SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1979
PWB APPROVED 74 NEW BUILDING PLANS LAST MONTH
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A TOTAL OF 74 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH (SEPTEMBER) BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 87 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
OF THESE, 35 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE IN KOWLOON AND 30 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $369.34 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $339.61 MILLION LAST YEAR.
THE USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH TOTALLED 303 897 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 131 007 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 172 890 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 54 NEW PROJECTS.
A TOTAL OF 44 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH. THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 70 BUILDINGS.
FIRE PREVENTION COURSES FOR HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS
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THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU HAS ORGANISED A SERIES OF FIRE PREVENTION COURSES FOR ADMINISTRATORS OF PRIVATE AND SUBVENTED MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
FIVE SEPARATE ONE-DAY COURSES WILL BE HELD BETWEEN NOVEMBER 5 AND 9 AT THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU HEADQUARTERS IN ASIAN HOUSE WAN CHAI. THE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE ADMINISTRATORS AND SECRETARIES FROM 27 PRIVATE AND SUBVENTED HOSPITALS, FIVE MEDICAL CENTRES AND 11 MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) COURSE PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THEIR ROLE IN FIRE PREVENTION AND IN DEALING WITH AN EMERGENCY IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE.
THEY WILL ALSO BE BRIEFED ON THE MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS AND EQUIPMENT, AND THE USE AND STORAGE OF DANGEROUS
GOODS.
+TWO SEPARATE ONE-DAY COURSES FOR GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS WERE HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR AND IN VIEW OF THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE, SIMILAR COURSES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
MR. LAM LOK-BUN, ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF OFFICER (PREVENTION) WILL OPEN THE SEMINAR, FOLLOWED BY TALKS AND LECTURES BY MR. HO KWOK-WAH, HOSPITAL FIRE PREVENTION OFFICER, AND STATION OFFICERS CHAN SHUT-LUN AND YIP WING-KUEN.
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