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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1979
78 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 78 NEW BUILDING PLANS LAST (APRIL) MONTH, COMPARED WITH 47 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
OF THESE, 35 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 24 FOR KOWLOON AND 19 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR TWO HOTELS ON THE ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON, A HOSPITAL AND NURSES' QUARTERS IN WATERLOO ROAD, AN ELECTRIC SUB-STATION IN YAU MA TEI, A HOLIDAY CAMP IN PAK TAM CHUNG, SAI KUNG AND A YMCA CENTRE' IN KWAI CHUNG.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $76.96 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $253.23 MILLION LAST YEAR.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO 72,883.3 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 52,897.4 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 19,985.9 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 44 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A CHURCH AT THE JUNCTION OF GRAMPIAN ROAD AND BOUNDARY STREET, A SCHOOL IN PUI CHING ROAD AND A NUMBER OF APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID 32 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A LECTURE HALL COMPLEX FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY HOUSING ESTATE BLOCK IN KWAI CHÚNG AND A DORMITORY ON LANTAU ISLAND.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO CONSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 49 BUILDINGS.
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