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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1984,

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43 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN DECEMBER

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A 22-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING FOR THE Y.K.K. COMPANY (HONG KONG) LIMITED AT TUEN MUN WAS AMONG PLANS WHICH THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE APPROVED IN DECEMBER.

THE OFFICE ALSO APPROVED A SEVEN-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING FOR SUPER HOMES LIMITED AT KOWLOON BAY.

FORTY-THREE BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED IN THE MONTH, COMPARED WITH 51 IN NOVEMBER, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR 1983 TO 501.

FIFTEEN WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON AND 23 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ALSO AMONG THE PLANS APPROVED WERE A FOUR-STOREY CINEMA BUILDING AT THE JUNCTION OF WAN CHAI ROAD AND BULLOCK LANE, A SCHOOL IN RENFREW ROAD, KOWLOON TONG, FOR THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AND AN EXTENSION TO THE BAPTIST CONVENTION CHURCH AND STAFF QUARTERS IN KUNG LOK ROAD, KWUN TONG.

ALSO APPROVED WERE PLANS FOR A FOOTBRIDGE AND VISION DISPLAY SCREEN AT SHA TIN RACECOURSE, 39 TWO-STOREY HOUSES AND SIX APARTMENT BLOCKS FOR LANTAU COUNTRY CLUB LIMITED AT TAI LONG WAN, A NEW HEADQUARTERS AND SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE AT SHAM SHUI PO FOR THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND, AND A COAL PLANT SUB- STATION FOR THE CASTLE PEAK 'B' POWER STATION.

THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO WORK STARTING ON 28 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING A DEPOT FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AT CHAI WAN, A BUS DEPOT AT HEUNG YIP ROAD, ABERDEEN, A RUBBISH COLLECTION CENTRE AT SHA TIN, A TWO-STOREY YOUTH HOSTEL ON CHEUNG CHAU FOR THE SALVATION ARMY, AN ASH PLANT FOR THE CASTLE PEAK 'B' POWER STATION, AND AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT TAI PO.

THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF THESE BUILDINGS IS ALMOST 283 000 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 87 392 SQUARE METRES ARE DOMESTIC AND THE REMAINDER NON-DOMESTIC.

EIGHT OF THE PROJECTS ARE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN ARE IN KOWLOON AND 13 ARE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

FORTY BUILDINGS WERE GRANTED OCCUPATION CERTIFICATES.

AMONG THEM WERE A FLOATING PONTOON AND CLUBHOUSE FOR ABERDEEN MARINA, AN EXTENSION TO THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY LIMITED MICROWAVE STATION AT MOUNT DAVIS, TWO WORKSHOP BUILDINGS IN KWUN TONG, AND A PRIMARY SUB-STATION FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AT LUK YEUNG SUN CHUEN, TSUEN WAN.

OTHERS WERE A 16-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING AT TING KOK ROAD TAI PO, A SINGLE-STOREY STORAGE BUILDING FOR SUNNY HOSE COMPANY LIMITED AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, AND A TEMPORARY BUS DEPOT AT SHEK WU HUI.

THE COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED WAS $1.212 BILLION, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR 1983 TO ALMOST $12 BILLION.

ALSO DURING THE MONTH, DEMOLITION ORDERS WERE GRANTED IN RESPECT OF 29 BUILDINGS, GIVING A TOTAL FOR THE YEAR OF 371.