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FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1979

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67 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH

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A TOTAL OF 67 NEW BUILDING PLANS WAS APPROVED LAST (FEBRUARY) MONTH BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 51 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

OF THOSE APPROVED, 26 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 23 FOR KOWLOON AND 18 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES,

THEY INCLUDED SEVERAL FACTORY BUILDINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, A HOTEL BUILDING IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, A CHURCH AND SCHOOL BUILDING IN SHUI PIN TSUEN, YUEN LONG, AND A NUMBER OF APARTMENT- COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $107.95 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $376.45 MILLION LAST YEAR.

THE USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH TOTALLED 101,947.5 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 67,283.8 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 34,663.7 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 47 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING A LANGUAGE CENTRE FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN TEI TONG TSAI, LANTAU ISLAND, A SEA WATER PUMP HOUSE IN CANTON ROAD AND AN L.P.G. STORAGE TANK AND VAPORISING PLANT ROOM IN TSUEN WAN.

A TOTAL OF 34 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WAS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION BUILDING IN TUNG LO WAN ROAD, A HOSPITAL EXTENSION TO THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN WATERLOO ROAD AND A FEW FACTORY BUILDINGS.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 90 BUILDINGS.

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