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In the same month, consent was given for work to start on 51 building projects, which involve 188,593 square metres of usable domestic floor area and 241,979 square metres of usable non-domestic floor area.
During the same period, the Department also issued 47 Occupation Permits - 11 for Hong Kong Island, five for Kowloon and 31 for the New Territories.
Of the buildings certified for occupation in the month, the usable floor areas for domestic and non-domestic uses are 68,977 square metres and 57,792 square metres respectively.
The declared cost of new buildings completed in the month totalled about $2,193 million.
In addition, 21 demolition consents involving 54 buildings and structures were issued.
In October, the Buildings Department's Control and Enforcement Division received 876 complaints of unauthorised building works, and issued 178 Removal Orders on unauthorised works.
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Seminar on handling of chemicals and chemical wastes
The Education Department, the City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Chemical Society will jointly organise a seminar on the handling of chemicals and control of chemical wastes this Saturday (December 14) between 9 am and 12.15
pm.
The seminar aims at familiarising science teachers and laboratory technicians with the general requirements for safe handling of chemicals and proper control of chemical wastes in secondary schools.
Conducted in Cantonese, the seminar will be held at Lecture Theatre I, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon. Similar seminar had been organised in December 1993.