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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1978

NEW BUILDING PLANS FOR JULY ******

A TOTAL OF 69 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED IN JULY BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 85 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

OF THESE, 20 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE FOR KOWLOON AND 40 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A NUMBER OF APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS OF MORE THAN 20 STOREYS, A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT INVERNESS ROAD, KOWLOON, AN OFFICE/WATER TOWER AT SILVERSTRAND, CLEARWATER BAY, A CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION AT KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL AND SEVERAL FACTORY BUILDINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO MORE THAN $216 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $213 MILLION DURING THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING JULY WAS 193,422 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 75,885 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 117,537 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 50 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A FUNERAL PARLOUR AT CHEONG HANG ROAD, KOWLOON, A SALVATION ARMY HOME AT LAI KING HILL ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, A BUDDHIST YOUTH CENTRE AT TUNG CHUNG, LANTAO ISLAND AND A CHAPEL AT MUI WO, LANTAO ISLAND.

A TOTAL OF 53 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A HOTEL AT QUEEN'S ROAD EAST; A CHURCH HALL AND KINDERGARTEN BUILDING AT HANG HAU, SAI KUNG; A TECHNICAL SCHOOL BUILDING AT HIU KWONG STREET, SAU MAU PING; AND A CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE AT LAI KING HILL ROAD, KHAI CHUNG.

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

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