A new skyscraper in Nanking Road will be completed before the end of next year, this being the storey" building of the Sun Ca. d nartment store, of which Mr. Choy Chang, a merchant from Austr the managing director. Mr. Cho} Chang started a similar company a Hongkong, with two. branches at Canton.
When completed, the new building will have a frontage on Nanking] Road of 190 ft, and a depth of 220] ft. from Thibet Road to Lloyd Road The Yok Kee Construction Ca., of which Mr. QL. Dao is the general manager, and which has just com. pleted the construction of Shanghai latest skyscraper, the Joint Savings Bank's 22-storey' building _opposit the Race Course, has been awarded] the contract for the new department store while Messrs, Kwan, Chu Yang are the architects Captain Humphreys was long connected with China in capacities other than as a Customs ofoer. He served og midshipman In HM. Undaunted fon the China Station from 1807~1901 and later as Ieutenant for navigating duties In HMS. Bramble on the China station during the period of 1908-5.
Captain Humphreys succeeds Commander Gregory Stapleton, who has retired.
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