SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1988
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45 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN APRIL
PLANS FOR THREE HOTELS WERE AMONG THE 45 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN APRIL.
THE HOTELS WILL BE SITUATED AT 51-57 GLOUCESTER ROAD AND 77-91 JAFFE ROAD, ON HONG KONG 18LAND; 112-124 SOY STREET, KOWLOON; AND KWAN MUN HAU STREET, TSUEN WAN.
THE HOTEL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE THE HIGHEST. IT WILL BE A 31-STOREY BUILDING WITH 1,034 GUEST ROOMS.
OF THE 45 PLANS APPROVED, 20 WERE FOR PROJECTS ON HONG ISLAND, 13 FOR PROJECTS IN KOWLOON AND 12 FOR PROJECTS IN THE TERRITORIES.
APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL
EIGHTEEN WERE FOR APARTMENT, RESIDENTIAL. DEVELOPMENTS, AND 27 WERE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
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CONSENT TO START WORK WAS GIVEN TO 46 PROJECTS DURING THE MONTH. THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA WAS 407,106.4 SQUARE METRES, INCLUDING 220,018 SQUARE METRES FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND 187,088.4 SQUARE METRES FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH TOTALLED 249,068.8 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 92,724.5 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR DOMESTIC AND THE REST FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN APRIL WAS $841 MILLION, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO $3.837 BILLION.
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 26 OCCUPATION EIGHT OF THESE WERE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, TWO FOR KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
PERMITS.
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IN ADDITION, THE OFFICE ISSUED 22 DEMOLITION CONSENTS BUILDINGS WERE AFFECTED.
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THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED 624 COMPLAINTS REGARDING ILLEGAL BUILDINGS AND ILLEGAL BUILDING 871 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 118 REMOVAL ORDERS DURING THE MONTH.
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