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THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1982

84 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JANUARY

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EIGHTY-FOUR NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 79 IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.

OF THESE NEW PLANS, 29 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 12 FOR KOWLOON AND 43 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDE A MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTRE AT SANDY BAY A COMMUNITY CENTRE AT CHUNG HAU STREET, TWO SCHOOLS AT TAI SHANG WAI, YUEN LONG AND OFF HIU KWONG STREET, KWUN TONG, A PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE IN TUEN MUN AND AN ASSEMBLY HALL EXTENSION AT THE JUNCTION OF PO ON ROAD AND CHEUNG FAT STREET.

THE DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $499.2 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $430.6 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THEIR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 119 341.1 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 95 550.7 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 23 790.4 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR SPACE.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 52 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL AT NAM FUNG ROAD, TWO SWIMMING POOLS AT TAI SHANG WAI, YUEN LONG AND SHA TIN, A SQUASH COURT AT HONG LOK YUEN, TAI PO AND A HOME FOR THE AGED AT SHUEN WAN, TAI PO.

ALTOGETHER, 38 NEWLY-COMPLETED STRUCTURES WERE APPROVED IN JANUARY, INCLUDING SIX OIL TANKS AT AP LEI CHAU SHELL DEPOT AND A FOOTBRIDGE AT CHING HAY STREET.

THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 68 BUILDINGS.

SHORT-TERM TENANCY AVAILABLE

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TENDERS ARE BEING SOUGHT BY THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE FOR A SHORT-TERM TENANCY OF A PIECE OF CROWN LAND AT PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD, KOWLOON.

THE LOT OF ABOUT 2 290 SQUARE METRES IS FOR THE STORAGE OF TENANT'S GOODS, VEHICLES CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS, INCLUDING A FEE-PAYING GOODS VEHICLE PARK.

TENDERS WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON MARCH 19.

TENDER FORMS AND CONDITIONS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, MURRAY BUILDING, 5TH FLOOR, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG AND AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

TENDER PLANS MAY ALSO BE INSPECTED AT THESE LOCATIONS.

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