SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1984
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30 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN APRIL
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A SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE, A HOTEL AND A PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WERE AMONG 30 PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN APRIL.
THE EIGHT-STOREY SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE WILL BE BUILT AT STONE NULLAH LANE FOR ST. JAMES' SETTLEMENT, WHILE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI HOTELS LTD WILL CONSTRUCT A 19-STOREY HOTEL AT MIDDLE ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI.
THE PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, TO BE OPERATED BY THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA, WILL BE BUILT AT KWAI CHUNG.
ALSO APPROVED DURING THE MONTH WERE A WORKSHOP EXTENSION AT THE JUNCTION OF PAK TAI STREET AND SUNG WONG TO ROAD: A BOAT STORAGE YARD OFF TAI TAM RESERVOIR ROAD FOR CONCORD LTD;
AN ELECTRICITY SWITCH STATION AND STAFF QUARTERS AT ELECTRIC ROAD FOR HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY; AN OIL TANK AT CHA KWO LING ROAD FOR THE SHELL COMPANY OF HONG KONG LTD: A FACTORY AT TUEN MUN FOR Y.K.K. COMPANY (HONG KONG) LTD AND TWO SWIMMING POOLS AT KOWLOON BAY FOR TRIPROFIT ENTERPRISES LTD.
OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 17 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX IN KOWLOON AND SEVEN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO WORK STARTING ON 36 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS IN APRIL.
NINE WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX IN KOWLOON AND 21 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED A KIOSK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SPORTS COMPLEX AT SANDY BAY A CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE WORLD ANIMAL HOUSE AT OCEAN PARK A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AND ENGINEERING CENTRE AT YUET LUN STREET, LAI CHI KOK A MARINE BERTH AT HO CHUNG MARINA, SAI KUNG ; A PLANT HOUSE ON LAMMA ISLAND; AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION AT YUEN LONG AND A TEMPLE AND QUARTER AT LING YAN MONASTERY, LANTAU ISLAND.
THE FLOOR AREA OF THESE 36 PROJECTS TOTALLED 136 682 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 80 406.1 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR DOMESTIC USES AND THE REST FOR NON-DOMESTIC USES.
A TOTAL OF 37 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS IN APRIL.
THE COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN APRIL WAS $593 MILLION.
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ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ISSUED 14 DEMOLITION ORDERS FOR 25 BUILDINGS.
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