TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1976
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75 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JUNE HIGHEST MONTHLY TOTAL SINCE AUGUST 1974
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A TOTAL OF 75 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THE HIGHEST MONTHLY TOTAL SINCE AUGUST 1974.
THIS BRINGS TO 355 THE NUMBER OF NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 112 OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
OF THE 75 NEW PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH, 36 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 16 FOR KOWLOON AND 23 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A SERIES OF HIGH-RISE APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS OF 20 OR MORE STOREYS, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT KWAI CHUNG, A SEVEN-STOREY FUNERAL PARLOUR BY THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS OFF WINSLOW STREET AS WELL AS A 26-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING AT KWAI CHUNG.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO $314.4 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $69.9 MILLION FOR MAY THIS YEAR.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO 2,091,622 SQ. FT., COMPRISING 1,307,674 SQ. FT. OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 783,948 SQ. FT. OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
DURING THE MONTH, THE B.0.0. GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 45 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A WELFARE CENTRE AT CHUNG HOM KOK, ONE DEPARTMENTAL STORE, BANK, OFFICE BUILDING AT YAU MA TEI, AS WELL AS ONE APARTMENT BUILDING WITH 968 FLATS AT QUARRY BAY.
SIXTY-FOUR COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH.
THESE INCLUDED EIGHT BLOCKS FOR THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY'S LAJ TAK TSUEN ESTATE AT TAI HANG ROAD, A SCHOOL BUILDING AT THE JUNCTION OF GUILDFORD ROAD AND WATFORD ROAD, ONE ELECTRIC POWER SUBSTATION AT FUK LO TSUEN ROAD, AND A CONTAINER GODOWN AT YAU TONG BAY.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO CONSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 68 BUILDINGS.
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