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THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1975.
42 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MAY
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A TOTAL OF 42 NEW BUILDING PLANS WAS APPROVED BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY LAST MONTH SEVEN MORE THAN THOSE IN APRIL.
THE PLANS INCLUDED EIGHT APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS RANGING FROM SIX TO 26 STOREYS IN HEIGHT, A SCHOOL IN TAI HANG TUNG AND A TEMPLE IN TSUEN WAN.
OF THE 42 APPROVED PLANS, 14 ARE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG, 12 ARE FOR KOWLOON AND THE REMAINING 16 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DURING THE MONTH, APPROVAL WAS ALSO GIVEN FOR 49 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS TO BEGIN WORK.
THEY INCLUDE 27 APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, SIX COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND TWO GODOWNS.
IN THE SAME PERIOD, THE BUILDING AUTHORITY ISSUED OCCUPATION PERMITS TO 43 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS. THE TOTAL DECLARED VALUE OF THESE BUILDINGS AMOUNTED TO $129 MILLION.
APPROVAL WAS ALSO GIVEN LAST MONTH FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 23 OLD BUILDINGS - 14 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON AND FOUR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THESE INCLUDED SEVEN DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS WHICH HAD BEEN DECLARED DANGEROUS BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY.
$1.4 MILLION UNCLAIMED LOTTERY PRIZES
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ABOUT $1.4 MILLION IS WAITING TO BE CLAIMED BY HOLDERS OF WINNING TICKETS FROM GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES DRAWN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SAID TODAY THAT THE PRIZE MONEY INCLUDES ONE FIRST PRIZE, ONE SECOND PRIZE AND SIX THIRD PRIZES FROM LOTTERIES HELD IN 1973 AND LAST YEAR.
- THIS AMOUNT WILL BE FORFEITED TWO YEARS AFTER THE WINNING NUMBERS WERE PUBLISHED AND WILL BE CREDITED TO THE LOTTERIES FUND FOR SOCIAL WELFARE PURPOSES.
+ANYONE HOLDING UNCHECKED TICKETS OF THE LAST TWO YEARS SHOULD GO TO THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB OFFICE AT STAR FERRY CONCOURSE TO LOOK UP THE LISTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE UNCLAIMED MONEY AMOUNTED TO ABOUT TEN PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PRIZE MONEY. THE NET INCOME THAT WENT TO THE LOTTERIES FUND LAST YEAR WAS $5,8 MILLION AND FOR 1973, $3.8 MILLION.
THE FUND GOES TO MORE THAN 150 SOCIAL WELFARE AGENCIES IN THE FORM OF GRANT OR LOANS ON THE ADVICE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
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