SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 20, 1987
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FIFTY BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JULY
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE APPROVED 50 PLANS IN JULY, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO 367.
AMONG THE PLANS IS FURTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE RED HILL DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND WHERE 154 BLOCKS OF THREE, FOUR AND 9IX-STOREY RESIDENCES ARE TO BE BUILT AT PAK PAT SHAN ROAD.
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ALSO APPROVED WERE 22 APARTMENT AND APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 14 OF WHICH ARE ON HONG KONG ISLAND. ONE OF THESE DEVELOPMENT AT 12 MAY ROAD, OF TWO APARTMENT BLOCKS OF 30 AND 35 STOREYS. A 32-STOREY APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BLOCK IS TO BE BUILT ON A SITE AT LOCKHART, JAFFE AND STEWART ROADS. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE A CINEMA. A CINEMA WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN A NEARBY DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMERCIAL STEWART AND JAFFE ROADS.
BLOCK OF 26 STOREYS AT GLOUCESTER,
A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS TO BB BUILT AT THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT EXTENSION FOR HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS LIMITED.
OF THE APPROVALS, 23 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE IN KOWLOON AND 18 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
CONSENT WAS GIVEN FOR WORK TO COMMENCE ON 41 PROJECTS WITH A TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 241,000 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH ABOUT 100,000 SQUARE METRES WAS DOMESTIC. SIXTEEN OF THE CONSENTS WERE FOR APARTMENT OR APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL PROJECTS.
THE COST OF NEW
BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $883.53 MILLION, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO $5.44 BILLION.
THE NUMBER OF OCCUPATION PERMITS ISSUED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN JULY WAS 35, OF WHICH 10 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FOUR IN KOWLOON AND 21 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ISSUED.
A TOTAL OF 33 DEMOLITION ORDERS AFFECTING 61 BUILDINGS WERE
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED 546 COMPLAINTS, CARRIED OUT 971 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 135 REMOVAL ORDERS, OF WHICH 73 RELATED ΤΟ ILLEGAL ROOFTOP STRUCTURES. SEVEN CLOSURE ORDERS
WERE OBTAINED.
THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 370 BUILDINGS, OBTAINING 14 CLOSURE ORDERS, OF WHICH TWO WERE EMERGENCY CASES.
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