SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1985
33 MORE BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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THIRTY-THREE BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN JULY -- 11 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN IN KOWLOON AND 15 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED A 26-STOREY APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT BONHAM ROAD, A 30-STOREY COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT THE JUNCTION OF QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, WING FUNG STREET AND WING LOK LANE, A 20-STOREY HOTEL BUILDING AT GLOUCESTER ROAD AND MARSH ROAD, A 14-STOREY CINEMA-APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT KOWLOON CITY ROAD, AND A TWO-STOREY SCHOOL EXTENSION AT TAI PO MARKET.
THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE PERMISSION NINE IN FOR WORK TO START ON 41 PROJECTS 15 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND 17 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THESE PROJECTS INCLUDED TWO APARTMENT BLOCKS AT SOUTH BAY ROAD: AN APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCK FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION'S FORTRESS HILL DEVELOPMENT, A HOTEL AT PRAT AVENUE A FOOTBRIDGE AT PO LO TSUI ON LAMMA ISLAND AND AN APARTMENT- COMMERCIAL BLOCK AT SAI KUNG.
THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF THESE 41 PROJECTS WAS 294 793 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 194 976.5 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND THE REMAINDER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
ALSO IN JULY, 34 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY- COMPLETED BUILDINGS.
THEY INCLUDED A 22-STOREY APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCK AT ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD AND TUNG SING ROAD, TWO FIVE-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCKS AT VILLAGE TERRACE, A 10-STOREY COMMERCIAL BLOCK AT JAVA ROAD, A SEVEN-STOREY KINDERGARTEN-NURSERY BLOCK AT THE JUNCTION OF LEIGHTON ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD AND A NINE-STOREY VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL AT TAI LIN PAI ROAD AND SAN KWAI STREET IN KWAI CHUNG.
THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS 233 714.8 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 102 979.7 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND THE REMAINDER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF THESE BUILDINGS WAS ABOUT $1 020 MILLION,
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ISSUED SEVEN DEMOLITION ORDERS ON 14 BUILDINGS.
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