XN000022-1978-02-26 — Page 5

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1978

77 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH

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A TOTAL OF 77 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH (JANUARY) BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 57 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

OF THE NEW PLANS APPROVED, 35 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 17 FOR KOWLOON AND 25 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A SCHOOL IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN, A HOTEL ON CHEUNG CHAU AND AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT YUEN LONG.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $322.57 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $237.3 MILLION LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO 287,354.5 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 183,619.6 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 103,734.9 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 64 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A TEMPLE AT WONG TAI SIN, A CHURCH AND KINDERGARTEN AT TAI PO AND A BUS DEPOT AT PUI 0, LANTAU ISLAND.

A TOTAL OF 49 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A HOTEL AT THE JUNCTION OF NATHAN ROAD AND KIMBERLEY ROAD, A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE IN CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, A SCHOOL AT KWAI CHUNG AND A SPORT CENTRE AT YUEN LONG.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 36 BUILDINGS.

OPENING OF NEW SECTION OF HOI BUN ROAD

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A NEW SECTION OF HOI BUN ROAD, WEST OF LAI YIP STREET IN KWUN TONG WILL BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC FROM 10 A.M. ON TUESDAY (FEBRUARY 28).

WITH THE OPENING OF THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD, TRAFF IC FROM LAI YIP STREET TURNING INTO HOI BUN ROAD MUST GIVE WAY TO TRAFFIC ON HOT BUN ROAD.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS AND CARRIAGEWAY MARKINGS WILL BE PROVIDED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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