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MONDAY, MAY 9, 1983
THE DECLARED COST OF BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $1 328.2 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $829.6 MILLION IN MARCH LAST YEAR.
THE USABLE FLOOR AREA TOTALLED 286 359 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 215 603.9 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 70 755.1 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 46 PROJECTS, INCLUDING THREE SCHOOLS IN SHAU KEI WAN, BRAEMAR HILL ROAD AND CORNWALL STREET, A HOSPITAL EXTENSION IN PRINCE EDWARD ROAD. A FOOTBRIDGE AND COVERED WALKWAY AT THE JUNCTION OF WATERLOO ROAD, JUNCTION ROAD AND KAM SHING ROAD, A TOWN HALL AND OFFICE BLOCK IN SAI KUNG AND A PETROL FILLING STATION IN JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, SHEUNG SHUT,
ALTOGETHER, 37 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY- COMPLETED BUILDINGS IN MARCH. THEY COMPRISE A HOTEL/APARTMENT COMPLEX IN CANTON ROAD AND A FERRY PIER IN DISCOVERY BAY, LANTAU ISLAND.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE PERMISSION FOR 60 BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
WATER FIGURES ***
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 75.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 436.499 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 231.749 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 40.1 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.