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MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1976
JULY BUILDING FIGURES
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A TOTAL OF 67 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE, COMPARED WITH 52 FOR JULY LAST YEAR.
OF THE NEW PLANS APPROVED, 30 WERE FOR PROJECTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 12 IN KOWLOON AND 25 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THESE INCLUDED PLANS FOR A 23-STOREY HOTEL OFF QUEEN'S ROAD EAST. A LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEME OF 20 STOREYS AT KING'S ROAD, A TRAINING SCHOOL AT KWAI CHUNG BY THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY, AND PLANS FOR A COMPLEX OF TEN 15-STOREY APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BLOCKS AT TO KWA WAN.
PLANS FOR AN ART GALLERY ANNEX AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND ANCILLARY BUILDINGS FOR THE SHA TIN RACECOURSE WERE ALSO APPROVED.
DURING THE MONTH, THE B.0.0. ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO BEGIN ON 44 BUILDING PROJECTS. THESE COMPRISED MAINLY A SERIES OF HIGHRISE APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND FACTORIES.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING JULY AMOUNTED TO $163.15 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $108.04 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO 1,472,750 SQUARE FEET, COMPRISING 580,529 SQ. FT. OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 892,221 SQ. FT. OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE B.0.0. ISSUED 45 OCCUPATION PERMITS FOR COMPLETED BUILDINGS, INCLUDING TWO HOSTELS AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AT SHA TIN AND THREE HIGHRISE APARTMENT BLOCKS OF 26 STOREYS.
DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 28 BUILDINGS, INCLUDING FOUR BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY.
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