XN000022-1981-10-11 — Page 8

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1981

71 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN AUGUST

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SEVENTY-ONE NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE IN AUGUST THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 68 IN AUGUST 1980

OF THESE NEW PLANS, 21 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 10 FOR KOWLOON AND 40 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED TWO SCHOOLS AT THE JUNCTION OF TUNG LO WAN ROAD AND LEIGHTON ROAD AND CAROLINE HILL ROAD AND AT AUSTIN ROAD, A SPORT COMPLEX AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AT CHING YEE ROAD, AN EXTENSION OF A HOME FOR THE AGED AT THE JUNCTION OF KUNG LOK ROAD AND HONG LEE ROAD AND A YOUTH HOSTEL ON LANTAU ISLAND.

THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $224.7 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $510.7 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THE IR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 140 386.3 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 38 148.6 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC AND 102 237.7 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR SPACE.

THE BOO ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 51 PROJECTS, INCLUDING TWO SCHOOLS AT BRAEMAR HILL ROAD AND ON LANTAU ISLAND AND A HOME FOR THE AGED AT TAI PO.

ALTOGETHER 43 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN AUGUST, INCLUDING AN INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING AT HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

THE BOO ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 45 BUILDINGS,

LEAFLET ON COUNTRY PARK

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DO YOU KNOW WHERE SOME OF HONG KONG'S MOST DRAMATIC SCENERY IS TO BE FOUND IN THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES?

OR DO YOU KNOW HOW THE FAMOUS HIRAM'S HIGHWAY IN SAI KUNG GOT ITS NAME?

ALL THIS, TOGETHER WITH A WEALTH OF OTHER INTERESTING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE MA ON SHAN COUNTRY PARK CAN BE FOUND IN AN ATTRACTIVE INFORMATION LEAFLET PUBLISHED BY THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY ENTITLED +MA ON SHAN COUNTRY PARK+.

THE FULL-COLOUR, BILINGUAL LEAFLET IS THE EIGHTH IN A SERIES SPONSORED BY THE CHARTERED BANK AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE. IT WAS DESIGNED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

/BESIDES COLOURFUL