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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1979

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107 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH

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A TOTAL OF 107 NEW BUILDING PLANS WAS APPROVED LAST (MARCH) MONTH BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 56 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR,

OF THOSE APPROVED, 54 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLANDS, 28 FOR KOWLOON AND 25 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED TWO PETROL FILLING STATIONS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, A CHURCH BUILDING IN KIANG HSI STREET, KOWLOON, AN ADDITIONAL STOREY TO A HOSPITAL IN SHATIN PASS ROAD AND A RURAL COMMITTEE BUILDING ON CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $239.21 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $193 MILLION LAST YEAR.

THE USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH TOTALLED 558,387.9 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 140,705.3 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 417,682.6 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 55 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING A HOTEL IN SALISBURY ROAD, KOWLOON, A HOUSING ESTATE IN SHA TIN, A TEMPLE IN TAI AU MUN AND SEVERAL FACTORIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

A TOTAL OF 53 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WAS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A SCHOOL EXTENSION IN INVERNESS ROAD, KOWLOON, A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE BUILDING ON TSING YI ISLAND, A SCHOOL BUILDING AND A BANK BUILDING IN YUEN LONG AND A CHURCH AND YOUTH CENTRE IN HUNG SHUI KIU.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 77 BUILDINGS.

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