SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1992
IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF HONG KONG DELEGATIONS WILL VISIT THE COUNTRY DURING THE MONTH ΤΟ FURTHER STRENGTHEN TIES WITH THEIR CANADIAN COUNTERPARTS. PROMINENT AMONG THESE IS THE SIX-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM THE HONG KONG-CANADA PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP, COMPRISING MESSRS ALLEN LEE. FRED LI WAH-MING, HUI YIN-FAT, ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP, VINCENT CHENG HOI-CHUEN AND LAU CHIN-SHEK.
AT THE INVITATION OF THE CANADA-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP, THE DELEGATION FLEW TO OTTAWA ON SUNDAY TO VISIT THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT, CALL ON OFFICIALS AND PARTICIPATE IN FESTIVAL HONG KONG '92 ACTIVITIES.
THE FESTIVAL CORE CITIES, IN VANCOUVER, OTTAWA, MONTREAL AND CALGARY,
ADDITION ΤΟ TORONTO, ARE
THE
HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL
STAGED IN RECIPROCATION TO CANADIAN-SPONSORED FESTIVAL HELD IN HONG KONG IN 1991. IT IS THE BIGGEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS FESTIVAL EVER MOUNTED BY HONG KONG OVERSEAS.
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49 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JULY
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 49 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN JULY.
OF THESE, 26 WERE FOR HONG KONG, NINE FOR KOWLOON THE NEW TERRITORIES.
APPROVED
PLANS
INCLUDED
FOR
AND 14 FOR
APARTMENT,
FOR
THE
27 APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, NINE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THREE FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 45 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 169,491 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 102,179 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,210 MILLION.
USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 60,353 SQUARE METRES AND 49,099 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
IN JULY, THE OFFICE ISSUED 35 OCCUPATION PERMITS, 15 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 10 FOR KOWLOON, AND 10 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, 30
WERE ISSUED.
DEMOLITION
CONSENTS
AFFECTING
44 BUILDINGS
/THE OFFICE'S