THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1983
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$1.2-BILLION WORTH OF BUILDINGS COMPLETED
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THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN JUNE AMOUNTED TO $1 220.7 MILLION, ACCORDING TO FIGURES ISSUED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
YEAR.
THIS COMPARES WITH $880.4 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST
THE USABLE FLOOR AREA TOTALLED 436 276.9 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 166 122.6 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 270 154.3 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
BUILDING PLANS FOR A SCHOOL IN KOWLOON BAY AND AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION AT THE JUNCTION OF HUNG HING ROAD, WAN SHING STREET AND MARSH ROAD IN WAN CHAI AND THIRTY OTHER BUILDING PROJECTS WERE APPROVED IN JUNE BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 11 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX FOR KOWLOON" AND 15 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DURING THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 32 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A MARKET IN SAI WAN HO, A RECREATION HALL IN SHEK PIK ON LANTAU ISLAND AND THREE ELECTRICITY SUBSTATIONS IN TAI PO, TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG.
ALTOGETHER, 45 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY- COMPLETED BUILDINGS BY THE OFFICE IN JUNE. THEY INCLUDE ONE SCHOOL IN CAUSEWAY BAY AND ANOTHER IN TUEN MUN, A CINEMA AT THE LAI CHI KOK AMUSEMENT PARK AND A HOTEL IN CHEUNG CHAU.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE THIS MONTH ALSO GAVE PERMISSION FOR 34 BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
SIR PHILIP LOOKS OVER FISHERIES FACILITIES
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY (THURSDAY) LOOKED OVER THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S COUNTRY PARKS AND FISHERIES FACILITIES IN ABERDEEN.
SIR PHILIP, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, SAW A DISPLAY OF INDIGENOUS FLORA AND FAUNA ́AT THE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE AT ABERDEEN COUNTRY PARK BEFORE MEETING STAFF AT THE PARK'S MANAGEMENT CENTRE.
HE ALSO HAD A LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED IN THE COUNTRY PARK.
/HE THIN