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TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1983

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BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JANUARY

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THIRTY-SIX NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 84 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR,

OF THESE NEW PLANS, 15 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE FOR KOWLOON AND 16 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDE THREE SCHOOLS IN SASSOON ROAD, GUILDFORD ROAD AND SHA TIN AND A FOOTBRIDGE AT THE JUNCTION OF WATERLOO ROAD, JUNCTION ROAD AND KAM SHING ROAD.

THE DECLARED COST OF THE NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $501.2 MILLION COMPARED WITH $499.2 MILLION IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.

THE USABLE FLOOR AREA TOTALLED 150 713.9 SQUARE METRES. COMPRISING 113 293.8 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 37 420.1 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO COMMENCE 40 PROJECTS, INCLUDING FIVE RADIO TELEPHONE STATIONS AT MOUNT DAVIS, MOUNT PARKER, BEACON HILL, FEI NGO SHAN AND TUEN MUN, THREE SCHOOLS AT CLOUDVIEW ROAD, PRICE ROAD AND CLEARWATER BAY ROAD AND A SWIMMING POOL AND A PLANT ROOM IN SHEUNG SHUI.

ALTOGETHER, 51 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY- COMPLETED BUILDINGS IN JANUARY, INCLUDING A HOSPITAL EXTENSION IN NAM LONG SHAN ROAD, A WELFARE/HEALTH CENTRE IN JUNCTION ROAD, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT WAN TAU STREET IN TAI PO, AND A HOLIDAY CENTRE AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN PING SHAN.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE PERMISSION FOR 24 BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED.

AWARDS FOR CAS CADETS ***

A TOTAL OF 103 CIVIL AID SERVICES CADETS WILL RECEIVE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARDS AT A PARADE TO BE HELD AT THE CAS KOWLOON TRAINING CENTRE ON FRIDAY (MARCH 11).

ON PARADE WILL BE FOUR SQUADS FORMED BY THESE CADETS. THIRTY-ONE OF THEM WILL RECEIVE THE SILVER AWARDS AND 72 THE BRONZE AWARDS.

TAKING THE SALUTE AT THE PARADE WILL BE MR STEPHEN YOW MOK-SHING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLICITY AND PROMOTIONS SUB- COMMITTEE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARDS SCHEME, WHO WILL ALSO PRESENT THE SILVER AWARDS.

THE BRONZE