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MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1980
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) URGED WORKERS TO WATCH THE FILMS.
+WE HAVE SPARED NO EFFORTS IN PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. IT IS HOPED THAT THE MESSAGES CARRIED BY THESE TELEVISION FILMS WILL REACH ALL WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES,✦ HE ADDED,
MORE BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH ******
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 96 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN FEBRUARY, COMPARED WITH 67 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 36 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 19 IN KOWLOON AND 41 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE IN SHA TIN AND A SPORTS CENTRE IN CAROLINE HILL, A SCHOOL BUILDING IN WAH FU ROAD, A SLAUGHTER HOUSE IN KWAI CHUNG, AND AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION AT DYER AVENUE.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $213.88 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $107.95 MILLION IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR.
THE USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO 188 034.8 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 125 942.2 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 62 092.6 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 53 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL HALL AND A SWIMMING POOL IN STUBBS ROAD, AN OFFICE BLOCK IN THE POLYTECHNIC, AN AUDITORIUM IN THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, A POWER STATION ON LAMMA
ISLAND AND AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION AT TAI YUEN ESTATE, TAI PO.
A TOTAL OF 29 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A BLOCK OF SENIOR STAFF QUARTERS AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND A CHILDREN'S CENTRE AT NAM HANG, TAI PO.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 183 BUILDINGS.
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