SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1984
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TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT TUEN MUN APPROVED
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A SIX-STOREY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT TUEN MUN FOR THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WAS AMONG 28 PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN JUNE.
ALSO APPROVED WERE TWO THREE-STOREY BLOCKS OF STAFF QUARTERS AT VICTORIA ROAD FOR HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT KUNG LOK ROAD FOR HONG KONG BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION, A CARE AND ATTENTION HOME AT SHA HA, SAI KUNG, FOR CLINICAL HEALTH SERVICES (SAI KUNG) LIMITED; ́A POST-GRADUATE CENTRE AND DORMITORY AT CHEUNG CHAU FOR THE ALLIANCE BIBLE SEMINARY, AND FOUR FOOTBRIDGES AT TAIKOO SHING AND TAI PO.
OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 11 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND,
FOUR IN KOWLOON AND 13 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THIS BRINGS TO 197 THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO WORK STARTING ON 25 NEW PROJECTS COMPRISING 33 BUILDINGS DURING THE MONTH.
TEN WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON AND 10 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED A ROWING CENTRE AT SHING MUN RIVER NEAR WO CHE ESTATE, SHA TIN, FOR THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ROWING ASSOCIATION; AND A 26-STOREY FACTORY BLOCK AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, FOR MELOFORCE LIMITED.
ALSO INCLUDED WERE A KINGDERGARTEN, NURSERY AND QUARTERS AT THE JUNCTION OF LEIGHTON ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD, A RAIN SHELTER AT CAPE COLL INSON ROAD, AND A COMMUNITY CENTRÉ AT CHUNG HAU STREET, HO MAN TIN.
A TOTAL OF 41 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED IN RESPECT OF NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS IN JUNE BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE,
THEY INCLUDED A 24-STOREY CLUB HOUSE AND OFFICE BOUNDED BY JACKSON ROAD, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, CHATER ROAD AND CLUB STREET FÖR HONG KONG LAND COMPANY LIMITED, A SWIMMING POOL AT TAIKOO SHING, AN EIGHT-STOREY LIBRARY BUILDING AT WATERLOO ROAD FOR HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, A STAFF QUARTERS FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AT SHA TIN, AND A 26-STOREY GODOWN BLOCK AT TEXACO ROAD, TSUEN WAN.
THE COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN JUNE WAS ALMOST $879 MILLION.
ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ISSUED 12 DEMOLITION ORDERS IN RESPECT OF 26 BUILDINGS.
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