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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1977

82 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MAY

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A TOTAL OF 82 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED IN MAY BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THE HIGHEST MONTHLY TOTAL SINCE AUGUST 1974.

THIS BRINGS TO 295 THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PLANS APPROVED DURING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.

OF THE 82 NEW PLANS APPROVED IN MAY, 33 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 18 FOR KOWLOON AND 31 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES,

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR TWO 33-STOREY BLOCKS AND ONE 36-STOREY BLOCK OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS AT FORTRESS HILL ROAD, THE 47-STOREY +NEW GLOUCESTER TOWER AND MARINA TOWER+ BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL, AND A 26-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING AT WING YIP STREET, KHAI CHUNG.

PLANS FOR A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT YUEN LONG, A MEMORIAL HALL AT TAI PO AND NURSES QUARTERS FOR HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL, WERE ALSO APPROVED.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $123.3 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $69.9 MILLION FOR MAY LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING MAY THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO 130,468.5 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 101,179.2 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR-AREA AND 29,289.3 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING MAY, THE B.0.0. GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 47 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SOCIAL CENTRE AT CLIFF ROAD, AND A SHOP/OFFICE BLOCK AT PARKES STREET.

THIRTY-SIX NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A COLD STORAGE BUILDING AT ABERDEEN, A CHURCH BUILDING AT THE JUNCTION OF SHEK KU STREET AND SHEUNG SHING STREET, AN OIL STORAGE DEPOT AT SHA TIN AND A FUNERAL PARLOUR AT PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO CONSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 33 BUILDINGS.

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