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MONDAY, JULY 5, 1982
63 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MAY
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A TOTAL OF 43 NEW BUILDING PLANS WAS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN MAY THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 74 IN MAY LAST YEAR.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 26 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 11 FOR KOWLOON AND 26 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDE A HOUSING ESTATE BY THE HONG KONG
HOUSING SOCIETY AT THE JUNCTION OF MA TAU WEI ROAD AND FAT KWONG STREET, TWO SCHOOLS AT SAI KUNG AND TAI PO, A HOTEL AT DISCOVERY BAY, LANTAU, A SWIMMING POOL AT BEAS RIVER, SHEUNG SHUI AND A COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE AT MA TSO LUNG, YUEN LONG.
THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $704.89 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $199.3 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THE IR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 231 937.5 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 179 356.2 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 52 581.3 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR SPACE.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 37 PROJECTS, INCLUDING TWO SCHOOLS AT TUNG LO WAN ROAD AND SAM HUI, TUEN MUN, A PASSENGER JETTY AT PO LO TSUI, LAMMA ISLAND AND A SQUASH HOUSE AND CLUB HOUSE AT TAI SHANG WAI, YUEN LONG.
ALTOGETHER, 43 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN MAY, INCLUDING TWO HOTELS AT SA PO ROAD AND TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, A SCHOOL AT SYCAMORE STREET AND A HOSPITAL EXTENSION AT SHA TIN PASS ROAD.
THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 75 BUILDINGS.