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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1980

63 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN OCTOBER

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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 63 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN OCTOBER, COMPARED WITH 54 IN THE SAME MONTHS LAST YEAR.

OF THESE NEW PLANS, 20 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE FOR KOWLOON AND 34 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED A HOSPITAL AT MOUNT KELLETT ROAD, A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT KUNG LOK ROAD, A HOSPITAL EXTENSION IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN, AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION IN SHEUNG SHUT AND A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE EXTENSION IN SHEK WU HUI.

THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $1 029 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $351 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THEIR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 405 403.6 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 120 261.9 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC AND 285 141.7 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 39 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A PETROL-FILLING STATION AT FUNG YIP STREET, AND TWO ÉLECTRICITY SUB-STATIONS IN KWUN TONG AND TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.

ALTOGETHER, 60 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN OCTOBER, INCLUDING A CHURCH AND SCHOOL IN YUEN LONG, AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, A PETROL- FILLING STATION AT SING WOO ROAD AND A SCHOOL AT WAH FU ROAD.

THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 98 BUILDINGS.

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SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR FORMER POW'S

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THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED THE INTRODUCTION OF A SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE OF $400 PER MONTH FOR ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE FUND WITH EFFECT FROM TOMORROW (DECEMBER 1)

THE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1947 BY THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND ORDINANCE AND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

ITS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE, EDUCATION, BENEFIT OR ADVANCEMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE FORCES AND ORGANISATIONS LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE WHO SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF THE PACIFIC WAR, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

THE SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE IS PAYABLE TO ANY OFFICER OR MEMBER OF A UNIT LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE WHO SERVED THERE IN BETWEEN DECEMBER 7 AND 25, 1941, AND WHO WAS EITHER WOUNDED IN ACTION OR INJURED DURING SUCH SERVICE, OR CAPTURED AND HELD IN CAPTIVITY BY THE ENEMY.

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