SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1991
THE APPROVED
COMMERCIAL
PLANS
AND RESIDENTIAL
INCLUDED 34 FOR
DEVELOPMENTS,
APARTMENT,
APARTMENT/
FIVE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THREE FOR EITHER FACTORY, WORKSHOP OR GODOWN PURPOSES.
ON
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START
29,179.4 SQUARE 48 PROJECTS, INVOLVING
METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR FLOOR AREA AND 282,113.1 SQUARE METRES OF
AREA.
DURING THE FOR DOMESTIC AND METRES SQUARE
AND ABOUT
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED MONTH WAS ABOUT $2,270 MILLION. USABLE FLOOR AREAS NON-DOMESTIC USES 168,852.6 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
WERE ABOUT
112,766.5
THE
NEW
ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 49 OCCUPATION PERMITS;
ISLAND 17 FOR HONG KONG
AND 16 EACH FOR KOWLOON AND
TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, 28
DEMOLITION
WERE ISSUED.
CONSENTS
56 AFFECTING
BUILDINGS
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED 592 COMPLAINTS INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1,171 229 REMOVAL ORDERS.
THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION OBTAINED THREE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.
INSPECTED 604 BUILDINGS
AND
CHILD SUPPLEMENT FOR FAMILIES ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
* * * *
CHILDREN OF FAMILIES ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WILL BE ENTITLED TO ΤΟ COPE A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT OF $185 PER MONTH, STARTING NEXT MONTH, WITH NEEDS FOR THEIR FULL DEVELOPMENT, A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
A THE CHILD SUPPLEMENT IS
PROPOSAL IN THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1990'S AND BEYOND PUBLISHED IN MARCH.
"AN ESTIMATED 20,000 CHILDREN ARE EXPECTED ΤΟ BE BENEFITTED FROM THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT WHICH WILL BE PAID TO CHILDREN AGED 15 AND THOSE UP TO 18 IF THEY ARE RECEIVING FULL-TIME NOT RECEIVING EDUCATIONAL GRANTS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
EDUCATION
UNDER AND
AT PRESENT, APART FROM A BASIC RATE FOR A CHILD'S MAINTENANCE, FAMILIES MAY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL GRANTS TO COVER THE SPECIFIC NEEDS DEPENDENT CHILDREN ON AN ITEM-BY-ITEM BASTS.
OF
/FOR INSTANCE