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MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1984

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SMALL INCREASE IN BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

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THIRTY FOUR PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN MARCH, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THE 29 APPROVED IN FEBRUARY AND 28 IN JANUARY .

HOWEVER, THE AVERAGE OF JUST OVER 30 APPROVALS A MONTH FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 1984 WAS BELOW THE 1983 MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 42.

PLANS APPROVED IN MARCH INCLUDED 11-STOREY WORKSHOP-GODOWN AT KOWLOON BAY FOR CITY-SPACE INVESTMENT LIMITED AND A SEVEN- STOREY WORKSHOP-GODOWN BLOCK AT YUEN LONG FOR PAI YUEN COMPANY LIMITED.

ALSO APPROVED WERE A STAFF RECREATION CLUB BUILDING FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AT CHAI WAN DEPOT AND A FOOTBRIDGE LINKING THE PODIUM OF THE DEPOT'S MAIN BUILDING TO THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AT PAK CHAI WAN STATION, A FACTORY AT FO TAN INDUSTRIAL AREA, AN ACADEMIC BUILDING AND A SUB-STATION SWITCH ROOM FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AN EXTENSION TO YAN CHAI HOSPITAL AT THE JUNCTION OF YAN CHAI STREET AND TSUEN WAN MARKET STREET AND A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AT CHEUNG SHA ON LANTAU ISLAND.

OF THE PLANS APPROVED, 16 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, WERE IN KOWLOON AND 15 WERE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO WORK STARTING ON 45 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS DURING THE MONTH.

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FIFTEEN ARE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON AND 25 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDE A SWIMMING POOL AT TAIKOO SHING, A CHURCH AND STAFF QUARTERS AT KUNG LOK ROAD, KWUN TONG, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT KO CHIU ROAD, YAU TONG, TWO FACTORIES AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND KOWLOON BAY AND A PREVOCATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL AND QUARTERS AT SHA TIN.

THIRTY FIVE OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY-

COMPLETED BUILDINGS IN MARCH.

THE COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN MARCH WAS $489.4 MILLION.

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