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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1982

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BUILDING PLANS APPROVED FOR JULY

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A TOTAL OF 66 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN JULY THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 84 IN JULY LAST YEAR.

OF THE NEW PLANS, 19 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 15 FOR KOWLOON AND 32 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDE A PATHOLOGY BUILDING EXTENSION AT QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, POKFULAM ROAD, A KINDERGARTEN/CHURCH BUILDING AT MA TAU CHUNG ROAD, A PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE AT CANTON ROAD, TWO SCHOOLS AT HIP WO STREET, KWUN TONG, AND TIN SUM, SHA TIN, AND A CLUB HOUSE AT BEAS RIVER, SHEUNG SHUI,

THE DECLARED COST OF ALL THE NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $532.22 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $431.82 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THE IR USABLE FLOOR AREA TOTALLED 185 866.7 SQUARE METRES. COMPRISING 151 348.4 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 34 518.3 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR SPACE.

IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 57 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL AT PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, A TEMPLE IN THE NORTH OF LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, A HOSPITAL IN YUEN LONG AND A BUS DEPOT IN TUEN MUN.

ALTOGETHER, 48 NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN JULY, INCLUDING A CLUB HOUSE AT TUNG LO WAN ROAD, A SCHOOL IN CHI FU ́FA YUEN, POKFULAM ROAD, A HOSPITAL EXTENSION AT WATERLOO ROAD AND A PETROL FILLING STATION AT CHIK CHUEN STREET, TAI WAL.

THE OFFICE ALSO GAVE PERMISSION FOR 98 BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED.

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