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FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1982
836 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST YEAR
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A TOTAL OF 836 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR, COMPARED WITH 789 IN 1980, A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR WAS $7 248.46 MILLION AS AGAINST $4 672.61 MILLION IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED WAS ABOUT 3,2 MILLION SQUARE METRES. IN 1980 IT WAS 2.61 MILLION SQUARE METRES,
IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE APPROVED 77 NEW BUILDING PLANS, COMPARED WITH 68 FOR DECEMBER 1980.
OF THESE, 22 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE FOR KOWLOON AND 46 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY INCLUDED A 21-STOREY CLUB HOUSE AND OFFICE AT THE HONG KONG CLUB SITE BOUNDED BY JACKSON ROAD, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL AND CHATER ROAD AND CLUB STREET, A PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, A SINGLE-STOREY HALL AT YUK CHOI ROAD, A SWIMMING POOL AND FILTRATION PLANT ROOM AT LO WAI, TSUEN WAN, A CHURCH EXTENSION AT TAI KI LING, YUEN LONG AND A SQUASH COURT AND CARPARKS AT HONG LOK YUEN, TAI PO.
DURING THE MONTH, THE TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED AMOUNTED TO 396 281.4 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 267 165.2 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 129 116.2 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER AMOUNTED TO $1 011.79 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $512.89 MILLION IN DECEMBER 1980,
THE OFFICE ALSO GAVE APPROVAL FOR WORK TO START ON 58 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SPORT COMPLEX AT SANDY BAY, TWO HOTELS AT THE JUNCTION OF WANG TAK STREET AND PO SHIN STREET AND SA PO ROAD AND TWO SCHOOL EXTENSIONS AT SYCAMORE STREET AND WATERLOO ROAD.
ALTOGETHER, 67 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN DECEMBER, INCLUDING A PATHOLOGY BUILDING AT DUNDAS STREET AND A PETROL FILLING STATION AT CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, SAI KUNG.
THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 73 BUILDINGS.
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