SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986
VENUES TO WATCH FUNERAL SERVICE
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THE CONCERT HALL AND THE THEATRE AT THE CITY HALL AS WELL AS THE COLISEUM IN HUNG HOM WILL BE OPENED FROM 10 AM TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO FOLLOW THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE AT ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL ON TUESDAY.
A SOUND RELAY IN ENGLISH OF THE SERVICE WILL BE BROADCAST AT THE CITY HALL VENUES WHILE A VIDEO RELAY OF THE SERVICE WITH CANTONESE COMMENTARY WILL BE SHOWN ON THE COLISEUM SCREEN.
PLAN FOR CITY POLYTECHNIC BLOCK APPROVED
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AN EIGHT-STOREY ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATION BLOCK FOR THE CITY POLYTECHNIC IN TAT CHEE AVENUE, KOWLOON, WAS AMONG 49 PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN OCTOBER.
ALSO APPROVED WAS AN EIGHT-STOREY ADMINSTRATION AND SCHOOL BUILDING IN PHASE 11 OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC DEVELOPMENT AND A FIVE-STOREY ACADEMIC BUILDING FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AT SHA TIN,
A 576-ROOM HOTEL OF 23 STOREYS IN PHASE 1 OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT KORNHILL WAS APPROVED FOR HANG LUNG (R.E.A.) LIMITED, IT WILL INCLUDE SHOPPING ARCADES AND A CAR PARK.
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF APPROVALS – 24 - WERE GIVEN FOR APARTMENT COMMERCIAL AND APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS. THEY INCLUDED TWO APARTMENT BLOCKS, ONE OF 38 STOREYS AND THE OTHER OF 33 STOREYS, AT KOTEWALL ROAD, EIGHT THREE-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCKS AT REPULSE BAY ROAD, TWO FOUR-STOREY BLOCKS ALSO AT REPULSE BAY ROAD.
DURING THE MONTH A TOTAL OF 54 PROJECTS WERE GIVEN CONSENT TO PROCEED, INCLUDING A SCHOOL AND QUARTERS AT HORNSEY ROAD ON HONG KONG ISLAND, A HOTEL IN PHASE IV OF THE CITY GARDEN DEVELOPMENT IN ELECTRIC ROAD AND A FERRY TERMINAL, OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL PROJECT AT CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.
THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION WAS 23. OF WHICH 18 WERE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WHILE 21 CONSENTS TO DEMOLISH 56 BUILDINGS WERE ISSUED.
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THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ALMOST $250 MILLION, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO OVER $12 BILLION.
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE RECEIVED 498 COMPLAINTS ABOUT ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS AND CARRIED OUT 893 INSPECTIONS.
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