SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1982
68 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MARCH
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SIXTY-EIGHT NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN MARCH THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 74 IN MARCH LAST YEAR.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 28 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 12 FOR KOWLOON AND 28 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDE A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT TIN KWONG ROAD, THREE SCHOOLS AT PRICE ROAD, JARDINE'S LOOKOUT AND SHA TIN NEW TOWN, A PASSENGER JETTY AT PO LO TSUI, LAMMA ISLAND AND A CHAPEL AT CHING CHEUNG ROAD.
THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $829.58 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $656.16 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THEIR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 305 046.4 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 155 993.2 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 149 053.2 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR SPACE.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 66 PROJECTS, INCLUDING TWO PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST AND AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, A CARPARK AT STUBBS ROAD, A SWIMMING POOL AT WONG MAKOK ROAD, A CHURCH AT SHUNG HIM TONG, FANLING AND A SQUASH COURT AND CARPARK AT HONG LOK YUEN, TAÏ PO.
ALTOGETHER, 58 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN MARCH, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AT THE JUNCTION OF GASCOIGNE ROAD AND WYLIE ROAD, THE SEA CADET TRAINING CENTRE AT TSAM CHUK WAN, SAI KUNG, A YOUTH CENTRE AT THE JUNCTION OF KWAI SHING CIRCUIT AND KWAI HOP STREET. KWAI CHUNG AND A KINDERGARTEN AND NURSERY AT JAT MIN CHUEN HOUSING ESTATE, SHA TIN.
THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 61 BUILDINGS.
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