XN000022-1976-12-28 — Page 5

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1976

NOVEMBER BUILDING FIGURES

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PLANS FOR A CENTRE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AND FOR A HOME FOR AGED WOMEN WERE AMONG 60 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.

ALSO APPROVED WERE PLANS FOR A SERIES OF HIGHRISE APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, FACTORIES AS WELL AS PLANS FOR 37 BLOCKS OF RESIDENCES AT STANLEY, A SWIMMING POOL AT REPULSE BAY AND A BUILDING FOR NAUTICAL STUDIES AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

OF THE 60 PLANS APPROVED DURING NOVEMBER, 25 WERE FOR PROJECTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 15 FOR KOWLOON AND 20 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BUILDING PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE DURING THE FIRST ELEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR NOW STANDS AT 668, COMPARED WITH 528 FOR THE WHOLE OF 1975.

THE DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING NOVEMBER AMOUNTED TO $162 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $151 MILLION FOR NOVEMBER 1975.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF USABLE FLOOR AREA COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS 192,968 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 51,760 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC SPACE AND 141,208 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC SPACE.

FORTY-EIGHT COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, AND CONSENT WAS GIVEN FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 37 BUILDINGS.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE APPROVAL FOR WORK TO BEGIN ON 44 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AT TUEN MUN, A PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATE AT KWAI CHUNG, A TRAINING CENTRE AT KWAI CHUNG FOR THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY, AND AN OLD PEOPLE'S HOME AT KWAI CHUNG.

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