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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1977

MORE BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

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A TOTAL OF 61 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 59 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THIS BROUGHT TO 595, THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PLANS APPROVED FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.

OF THE 61 NEW PLANS APPROVED, 16 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 21 FOR KOWLOON AND 24 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A HOSPITAL AT MOUNT KELLETT ROAD, A SCHOOL AT KENT ROAD AND AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT SHUN LEE TSUEN.

PLANS FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL AT SHUN TAK ROAD, TAI PO MARKET, A BEACH HOTEL AT MIU WO, AND A PETROL FILLING STATION AT TAI PO ROAD WERE ALSO APPROVED.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $219.85 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $92.81 MILLION LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO 175,274.1 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 108,158.1 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 67,116 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 52 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A KINDERGARTEN AND CHURCH HALL AT HANG HAU, SAI KUNG, A CINEMA/APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT DOCK STREET AND DYER AVENUE AND A SCHOOL/APARTMENT AT LIN FA KUNG STREET.

FORTY NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG ART CENTRE, A 44-STOREY COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, A SCHOOL AT TONG YAM STREET, A KINDERGARTEN AT DUMBARTON ROAD AND AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT KWAI CHUNG.

THE BUILDINGS CRDINANCE OFFICE ALSO CONSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 29 BUILDINGS.

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