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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1977

OVER 80 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JUNE

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A TOTAL OF 83 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED IN JUNE BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THE HIGHEST MONTHLY TOTAL THIS YEAR.

THIS BRINGS TO 378 THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PLANS APPROVED FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.

OF THE 83 NEW PLANS APPROVED IN JUNE, 26 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 26 FOR KOWLOON AND 31 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A SCHOOL FOR SLOW LEARNING CHILDREN AT SAI YEUNG CHO STREET, A HOSPITAL EXTENSION AT WATERLOO ROAD, AND A KINDERGARTEN AT WAH FU ESTATE.

PLANS FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL AT KWAI CHUNG, AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT THE JUNCTION OF ARGYLE AND SHAMCHUN STREETS, AND A 30-STOREY APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD, WERE ALSO APPROVED.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $202.25 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $123.3 MILLION FOR MAY THIS YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING JUNE THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO 193,215.5 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 143,811.3 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 49,404,2 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH, THE B.0.0. GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 60 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A CENTRE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT POKFULAM ROAD,

A SCHOOL AT SYCAMORE STREET, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT THE JUNCTION OF KUNG LOK ROAD AND HONG KEE ROAD AND A BUS DEPOT AT TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

+FORTY-SIX NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE AT TAI YIP STREET AND TWO SCHOOLS AT TAI PO MARKET AND KIU KIANG STREET.

THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO CONSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 39 BUILDINGS.

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