FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1986
HOTEL AMONG 37 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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A 600-ROOM, 26-STOREY HIGH HOTEL AT CITY GARDEN IN NORTH POINT WAS AMONG 37 PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN DECEMBER.
OF THE APPROVED PLANS, 24 WERE FOR APARTMENT, APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
OTHER PLANS INCLUDED A 35-STOREY COMMERCIAL BLOCK AT HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI: A 24-STOREY APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCK AT TAI TAM RÉSERVOIR ROAD: 21 RESIDENCES AT STANLEY VILLAGE ROAD; A 12-STOREY CINEMA-OFFICE BLOCK AT CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD-FUK WA STREET-KWONG CHEUNG STREET AND 50 APARTMENT BLOCKS AT DISCOVERY BAY, LANTAU ISLAND.
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 41 PROJECTS, NINE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX IN KOWLOON AND 26 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE PROJECTS INCLUDED A HOTEL AT LOCKHART ROAD-JAFFE ROAD IN WAN CHAI, A WORKSHOP IN KOWLOON CITY, A GODOWN ON TSING YI ISLAND, A CHURCH AND KINDERGARTEN IN TUEN MUN AND A NEW WING FOR POK 01 HOSPITAL IN YUEN LONG.
THE 41 PROJECTS COVER 271 474 SQUARE METRES - 176 715.1 SQUARE METRES FOR DOMESTIC AND THE REMAINDER FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE OFFICE ISSUED 42 OCCUPATION PERMITS FOR NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS.
INCLUDED WERE TWO APARTMENT BLOCKS FOR THE KORNHILL DEVELOPMENT, SIX APARTMENT BLOCKS WITH HEALTH CLUB AND CLUB HOUSE AT KENNEDY ROAD, AND THREE APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCKS AT LOK MAN ROAD, CHAI WAN.
THE FLOOR AREA OF THE NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS TOTALLED 326 985.7 SQUARE METRES - 172 422.6 SQUARE METRES FOR DOMESTIC AND THE REMAINDER FOR NON-DOMESTIC USE.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING
THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $955.4 MILLION.
ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ISSUED 21 DEMOLITION ORDERS IN RESPECT OF 53 BUILDINGS.
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