XN000022-1981-05-26 — Page 9

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TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1981

+THE PURPOSE OF OUR SEMINAR IS TO INCREASE LOCAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEW SYSTEM AND TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST IN REGISTERING AS VOTERS, HE SAID. HE HOPED IT WOULD BE WELL ATTENDED,

THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD IN LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL, STARTING AT 8.30 PM.

AS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICISE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WILL SOON START VISITING LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, SCHOOLS AND RURAL COMMITTEES TO EXPLAIN THE NEW SCHEME.

RISE IN BUILDING PLAN APPROVALS ****

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 83 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN APRIL THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 55 IN APRIL, 1980.

OF THESE NEW PLANS, 33 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 20 FOR KOWLOON AND 30 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED TWO OIL TANKS AT KWUN TONG AND A BARGE BERTH AT CASTLE PEAK.

THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN APRIL WAS $899.6 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $231 MILLION IN APRIL LAST YEAR.

DURING THE MONTH, THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO 321 749.1 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 175 948.7 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 145 800.4 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 52 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A WELFARE CENTRE AND SCHOOL AT HING FAT STREET, THE GIRL GUIDES HEADQUARTERS AT GASCOIGNE ROAD, A SPORTS CENTRE AT SHATIN AND A STUDENT HOSTEL AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

ALTOGETHER 44 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN APRIL, INCLUDING A GYMNASIUM AND A SCHOOL IN STANLEY, AN OIL STORAGE TANK AT AP LEI CHAU AND THREE HOTELS IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.

THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 69 BUILDINGS.

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