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TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1979
77 NEW BUILDINGS APPROVED IN DECEMBER
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A TOTAL OF 77 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST (DECEMBER) MONTH BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 71 IN THE SAME MONTH IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR,
OF THESE, 26 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 23 FOR KOWLOON AND 28 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A CHURCH AND SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE IN OF KWAN ROAD, HONG KONG, THREE SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES AND A NUMBER OF APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
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THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO $194.42 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $170.26 MILLION IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO 187,974.8 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 126,025.6 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 61,949.2 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA,
DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 46 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING A YOUTH CENTRE BETWEEN MANSION STREET AND MODEL LANÉ, HONG KONG AN AMENITIES BUILDING AND A MAINTENANCE BUILDING IN SASSOON ROAD WHICH FORM PART OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT, AND AN EXTENSION TO SOCIAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE IN WO YI HOP ROAD, NEW TERRITORIES.
A TOTAL OF 40 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A PETROL FILLING STATION IN TAI PO ROAD, AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION IN BOUNDARY STREET AND A NUMBER OF WORKSHOP BUILDINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 71 BUILDINGS.
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