WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1977
44 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN APRIL
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THE TOTAL DECLARED COSTS OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN APRIL AMOUNTED TO $119.16 MILLION, ACCORDING TO FIGURES ISSUED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF THE NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO 122,668.5 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 99,257.2 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 23,411.3 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
PLANS FOR A 46-STOREY APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT A PRIME SITE ON WAN CHAI RECLAMATION BETWEEN GLOUCESTER ROAD AND HARBOUR ROAD, A 33-STOREY APARTMENT BUILDING AT GARDEN TERRACE, A 31-STOREY APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT FERRY STREET, A CHURCH/KINDERGARTEN AT TAI PO AND A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AT TSING YI ISLAND WERE AMONG 44 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.
OF THESE PLANS APPROVED DURING THE MONTH, 11 WERE FOR PROJECTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 11 FOR KOWLOON AND 22 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 46 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS,
INCLUDING ONE SOCIAL SERVICES CENTRE AT FUK TSUN STREET, A SWIMMING POOL AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THE SPORTS CENTRE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND A SCHOOL/ APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TUEN MUN.
THIRTY-SEVEN COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION LAST MONTH. THEY INCLUDED A SCHOOL OF SIX STOREYS AT NAM CHEONG STREET, A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AT SHA TAU KOK, A CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION AT KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL AND A MULTI-STOREY CARPARK AND SHOPPING CENTRE AT WO YI HOP ROAD, KHAI CHUNG,
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO CONSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 28 BUILDINGS.
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