TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1983
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THE DISTRICT OFFFCER, MR WILLIAM YAP; THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR LAM KAM KWONG; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR KWONG PING-YAU; AND THE HEAD OF THE CHINESE PROGRAMME SERVICE OF ATHK, MR CHU PUI-HING WILL OFFICIATE AT A PRIZE- PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT 1.30 PM, PRIOR TO THE CONCERT.
ABOUT $63 000 HAS BEEN SPENT ON THE CAMPAIGN, OF WHICH $30 000 COMES FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD.
THE CAMPAIGN IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, AND THE ISLANDS DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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FORTY-TWO BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN JULY THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 66 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THESE NEW PLANS COVER NINE NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX IN KOWLOON AND 27 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDE PHASE IIB OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, A PETROL FILLING STATION IN SHA TIN, A SQUASH CENTRE AND A HOTEL AT TAI LONG WAN ON LANTAU ISLAND, A POWER SUBSTATION AT WO YI HOP ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, A CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION FOR THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL AND A FOOTBRIDGE IN TUEN MUN.
THE DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $1 269.6 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $532.2 MILLION IN JULY LAST YEAR.
THE USABLE FLOOR AREA TOTALLED 290 953.9 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 214 571.3 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 76 3-2.6 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 29 PROJECTS.
THEY INCLUDE A SCHOOL AT BRAEMAR HILL ROAD, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT TUNG LO WAN HILL ROAD, SHA TIN, A PETROL FILLING STATION IN MUI WO, LANTAU ISLAND, A SCHOOL EXTENSION IN CHEUNG SHA YAN AND A STAFF QUARTER FOR POK 01 HOSPITAL IN YUEN LONG.
ALTOGETHER, 40 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NE LY COMPLETED BUILDINGS IN JULY.
THEY INCLUDE A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT STUBBS ROAD, BR VIZE AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AN INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE AND A SCHOOL IN TAI PO AND A SWIMMING POOL IN SHEUNG SHUI,
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE PERMISSION FOR 40 BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED IN JULY.
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