Shanghai, Oct. 25.
Following promptly the formal opening of the Civic Centre of Greater Shanghai was the weill planned exhibit of the comprehen-ive regional plan at. the Chinese YMCA. last, Friday, - Saturday and' Sutiday.. The programme, in addition to" the display, inelided addresses by the secretary General, and, the Engineer in Charge of Public Works of Greater Shanghai, and the General Secretary of the Bankers Association. More" than 10,000 people attended the display, and many. of them. were school ehildven with their teachers.
In the Settlement two new build ings were opened. to. the public. 'The first was the lange daylight factory of the Asia lectrie Ca. It' was formally opened Tuesday) October 17, and. was than three years ago by a. group] of men with a firm faith' in the future of electricity' in China, and the present, expansion. is proof" their good Judgment.
'The second building was the Victoria Nurses' Homie on Great Western Road, adjacent' to the Country Hospital, "it was formally opened' on" Monday. last. at. 4.30 pam. The ceremony was in charge of the Chairman of Municipal Gouneil, New. building was designed by Pablic Works Department, 8. it is reinforced concrete, eight floors—ground floor is equipped with latest modern cooking app! coo and refrigerating plant, The first, floor is for the public =the remaining. floors provide. accommodations "forthe nursing Stalf—individual bedrooms. with verandahs overlooking the gardens and facing south, Building Activities 'The Eastern District again is the fore with the largest single pits, or, the week to be approved y the Council, Plans call for 142 Chinese" Hongs and' 58 Chinese shops at the intersection of Kw ming, Washing and Point Roads. On Lisoyang 'Road, another plan hag been, approved' for 33 work-hops and ® Chinese Hongs. the Western District, off Seymour Roac work has " been started on 47 Ohinese houses, 'On Bubbling Well Road, near the 'Temple property, opposite' the Well, work will soon start on the con: struction of school building. Also an Bubbling Well Road, in connec, tion with the property' of Dom!
Son, a foreign style building will form an addition to the present structure,
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