TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1981
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74 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MAY
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 74 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN MAY, COMPARED WITH 65 IN MAY 1980.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 22 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE FOR KOWLOON AND 43 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED A SCHOOL AT THE JUNCTION OF LEIGHTON ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD, A FOOTBRIDGE AT SA PO ROAD AND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD AND A PIER AT CHEUNG CHAU.
THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $199.3 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $183.4 MILLION IN MAY LAST YEAR.
THE IR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 105 719.6 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 53 494.1 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC AND 52 225.5 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 52 PROJECTS, INCLUDING TWO SCHOOLS AT POKFULAM ROAD AND CHUNG HAU STREET AND AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT KO SHAN ROAD.
ALTOGETHER, 30 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN MAY, INCLUDING A YOUTH HOSTEL AT MOUNT DAVIS, A CARPARK COMPLEX AT POKFULAM ROAD, A MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM COMPLEX AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND A JETTY AT SOK KWU WAN, LAMMA ISLAND.
THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 53 BUILDINGS.
SENTENCE COMMUTED
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THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON CHENG PAK-CHANG ON JANUARY 5, 1979 SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO 20 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.
CHENG WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF A WOMAN, SHE SIM-SUN, IN NAM CHEONG STREET, KOWLOON ON MAY 2, 1977.
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