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SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1981

BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JANUARY

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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 79 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN JANUARY, COMPARED WITH 68 IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.

OF THESE NEW PLANS, 25 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 10 FOR KOWLOON AND 44 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED TWO CHURCHES AT BASEL ROAD AND IN FANLING, TWO SCHOOLS AT NAM FUNG ROAD AND SYCAMORE STREET, A HOTEL AT CANTON ROAD AND A BUS DEPOT IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN JANUARY WAS $430.6 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $512.9 IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.

DURING THE MONTH, THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO 194 250.5 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING

123 838.4 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 70 412.1 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 60 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A CHURCH AT WATERLOO ROAD, A CHILDREN'S HOME IN SHEUNG SHUI, TWO SEWAGE PUMPING STATIONS ON LANTAU ISLAND.

ALTOGETHER, 55 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN JANUARY, INCLUDING THREE ELECTRICITY SUB-STATIONS AT MAN CHEONG STREET, HING CHEUNG ROAD AND IN TAI PO NEW TOWN, EXTENSION TO A SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE AT THE JUNCTION OF WO YI HOP ROAD AND TAI LOONG STREET, KWAI CHUNG, ONE BLOCK OF LOW COST HOUSING IN TAI HANG SAI, A CLINIC AT WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD AND TWO PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES ACROSS DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 95 BUILDINGS.

WOMAN AT THE TOP OF WATCH TOWER

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ANOTHER MALE BASTION IN HONG KONG HAS FALLEN, AND WITH IT THAT ONCE PROUD HE-MAN IMAGE OF LIFEGUARDS.

BUT NO ONE-LEAST OF ALL THAT ELITE GROUP OF MEN WATCHING OVER OUR SAFETY AT BEACHES AND POOLS - SEEMED TO MIND WHEN PETITE LEUNG KAM-CHUN TOOK HER PLACE ON THE LIFEGUARD WATCH TOWER AT THE KWAI CHUNG PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.

MISS LEUNG IS THE FIRST WOMAN ACCEPTED INTO THAT INNER CIRCLE OF SWIMMING POOL LIFEGUARDS.

SHE RECENTLY JOINED THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH A STRING OF QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATES IN LIFE SAVING, AN INTERMEDIATE STAR, THE BRONZE MEDALLION, A BRONZE CROSS, AND A VALID FIRST-AID CERTIFICATE. SHE ALSO HOLDS AN INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE FROM THE HONG KONG LIFEGUARD CLUB.

SHE ALSO CAME EQUIPPED WITH THE NECESSARY PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, HAVING BEEN A PART-TIME LIFEGUARD ON VARIOUS GAZETTED BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BETWEEN 1973 AND 1974.

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