Reception Edifice on Bund to Cost $100,000
Plans for the new Customs Reception Building on the Bund foreshore, to replace the present inadequate steueture, are proceeding rapidly and itis hoped to start work this year. The building will be erected to the north of the present structure.
It is understood that the estimates for the new building have been approved by the Council, whose Public 'Works Department will undertake the erection. 'The cost of the building Will be approximately $100,000, it is Velieved. Ample facilities for Customs examination of visitors' baggage and waiting rooms for friends of arriving passengers will be provided. Owing to the steadily mounting tourist trade of Shanghai it is felt that the proposed structure will meet a need Which has obtained for some time in this port.
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