SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1992
41 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN DECEMBER
OFFICE
AND OF THE BUILDINGS THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE DEPARTMENT APPROVED 41 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
OF THESE, 14 WERE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 11 FOR KOWLOON FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
APPROVED
INCLUDED
22
THE
PLANS
FOR APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, SIX FOR DEVELOPMENTS AND ONE FOR FACTORY AND GODOWN PURPOSES.
LANDS
AND 16
APARTMENT, COMMERCIAL
ON
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START
SQUARE METRES OF USABLE 45 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 198,926.6
DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 106,259.2 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING
FOR DOMESTIC AND MONTH WAS ABOUT $4,546 MILLION. USABLE FLOOR AREAS NON-DOMESTIC USES
METRES SQUARE
AND ABOUT 118,231.2 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
WERE ABOUT
417,266.4
+
NEW
ALSO DURING DECEMBER, THE OFFICE ISSUED 38 OCCUPATION PERMITS
KONG ISLAND 11 EACH FOR HONG
AND KOWLOON, AND 16 FOR THE TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, 27 DEMOLITION
CONSENTS
AFFECTING 50 BUILDINGS
г
WERE ISSUED.
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1,181 70 REMOVAL ORDERS.
COMPLAINTS ISSUED
RECEIVED 457
AND INSPECTIONS
INSPECTED THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION
OBTAINED TWO EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.
567 BUILDINGS AND
SURVEY ON INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FACILITIES TO START NEXT MONTH
* * * * *
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT A SURVEY ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OFFICES, SHOWROOMS AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES IN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE USED IN THE REVIEW OF EXISTING PLANNING GUIDELINES AND FORMULATION OF NEW ONES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS FOR SUCH USES IN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
/HE SAID