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engineers recently arrived in Thailand to build a new highway from Kabinburi in Prachinburi Province to Nakorn Rajsima.

FENDERS INSTALLED AT TERMINAL

THE world's largest fendering units are now being installed on the Ocean Terminal pier, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Hoisted by Titan, a floating crane capable of lifting 150 tons, the two units were lowered into position 1.250 ft. from the Kowloon shore on the terminal's knuckle end. Each unit consists of two pneumatic rubber tyres, the largest size manufactured for earth moving equipment. housed in a three-sided steel case. The tyres project to- ward the sea and revolve when a ship rests against them during berthing operations.

The case assemblies extend from the high water level of the harbour to approximately 5 ft. above the marine deck. Each case weighs 101⁄2 tons. The Firestone-

Final adjustments to a fendering unit on knuckle end of jetty Burleigh tyres they hold measure 9 ft. 5 in. in diameter and are able to withstand 140 tons of pressure each.

The installation of the two corner units nearly com- pletes the entire fendering installation at the terminal. The other marine fendering consists of Raykin units bolted to the seaward end and both sides of the pier. These V-shaped steel and rubber fenders are installed in al- ternating vertical and horizontal positions. They are fitted with massive greenheart timber rubbing boards from British Guiana.

HOSPITAL REBUILDING

TENDERS are to be called in early 1966 for the first phase of the rebuilding of Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, Malaysia. To be carried out in phases over a period of five years, the hospital will cost a total of about 50 million dollars.

Included in the first phase will be a six-storey block with 16 wards giving a total of 412 beds, a school of nursing, a radio-therapy unit and a hostel building. Wells and Joyce are the architects and consulting engineers are Thomas Anderson and Partners, both of Kuala Lumpur.

TRAINING SCHOOL PROJECT

A MODERN School for training new Fire Service recruits. a district fire headquarters and an ambulance depot are to be built on an eight-acre site at Sek Kong in the New Territories of Hong Kong.

The project comprises ten buildings ranging from one to eight storeys high. They will be built on a site opposite the A Kung Tin Village on the Fanling-Kam Tin Road near Sek Kong. One of the ten buildings will

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be a long three-storey block which will accommodate the New Territories District Fire Headquarters, a district fire station, an ambulance depot and communal facilities such as messes, kitchen, recreation room and library. A four- storey block will provide barrack accommodation for 160 trainees.

The training school itself will be set up in another three-storey block which will have a large appliance room, workshops, classrooms, offices and a gymnasium. These three blocks, forming the main building group, will be linked at ground and first floor levels by covered ways.

Three other separate buildings two of three storeys and one of four storeys will be constructed to provide quarters for officers and other ranks at Sek Kong.

Work on the whole scheme is expected to start in October and be completed in April, 1967.

AWARD FOR LIM KIN SAN

THE Philippines 1965 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership has been given to Mr. Lim Kin San, who played a key part in Singapore's huge low-cost housing programme.

He is honoured for "marshalling talents and resources to provide one-fifth of the Singapore population with decent moderately-priced housing amidst attractive sur- roundings", according to an announcement by the award foundation,

Mr. Lim was Minister for National Development before the Singapore Cabinet reshuffle. In 1962 he was awarded the State of Singapore's highest honour (Order of Temasek) for his outstanding contribution to solving the state's housing problem when he was chairman of the Housing and Development Board.

DEVELOPMENT AT KWUN TONG

SITE formation work will begin shortly to make an additional 17 acres of land available for development in Kwun Tong, the industrial town in north east Kowloon, Hong Kong.

The land, which is located to the south of the existing Sau Mau Ping Resettlement Estate, will be used for institutional and community purposes.

Tenders for the site formation work, which will in- clude the construction of additional drainage and embank- ment protection at Sau Mau Ping, have been invited and work on the project is expected to start in October. It will take about two years to complete.

POLICE HEADQUARTERS

NEW headquarters for the Police Department are to be built at Makati. Philippines. The building will cost about P1 million and will be sited behind the Makati municipal building.

The architect is Serafin de Guzman. have not yet been appointed.

Proposed police headquarters, Makati

Contractors

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER TO RETIRE

CHIEF Structural engineer of the Hong Kong Public Works Department, Mr. A.E. Claassen, will retire shortly from Government after 17 years' service.

Far East Architect & Builder September, 1965