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TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1978

BUILDING PLANS APPROVED FOR MAY

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A TOTAL OF 59 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH (MAY) BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT COMPARED WITH 82 IN MAY LAST YEAR.

OF THE NEW PLANS APPROVED, 16 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 10 FOR KOWLOON, AND 33 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A NUMBER OF APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN CHAI WAN, A CHURCH BUILDING AT THE JUNCTION OF GRAMPIAN ROAD AND BOUNDARY STREET, KOWLOON CITY, AND A STUDENT HOSTEL AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN SHA TIN,

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO $317.85 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $123.31 MILLION FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING LAST MONTH WAS 297,174.4 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 198,956.7 SQUARE METRES NON-DOMESTIC AND 98,217.7 SQUARE METRES DOMESTIC FLOOR AREAS.

DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 52 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING AN ENGINEERING CENTRE IN KWUN TONG, A CHAPEL IN CORNWALL STREET AND A SCHOOL IN TAI PO MARKET.

A TOTAL OF 59 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING AN AUDITORIUM AND LIBRARY AT HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, A PIER ON TSING YI ISLAND AND A NUMBER OF FACTORY BUILDINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE HAS ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 40 BUILDINGS.

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