# APPENDIX N
# BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE
# SUMMARY OF Statistics for 1969-70
(Comparative Statistics for 1968–69 in italics)
## ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL
### Registration of Architects and Contractors
1969-70 1968-69 Architects registered 18 17 Contractors registered 157 ... Lift Contractors registered 66 ... Escalator Contractors registered 3 ... Miscellaneous Nil Nil Miscellaneous permits issued for matsheds, hoardings and scaffoldings, including the renewal of permits 972 686 402 476## GENERAL DIVISIONS
### General Work
(a) Buildings Certified for occupation
1969-70 1968-69 Demand notes issued for permits to erect balconies and canopies over public streets and Crown Land, total value $1,694,741.39 $1,324,897.53 Declared capital cost of new buildings completed $410M $427M Cease Works Orders issued for the suspension of approved building works 17 17 Drain tests carried out 581 453 Exclusion Orders granted under the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance 34 9 Inspections of licensed premises and schools ... ...(b) A total of 5,905 (3,893) approval permits were issued in respect of the following buildings and building works:
1969-70 1968-69 152 231 146 ... 1,358 1,197