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SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1978
51 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY
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A TOTAL OF 51 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE P.W.D.'S BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN FEBRUARY, COMPARED WITH 54 FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 14 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 10 FOR KOWLOON AND 27 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A COLD STORAGE EXTENSION AND AN ENGINEERING CENTRE AT KWUN TONG, A GREEN HOUSE AND AN ANIMAL HOUSE AT SHA TIN.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $376.45 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $316.08 MILLION LAST YEAR.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING FEBRUARY AMOUNTED TO 617,806.3 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 218,081.2 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 399,725.1 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 47 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A PETROL SERVICE STATION AT CHAI WAN, A HOSPITAL EXTENSION AT SANDY BAY ROAD AND AN EXTENSION TO THE HEALTH CENTRE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
A TOTAL OF 50 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC SUBSTATION AT SAI KUNG, A PACKAGE FILLING SHED ON TSING YI ISLAND.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 24 BUILDINGS.
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