SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1987
ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT APPROVED IN MOSQUE STREET WAS A 23-STOREY APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCK AT NO. 6.
TUEN MUN NEW TOWN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, WITH THE 3.0.0. APPROVING TWO 32-STOREY, AND THREE 26-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCKS THERE.
ALSO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, 10 FIVE-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCK 8 HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD AT PEARL ISLAND.
TWO FACTOR IES
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ONE ON TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE FOR INTERPAC CONTAINERS LIMITED AND THE OTHER AT TAI KOK TSUI ROAD FOR HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY LIMITED – WERE APPROVED DURING THE MONTH, TOGETHER WITH TWO WORKSHOPS.
THE NUMBER OF NEW BUILDINGS FOR WHICH CONSENT TO START WORK WAS GIVEN TOTALLED 34, OF WHICH 14 WERE APARTMENT AND APARTMENT- COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. THE CONSENTS ALSO INCLUDED A HOTEL AT 75 WATERLOO ROAD, AND A HOSPITAL BUILDING AND DOCTORS' AND NURSES' QUARTERS AT THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM AT 266 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.
THE COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING NOVEMBER WAS ALMOST $897 MILLION, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO APPROXIMATELY $13 DILLION.
THE NUMBER OF COMPLETED BUILDINGS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION WAS 33, OF WHICH EIGHT WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE IN KOWLOON AND 16 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN NOVEMBER, 19 CONSENTS TO DEMOLISH, AFFECTING 48 BUILDINGS, WERE ISSUED. THEY INCLUDED A HOTEL AT GLOUCESTER ROAD-JAFFE ROAD.
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION OF THE 3.0.0. RECEIVED 414 COMPLAINTS DURING THE MONTH. AND CARRIED OUT 890 INSPECTIONS. A TOTAL OF SEVEN CLOSURE ORDERS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE COURTS.
MONG KOK TO EXPAND MEET-THE-PUBLIC SCHEME
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MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE DECIDED TO EXPAND THE MEET-THE-PUBLIC SCHEME TO ALLOW MORE RESIDENTS TO AIR THE IR GRIEVANCES AND VIEWS TO THE BOARD.
UNDER THE SCHEME, BOARD MEMBERS TAKE UP PUBLIC COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES AND LISTEN TO VIEWS ON DISTRICT AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS.
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