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香港政府

GIS 新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1977

OVER 720 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN 1976

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A TOTAL OF 723 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE P.W.D.'S BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE LAST YEAR THE HIGHEST SINCE 1973, AND ABOUT 37 PER CENT MORE THAN IN 1975.

THE UPTURN IN APPROVAL CONTINUED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR WHEN 57 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED, COMPARED WITH 55 IN DECEMBER AND 50 DURING JANUARY 1976.

OF THE PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH, 20 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 17 FOR KOWLOON AND 20 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A NUMBER OF HIGH-RISE APARTMENT/COMMER- CIAL BUILDING OF 23 OR MORE STOREYS AT LOCKHART ROAD, KENNEDY STREET, HAK PO STREET, RECLAMATION STREET, JUNCTION OF KIANG HSI STREET AND KO SHAN ROAD AND YUEN LONG.

BUILDING PLANS FOR A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AT CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD, SAI KUNG, A TEMPLE BUILDING AT NGONG PING, LANTAU ISLAND, AND SEVEN BLOCKS OF 12-STOREY AND 16-STOREY FACTORY BUILDINGS AT TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, WERE ALSO APPROVED,

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING JANUARY THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO $237.3 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $180.9 MILLION FOR DECEMBER LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO 194,078.4 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 38.316.7 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND

155,761.7 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 54 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A GYMNASIUM COMMUNAL HALL AND WORKSHOP AT HUNG HOM RECLAMATION, A FUNERAL PARLOUR OFF WINSLOW STREET, A PIER AT TSING YI ISLAND, A CINEMA COMPLEX AT HIU KWONG STREET, AND A CHAPEL AT SHEUNG SHUI.

SEVENTY-TWO COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING JANUARY.

THEY INCLUDED

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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