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MONDAY, MAY 17, 1976

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BUILDING FIGURES FOR APRIL 1976

A TOTAL OF 56 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH BY THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 35 DURING APRIL LAST YEAR.

OF THE NEW PLANS APPROVED, 22 WERE FOR BUILDING ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN FOR KOWLOON AND 27 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR 13 MULTI-STOREY BLOCKS FOR THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY'S 'CHO YIU CHUEN HOUSING ESTATE' AT KWAI CHUNG, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT FANLING, AND TWO 29-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCKS AT TAI KOO DOCKYARD.

BUILDING PLANS FOR A NUMBER OF 15-STOREY FACTORY BUILDINGS

AT KWUN TONG WERE ALSO APPROVED, AS WELL AS PLANS FOR A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL BUILDING AT TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING APRIL THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO $75.64 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $146.43 MILLION FOR MARCH THIS YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO 604,752 SQ. FT., COMPRISING 232,233 SQ. FT. OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 372,519 SQ. FT. OF NON- DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH, THE B.0.0. GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 50 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING ONE COMMERCIAL/APARTMENT BUILDING WITH 200 FLATS AT SHEK PAI WAN ROAD AND TWO COMMERCIAL MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL DISTRICT.

FORTY-SIX COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH. THESE INCLUDED THE SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION'S WELFARE RECREATIONAL CENTRE, THREE SCHOOL BUILDINGS, AND A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE BUILDING AT SMITHFIELD ROAD AND POKFIELD ROAD,

THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO CONSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 24 BUILDINGS.

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