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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1979

54 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH

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A TOTAL OF 54 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH (OCTOBER) BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, COMPARED WITH 98 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

OF THESE, 19 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, EIGHT

IN KOWLOON AND 27 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED A HOTEL IN HAPPY VALLEY, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT SHUEN WAN, TAI PO, AND A PASSENGER FERRY PIER AT DISCOVERY BAY, LANTAU.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $351.43 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $179.37 MILLION LAST YEAR.

THE USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST MONTH TOTALLED 210 958.1 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 64 405.7 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 146 552.4 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 55 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING A CAR PARK AT DOCK STREET HUNG HOM, A HOTEL AT TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, A PETROL FILLING STATION AT LEI YUE MUN ROAD, AND A MEDICAL SCIENCE BUILDING AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

A TOTAL OF 41 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A STAFF QUARTER AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND A CHURCH/KINDERGARTEN IN TA! PO.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ASSENTED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 73 BUILDINGS.

SHAM SHUI PO FORTNIGHT TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT *****

A SHAM SHUJ PO FORTNIGHT TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE DISTRICT WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 23).

THE FORTNIGHT, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (SHAM SHUI PO) AND OVER 80 LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, WILL BE LAUNCHED WITH A GRAND PROCESSION ALONG STREETS IN THE DISTRICT ON FRIDAY EVENING. THE PROCESSION, WHICH INCLUDES FLOATS, BANDS, CHIU CHOW FOLK DANCE, DRAGON AND LION DANCES AND A TAEKWANDO DISPLAY, WILL START FROM NAM SHAN ESTATE AT 7 PM. FOR FA HUI PARK.

"THE DIRECTOR

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