SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1986
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NEW SCHOOL TO BE BUILT ON GLENEALY SITE
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A NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL WILL BE BUILT ON THE SITE OF GLENEALY SCHOOL IN HORNSEY ROAD ON HONG KONG ISLAND, REPLACING ONE WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED SOME YEARS AGO.
PLANS FOR THE FIVE-STOREY SCHOOL, WHICH HONG KONG LAND GROUP HAS APPLIED TO BUILD, WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE (B.0.0.) IN JŪNE.
BESIDES CLASSROOMS, THE SCHOOL ON THE 2 200-SQUARE-METRE SITE WILL HAVE A LIBRARY, MEDICAL ROOM, CHANGING ROOM, GENERAL OFFICE, ASSEMBLY HALL, PLAYGROUND, NETBALL COURT, CAR PARK, PUMP ROOM AND CARETAKER'S QUARTERS.
THE PLANS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS' FOUNDATION (ESF).
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.
ALSO APPROVED IN JUNE WERE PLANS FOR AN 18-CLASSROOM ESF SCHOOL AT SHA TIN.
IT WILL BE BUILT ON A 14 290-SQUARE-METRE SITE BETWEEN SUI WO ROAD AND SUI WO LANE.
THE FOUR-STOREY STRUCTURE WILL INCLUDE AN ASSEMBLY HALL, PLAYGROUND, LIBRARY AND BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL COURTS.
A TOTAL OF 39 PLANS WERE APPROVED DURING THE MONTH, WITH MORE THAN HALF- 22 - BEING APARTMENT OR APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL PROJECTS.
THEY INCLUDED TWO FACTORY BLOCKS AND A DANGEROUS GOODS STORE ON TSING YI FOR SWIRE PACIFIC LIMITED; AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF 13 STOREYS AT THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT FOR HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS LIMITED AND A TRANSPOSER BUILDING AT
SHA TAU KOK FOR ASIA TELEVISION LIMITED.
ALSO APPROVED WERE FOUR APARTMENT BLOCKS AT DISCOVERY BAY FOR HONG KONG RESORT COMPANY LIMITED.
THE NUMBER OF NEW BUILDING PLANS SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL WAS 55.
IN THE SAME MONTH, THE B.0.0. GAVE APPROVAL FOR WORK TO BEGIN ON 37 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS OF WHICH 20 WERE APARTMENT OR APARTMENT- COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. INCLUDED WAS A 132-ROOM HOTEL IN KIMBERLEY ROAD, KOWLOON.
A TOTAL OF 38 COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION.
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