SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1981
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53 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY
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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 53 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN FEBRUARY, COMPARED WITH 96 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
OF THESE NEW PLANS, 17 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 7 FOR KOWLOON AND 29 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED AN INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE IN TAI PO, A JETTY IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AND AN OIL TANK AT CHA KWO LING ROAD.
THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY WAS $523.1 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $213,8 MILLION IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR.
DURING THE MONTH, THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO 514 295.4 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 393 830.8 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 120 464.6 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 40 PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE IN SHA TIN, AN INDOOR SPORTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TUEN MUN AND A HOTEL IN SILVERMINE BAY.
ALTOGETHER, 42 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN FEBRUARY, INCLUDING A SCHOOL AT POKFULAM ROAD, A SCHOOL AND CHURCH BUILDING AT KAU PUI LUNG ROAD, A MEDICAL SCIENCES BUILDING AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND AN OIL STORAGE TANK AT CHA KWO LING ROAD.
THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 47 BUILDINGS.
BUILDING INDUSTRY MANPOWER SURVEY
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A MANPOWER SURVEY OF HONG KONG'S BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY WILL BE CARRIED OUT LATER THIS MONTH.
THE SURVEY, THE SIXTH IN ITS SERIES, WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL FROM APRIL 21 TO 24, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR, CENSUS AND STATISTICS AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, IT WILL COVER ALL ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE INFORMATION WHICH EMPLOYERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUPPLY INCLUDES:
THE NUMBER OF WORKERS AT PRESENT EMPLOYED-
THE NUMBER OF WORKERS AT PRESENT UNDER TRAINING- AND (111) THE NUMBER OF EXISTING VACANCIES.
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