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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1976
OCTOBER BUILDING FIGURES
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED A TOTAL OF 69 NEW BUILDING PLANS LAST MONTH THE SECOND HIGHEST MONTHLY TOTAL THIS YEAR.
THIS BRINGS TO 608 THE NUMBER OF NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED DURING THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 170 OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
OF THE 69 NEW PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH, 28 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 17 FOR KOWLOON AND 24 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR SIX 28-STOREY APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FOR THE CHI FU FA YUEN ESTATE AT POKFULAM ROAD, A BOY SCOUT HEADQUARTER BUILDING AT 01 KWAN ROAD AS WELL AS TWO ELECTRICITY SUB-STATIONS AT LEK YUEN ESTATE, SHA TIN, AND AT TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
PLANS FOR 10 HIGHRISE FACTORY BUILDINGS AT KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG, TO KWA WAN, CHEUNG SHA WAN, TSUEN WAN AND SAM KA TSUEN, WERE ALSO APPROVED.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO $193 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $92,8 MILLION DURING SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 182,090 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 62,802 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 119,288 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
DURING THE MONTH, THE B.0.0. GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO BEGIN ON 38 BUILDING PROJECTS, COMPARED WITH 47 DURING SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR. THEY INCLUDED A SCHOOL BUILDING AT LAM TIN, OIL STORAGE DEPOT AT FO TAN, SHA TIN, AN ELECTRIC SUB-STATION AND DISTRICT OFFICE AT SAI KUNG, AND THREE HOUSING ESTATE BLOCKS AT CHO YIU CHUEN, KWAI CHUNG.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ISSUED 48 OCCUPATION PERMITS FOR COMPLETED BUILDINGS, INCLUDING A PIER AT TSING YI ISLAND A CAR PARK BUILDING AT TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD AND A NUMBER OF HIGHRISE APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
THE B.0.0. ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR DEMOLITION OF 33 BUILDINGS, INCLUDING TWO DECLARED DANGEROUS BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY.
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