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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1987
FLOATING RESTAURANT AMONG BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
A FLOATING RESTAURANT IN SHA TIN WAS ONE OF THE NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN SEPTEMBER.
BY TWO OF ΤΑΙ CAR
IT IS TO BE SITUATED ON THE SHING MUN RIVER AND LINKED BRIDGES WITH A 6,000-SQUARE-METRE SITE, NEAR THE JUNCTION CHUNG KIU ROAD AND SIU LEK YUEN ROAD, WHICH WILL BE FOR USE AS A PARK AND FOR LANDSCAPING PURPOSES.
THE RESTAURANT BUILDING IS A THREE-STOREY CONCRETE STRUCTURE.
A TOTAL OF 77 PLANS WERE APPROVED IN THE MONTH. OF THESE, WERE FOR PROJECTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 21 IN KOWLOON AND 29 IN NEW TERRITORIES.
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AMONG THE APPROVED PLANS WERE A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT HONG LOK YUEN IN TAI PO, AND A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ROOM FOR THE SHAW ORGANISATION IN SAI KUNG.
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RESIDENTIAL AND APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AGAIN TOPPED THE LIST WITH 37 APPROVALS. OTHERS INCLUDED EIGHT FACTORY BUILDINGS TWO IN TUEN MUN AND ONE EACH IN CHAI WAN, MONG KOK, KWAI CHUNG, ЯНА TIN, AND THE YUEN LONG AND TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATES.
CONSENT TO START WORK WAS GIVEN FOR 49 PROJECTS. THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA WAS 319,800.7 SQUARE METRES, INCLUDING 245,697.4 SQUARE METRES FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND 74,103.3 SQUARE METRES FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER WAS $705 MILLION, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO $6.879 BILLION.
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 42 OCCUPATION PERMITS, INCLUDING 10 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX IN KOWLOON AND
26 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
A TOTAL OF 28 DEMOLITION ORDERS AFFECTING
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ISSUED.
OFFICE RECEIVED
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION OF THE 494 COMPLAINTS DURING THE MONTH, CARRIED OUT 736 INSPECTIONS AND
ISSUED 72 REMOVAL ORDERS.
THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 358 BUILDINGS AND OBTAINED ONE CLOSURE ORDER.
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