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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1974
BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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FIFTY-THREE NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY LAST MONTH.
THESE INCLUDED PLANS FOR A 25-STOREY COMMERCIAL BLOCK IN CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, A 23-STOREY APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN KWAI CHUNG, AND A 16-STOREY FACTORY BLOCK IN KWUN TONG.
TWENTY OF THE PLANS WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON, AND 28 FOR BUILDINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,
AT THE SAME TIME, 58 NEW BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION, INCLUDING NINE LOW-COST HOUSING BLOCKS AND A 30-STOREY APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BLOCK. THE COMBINED DECLARED COST FOR THE 58 BUILDINGS WAS MORE THAN $134 MILLION.
APPROVAL WAS ALSO GIVEN FOR WORK TO START ON 55 BUILDING PROJECTS AND DEMOLITION CONSENT WAS GIVEN FOR 29 BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THREE WHICH HAD BEEN DECLARED DANGEROUS.
CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPT. MOVING TO NEW PREMISES
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL MOVE TO NEW AND BIGGER OFFICES IN CENTRAL DISTRICT ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 14).
THE DEPARTMENT, NOW HOUSED IN INTERNATIONAL BUILDING AND ASIAN HOUSE, WILL OCCUPY 11 FLOORS OF KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, OPPOSITE WESTERN MARKET.
A SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT LARGER OFFICES WERE NEEDED TO ENABLE EXPANSION OF SOME SECTIONS TO COPE WITH THE RISING WORK LOAD ARISING FROM THE RAPID GROWTH IN TRADE AND POPULATION.
ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE NEW OFFICES WILL BE AN ENQUIRY COUNTER AND A SHOW WINDOW DISPLAYING VARIOUS STATISTICAL PUBLICAT- IONS AND POSTERS.
THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL REMAIN THE SAME,
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