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TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1978

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BUILDING PLANS APPROVED FOR MARCH

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A TOTAL OF 56 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN MARCH, COMPARED WITH 58 FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 16 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 13 FOR KOWLOON AND 27 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR AN OUTSIDE BROADCAST TRANSMITTING BUILDING IN SHA TIN, A HOME FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AND TWO ADDITIONAL STOREYS TO THE EXISTING SOCIAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $193 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $276.3 MILLION LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING MARCH AMOUNTED TO 230,643.2 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 82,450.8 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 148,192.4 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 52 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A CHILDREN CENTRE AT TAI PO, AND A SCHOOL BUILDING AT THE JUNCTION OF LA SALLE ROAD AND BOUNDARY STREET IN KOWLOON.

A TOTAL OF 50 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC SUBSTATION IN SAI KUNG, A GODOWN BUILDING IN CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND LAI CHI KOK ROAD AND A SCHOOL BUILDING IN TAI 0, LANTAU ISLAND.

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

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