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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1981
FEWER BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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SIXTY NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 74 IN SEPTEMBER 1980.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 13 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 11 FOR KOWLOON AND 36 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDE TWO PETROL-FILLING STATIONS AT TAI WAI, SHA TIN AND HIU KWONG STREET, A CONTAINER STORAGE AT TAI LAM CHUNG AND TWO SCHOOL EXTENSIONS AT KUNG LOK ROAD, KWUN TONG AND WING MING STREET, CHEUNG SHA WAN.
THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $901.6 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $488,1 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THE IR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 352 271.4 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 225 570.2 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 126 701.2 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR SPACE.
THE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 62 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOUSE FOR THE AGED IN TIN WAN STREET, A SCHOOL AT PING TING ROAD, HAMMER HILL, A CHAPEL AT CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD, AND TWO ELECTRIC POWER STATIONS ON LAMMA ISLAND.
ALTOGETHER, 66 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN SEPTEMBER, INCLUDING A LORRY LOADING GANTRY AT AP LEI CHAU TERMINAL, A SCHOOL AT WO YI HOP ROAD, KWAI CHUNG AND A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT CLIFF ROAD AND A TELECOMMUNICATION AND POST OFFICE BUILDING AT MIDDLE ROAD.
THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 93 BUILDINGS.
SAI KUNG SPORTS DAY ***
ABOUT 300 ATHLETES TOOK PART IN THE SEVENTH SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU SPORTS DAY AT MONG KOK STADIUM TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE ANNUAL FUNCTION WAS ORGANISED BY SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEES, SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 40 FIELD AND TRACK EVENTS.
WINNERS WILL REPRESENT SAI KUNG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES INTER-DISTRICT ATHLETICS TOURNAMENT EARLY NEXT YEAR.
OFFICIATING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION WERE: THE CHAIRMAN OF HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEE, MR YAU KE! SA! KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG LOCAL LEADER, MR LEE YUN-SAU AND RECREATIC AND SPORT OFFICER, MR TAM PAK-HANG.
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