WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1977
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58 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MARCH
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A TOTAL OF 58 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN MARCH, COMPARED WITH 54 FOR FEBRUARY.
OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 28 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 13 FOR KOWLOON AND 17 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A NUMBER OF 24 STOREYS OR MORE APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AT WAN CHAI, NORTH POINT, KENNEDY TOWN, AND A THREE-STOREY MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
IN THE SAME MONTH, 81 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION, INCLUDING A SOCIAL CENTRE AT YUEN LONG, THREE PETROL FILLING STATION AT KING'S ROAD, JAVA ROAD AND WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, AND A HOTEL BUILDING BETWEEN MARSH ROAD AND JAFFE ROAD.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF THE NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN MARCH AMOUNTED TO $276 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $146 MILLION FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO 243,874.3 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 117,494.7 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 126,379.6 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 60 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT BOUNDARY STREET, A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE BUILDING AT CLEARWATER BAY ROAD AND A HOLIDAY INN BUILDING AT SAI KUNG.
THE B.0.0. ALSO CONSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 37 BUILDINGS IN MARCH.