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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1990
GOVERNMENT
YEARS
ANY GREAT EXTENT. IT PROJECTS SUCH A9 THE THE WAN CHAI OFFICE
ALTHOUGH PFA HAS BEEN AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG FOR SEVERAL IT HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN USED IN CONCRETE TO HAS BEEN USED IN SEVERAL PRESTIGE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI AND BLOCK.
PFA,
MAJOR PRODUCER OF PFA FOR GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS
THE LTD, CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO. RECENTLY HELD A SERIES OF SEMINARS ON AND CONTRACTORS.
AMBITIOUS THE COMPANY HAS ALSO CONCLUDED THE FIRST PHASE OF AN
TO INTENDED
DEMONSTRATE RESEARCH AND
PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT CONCLUSIVELY THE ADVANTAGES OF USING LOCALLY PRODUCED PFA IN CONCRETE. A REPORT WILL BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY.
MEANWHILE, THE
GOVERNMENT'S
STANDING COMMITTEE ON
FOR
CONCRETE FURTHER
TWO POLYTECHNICS
TO
CONVINCE
ANY
TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS CHAIRED BY MR PILLING, IS ARRANGING
BY
THE
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ENGINEERS WHO MAY STILL BE IN DOUBT.
0
50 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JULY
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE BUILDING PLANS IN JULY.
A APPROVED
TOTAL
OF 50 NEW
OF THE PLANS, 18 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 15 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
17 IN
KOWLOON AND
THE
APPROVED
PLANS
INCLUDED
26
FOR
APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 10 FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND FIVE FOR FACTORY AND GODOWN PURPOSES.
APARTMENT, COMMERCIAL
ON
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START
METRES SQUARE
DOMESTIC OF USABLE 62 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 269,530.9
USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR FLOOR AREA AND 409,341.9 SQUARE METRES OF AREA.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE AREAS FOR DOMESTIC MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,294 MILLION. THE USABLE FLOOR AND NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 39,462.6 SQUARE METRES AND 130,823.9 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
15 FOR
THE
ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 25 OCCUPATION PERMITS,
EIGHT
AND
NEW FOR KOWLOON TWO FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, TERRITORIES.
/IN ADDITION