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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1984
MORE BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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THE NUMBER OF NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN SEPTEMBER INCREASED FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH, 40 PLANS WERE APPROVED, REPRESENTING A 25 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE FIGURE FOR AUGUST.
THEY INCLUDED A 34-STOREY APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCK IN ABERDEEN, AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT CANTON ROAD, FOUR FOOTBRIDGES IN SHA TIN, TWO PETROL-FILLING STATIONS AND A SCHOOL IN FANLING.
OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 12 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND,
SIX IN KOWLOON AND 22 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 39 PROJECTS, 17 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FOUR IN KOWLOON AND 18 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED AN APARTMENT BUILDING AT SOUTH BAY CLOSE, A MAIN SEWAGE PUMPING STATION AT THE HO CHUNG MARINA, A STATION OFFICE AT THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE STATION, A SWIMMING POOL FOR HONG LOK YUEN, TAI PO, AND TWO FACTORY BUILDINGS.
THESE 39 PROJECTS HAD A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 298 227 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 70 185 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR NON-DOMESTIC, AND THE REMAINDER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
FORTY-TWO OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY COMPLETE." BUILDINGS DURING THE MONTH.
THEY INCLUDED A WORKSHOP IN CHAI WAN, A DOMITORY BUILDING WITH A CHAPEL AT MOUNT DAVIS ROAD FOR THE CANOSSIAN MISSIONS, A 14-STOREY APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT CHATHAM ROAD NORTH, A SIX-STOREY GODOWN AT KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION AND A SLAUGHTER HOUSE IN YUEN LONG.
THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF THE NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS IN SEPTEMBER WAS 109 397 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 65 640 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR NON-DOMESTIC AND THE REMAINDER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
THE COST OF THESE BUILDINGS WAS ABOUT $291 MILLION,
ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ISSUED SIX DEMOLITION ORDERS IN RESPECT OF 20 BUILDINGS.
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