SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1984
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MORE BUILDING PROJECTS APPROVED
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FOUR SCHOOL PROJECTS WERE AMONG 29 PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN FEBRUARY.
THEY WERE EXTENSIONS TO THE HONG KONG SEA SCHOOL AT STANLEY AND TO ST. PAUL'S CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE, MCDONNELL ROAD A NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL AT DISCOVERY BAY; AND A PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL FOR THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT TSUEN WAN.
ALSO APPROVED WERE A CATHOLIC CENTRE AT BROADWOOD ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY, A RAIN SHELTER AT CAPE COLLINSON ROAD, CHAI WAN; AND A CAR PARK AND RADIOTHERAPY CENTRE FOR THE HONG KONG BAPTIST HOSPITAL AT WATERLOO ROAD, KOWLOON TONG.
APPROVAL WAS ALSO GIVEN FOR A FOOTBRIDGE AT SHA TIN AND TWO FOOTBRIDGES AT TAI PO; A KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY STATION OFFICE AT SHA TIN, A REFUSE COLLECTION CENTRE AT HO CHUNG MARINA, SAI KUNG # AND AN OIL TANK AND A BRIDGE LINK TO A JETTY FOR THE CASTLE PEAK 'B' POWER STATION.
OF THE PROJECTS APPROVED, 13 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON AND 11 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO WORK STARTING ON 50 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS DURING THE MONTH.
FIFTEEN WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE IN KOWLOON AND 26 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED TWO CHINESE-STYLE PAVILIONS AND A GARAGE AT CAPE COLLINSON ROAD, CHAI WAN; A NEW ROAD LINKING THE HONG KONG ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR WITH TAIKOO WAN ROAD, TAIKOO SHING; A MOTOR SERVICE CENTRE AT CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, A FACTORY AT TAI PO
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SCHOOLS AT SHA TIN, WAN CHAI AND KWUN TONG; A HOSTEL AT PAK SHA 0, SAI KUNG: AN ELECTRIC POWER STATION AT PO LO TSUI ON LAMMA ISLAND AN UNDERGROUND OIL TANK AT POK OI HOSPITAL, YUEN LONGI A FUEL VEHICLE LOADING POINT ON TSING YI ISLAND AND A NOVITIATE AT YIN KONG, SHEUNG SHUI.
THE FLOOR AREA OF THESE 50 PROJECTS TOTAL 223 148 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 169 556.8 SQUARE METRES ARE FOR NON-DOMESTIC AND THE REMAINDER FOR DOMESTIC USES.
A TOTAL OF 28 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED IN RESPECT OF NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS IN FEBRUARY.
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