TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1980
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+THEY HAVE TAKEN PART IN, AND HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE ACTIVITIES AND, IN MANY CASES, HAVE ALSO BEEN OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY,✦ HE ADDED.
AS A BONUS AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE PARTICIPANTS, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WILL AGAIN AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS TO THE THREE MOST OUTSTANDING YOUNG PEOPLE TO ATTEND COURSES AT THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL OF HONG KONG.
NEARLY 70 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN AUGUST
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 68 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN AUGUST, COMPARED WITH 59 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 25 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 12 FOR KOWLOON AND 31 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED A FERRY PIER EXTENSION AT TSUEN WAN, AN ELECTRIC SUB-STATION AT KO SHAN ROAD, HUNG HOM= A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT CHEUNG HONG STREET, NORTH POINT.
THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $511 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $189 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THEIR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 309 947.6 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 63 125,4 SQUARE METRES DOMESTIC AND 246 822.2 SQUARE METRES NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 40 PROJECTS, INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC SUB-STATION AT VICTORIA ROAD, AND COOKED FOOD STALLS AND A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
ALTOGETHER 41 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION, INCLUDING A YOUTH CENTRE IN MANSION STREET, NORTH POINT, A DORMITORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, SCHOOLS IN SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET, CHUNG HAU STREET AND TAI PAK TIN STREET, A CARPARK BUILDING IN DOCK STREET AND A CHURCH AND KINDERGARTEN IN SHEK KU STREET.
THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 68 BUILDINGS.
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