SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1989
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THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,657 MILLION. THE USABLE FLOOR AREA FOR DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC USES WAS ABOUT 169.477 SQUARE METRES AND 168.242 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
IN ADDITION. THE OFFICE ISSUED 48 OCCUPATION PERMITS, 16 FOR HONG KONG, NINE FOR KOWLOON AND 23 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ISSUED.
THIRTY-SEVEN DEMOLITION CONSENTS, AFFECTING 74 BUILDINGS. WERE
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED 594 COMPLAINTS ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 953 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 184 REMOVAL ORDERS.
THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 471 BUILDINGS.
1800 ILLEGAL HUTS DEMOLISHED
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MORE THAN 1 800 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES OR EXTENSIONS HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S SQUATTER CONTROL DIVISION BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND APRIL THIS YEAR.
OF THESE NEW STRUCTURES OR EXTENSIONS, NEARLY HALF OR 815 WERE UNCOMPLETED STRUCTURES, A HOUSING AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
ALL THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES OR EXTENSIONS WERE SPOTTED BY THE STAFF OF THE SQUATTER CONTROL DIVISION DURING THEIR REGULAR PATROLS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE PATROL SYSTEM HAD A MARKED DETERRENT EFFECT ON ILLEGAL SQUATTING.
IN ORDER TO PREVENT SQUATTING ON UNDEVELOPED GOVERNMENT LAND AND PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND. THE SQUATTER CONTROL STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO PATROL ALL AREAS EVERY DAY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ANY NEW STRUCTURES OR ILLEGAL EXTENSIONS FOUND WILL BE DEMOLISHED IMMEDIATELY, AND THOSE CONCERNED WILL BE LIABLE TO ARREST AND PROSECUTION WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION OR REHOUSING ARRANGEMENT, HE SAID.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE SOME 34 000 SURVEYED SQUATTER HUTS IN THE URBAN AREA HOUSING ABOUT 29 000 FAMILIES OR 100 000 PEOPLE.
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, OVER 432 000 STRUCTURES STILL REMAIN, ACCOMMODATING MORE THAN 64 000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH 259 000 PERSONS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE AUTHORITY HAD COMPUTERISED THE DATA OF THE SURVEYED HUTS, INCLUDING THE RECORDS OF THE
AND USAGE OF THOSE STRUCTURES.
DIMENSION
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