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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1978

83 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH

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A TOTAL OF 83 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH (NOVEMBER) BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 55 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

OF THESE, 32 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND,

13 FOR KOWLOON AND 38 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A NUMBER OF HOLIDAY FLATS AT DISCOVERY BAY, LANTAU ISLAND, A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IN TSUEN WAN, A MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, A TEMPLE AT TAI AU MUN AND ABOUT 30 APARTMENT/ COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $322 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $370 MILLION LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO 243,231 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 165,742 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 77,489 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 55 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE EXTENSION AT CHAI WAN, A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AT SAU MAU PING, A COLD STORAGE BUILDING IN SHA TIN, AND AN ELECTRIC SUB-STATION IN TAI LAM CHUNG,

A TOTAL OF 53 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A COMMERCIAL CENTRE AT BRAEMAR HILL ROAD, A PIER AND CONTROL ROOM AT TAI KOK TSUI, AN EXTENSION TO HEALTH CENTRE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND A NUMBER OF FACTORY BUILDINGS.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 131 BUILDINGS.