SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1982
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NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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FORTY-FOUR NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN JUNE THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 65 IN JUNE LAST YEAR.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 15 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 13 FOR URBAN KOWLOON AND 16 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDE A SPORT HALL AT TUNG LO WAN ROAD, A LANDSCAPE GARDEN WITH AN UNDERGROUND CARPARK AT ELECTRIC ROAD, A SCHOOL AT RAZOR HILL, A GOLF CLUB AT DISCOVERY BAY AND A SEA ACTIVITY TRAINING CENTRE AT TSAM CHUK WAN, SAI KUNG.
THE DECLARED COST OF ALL THE NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $880.45 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $1 139.34 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THEIR USABLE FLOOR AREA TOTALLED 413 743.3 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 359 511.4 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 54 231.9 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR SPACE.
IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 51 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL AT BASEL ROAD, A HOTEL AT SHA TIN NEAR WONG UK, A SWIMMING POOL NEAR HO TUNG LAÚ, A GOLF COURSE AT DISCOVERY BAY, AND A HOSTEL AT MONG TUNG WAN, LANTAU ISLAND.
ALTOGETHER, 52 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN JUNE, INCLUDING A SPORT CENTRE NEAR SHA TIN RACE COURSE, TWO SCHOOLS AT TAI PAK TIN STREET AND HING SHING ROAD IN KWAI CHUNG, AND A SUBSTATION AT THE JUNCTION OF WAI YIP STREET AND HOI YUEN ROAD, KWUN TONG.
THE OFFICE ALSO GAVE PERMISSION FOR 79 BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
WATER CUT IN CENTRAL
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FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO SOME PREMISES IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT WILL BE CUT OFF FOR SEVEN HOURS FROM 11 PM ON TUESDAY (AUGUST 10) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR A LEAKAGE TEST.
THE AREA TO BE AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY POTTINGER STREET, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL WING WO STREET AND DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, INCLUDING WING KUT. STREET, GILMAN'S BAZAAR, GILMAN STREET, WING ON STREET, TUNG MAN STREET, HING LUNG STREET, AND JUBILEE STREET.