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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1976

59 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 59 NEW BUILDING PLANS LAST MONTH, COMPARED WITH 44 DURING SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

OF THE NEW PLANS APPROVED BY THE P.W.D.'S BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE, 28 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 14 FOR KOWLOON AND 17 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A NUMBER OF APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS OF 20 OR MORE STOREYS AT CENTRAL, SHAU KEI WAN, WANCHAI, AND YAUMATEI, A HOUSING ESTATE BLOCK OF 39 STOREYS AT CHO YUI CHUEN AND 3 FACTORY BUILDINGS OF 22 TO 29 STOREYS AT KWAI CHUNG.

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BUILDING PLANS FOR A SCHOOL AT KENNEDY ROAD, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT THE JUNCTION OF KUNG LOK ROAD AND HONG LEE ROAD, AS WELL AS 3 STOREYS QUARTERS AT SHATIN RACECOURSE WERE ALSO APPROVED.

DURING THE MONTH, THE B.0.0. GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO BEGIN ON 47 BUILDING PROJECTS, COMPARED WITH 40 DURING AUGUST THIS YEAR. THEY INCLUDED A KINDERGARTEN AT KIU KIANG STREET, A SCHOOL AT TONG YAM STREET, 2 TOURIST PAVILIONS AT LAI CHI KOK AMUSEMENT PARK, AND A NUMBER OF FACTORY BUILDINGS AT KWAI CHUNG AND CHEUNG SHA WAN.

THE TOTAL USUABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING SEPTEMBER AMOUNTED TO 78,782 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 48,960 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 29,822 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF THE NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO $92.82 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $112.43 MILLION DURING AUGUST THIS YEAR.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ISSUED 43 OCCUPATION PERMITS FOR COMPLETED BUILDINGS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL AT LAMTIN, A RESTAURANT AT LION ROCK ROAD, A PUBLIC PAVILION AT THE PEAK, AND A HOSPITAL AT TUNG LO WAN ROAD.

THE B.0.0. ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR DEMOLITION OF 32 BUILDINGS, INCLUDING FOUR DECLARED DANGEROUS BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY.

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