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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1976

BUILDING FIGURES FOR AUGUST **** *

A TOTAL OF 58 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE, COMPARED WITH 45 FOR AUGUST LAST YEAR.

OF THE NEW PLANS APPROVED, 19 WERE FOR PROJECTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 14 IN KOWLOON AND 25 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THESE INCLUDED BUILDING PLANS FOR FIFTEEN MULTI-STOREY BLOCKS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS AT BRAEMAR RESERVOIR HONG KONG, SEVEN HIGH-RISE APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AT TAJ KOO DOCKYARD, AND A NUMBER OF FACTORY BUILDINGS OF 15 OR MORE STOREYS ÁT KWUN TONG, SANPOKONG AND TSUEN WAN.

BUILDING PLANS FOR SWIMMING POOLS, GARDENS AND PARK AT YI LONG WAN, LANTAU ISLAND WERE ALSO APPROVED.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING AUGUST THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO 3112.43 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $193.18 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO 114,520 SQUARE METRE, COMPRISING 37,715 SC. METRE OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 76,805 SQ. METRE OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH, THE B.0.0. ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO BEGIN ON 40 BUILDING PROJECTS. THESE INCLUDED A HOME FOR THE AGED AT FANLING, A SCHOOL AT KWAI CHUNG, A PETROL FILLING STATION AT WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, ABERDEEN, AND A NUMBER OF HIGH-RISE APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.

FORTY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH. THESE INCLUDED A SCHOOL AT HILL ROAD, TWO SCHOOL EXTENSIONS AT SHEK PIK, LANTAL ISLAND AND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, TWO TEMPLE BUILDINGS AT SAI KUNG AND SHAK KOK TSUI, AND A CHAPEL AT HUNG SHUI KIU.

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DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 22 BUILDINGS.

WATER CUT

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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES AT THE MID-LEVELS AND TO KWA WAN WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 25) TO ENABLE THE WATERWORKS OFFICE STAFF TO CARRY OUT NIGHT LEAKAGE TESTS.

CN HONG KONG ISLAND, THE PREMISES AFFECTED ARE BOUNDED BY SEYMOUR ROAD, CASTLE ROAD, WOODLANDS TERRACE AND CASTLE LANE.

IN TO KWA WAN, THE AFFECTED AREA IS BOUNDED BY LCK SHAN ROAD, CHI KIANG STREET AND KOWLOON CITY ROAD, INCLUDING SZE CHUEN STREET, HA HEUNG ROAD AND TO KWA WAN ROAD.