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Hongkong.
100. Belilios Public School--Extension. The contract for this work was completed, the building being handed over to the Education Department in December. The extension consists of a two-storied building extending round 3 sides of the area originally laid out as a playground and situated to the north of the original school-building. The original building, which was presented to the Colony in December, 1893, by the late Hon. Mr. E. R. Belilios, C.M.G., contains twelve class-rooms capable of accommodating 608 pupils, whilst the extension contains eight class-rooms, capable of accommodating 320 pupils; four cloak-rooms; four lavatories; two teachers' rooms with lavatories attached; a waiting-room for amahs; quarters for a caretaker (2 small rooms); a small spare room and two staircases. Corridors, 8 feet wide, are provided on both floors throughout the full extent of the building. Arrangements have been made, by means of folding partitions, for converting the four class-rooms on the upper floor into two large ones, if required.
An entrance from Shing Wong Street is provided and connection with the old school-building is afforded by covered-ways and a double flight of steps, also covered over. The covered-ways are designed for use as play-sheds, being from 7′ 6′′ to 12' 0" in width and covering an area of 982 square feet. The open yard remaining between the covered-ways and the new building has an area of 1,752 square feet.
The walls are of Canton red brick in cement mortar, covered externally with rough-cast plaster, certain portions of the brickwork being left exposed for effect. The internal surfaces of all walls are plastered, except those of the lavatories, which are lined with white glazed tiles for a height of 6′ 0′′. The ground and upper floors are both laid with cement concrete, covered with hardwood boarding in the case of the class-rooms and teachers' rooms, and with Terrazzo in the case of the corridors, lavatories, etc. The roof is flat and is constructed of cement concrete covered with 8-ply "Ruberoid" patent roofing and finished with granolithic. The staircases are of cement concrete, the edges of the steps being protected by iron plates.
Large windows are provided to all the class-rooms and are so arranged as to provide cross-ventilation. The class-rooms are all practically the same size, the dimensions of the smallest being 20′ 2′′ × 20′ 4′′.
Electric light is installed throughout the building and water is laid on where required.
Sundry minor works were carried out in conjunction with those already described. These include arrangements for the conversion hereafter of a building constructed in 1900 as a public latrine underneath the old playground, but subsequently closed, into a public bath-house and the provision of two waiting-rooms;
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Hongkong.
100. Belilios Public School--Extension. The contract for this work was completed, the building being handed over to the Educa- tion Department in December. The extension consists of a two- storied building extending round 3 sides of the area originally laid out as a playground and situated to the north of the original school-building. The original building, which was presented to the Colony in December, 1893, by the late Hon. Mr. E. R. Belilios, C.M.G., contains twelve class-rooms capable of accommodating 608 pupils, whilst the extension contains eight class-rooms, capable of accommodating 320 pupils; four cloak-rooms; four lavatories two teachers' rooms with lavatories attached; a waiting-room for amahs; quarters for a caretaker (2 small rooms); a small spare room and two staircases. Corridors, 8 feet wide, are provided on both floors throughout the full extent of the building. Arrange- ments have been made, by means of folding partitions, for convert- ing the four class-rooms on the upper floor into two large ones, if required.
An entrance from Shing Wong Street is provided and connec- tion with the old school-building is afforded by covered-ways and a double flight of steps, also covered over. The covered-ways are designed for use as play-sheds, being from 7′ 6′′ to 12' 0" in width and covering an area of 982 square feet. The open yard remain- ing between the covered-ways and the new building has an area of 1,752 square feet.
The walls are of Canton red brick in cement mortar, covered externally with rough-cast plaster, certain portions of the brick- work being left exposed for effect. The internal surfaces of all walls are plastered, except those of the lavatories, which are lined with white glazed tiles for a height of 6′ 0′′. The ground and upper floors are both laid with cement concrete, covered with hardwood boarding in the case of the class-rooms and teachers' rooms, and with Terrazzo in the case of the corridors, lavatories, etc. The roof is flat and is constructed of cement concrete covered with 8-ply "Ruberoid" patent roofing and finished with granolithic. The staircases are of cement concrete, the edges of the steps being protected by iron plates.
Large windows are provided to all the class-rooms and are so arranged as to provide cross-ventilation. The class-rooms are all practically the same size, the dimensions of the smallest being 20′ 2′′ × 20′ 4′′.
Electric light is installed throughout the building and water is laid on where required.
Sundry minor works were carried out in conjunction with those already described. These include arrangements for the con- version hereafter of a building constructed in 1900 as a public latrine underneath the old playground, but subsequently closed, into a public bath-house and the provision of two waiting-rooms
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