The sixth and seventh floors will accommodate the new studios of Radio Hongkong, work on which is due to be completed shortly, and of which we hope to give a complete description in a subsequent issue.
The entire top floor of the building is taken up by the Divisional Manager's residence. This apartment will be the subject of a separate write-up in the near future.
On the roof of the building are located an emergency radio transmitter room and four lattice steel framework radio masts for the transmitting and receiving antennae.
Two staircases and two fully automatic lifts are located at the rear of the building, as are all the staff washrooms and lavatories. In addition, there is a small general purpose cargo hoist which is also fully automatic, and a tiny electric message hoist which will soon be installed to serve the telegram receiv- ing and despatching sections.
We felt sure that a description of some of the apparatus and machines which receive and transmit their messages will be of intense interest to our readers, and through the courtesy of the management of the company we were permitted to take a series of photographs which graphically illustrate the intricacies of the system. A great deal of the apparatus was built locally by the Cable & Wireless engineers and the entire
System of synchronising drives for cable instrument motors controlled by electric clocks.
installation carried out without a moment's interruption of the service, including the transfer of that part of the equip- ment which was housed in the Post Office Building prior to the completion of Electra House.
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance we received from Mr. H. S. Bindon, Installation Engineer of Cable & Wireless Ltd., and from Mr V. N. Dronnikoff of the architects' office in the preparation of the descriptive and illustrated matter in this article.
Architects: Messrs. R. Minutti & Partners. General Contractors: Nan Wah Construction Co. Sanitary, Plumbing & Fire Service Installations:
Yu Kee.
Central Telegraph Office.
Left) Submarine cable relays,
Above) Local commutation board, sub- marine cable relays are shown in the background.
"Standard" Sanitary Fixtures:
Ltd.
Andersen, Meyer & Co.,
Electrical Installation: China Engineers Ltd. Air Conditioning: American Engineering Corp. Piling: Vibro Piling Co., Ltd.
"Crittall" Metal Windows: Dodwell & Co., Ltd. Vitrified Stoneware tiles: Sino-British (H.K.) Ltd. Asphalt Tiles: Getz Bros.
Lifts:
Otis Elevator Co.
Locks & Hardware: Shewan, Tomes & Co., Ltd. and
Gilman & Co., Ltd.
Radio Masts:
Lee
Bronze Work: Neon Signs:
Constructed by the Taikoo Dockyard.
Hop Yick Loong. Neco Neon Co.
Four Views of the Radio Control Room on the third floor. Long distance radiophone installation is shown The VHF radiophones to Canton, Macao, etc. are shown on the lower left, and
on the two upper pictures.
the central commutation board on the lower right.
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