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Construction of a 5-seater aqua privy Paul Construction Co. at Fuk Hing Tsuen, Wang Chau, Yuen Long. $12,480

Construction of a 4-seater aqua privy Universe Construction at Pun Uk Tsuen, San Tin, Yuen Long. Co.

$10,959

Construction of a timber footbridge at Paul Construction Co. Tai Lam Chung Klu On Tsuen, Tuen

Mun, Yuen Long. $16,348

Construction of additional quarters for Shun Hing Co. Lai Chi Kok fire station, Kowloon. $148,228

Construction of a sitting-out area at Kwong Tai & Co. Stubbs Road (Area "A"), Hong Kong. $29,738

Construction of Mut Wah Street play- Tai Hing Construction ground at Kwun Tong, Kowloon. $25,870

Co.

Construction of Wanchai Gap Road Dao Kwei Kee Building children's playground, Hong Kong. & General Contractor $17,369

Supply of metal windows for estate China Steel Works Ltd. school attached to block "D", Shek

Pai Wan resettlement estate, Aberdeen. $10,740

Hong Kong Housing Authority

Wah Fu Estate, phase IV, foundation Wan Hin & Co., Ltd. contract. $2,569,304

Books

Town and Country Planning in Eng- land and Wales by J. B. Culling- worth. Publishers George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., Ruskin House, Museum Street, London. Price 42s.

The object of this book, as the author states clearly in his introduc- tion, is to provide an outline of town and country planning and the pro- blems with which it is faced. It at- tempts to strike a balance between a legal and administrative text on the one hand and a polemic on the other. Because the author feels Scotland is an area with completely different problems which need a book to themselves, he has ignored it com- pletely.

The author, Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, proves himself a practical man in his ap- proach to planning. He does not, one feels, belong to the legion of theoreticians who consider planning should be left solely to the bureau- cracy, nor is he blind to the dangers of headstrong commercialism.

As he says of the town centre maps, the concept underlying this "planning instrument" is that of a partnership between local authorities and private enterprise. The local authority is the initiator, the over-all planner but the strength of private enterprise lies in its knowledge of the market. its ability to exploit com- mercial opportunities and its access to capital.

Planning and all the attendant trap- pings is a fluid state, forever being

subjected to revisions, reversals or rejections. Mr. Cullingworth's work first appeared three years ago and since that time, major changes have taken place in legislation, administra- tion and policy. To document these adequately would have involved completely rewriting major sections of the book; and even then there would be no guarantee the work was up to date.

To overcome this obstacle, a com- promise has been adopted. Many of the figures have been revised but the text remains largely unaltered. The most important developments are summarised in an appendix: the note on "further_reading" has also been expanded. But, as Mr. Cullingworth observes at the end of his introduc- tion: "To keep up to date there can be no substitute for a wide reading of the relevant journals."

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