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MORE BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

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THE NUMBER OF NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JULY WAS THE HIGHEST FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

THE HIGHEST APPROVED A TOTAL OF 85 NEW PLANS IN THE MONTH NUMBER SINCE MAY 1974 WHEN 92 WERE APPROVED.

OF THE 85 PLANS APPROVED, 35 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG, 20 FOR KOWLOON AND 30 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A SCHOOL AT NAM LONG SHAN ROAD, A SCHOOL BUILDING EXTENSION AT TIN KWONG ROAD, A YOUTH CENTRE AT TUNG CHUNG, LANTAU ISLAND A HOSPITAL EXTENSION AT SANDY BAY ROAD AND A TRANSFORMER ROOM AND TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AT YI LONG WAN, LANTAU ISLAND.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $213.25 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $163.15 MILLION FOR JULY LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO SOME 232,296 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 155,519 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 76,777 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING JULY, THE 5.0.0. GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 45 NEW BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT AT 01 KWAN ROAD AND A HOME FOR AGED WOMEN AT SAI KUNG.

FIFTY-EIGHT NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A SCHOOL AT THE JUNCTION OF BRAEMAR HILL ROAD AND CLOUD VIEW ROAD, A WELFARE CENTRE AT CHUNG HOM KOK AND A HOME FOR AGED WOMEN AT FANLING.

THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 41 BUILDINGS.

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