All wiring in the building is con- cealed in conduits. Lighting in the showroom, demonstration rooms and executive offices is of the indirect type:
in subsidiary lighting
the showroom is provided by numerous strategically located spotlights. The spotlights over the door and in the show windows, and the floodlights on the canopy, are controlled by a timer installed
the top floor of the building, and are set to turn on at dusk and turn off at midnight.
on
The three floors being used as of- fices, as well as the basement, are air-conditioned by a central Carrier
Two views of the penthouse.
installation to ensure comfortable working conditions. The master bed- rooms of the two apartments are air- conditioned by individual Carrier units. The penthouse is completely air-conditioned by two of the latest model Carrier units, which project only a few inches into the room.
Construction of the building start- ed in May 1953, and was completed at a cost of approximately $750,000.
Architect: Mr. G. D. Su
General Contractor: Techoy Con-
struction Company
Plumbing & Sanitary Installation:
Lee Yu Kee
Electric Wiring: The Jardine En-
gineering Corporation, Ltd. Carrier Air-conditioning: Interna-
tional Engineering Ltd.
Fire Service Installation: Yue Sang
& Co.
Elevator: Otis Elevator Company Hope Steel Windows & Partitions: The Jardine Engineering Corp., Ltd.
Marble Work: Raoul Bigazzi Pilkington's "Armourplate" Doors & Polished Plateglass: Shewan, Tomes & Co., Ltd. Atlas Fluorescent Lighting:
Jardine Engineering Corp., Ltd. "Standard" Plumbing Fittings:
Inniss & Riddle (China) Ltd.
Floor
Ltd.
The
Tiles: Sino-British (H.K.)
1/
Schlage & Tonks Hardware: She-
wan, Tomes & Co., Ltd.
Interior Doors:
wood Mfg. Co.
Hong Kong Ply-
Formica Counter Tops: Keesol En- gineering & Commercial Co., Ltd.
Snowcem: Green Island Cement
Co., Ltd.
Pilkington's Vitrolite
Wall Tiles:
Shewan, Tomes & Co., Ltd.
Venetian Blinds: Cambridge Vene-
tian Blinds Co.
AVOID CORROSION
HOPE'S WINDOWS
ARE HOT-DIP GALVANIZED
Immediate Delivery from Stocks held by Sole Agents THE JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION, LTD. 14-16 Pedder St., Hong Kong. Telephone No. 38081
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