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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1982
BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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FORTY-EIGHT NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN AUGUST THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 71 IN AUGUST LAST YEAR.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 18 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 14 FOR KOWLOON AND 16 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDE AN ELECTRIC SUB-STATION IN YUEN LONG, A REHABILITATION CENTRE AT O PUI SHAN, KWAI CHUNG AND A SQUASH COURT AND CARPARK AT HONG LOK YUEN, TAI PO.
THE DECLARED COST OF ALL THE NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $559.58 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $224.69 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THE IR USABLE FLOOR AREA TOTALLED 322 286.2 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 213 416.6 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 108 869.6 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR SPACE.
IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 46 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING TWO SCHOOLS IN TAI SHANG WAI, YUEN LONG AND CHUNG CHING STREET, SAI YING PUN, AN OIL DEPOT IN CHAI WAN, A PETROL FILLING STATION IN HIU KWONG STREET, KWUN TONG AND A SEA SCOUT ACTIVITY CENTRE IN SAF KUNG.
ALTOGETHER, 36 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN AUGUST, INCLUDING A CINEMA IN UN CHAU STREET, TWO SCHOOLS IN PING TING ROAD, HAMMER HILL AND CHOI HUNG ROAD, AND A HOTEL EXTENSION IN CUMBERLAND ROAD.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE PERMISSION FOR 31 BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
DEATH 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 CHAN CHAU ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1981, SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
CHAN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF A WOMAN, LUNG SAU-KWAN, IN A FLAT IN NGAU TAU KOK ON NOVEMBER 15, 1979.