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MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1980

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65 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MAY

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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 65 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN MAY, COMPARED WITH 69 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

OF THESE, 25 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FOUR FOR KOWLOON, AND 36 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES,

THEY INCLUDED A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AT PAK TAM CHUNG, SAI KUNG, A TEMPLE IN LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION AT DISCOVERY BAY, LANTAU, A JETTY AT SOK KWU WAN, LAMMA ISLAND AND THREE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS IN TAI PO NEW TOWN.

THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED WAS $183 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $347 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THE IR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 107 099.8 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 66 630.8 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 40 469 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 43 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A HOSPITAL BUILDING IN WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, A CHURCH AND SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE IN OI KWAN ROAD AND TWO HOTELS IN NATHAN ROAD AND IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.

A TOTAL OF 48 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION, INCLUDING A SCHOOL IN STUBBS ROAD, A PETROL FILLING STATION IN KWUN TONG ROAD, A TEMPLE IN WONG TAI SIN AND AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 137 BUILDINGS.

FURTHER LINK IN FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM

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A NEW SECTION OF THE CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM WILL OPEN FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 2).

IT CAN BE REACHED FROM CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL NEAR GILMAN STREET. THE ESCALATORS THERE WILL SERVE FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM DAILY.

MEANWHILE THE EXISTING GROUND LEVEL CROSSING IN CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL NEAR GILMAN STREET WILL BE CLOSED FROM SUNDAY (JULY 6).

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