1972-1973

APPENDIX N-Contd.

(1971-72)

... 1 ... 11 21 ... 37 22 Nil Nil 2 3 1 Welfare/Recreational Public Utility Cinema/Residential/Commercial Cinema Miscellaneous Extension to existing Building Container Terminal I Office/Staff Quarters 2 4 ... Hotel Nil Nil Low Cost Housing 16 14 ... 7 12 5 Nil ... ... ...

(Note: A total of 685 approval permits were issued in respect of these proposed buildings, compared with 1,107 for 1971-72)

Other Building Works 393 623 Demolition 73 120 Site Formation 3 3 Private Road ... Alteration to existing building 352 551 Amendment plan (i.e. to amend approved plans) Piling, superstructure or other structural plan 2,011 2,380 Structural amendment plan ... Drainage (and well) 1,931 2,446 963 1,108 694 863

Notes:

* An apartment building is a building consisting of self-contained units of residential accommodation.

† A tenement building is a building in which any living room is adapted or intended for the use of more than one tenant or sub-tenant, 'living room' being defined as any room adapted or intended as a place for cooking or sleeping.

An apartment/commercial building is usually a building in which the ground or lower floors are intended for commercial usage, the remainder being for apartments.

§ A tenement/commercial building is usually a building in which the ground or lower floors are intended for commercial usage, the remainder being for tenements.

Control and Enforcement

Buildings inspected 366 147 Statutory Notices served in respect of unauthorized works... 442 465 Statutory Notices complied with (including Notices carried forward from 1971-72) 137 454 Repair Notices issued

III. DANGEROUS BUILDINGS DIVISION

Closure Orders obtained 181 254 Demolition Orders issued 234 164 Redevelopment Notices issued 189 Redevelopment Orders issued 708 666 Persons dispossessed as a result of Closure Orders 146 173 117 137 6,308 12,588