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Dear Ken,

Please see below:-

-- Extract from a recent e-mail on auspicious measurements --
Further to what I had mentioned;

For the surface area of your `Feng Shui friendly' tables or for anyone wanting to manufacture Feng Shui friendly tables can use this explanation:-

(One Feng Shui foot is nearly equal to an imperial foot. One Feng Shui foot is roughly equal to 43 cms.)

Description of tables with multiples of 17 inches (lenght x width):-

THE MAGICAL 17 INCH FACTOR

"One Feng Shui foot was derived from the side of a square, where the length of the diagonal of a square is the square root of two. In the West, this is known as the `magic square'.

Thus multiples of 17 inches will translate to several square foot of the optimium auspicious width. "

-- End of extract --

1. Ideally, the minimum length of your screen should be 17 inches or multiples of 17 inches or approximately multiples of 43cms.

2. Usually, if the main door is too close to the screen; for example 1 to 1 1/2 metre distance, it is best to use a full screen that can cover the entire door.

This is because, it is not auspicious to open to half a `wall' (symbolic half-screen) and face a void. Here, the main door is considered out-of-balance.

For public housing flats, (this is not made known) but in the past, the government had the HDB (housing development board) flat Feng Shuied and if one checks the dimensions of the door and it's outer-frame, these are auspicious measurements. Thus, a screen following the measurement of the door or door with the outer frame are auspicious.

In your case, since the main door is quite a distance from the screen, YES, you can use `half' the measurement or the best is to go for 43 cm or multiples of 43 cm for your screen.

Warmest Regards,
Cecil