This rare layout plan shows the details of the exhibition site of the British Empire Exhibition. The draft was completed on 15 October 1923 and revised for several times in 1924. This version was printed by the mapping company Cook, Hammond & Kell Limited at Westminster. The exhibition site was designed by the architects John William Simpson and Maxwell Ayrton. Both of them are the fellows of Royal Institute of British Architects. It is believed that Simpson designed Empire Stadium while Ayrton designed the whole exhibition site and most pavilions. Simpson was honoured O.B.E. for this project, though his involvement in architectural design was rather limited. Evan Owen Williams was appointed as the consulting engineer in 1921. According to Dictionary of Scottish Architects, Maxwell Ayrton designed all pavilions of the exhibition site. However, the Hong Kong Pavilion was designed by Herbert William Bird of Palmer and Turner. Bird made revision of the design based on the comments from London, possibly including the comments from Ayrton. The Hong Kong Section is located at the southeast end of the exhibition site (bottom right). The ‘Chinese quarters’ was built next to the railway station and stables. The quarter was built with sleeping huts, lavatories and a kitchen. Some of the workers of the Hong Kong Section lived there.