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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1975
34 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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PLANS FOR A 22-STOREY COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT JARDINE'S BAZAAR IN CAUSEWAY BAY AND A TWO-STOREY SPORTS CENTRE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY TOGETHER WITH 32 OTHER NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY LAST MONTH.
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OF THESE APPROVED PLANS 14 ARE FOR PROJECTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 14 IN KOWLOON AND SIX IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND NEW KOWLOON.
THEY INCLUDE TWO HIGH-RISE COMBINED APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN KENNEDY TOWN, ONE OF 24 STOREYS IN SMITHFIELD ROAD, AND ONE OF 23 STOREYS IN BELCHER'S STREET.
AS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, THERE WILL BE A MULTI-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING AND A NINE-STOREY GODOWN BUILDING IN CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD.
APPROVAL WAS ALSO GIVEN LAST MONTH TO 49 BUILDING PROJECTS TO START WORK, INCLUDING A THEATRE AND A REEF TANK IN THE OCEAN · PARK.
FIFTY-SIX BUILDINGS WITH A TOTAL DECLARED VALUE OF OVER
$135 MILLION WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION,
THEY INCLUDE 11 APARTMENT OR COMBINED APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE 20 STOREYS HIGH, AND FOUR MULTI-STOREY FACTORY BUILDINGS, IN WANG WO TSA! STREET IN TSUEN WAN, AND WAI YIP STREET IN KWUN TONG.
DURING THE MONTH, APPROVAL WAS GIVEN TO DEMOLISH 20 OLD BUILDINGS. FOUR OTHER BUILDINGS IN SAI TAU TSUN WHICH HAD BEEN DECLARED DANGEROUS, WERE ALSO APPROVED FOR DEMOLITION.
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