SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1989
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PLANS FOR THREE HOTELS APPROVED
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PLANS FOR THREE HOTELS, WITH A TOTAL OF 986 ROOMS, WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE AMONG 54 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED BY THE OFFICE DURING THE MONTH.
THE HOTEL SITES ARE ON HONG KONG ISLAND. ONE IS IN ELECTRIC ROAD IN NORTH POINT, ONE IN JAFFE ROAD AND ONE IN HENNESSY ROAD.
APPROVED
WERE
AND
ALSO APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL
PLANS
APARTMENT,
FOR
NINE
20 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND EIGHT FOR FACTORIES.
FOR
IN THE NEW
OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 20 WERE FOR PROJECTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE FOR PROJECTS IN KOWLOON AND 25 FOR PROJECTS TERRITORIES.
OF
CONSENT TO START WORK WAS GIVEN FOR 52 PROJECTS. THE TOTAL
SQUARE FLOOR AREA OF THESE PROJECTS WAS 192,741.2
METRES,
WHICH 100,931.1 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND THE REMAINDER FOR NON-DOMESTIC USES.
THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE WERE MONTH WAS 202,361.2 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 42,427 SQUARE METRES FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND THE REMAINDER FOR NON-DOMESTIC USES.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,081 MILLION,
ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 34 OCCUPATION
AND NINE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX FOR KOWLOON
19 FOR
TERRITORIES,
PERMITS
THE
NEW
IN ADDITION, THE OFFICE ISSUED 29 AFFECTING 62 BUILDINGS.
DEMOLITION
BUILDING
CONSENTS
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED 736 COMPLAINTS REGARDING ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND ILLEGAL
WORKS DURING THE MONTH, CARRIED OUT 862 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 199 REMOVAL ORDERS.
THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION OBTAINED ONE CLOSURE ORDER.
INSPECTED 462 BUILDINGS
AND
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