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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1981

ALL COMPLETED APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED EITHER IN PERSON OR REGISTERED POST TO THE PUBLIC VEHICLES SECTION ON OR BEF RE SEPTEMBER 18, 1981. LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPT

FURTHER DETAILS .N BE OBTAINED BY TELEPHON ING THE EXECUTIVE OFFI CR, PUBLIC VEHICLES SECTION ON 5-256527.

84 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JULY

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EIGHTY-FOUR NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN JULY THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 90 IN JULY 1980.

OF THESE NEW PLANS, 29 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 17 FOR KOWLOON AND 38 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED A SCHOOL IN CLOUD VIEW ROAD, A 23-STOREY APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, AND A 27-STOREY FACTORY IN SHA TIN,

THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $431.8 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $268 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THEIR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 191 769.5 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 59 849.9 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC AND 131 919.6 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR SPACE.

THE BOO ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 35 PROJECTS, INCLUDING AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN VENTRIS ROAD, HONG KONG STAFF QUARTERS AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND A FERRY PIER AT TSUEN WAN.

ALTOGETHER, 42 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN JULY, INCLUDING A SCHOOL AT THE JUNCTION OF LEIGHTON ROAD AND TUNG LO WAN ROAD, AN APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT THE JUNCTION OF SAN LAŬ STREET AND KO SHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, AND A FACTORY AT FO TAN, SHA TIN,

THE BOO ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 118 BUILDINGS.

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