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Wednesday, March 20, 1974
NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
A total of 61 new building plans were approved by the Buildings
Ordinance Office last month as compared with a total of 43 in February
last year.
The plans included one hotel building at the junction of Electric
Road and Lau Li Street in North Point, and five apartment building projects
in the "broadcasting city" area.
An apartment building and a school building in Mei Foo Sun
Chuen were among 40 completed buildings certified for occupation in
February. The total construction cost of the buildings exceeded $76 million.
Permission was given for the demolition of 41 buildings in the
same month, including nine dangerous buildings located in Des Voeux Road
West, Wing Lok Street. and Bonham Strand West.
Consent to commence work was also granted to 46 building projects.
Of those, 18 were on Hong Kong Island, 20 in Kowloon, and eight in
the New Territories.
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