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conditioning; high-speed lifts; escalators; an auto matic communication system; and other up to date mechanical equipment. It will also have a mini golf course and a large department store/shopping
centre.
A large convention hall will accommodate ap- proximately 1,000 persons. Other accommodations include two restaurants serving Western and Chinese cuisine, roof top swimming pool, sun ter- race and a night-club. Architects: Swan & Maclaren.
Scholarship awarded
Mr. Steven Kwong Hin-win, who recently gra- duated from the University of Hong Kong in archi- tecture, was awarded the Atlas Lighting Travelling Scholarship - a travelling scholarship to the UK to study lighting developments and applications.
Made by Atlas Lighting Ltd. and its division, Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd., UK, the award is usually offered each year for the best performance of the year in the Faculty of Architecture.
Mr. Kwong had completed a thesis on lighting in resettlement estates for his final examinations
and hoped to elaborate on this for his master's degree later.
Medical clinic and general hospital for Hong Kong
Plans have now been finalised between the Medical and Health Department and Public Works Department architects for a medical clinic to be built in Hong Kong's Kowloon East soon to serve residents in the area as well as in Kwun Tong.
The clinic will supplement the Jockey Club Clinic now serving the residents at Kwun Tong.
Building work will start as soon as a site is available. Government has also reserved a site for the Hong Kong Christian Council at Sau Mau Ping to build a HK$15 million general hospital.
The 350-bed hospital is of a standard urban type. Construction will be in two stages. A three- storey building will be erected first. It will have a general out-patient clinic on the ground floor as well as a small operating theatre, a dispensary, treatment rooms and offices.
The first floor is for a Maternal and Child Health Centre and the second floor is for a maternity ward with about 20 beds. Later a two-storey building will be constructed to house a chest clinic with x-ray facilities and treatment rooms.
Hong Kong airport to enlarge facilities
Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is being given a new look to prepare it for the coming of the Jumbo Jets, the first of which is expected to land in Hong Kong early next year.
Extensive modifications are being made to the layout of the terminal building to ensure a smooth and speedy flow of passenger traffic. The airport apron will be enlarged to provide four additional aircraft parking bays and a new outer taxiway to improve the movement of the increased number of aircraft using the airport.
About 96,000 sq. yards of new concrete apron and taxiway and ancillary drainage are to be con- structed. Work on this part of the development is expected to start in August. The cost is about HK$5 million.
Development of satellite town in Hong Kong
Work is now well in hand in preparing land for the development of a satellite town at Castle Peak in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Some 224 acres of land, north of Castle Peak Bay, will be made available for industrial, residential and other uses. Most of this area will be ready for develop- ment by mid-1970.
Piling work on a HK$10 million resettlement estate has already started and structural work is now well underway. The estate will have two eight- storey and two 16-storey blocks of the latest type with 35 sq. ft. of living space for each person. There will also be a 24-classroom school, kinder- garten and a two-storey restaurant. Letter to the editor
Sir,
We refer to your article on BP's open plan office in A.I.A. Building in Kuala Lumpur which appeared in your June issue.
Architects Team 3 have asked us to point out to you that they were not involved in the design of this office.
Yours faithfully,
BP Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Far East BUILDER, August 1969
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