SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1980
MORE BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST YEAR
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A TOTAL OF 859 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED IN 1979 THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE 1974, ACCORDING TO FIGURES ISSUED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
DURING THE YEAR, THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED WAS $3 268 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $3 022 MILLION IN 1978.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED WAS ABOUT 2.87 MILLION SQUARE METRES AS AGAINST 2.71 MILLION SQUARE METRES IN 1978.
IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 70 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE, COMPARED WITH 66 IN NOVEMBER.
OF THESE, 24 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 13 FOR KOWLOON AND 33 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A SCHOOL BUILDING AT THE JUNCTION OF LEIGHTON ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD, A HOSTEL AT MOUNT DAVIS, TWO BLOCKS OF CARE AND ATTENTION HOME FOR THE AGED AT TIN WAN, AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT DYER AVENUE, HUNG HOM, ONE CLOCK TOWER NEAR THE KWUN TONG FERRY CONCOURSE AND A NUMBER OF HIGHRISE APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
DURING THE MONTH, THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO 497 240.4 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 331 629.4 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 165 611 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO $570,42 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $194.42 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH IN 1978.
IN DECEMBER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 53 NEW PROJECTS INCLUDING THREE SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND A POWER STATION CONTROL BLOCK IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
A TOTAL OF 52 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN THE MONTH, INCLUDING A SCHOOL IN PUI CHING ROAD, A LANGUAGE CENTRE AND A MARINE SCIENCE BUILDING EXTENSION OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF THE MTR DEPOT AT KOWLOON BAY, A TEMPLE ON LANTAU ISLAND AND A FUNERAL PARLOUR IN CHEONG HANG ROAD.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 36 BUILDINGS.
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