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MORE BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

Saturday, July 7, 1973

A total of 149 building plans was approved by the Building Authority

in May this year, nearly three times the number of that for the previous month.

In April only 54 were approved.

More than half of the new plans processed were for residential

buildings. These included a 31-storey apartment/commercial building in

Electric Road on Hong Kong Island, two blocks of 29-storey and one block

of 27-storey apartment buildings in Hong Lee Road, Kowloon.

Plans for a 39-storey commercial building on Waterfront Road on

the Island were also approved.

Buildings certified for occupation included 18 for domestic use,

28 for non-domestic use and 40 for combined domestic/non-domestic uses.

The total declared cost of construction amounted to over $167 million.

In addition, the Building Authority gave permission for 67 building

projects to commence work 24 on Hong Kong Island, 14 in Kowloon and 29

in the New Territories.

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