the fire escape.

painted on the lift doors and again carved on the entrance door; this design was copied from the raised pattern of the Tientsin carpets with which the room is furnished. The entrance from the lift hall leads directly into the dining area, which has two square Chinese style tables. The gold screen on the south wall, which suggests beautiful old Jap- anese screens, is divided into five sections. The middle one is fixed. and the two on each end swing out on invisible hinges. On the left side is concealed a small bar, and on the right side is linen and wine storage. The paper covering the screen is gold Japanese 'fusama' paper especially imported from Tokyo.

The planning of the third and fourth floors is similar, and each contains a medium sized apartment. comprising a living room, a dining room, verandah, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a kitchen. The liv- ing room is 25′ 0′′ long by 15′ 0′′ wide. One wall is almost entirely compos- ed of folding french windows open- ing onto the large verandah. At the opposite end of the living room to

The flat on the fourth floor is al- the french windows is а fireplace most the same as that on the third faced with Travertine marble. An floor, the main exception being in interesting feature of this room is a the size of the verandahs, the lower built-in cabinet placed between the one being much larger than the up- entrance door and the dining room, per one owing to the set-back of the housing a bar with lower cupboards building. This kitchen has gold and drawers. The bar counter is Formica finished counter tops with covered with black Formica; the forest green painted cabinets. back is mirror glass, and above the bar is a large storage cupboard and

On the fifth floor is a studio type fluorescent lighting diffused by Penthouse to accommodate visitors.

frosted glass.

Opening off a small hall from the living room are two bedrooms. The one on the left is the master bed- room, which is air-conditioned by a Carrier window unit. There is а large double closet, with additional storage cupboards above. All closets have heating units to prevent dam- age from dampness.

The smaller bedroom to the right has twin beds arranged as studio couches. Between the two bedrooms is a large bathroom which may be entered from either of the bedrooms or from the hall itself. The square bathtub is enclosed by a glass parti- tion, and the toilet is also in a se- parate stall. The wash basin is inset into a gold linen finished Formica "Vanitory".

The dining room forms an L- shaped area with the living room and has a fair sized kitchen adjoin- ing it. The kitchen is well-equipped with ample built-in cupboards, Ther- mador stove and oven imported from

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A Chinese fretwork screen divides the living and dining areas: two sec- tions of the large built-in sofa can be pulled out for beds. The entire front of the penthouse has plateglass win- dows, whose steel frames have been masked with wood for a Japanese 'shoji' effect. The side doors push back completely to permit use of the verandah, which is protected by reinforced concrete canopy 25′ 0′′ long.

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Opening off the main room are a small kitchen and a bathroom. Also on this floor are servants' rooms and bath.

External walls of the building have been faced with Belgian Black and Fillettorosso marbles up to the can- opy. with facing tiles above this level. Sills and copings are painted with beige-coloured Snowcem.

The staircase leading from the third floor to the roof is enclosed in а steel-framed glass tower, which forms an interesting architectural feature of the building.

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