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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1980
+SIMILARLY, IN THE CASE OF MONEY ORDERS OR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE COUPONS PRESENTED FOR ENCASHMENT BY AN AGENT ON BEHALF OF THE PAYEE, THE AGENT WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE HIS OWN ORIGINAL IDENTITY CARD, IN ADDITION TO THE VERIFIED PHOTO COPY OF THE PAYEE'S IDENTITY CARD.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID STATUTORY DECLARATIONS MAY BE MADE FREE OF CHARGE BEFORE A COMMISSIONER OF OATHS AT ANY CITY DISTRICT OFFICE OR NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICE.
71 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER ******
A TOTAL OF 71 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH (SEPTEMBER) BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 74 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 26 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 10 FOR KOWLOON AND 35 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED THREE SCHOOL BLOCKS ON POKFULAM ROAD, TWO ELECTRICITY SUBSTATIONS AT THE JUNCTION OF WAI YIP STREET AND HOI YUEN ROAD, KWUN TONG AND AT THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, AND A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE EXTENSION ON PENG CHAU.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $488 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $369 MILLION LAST YEAR.
THE USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED TOTALLED 264 673.3 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 210 187.3 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 54 486 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 55 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING TWO SCHOOLS ON CHOI HUNG ROAD AND TAI PAK TIN STREET, KWAI CHUNG, A SCHOOL AND AUDITORIUM AT THE JUNCTION OF LEIGHTON ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD, A PETROL FILLING STATION AT HIU KWONG STREET, TWO ELECTRICITY SUBSTATIONS IN TAI PO, AND A JETTY ON LAMMA ISLAND,
A TOTAL OF 53 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING TWO SCHOOLS IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND ANOTHER SCHOOL IN KWUN TONG, THREE TEMPLES AT MAU PO, CHUK YUEN AND ON LANTAU ISLAND.
THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 80 BUILDINGS.