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the eastern end of Hong Kong Harbour, will be able to pay 90 per cent of the land premia by equal instalments over 20 years at five per cent interest after an initial down payment of ten per cent.

A Government spokesman said last month: "It is intended to ease the financial burden of Hong Kong in- dustrialists who buy land in these areas and so enable them to concentrate more of their resources on building and equipment during the period before they can receive any return from their capital investment."

About 40 acres of land will be made available at Sam Ka Tsuen under the development scheme for the area. Sites are terraced and roads have been built to give access to the different levels. Sam Ka Tsuen is near to the Yau Tong Bay Resettlement Estate, where more than 18,000 people are already housed. The resettlement estate will provide accommodation for about 30,000 people, when it is fully completed.

PROGRESS ON INDUSTRIALISED PROJECT

FOUR four-storey blocks of flats, each containing 40 dwellings, have now been completed at the Jalan Pekililling industrialised low-cost housing scheme, Kuala Lumpur, where assembly work started six weeks ago.

The con- struction of a further group of seven 17-storey blocks has begun, while finishing touches are being put to the four completed blocks.

Each of the completed blocks consists of 30 one- bedroom flats and 10 shops on the ground floor. Each of the 17-storey blocks will have 407 units 64 will have two bedrooms, while the remaining 343 will have only one.

The single bedroom unit is about 20 ft. by 21 ft. and includes a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom section. Fourteen different pieces are used to build the unit.

The project is being carried out by a joint venture between Gammon (Malaya) and the Danish firm of Larsen and Neilsen. It is Malaysia's first industrialised housing scheme and was launched on August 12 by the Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh. The four blocks are scheduled for occupation this month,

The whole project, which costs more than M$12 million, is expected to be completed by February 1969. It will house about 18,000 people. Community centres schools, playing fields, clinics and a funeral parlour are included in the scheme.

SINGAPORE HARBOUR WORKS

Singapore Government has set aside S$70 million for the development of its wharf and shore facilities for the hand- ling of container ships and containerised cargo.

In its annual report for last year, the Port of Singa- pore Authority says that its reclamation work to be com- pleted by the end of this year will provide a total land space of about 120 acres for a container complex. Plans are also being made for the construction of container berths stretching to about 700 ft. along the wharf.

"The new technique of cargo handling by containers and container ships has been given a great deal of pro- minence in shipping circles", states the report, "and the PSA has placed this foremost on the list of its major port development projects".

GOVERNMENT QUARTERS

WORK is expected to begin in the middle of November on the construction of two blocks of flats for Hong Kong civil servants in Piper's Hill, Caldecott Road, Kowloon. The 13-storey building will provide a total of 48 flats and parking facilities for 28 cars on the ground floor. A cover- ed car park for 20 cars will also be built.

Each flat will comprise three bed-rooms, a living room and dining room with a total area of 3,100 square feet. Work on the construction of the building will take about 15 months to complete.

Far East Architect & Builder October, 1967

FAAMIS GORZAR

The five-storey Southern Bank Building completed recently in Penang. It was designed by Johnny H.A. Heah, ARIBA, and erected by Gim Seng Building Contractor. Astoria, Ltd. installed the Carrier air-conditioning.

BRIDGE OVER PELTON CANAL

WORK has begun on a 100 ft. bridge across Pelton Canal in the Kallang Basin which will form the major link in the Pan Island Expressway, connecting Geylang with Serangoon.

The Pan Island expressway is part of the Singapore Government's second five year development plan to facilitate traffic movement between the city and the northern part of the island.

A total of 60 pre-stressed concrete highway bridge beams will be used by the Public Works Department to span the canal. The specially cast beams, supplied by Hume Industries (Far East) Ltd., measure 51 ft and each contains 5.8 tons of concrete. The civil engineers for the project are Choon Huat Contractors.

Beams being unloaded at Pelton Canal

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