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The hotel is divided into first-class and deluxe accommodation, the latter being contained in the tallest block on the site an 11-storey circular building with its main

beneath a shell canopy

**Amaral".

entrance

opposite

All rooms look out from the circle, with windows and balconies sur- rounding the perimeter. Circular glazed corridors enclose a well which extends the full height of the build- ing above the huge main entrance lobby at first floor level.

Adjoining the circular tower on the east side, and extending the length of the sea frontage with a return to- wards the north corner of the site is a nine-storey block in which is the remainder of the hotel accommoda- tion. Shops and lounges around the lobby of the circular block are linked to further shops, stores and restaur- ants on the first floor of this building.

Two two-storey rotundas are located in front of the grille-like facade of the nine-storey block. One contains a Chinese restaurant on the first floor with a circular department store below.

The other houses on the first floor a seafood restaurant in which a cool. seascape atmosphere is created by a series of semi-circular pools full of

casing

black

Block plan. Shaded area is first stage of scheme. Revised plans for the supper club area are shown on page 60; this area is also included in the first stage

Artist's perspective of a deluxe hotel room

A typical first class hotel room

Plan of deluxe hotel room

Far East Architect & Builder October, 1965

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Plan of first class hotel room

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