SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14,
1984
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MORE BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN AUGUST INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER THE NUMBER FOR THE TWO PREVIOUS MONTHS.
IN AUGUST, 32 PLANS WERE APPROVED, COMPARED WITH 30 IN JULY AND 28 IN JUNE.
THEY INCLUDED NINE 27-STOREY APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCKS AT TAI KOO SHING, EIGHT APARTMENT BLOCKS RANGING FROM 22 TO 33 STOREYS FOR THE KORNHILL DEVELOPMENT, TWO ELECTRICITY SUB- STATIONS FOR THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY LIMITED, A RAMP AND TRANSFORMER ROOM FOR THE MATILDA HOSPITAL AND TWO FACTORY- GODOWN BLOCKS IN SHA TIN.
NINE OF THE PLANS WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON AND 18 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 27 PROJECTS. ELEVEN OF THEM WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON AND THE REST IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED A SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE IN WAN CHAI, TRAINING CENTRE IN TAI PO, A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK IN KWAI CHUNG AND A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE BUILDING ON HEI LING CHAU.
THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA FOR THESE 27 PROJECTS WAS 95 581 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 60 852 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR NON-DOMESTIC AND THE REMAINDER FOR DOMESTIC USE.
THIRTY-EIGHT OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS DURING THE MONTH.
THEY INCLUDED AN APARTMENT AT BROADWOOD ROAD, A COMMERCIAL- OFFICE BUILDING AT NATHAN ROAD, A HOTEL AT WOOSUNG STREET, A SCHOOL IN TUEN MUN AND A WORKSHOP IN KWAI CHUNG.
THE FLOOR AREA FOR ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN AUGUST TOTALLED 131 565 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 73 844 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR NON-DOMESTIC AND THE REST FOR DOMESTIC USE.
THE COST OF THESE BUILDINGS WAS ABOUT $520.3 MILLION.
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IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ISSUED 11 DEMOLITION ORDERS IN RESPECT OF 18 BUILDINGS.
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