SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1974
46 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
IN OCTOBER
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A TOTAL OF 46 BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH. MOST OF THEM WERE FOR APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING EIGHT WHICH ARE TO HAVE MORE THAN 20 FLOORS.
OTHERS INCLUDED ONE FOR A 23-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING IN QUARRY BAY AND THREE FOR GODOWN/FACTORY BUILDINGS IN CHEUNG SHA WAN, YAU TONG AND TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
TWELVE OF THE 46 PLANS WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND (EAST), 11 ON HONG KONG ISLAND (WEST), EIGHT IN KOWLOON, 12 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND NEW KOWLOON (EAST) AND THREE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND NEW KOWLOON (WEST).
IN THE SAME MONTH, A TOTAL OF 62 NEW BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION. THE DECLARED COST OF THESE BUILDINGS AMOUNTED TO OVER $170 MILLION.
THEY INCLUDE THREE SCHOOLS, A SWIMMING POOL IN U KWAI SHA OWNED BY THE CHINESE YMCA, ONE GODOWN/FACTORY AND TWO OTHER FACTORIES ONE OF 24 STOREYS IN KWAI CHUNG.
APPROVAL WAS ALSO GIVEN FOR 41 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS TO BEGIN WORK, THESE COMPRISE MULTI-STOREY FACTORY, APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, A SCHOOL IN SHATIN AND A SPORTS CENTRE IN CAROLINE HILL ROAD.
THIRTY BUILDINGS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG WERE GIVEN DEMOLITION CONSENT AND A FURTHER TWO DANGEROUS BUILDINGS IN WING LOK STREET WERE ALSO TO BE DEMOLISHED.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVIORS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (SATURDAY) STOOD AT 54,503 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 81.0 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 58,832 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING 'S STORGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 38,636 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 45,846 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 76.5 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
A TRACE OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 2,112.3 MM (83.16 IN).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,121.5 MM (83.52 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 0.43 PER CENT.
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