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SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1989
DURING 1988, 854 CANDIDATES WERE EXAMINED, AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY.
OF WHOM 644 WERE
FURTHER ENQUIRIES ON THE SAFE OPERATION OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT AND THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY EXAMINATIONS MAY BE MADE ΤΟ THE PRESSURE EQUIPMENT DIVISION, 17TH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, CENTRAL BY TELEPHONING 5-8524182 OR 5-8524184.
OR
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FIGURE FOR JULY
A TOTAL OF 1,974 CASUALTIES WERE RESULTED IN 1,460 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH (JULY).
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT 311 OF THESE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 802 IN KOWLOON AND 347 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JULY SHOWED THAT 29 PERSONS WERE KILLED, 408 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1,537 WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED IN THESE ACCIDENTS.
THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AND ACCIDENTS REPRESENTED AN OF 17.2 PER CENT AND 12.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE MONTH.
INCREASE PREVIOUS
52 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JUNE
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE APPROVED A TOTAL OF 52 BUILDING PLANS IN JUNE.
NEW
OF THE PLANS, 23 WERE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN KOWLOON AND 22 WERE FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
APPROVED
PLANS
INCLUDED
17
THE
FOR APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS; 10 FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SEVEN FOR FACTORY OR GODOWN PURPOSES.
WERE FOR
APARTMENT, COMMERCIAL
ON
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START 32 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 122,475.6 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 68,330.9 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,335 MILLION, WITH USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC USES BEING ABOUT 215,710.8 SQUARE METRES AND ABOUT 145,972.8 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
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