TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1979
ACTION AGAINST OWNERS OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SERVED A TOTAL OF 606 ORDERS ON OWNERS OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE TO REMOVE UNAUTHORISED WORKS.
THIS BROUGHT TO 1,147 THE NUMBER OF ORDERS SERVED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
A B.0.0. SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE ACTION WAS TAKEN AS A RESULT OF 441 INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE STAFF OF THE B.0.0. ON BUILDINGS WHICH HAD BEEN CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION SINCE THE END OF JULY 1975.
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OF THE NUMBER OF ORDERS SERVED, 349 HAD BEEN COMPLIED
HE STRESSED THAT FOR THOSE WHO FAILED TO REMOVE THE UNAUTHORISED WORK WITHIN THE GIVEN TIME, B.0.0. WOULD DO THE WORK FOR THEM AND CHARGE THEM ACCORDINGLY LATER.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DESPITE A CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED LAST YEAR TO ADVISE PEOPLE NOT TO PUT UP UNAUTHOR I SED STRUCTURES ON THEIR BUILDINGS, MANY CONTINUED TO CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT.
+DURING THE QUARTER UNDER REVIEW, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 1,238 COMPLAINTS ON ILLEGAL STRUCTURES,+ HE ADDED.
+LAST MONTH ALONE, MORE THAN 390 COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED AND AS PEOPLE ARE MORE ENVIRONMENT CONSCIOUS THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE.+
THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT BUILDING INSPECTIONS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE MADE AND, WHERE NECESSARY, ORDERS WOULD BE SERVED.
HE ADDED THAT PROPOSALS FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF UNAUTHORISED WORK HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT.
ONCE THE PROPOSALS WERE APPROVED AND ADDITIONAL STAFF RECRUITED, THE RATE OF INSPECTIONS WOULD BE INCREASED, THE SPOKESMAN” SAID.
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD UNDER REVIEW, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 215 NEW BUILDING PROPOSALS, COMPARED WITH 249 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
IN ADDITION, THE B.0.0. DEALT WITH 3,584 PLANS, THIS WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE 3,399 PLANS HANDLED IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
AT THE END OF JUNE, THE B.0.0. WAS IN THE COURSE OF PROCESSING 1,212 PLANS.
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