WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1980
POLICE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER APPOINTED
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MR JOHN YAXLEY, FORMER PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY, HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS POLICE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER.
MR YAXLEY, PRESENTLY ON LEAVE, WILL ASSUME HIS POST ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 5).
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE POST OF POLICE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER WAS CREATED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE POLICE FORCE'S ADVISERS.
MR YAXLEY'S POST WILL EQUATE WITH THAT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.
HE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CIVILIAN AND PLANNING MATTERS WITHIN THE POLICE FORCE, AND FOR CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN THE POLICE AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
SIXTY BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JULY
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 60 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN JULY, COMPARED WITH 56 IN JUNE THIS YEAR.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 23 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 12 FOR KOWLOON AND 25 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED A HOTEL AT THE JUNCTION OF WANG TAK STREET AND PO SHIN STREET IN HAPPY VALLEY, A PETROL FILLING STATION AT THE JUNCTION OF LAI CHI KOK ROAD AND YEE KUK STREET, A DORMITORY ON CHEUNG CHAU AND A CHILDREN'S HOME IN SHEUNG SHUI.
THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $268 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $166 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THEIR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 140 717.8 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 71 296.1 SQUARE METRES DOMESTIC AND 69 421.7 SQUARE METRES NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 56 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL IN POKFULAM ROAD, AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT THE JUNCTION OF DYER AVENUE AND TAI WAN ROAD IN HUNG HOM AND A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND HOSTELS IN SAI KUNG.
ALTOGETHER 50 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION, INCLUDING A SCHOOL IN KWUN TONG, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC PHASE TWO EXTENSION, AND A PAVILION IN ABERDEEN MAIN STREET.
THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 117 BUILDINGS.
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