SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1991
61 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN APRIL
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT APPROVED A TOTAL OF 61 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN APRIL.
OF THE PLANS, 21 WERE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 13 FOR KOWLOON AND 27 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
APPROVED
PLANS
INCLUDED
20
FOR
APARTMENT,
THE APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, NINE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SIX FOR WORKSHOP AND FACTORY PURPOSES.
FOR
ON
DOMESTIC FLOOR
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START
SQUARE
OF METRES
USABLE 60 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 104,283.6
NON-DOMESTIC USABLE FLOOR AREA AND 260,499.4 SQUARE METRES OF AREA.
FOR
DOMESTIC AND
AND METRES
ABOUT
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $2,713 MILLION. USABLE FLOOR AREAS NON-DOMESTIC
WERE ABOUT 316,185.7 SQUARE 127,729.1 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
USES
NEW
ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 25 OCCUPATION PERMITS: NINE FOR HONG KONG
TWO FOR KOWLOON AND 14 FOR THE TERRITORIES.
ISLAND,
IN ADDITION, 29 DEMOLITION
WERE ISSUED.
CONSENTS
AFFECTING 70 BUILDINGS
RECEIVED 816 COMPLAINTS
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1,469 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 1,462 REMOVAL ORDERS.
THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 734 BUILDINGS AND NO EMERGENCY CLOSURES WERE REQUIRED.
30 COURSES AND SEMINARS FOR TEACHERS LAST MONTH
* * *
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH CONDUCTED COURSES, SEMINARS, TALKS BY SPECIALISTS AND KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
A TOTAL OF 30 WORKSHOPS FOR
LIBERAL STUDIES
TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE SEMINARS INCLUDED THE SYLLABUS; SAFETY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL ART AND CRAFT ACTIVITIES; THE REVISED SYLLABUS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR TEACHERS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE; AND APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRE-SCHOOL CLASSROOM FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS.
/WORKSHOPS HELD
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