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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1983

MORE NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

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THIRTY-FOUR NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH (OCTOBER).

OF THESE, 16 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE FOR THOSE IN KOWLOON AND 13 FOR THOSE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

AMONG THESE NEW BUILDINGS WILL BE A SCHOOL AT BRAEMAR HILL ROAD, A HOSTEL AT HARBOUR ROAD AND A VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI LIN PAI ROAD AND SAN KWAI STREET IN KWAI CHUNG.

THE USABLE FLOOR AREAS OF THESE BUILDINGS WILL TOTAL 204 207.2 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 160 676.8 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 43 530.4 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN OCTOBER WAS $839.3 MILLION.

IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE AGREED TO THE START OF WORK ON 27 NEW PROJECTS.

THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE A SEWAGE SCREENING PLANT AT TAIKOO SHING, A FERRY TERMINAL IN CENTRAL, A SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL CENTRE AT THE JUNCTION OF IVY STREET AND BEECH STREET IN TAI KOK TSUI, A SCHOOL BUILDING FOR THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND A FOOTBRIDGE IN SHA TIN.

A TOTAL OF 37 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS IN OCTOBER.

ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE PERMISSION FOR 32 BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED.

IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH (SEPTEMBER), 37 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.

IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 407 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED.

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