SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1985
NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE APPROVED 35 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN DECEMBER 1984.
THESE INCLUDED THREE 32-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCKS AT SOUTH BAY ROAD A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION AT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY PAK CHAI WAN STATION, AN ELECTRIC SUBSTATION IN TAI HANG TUNG, A WORKSHOP
IN YAU TONG, AND A PAVILION AT TUNG WAN, SHEK PIK ON LANTAU ISLAND.
OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 12 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FOUR IN KOWLOON AND 19 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 27 PROJECTS, 11 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN IN KOWLOON AND NINE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THESE INCLUDED AN ELECTRICITY SWITCHING STATION AND STAFF QUARTERS AT ELECTRIC ROAD, 12 APARTMENT BLOCKS FOR THE KORNHILL DEVELOPMENT, A FACTORY BUILDING AT HOI YUEN ROAD IN KWUN TONG, AN OFFICE BUILDING AT DAI KWAI STREET IN THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, AND A SQUASH AND BADMINTON COURT COMPLEX AT LO WAI IN TSUEN WAN.
THE FLOOR AREA OF THESE 27 PROJECTS TOTALLED 226 658.1 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 42 192.2 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND THE REMAINDER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
A TOTAL OF 56 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY- COMPLETED BUILDINGS DURING THE MONTH.
THESE INCLUDED A 13-STOREY GODOWN IN KENNEDY TOWN, TWO SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A TEMPLE IN WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, A TRAINING CENTRE AT KOWLOON BAY FOR THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, AND A HOME FOR THE AGED IN TAI PO FOR THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS.
THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA FOR ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS 236 830.4 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 147 656.8 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND THE REMAINDER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
THE TOTAL COST OF THESE BUILDINGS WAS ABOUT $790.7 MILLION.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ISSUED 20 DEMOLITION OF DERS IN RESPECT OF 25 BUILDINGS DURING THE MONTH.
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