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SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1984

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MAY BUILDING PLAN APPROVALS RISE

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THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN MAY INCREASED BY MORE THAN 50 PER CENT OVER THE NUMBER FOR PREVIOUS MONTH.

OF THE 48 PLANS APPROVED, 23 WERE FOR APARTMENT OR APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE SAID THE 48 APPROVALS WERE THE HIGHEST SO FAR THIS YEAR AND BROUGHT THE NUMBER TO 169.

HE SAID HALF THE APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS WERE ON HONG KONG

IN THE ISLAND, AND INCLUDED ONE OF 30 STOREYS IN ROBINSON ROAD. NEW TERRITORIES APPROVAL WAS GIVEN TO BUILD TWO 30-STOREY BLOCKS AT TAI PO. FOUR 37 AND 38-STOREY BLOCKS ON TSING YI ISLAND AND FIVE 32-STOREY BLOCKS AT TSUEN WAN.

PLANS APPROVED ALSO INCLUDED A 13-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING AT CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, KOWLOON, AND A 10-STOREY FACTORY BLOCK AT YUEN LONG FOR LAI SUN GARMENT COMPANY LIMITED.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF INTEREST APPROVED DURING THE MONTH INCLUDED A 17-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE IN KOWLOON, A PETROL STATION AT SHA TIN, AND A CHAPEL FOR THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE CHURCH UNION HONG KONG LIMITED ON CHEUNG CHAU.

IN MAY, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT TO WORK STARTING ON 42 PROJECTS, INCLUDING 17 APARTMENT PROJECTS OF WHICH 10 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, AND SIX COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

CONSENT WAS ALSO GIVEN TO WORK STARTING ON A SCHOOL HALL COMPLEX FOR ST, FRANCIS CANOSSIAN COLLEGE, A STAFF QUARTERS BUILDING FOR ST. STEPHENS COLLEGE, A FACTORY BUILDING AT FO TAN, SHA TIN, A SWIMMING POOL AT KOWLOON BAY, A SLAUGHTER HOUSE AT YUEN LONG, AND A 78-STALL MARKET BUILDING OVER TSUEN WAN MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION STATION.

THE TOTAL COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN MAY WAS MORE THAN $684 MILLION, COMPARED WITH ABOUT $483 MILLION THE PREVIOUS MONTH. NEARLY $13 MILLION WAS SPENT ON STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS,

A TOTAL OF 52 COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE ISSUED WITH OCCUPATION CERTIFICATES DURING THE MONTH, WHILE DEMOLITION ORDERS WERE ISSUED IN RESPECT OF NINE BUILDINGS.

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