SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1979
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76 NEW BUILDING PLANS
APPROVED IN JUNE
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A TOTAL OF 76 NEW BUILDING PLANS WAS APPROVED LAST (JUNE) MONTH BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 67 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
OF THOSE APPROVED, 33 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 14 FOR KOWLOON AND 29 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED A WHOLESALE FISH MARKET BUILDING IN YAU TONG, CHURCH AT WATERLOO ROAD, AND A CINEMA AT KWAI CHUNG.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $301.64 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $202.38 MILLION LAST YEAR.
THE USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH TOTALLED 326,654.9 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 62,649.5 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 264,005.4 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 49 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SCIENCE BUILDING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A CHURCH AND RETREAT CENTRE AT TUEN MUN, AND A PETROL FILLING STÁTION AT KWUN TONG.
A TOTAL OF 55 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WAS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING AN ANIMAL RESEARCH BUILDING WITH GREENHOUSE EXTENSION AND A CENTRAL ACTIVITIES BUILDING AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A SCHOOL BUILDING AT LAM TIN, AND AN OLD PEOPLE'S HOME AT CHO ́YIU CHUEN HOUSING ESTATE.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 118 BUILDINGS.
SEA BED GRANT FOR FLOATING DRY DOCK PROJECT
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO GRANT TWO PARCELS OF SEA BED TOTALLING ABOUT 4,018 SQUARE METRES, FOR THE INSTALLATION, PERMANENT MOORING AND OPERATION OF FLOATING DRY DOCKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPERATION OF AN ADJOINING DOCKYARD ON A SITE LYING ON THE WEST COAST OF TSING YI.
ACCESS TO THE DOCKYARD WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE EXTENSION OF THE TSING YI COAST ROAD NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
THE EXTENT OF THE AREA OF SEA BED INVOLVED WAS DESCRIBED IN A NOTICE IN YESTERDAY'S (FRIDAY) GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
/PEOPLE HAVING