THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1977
MORE BUILDING PLANS PPROVED IN OCTOBER
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A TOTAL OF 74 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED IN OCTOBER BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 69 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THIS BROUGHT TO 669, THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
OF THE 74 NEW PLANS APPROVED, 19 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 22 FOR KOWLOON AND 33 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES,
THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A SCHOOL AT THE JUNCTION OF LA SALLE ROAD AND BOUNDARY STREET, A CHILDREN'S CENTRE AT TAI PO, A SUPERMARKET AT SAI KUNG, A CHAPEL AT CORNWALL STREET AND A RECREATIONAL GROUND AT CHI FU FA YUEN ESTATE.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $163.31 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $185.03 MILLION IN OCTOBER 1976.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO 156,733 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 103,272 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 53,461 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 44 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, A NAUTICAL STUDIES BUILDING AT HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, A LECTURE HALL COMPLEX AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND A BUDDHIST HALL AT MA WAN.
THIRTY-NINE NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, A CHURCH AT KWUN TONG AND A POWER STATION AT AP LE! CHAU.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO CONSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 27 BUILDINGS.
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