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Wednesday, July 12, 1972

PLANS APPROVED FOR NEW BUILDINGS

The Building Authority approved 64 new building plans of all

types in May and certified 85 completed buildings for occupation.

Of the plans approved, 33 were on Hong Kong Island, eight in

Kowloon, 12 in New Kowloon and 11 in the New Territories.

They include plans for a 21-storey apartment-commercial building

at 64-68 Pokfulam Road; a 21-storey commercial building at 130-136 Connaught

Road Central; a 22-storey apartment-commercial building at 179-191, Lockhart

Road; a 27-storey apartment-commercial building at 124, Argyle Street

two 24-storey blocks of low-cost housing at the junction of Princess

Margaret Road and Chi Man Road; and a 22-storey apartment-commercial

building in Kwong Fuk Road, Tai Po.

Building certified for occupation included 20 for domestic use,

25 for non-domestic and 40 for combined domestic and non-domestic purposes.

In addition, the Building Authority approved the demolition of 96

buildings

61 on Hong Kong Island, 23 in Kowloon, 11 in New Kowloon

and one in the New Territories.

Lists giving brief particulars of all buildings concerned may

be inspected at the Public Enquiry Service on the ground floor of the

Central Government Offices, West Wing.

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