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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1975

35 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY

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APPROVAL HAS DEEN GIVEN FOR THE DUILDING PLAN OF THE CABLE CAR TERMINAL/RESTAURANT COMPLEX IN THE OCEAN PARK AT NAM LONG SHAN ROAD, ADERDEEN.

THE PROJECT WAS AMONG 35 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH BY THE DUILDING AUTHORITY, ÎNCLUDING 13 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 12 IN KOWLOON AND 10 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THIS COMPARES WITH A TOTAL OF 34 PLANS APPROVED IN JANUARY, AND.61 IN FEBRUARY, 1974.

ALSO AT THE OCEAN PARK IN ABERDEEN, CONSENT HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS TO DEGIN WORK. THESE INCLUDE A WAVE TANK, SEAWATER RESERVOIRS AND THEIR COMPLEMENTARY PLANT HOUSES. OTHER PROJECTS TO WHICH CONSENT HAS BEEN GIVEN ARE A CANOS CENTRE IN STANLEY DAY, A 24-CLASSROOM SCHOOL BUILDING IN NAH GHEONG STREET, AND ADDITIONAL STOREYS TO AN EXISTING DUILDING AT KUMI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL.

IN ALL, CONSENT HAS DEEN GIVEN DURING THE MONTH TO A TOTAL OF 42 PROJECTS TO COMMENCE WORK.

A TOTAL OF 51 COMPLETED BUILDINGS VERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN .FEBRUARY, THE TOTAL DECLARED VALUE OF THESE BUILDINGS AMOUNTED TO OVER $95 MILLION.

THESE INCLUDE A SCHOOL BUILDING FOR THE HOLY TRINITY COLLEGE IN TAI HANG TUNG, A CLUB BUILDING, AND A STORE AND GAMES ROOM BUILDING OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB IN DEAS RIVER, SHEUNG SHUI.

TWENTY-TWO BUILDINGS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG WERE GIVEN DEMOLITION CONSENT IN THE MONTH, INCLUDING TWO DANGEROUS BUILDINGS ON CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST.

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