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stage II. $1,313,100

Construction of roads, drains and sur- Truly Construction Co. faces in Pak Tin resettlement estate,

Reconstruction of Tung Chau Street Hang

Construction southern

of Wong Chuk Hang Hang Cheong carriageway and footpath struction Co. from A.I.L. 155 to A.I.L. 290. $103,701

Con-

Cheong Con-

(parts) and Kwong Lee Road (part) and struction Co. construction of Wing Hong Street

Construction of

(part). $426,708

Maintenance of roads, bridges and Hung Mau cemeteries, etc. in Kowloon and New tion Co.

Kowloon

West District for 12

months. $2,000,000

Maintenance and repairs of roads and Kwan On bridges in New Territories (East) for

12 months. $2,300,000

Maintenance and repairs of roads and Kwan On

bridges in New Territories (West) for

12 months. $2,300,000

Construc-

Maintenance and construction of Truly Construction Co. drainage works in New Territories for

12 months. $1,000,000

Reinstatement of trenches in Kowloon Wo Hing Construction and New Kowloon. $2,000,000

Co., Ltd.

Maintenance of roads, bridges and Hung Mau Construc- cemeteries, etc. in Kowloon and New tion Co.

Kowloon

East District for 12

months. $1,500,000

Construction and maintenance of Tai Foo Co. drainage works in Kowloon and New

Kowloon for 24 months. $2,500,000

Reinstatement of road slip on Tai B.C. Construction Co. Hang Road adjacent to True Light Middle School. $295,000

Repair of washout at Tai Hang Road B.C. Construction Co. junction of Mount Butler Road. $80,000

Maintenance of, alterations and addi- (i) Fook Lee & Co. tions to government buildings in the (ii) T. S. Wong & Co. Colony from 1.10.66 to 30.9.69. (i)

Hong Kong Central and Kowloon Dis- tricts (ii) Peak and Outside and New Territories. At tendered rates

Completion of site formation works at Winsome Co. (Engineers Sau Mau Ping 'D' Area. $794,390

& Builders) Ltd.

Book Reviews

Contemporary Japanese Architecture

by Noboru Kawayoe. 61⁄2 in x 911⁄2 in. 75 pages. Published by the Society for International Cul- tural Relations Tokyo 1965. 31 photographs.

This volume, the tenth in a series of books on Japanese life and culture, has been written by a distinguished critic who, by following the various lineages of architectural development in both East and West, has indicated how and where various elements are combined in modern Japanese archi- tecture.

The most interesting chapter is that relating to the influence of Western culture on modern Japanese architec-

ture.

The first European-style buildings were planned by western architects and the most famous of them is listed as being Josiah Conder, an English- man, who went to Japan in 1877. Under Conder's teaching, as the first professor of architecture at the Tokyo Technical College (now the Architec- tural Dept. of the University) the first four students graduated in 1879 and within ten years the design of western- style buildings passed into the hands of the Japanese themselves, as did the teaching.

The chapter goes on to relate the

preliminary works Shun Hing Co. buildings at railway terminus, Hung Hom. $1,055,266

Laying of 54-in. trunk main for Kow- Wo Hing Construction loon Tsai and Ho Man Tin

Plover Co. Ltd.

Cove Water Scheme, Stage 11. $843,-

103

Construction of treatment works for Nishimatsu Construc- Sheung Shui/Tai Po Water Supply, tion Co., Ltd. Stage II. $1,535,046

Reconstruction of May Road at Land- T.K. Shen Construc- slip. $180,000

tion Co.

Construction of nullah and nullah Wah Hing & Co. bridge, Staunton Creek, Aberdeen,

Stage I, Phase II. $2,006,721

Supply and installation of six passen- Ryoden Electric ger lifts for resettlement

housing Engineering Co., Ltd.

(blocks 4 & 5) at Ngau Tau Kok.

$406,900

Supply and installation of 10 passen- The British General ger lifts for resettlement housing Electric Co., Ltd.

(blocks 2, 3, 6 & 7) at Ngau Tau Kok.

$665,000

Erection of Lai Chi Kok Incineration Chung Wah Ship Plant. $2,850,000

Extension to stormwater culvert Cheung Sha Wan. $2,799,324

Building & Engineer. ing Co.

at Ching Hing Construc-

tion Co., Ltd.

Construction of seawall foundation Yau Wing Co., Ltd. fronting Wan Chai reclamation

Stage II, Section 5 - 6. $899,500

Supply and installation of an air-con- The British General ditioning plant at South Kowloon Electric Co., Ltd. Magistracy. $319,600

Supply of asbestos cement goods to Tsing Yi Island Indus- Sau Mau Ping Resettlement Estate tries, Ltd. Stage II, Blocks 42 and 43 and Estate School, Kowloon. $265,081

dilemma caused by the various move- ments and individuals influencing the Japanese architectural scene. Apart from the Modern Movement itself and the introduction of concrete, there were influential Government archi- tects, academicism and the search for a national style of architecture and earthquake proof design. The chap- ter is all too short in trying to chart the erratic movements of a developing style.

Even within the last decade Japan- ese architectural criticism is a strong influencing factor, and well known ar- chitects are constantly called upon to defend their works by argument.

An interesting attitude to fair face concrete is given by Tange in which he mentions, “As old carpenters work- ed on wood with great joy, the con- struction workers who prepare the frames (formwork) or actually do the work of concreting show great pas- sion in their works." Nowadays it is getting hard enough to find the 'old carpenters' even.

Cement and 32 pages.

Concrete Block Walls.

Concrete Association. A4 size. 7s. 6d.

Now in its fourth edition, this book- let was first published in 1949 and has been revised considerably,

Far East Architect & Builder November, 1966

Intended primarily for architects and builders as a guide to the wide range of concrete blocks available for use in the construction of load-bear- ing and partition walls, it also des- cribes techniques of block wall con- struction and the design considera- tions involved.

Divided into two parts the booklet first deals with Common Blockwork which it describes as those types of blocks intended to receive an applied finish. The part on Facing Blockwork deals with coloured blocks (including glazed colours), those with moulded textures and exposed aggregate and the 'pierced' blocks so familiar in the tropics. Mention is also made of split blocks, a type of which was used on the Congress Theatre at East- bourne.

Nine tables at the end of the book- let provide information on the proper- ties and characteristics of the blocks. That on Fire Resistance is new and comprehensive whilst others, some- times without the units stated are borrowed from B. Standards or C. of P. Mention is also made of a prac- tice of adding sand to cement based paints to increase 'body' and to pro- vide texture.

Basic Theory of Structures, by J. S. C. Browne. Publishers: Pergamon Press, Headington Hill Hall, Ox- ford. Price 21s.

Rapid post-war expansion of indus- try, and growth of towns and means of communication has not only in-

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