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Singapore architects' first yearbook
How to organise architectural competitions is one of the features included in the first yearbook published by the Singapore Institute of Architects. Another gives guiding notes on planning and building procedures.
The yearbook lists the architecture scholarships available in Singapore; standard forms of building con- tract, architects' certificates, variation orders and in- structions; certificates of practical completion and making good defects; conditions of engagement and scale of professional charges.
A technical section is included- -a forerunner to the setting up of a building information centre.
The book includes a directory of practising archi- tects in Singapore and a list of Government depart- ments and statutory bodies related to the building in- dustry.
Lai Chi Kok bridge nearing completion
Two of Hong Kong's most ambitious road pro- jects are nearing completion and will be open for public use later this year. They are the Lai Chi Kok Bridge, the longest to be built so far in the Colony, and the two-mile-long new coastal road which winds along the fringe of the Lai Chi Kok peninsula.
The new bridge and road, on completion, will provide a new route linking the southern part of the Kowloon Peninsula with the New Territories. This is part of a long-term plan to provide a new alternative route to the New Territories where new satellite towns
are being developed at Kwai Chung, Tsuen Wan and Castle Peak.
The 2,600 ft. bridge will carry two 33 ft.-wide carriageways providing three traffic lanes in each direc- tion and will have a central divider. In addition, there will also be 9 ft.-wide pavements for pedestrians, one on each side of the bridge.
Private scheme for multi-storey car park
CONSTRUCTION work on the first multi-storey car park complex to be built on a private domestic site in Hong Kong will start in September this year.
Designed by Mr. Samuel Tak Lee and developed by his family, the HK$1 million complex occupies a 7,100 sq. ft. site at the corner of Blue Pool Road and Ventris Road, Happy Valley.
The ground floor will be for a filling and service station. The showroom on the mezzanine floor and
Model of Happy Valley car park
the car park from the first to fifth floors will be managed by Wallace Harper and Co., Ltd, under a long lease.
Completion of the whole project is expected by the end of August, 1969.
Pilot survey of construction sites
A PILOT survey of a small number of construction sites began last month to help identify in advance the various problems likely to be encountered during this
Lai Chi Kok bridge running alongside the rapidly progressing Mei Foo Sun estate
Far East BUILDER, August 1968.
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