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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1977

BUILDING PLANS FOR NOVEMBER *****

A TOTAL OF 55 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED IN NOVEMBER BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 60 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THIS BROUGHT TO 724, THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

FOR THE FIRST ELEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.

OF THE 55 NEW PLANS APPROVED, 29 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN FOR KOWLOON AND 19 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES,

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A PIER AT DISCOVERY BAY, LANTAU ISLAND, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT TAI PO, AND TWO ELECTRICTY SUR-STATIONS AT YUEN LONG AND TAI LAM CHUNG.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $370.6 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $162,18 MILLION LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO 307,412 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 235,281 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 72,131 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH. THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 43 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL AT TAI CHEONG STREET, SHAU KE! WAN, AN ELECTRICTY SUB-STATION AND STAFF QUARTER AT ABERDEEN, A SOCIAL CENTRE AT YUEN LONG AND A MEMORIAL HALL AT TAI PO.

FIFTY-NINE NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A NEW SCHOOL AT KWA 1. CHUNG AND A CHURCH AT SHA TIN.

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

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