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SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1986
ON THE TOP LEVEL THERE WILL BE SHOPS, REFUSE COLLECTION ROOMS, A SWIMMING POOL AND GARDEN AREAS,
ABOVE THE PODIUM, A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK OF 14 STOREYS AND FOUR 13-STOREY OFFICE BLOCKS WILL BE BUILT.
THE PIER STRUCTURE WILL BE OF THREE STOREYS COMPRISING A PIER DECK, A DEPARTURE AREA AND AN ARRIVAL AREA. TRAVELATORS WILL BE INSTALLED. THE ROOF AREA OF THE PIER STRUCTURE WILL BE TURNED INTO A PUBLIC PROMENADE AND OPEN SPACE.
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UNDER THE TERMS OF THE TENDER, MILLION SUCCESS LIMITED IS REQUIRED TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING PIER WHICH WAS OPERATED UNTIL THE END OF 1984 BY THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY LIMITED.
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THE FERRY TERMINAL WAS ONE OF 44 PLANS APPROVED BY THE B.0.0. IN MAY. THE MAJORITY OF THESE 24 WERE RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOMMODATION SUCH AS APARTMENT BLOCKS, APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCKS AND INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCES.
AMONG THE DEVELOPMENTS GIVEN APPROVAL WERE A SIX-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCK FOR THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY IN TAI PAK TERRACE, WESTERN DISTRICT: FIVE 26-37 STOREY BLOCKS, ALL OVER SIX-STOREY CAR PARK PODIUMS, AT 28 TAI TAM ROAD, ON HONG KONG ISLAND; TWO 20-STOREY TOWERS AT KING'S ROAD-SHU ́KUK STREET ON HONG KONG ISLAND, BOTH WITH A TWO-STOREY PODIUM AND TWO BASEMENT LEVELS AND 15 20-STOREY DOMESTIC BUILDINGS, WITH A SOCIAL CENTRE AND CAR PARK, AT SITE 'C' OF THE HENG FA CHUEN DEVELOPMENT.
ALSO PASSED WERE A 768-ROOM COMMERCIAL HOTEL IN QUEENSWAY FOR KORNHILL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED; A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THREE STOREYS AT 109. REPULSE BAY ROAD, FOR HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI HOTELS LIMITED; A 36-STOREY CINEMA AND APARTMENT- COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CHINACHEM FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED AT TUEN MUN; A FIVE-ROOM MOTEL AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD, YUEN LONG; AND A SINGLE-STOREY FACTORY FOR KYOWA COMPANY LIMITED AT YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 16 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN IN KOWLOON AND 21 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,
DURING THE MONTH, PERMISSION WAS GIVEN FOR WORK TO START ON 42 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A 552-ROOM HOTEL FOR PHASE 1 OF THE KORNHILL DEVELOPMENT; A HOME FOR THE AGED AT RENFREW ROAD, KOWLOON TONG AND AN INTEGRAL ACADEMIC BUILDING FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AT SHA TIN.
OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR A TOTAL OF 40 BUILDINGS OF WHICH 11 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 11 IN KOWLOON AND 18 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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