SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1992
40 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN AUGUST
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 40 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN AUGUST.
OF THESE, 21 WERE FOR HONG KONG, 10 FOR KOWLOON AND NINE FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
APPROVED
PLANS
INCLUDED
19
FOR
THE
APARTMENT, APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 10 FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND TWO FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
ON
DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START 37 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 259,058 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 50,684 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,552 MILLION.
USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 123,494 SQUARE METRES AND ABOUT 87,180 SQUARE METRES
RESPECTIVELY.
IN AUGUST, THE OFFICE ISSUED 30 OCCUPATION PERMITS, 11 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE FOR KOWLOON, AND 14 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, 31 DEMOLITION
WERE ISSUED.
THE OFFICE'S CONTROL AND
CONSENTS
ENFORCEMENT
AFFECTING 64 BUILDINGS
DIVISION RECEIVED 552
COMPLAINTS ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1,606 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 1,449 REMOVAL ORDERS.
THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 690 BUILDINGS AND OBTAINED ONE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDER.
SCHOOLS INVITED TO JOIN DANCE FESTIVAL
ALL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS INCLUDING SPECIAL SCHOOLS ARE BEING INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 29TH SCHOOLS DANCE FESTIVAL.
THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS COUNCIL, WILL BE HELD FROM JANUARY 6 TO 19 NEXT YEAR.
THE STUDENTS TAKING PART WILL BE DIVIDED INTO LOWER PRIMARY (P.1 TO P.3); UPPER PRIMARY (P.4 TO P.6); SECONDARY (SECONDARY 1 AND ABOVE); AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
DANCES COMPRISE WESTERN FOLK, NATIONAL, CHINESE, ORIENTAL
AND
MODERN.
TROPHIES AND CERTIFICATES WILL BE PRESENTED TO WINNERS.
IN ADDITION, AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED TO ONE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL JUDGED TO HAVE MADE THE GREATEST PROGRESS IN THE PAST THREE CONSECUTIVE FESTIVALS (INCLUDING THIS YEAR'S).
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