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SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1985

37 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MAY

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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE APPROVED 37 BUILDING PLANS IN MAY - NINE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN IN KOWLOON AND 21 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THESE INCLUDED A SIX-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCK AT WAN CHAI GAP ROAD, A 19-STOREY HOTEL BLOCK AT SALISBURY ROAD, A RECREATIONAL BUILDING AT MUI WO ON LANTAU ISLAND, A FACTORY BUILDING AT THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND A COMMERCIAL CENTRE AT PAK SHA WAN IN SAI KUNG,

DURING THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 32 PROJECTS, SEVEN ON HONG KONG ISLAND, EIGHT IN KOWLOON AND 17 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

A THESE INCLUDED AN APARTMENT BLOCK AT WOODLANDS TERRACE, COMMERCIAL BLOCK AT SUGAR STREET, AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION AT THE JUNCTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND TAI NAN WEST STREET, A FACTORY IN YUEN LONG, A SQUASH AND BADMINTON COURT AT LO WAI IN TSUEN WAN, AND SEVEN APARTMENT BLOCKS AT TSUEN KING CIRCUIT, ALSO IN TSUEN WAN.

THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF THESE 32 PROJECTS WAS 158 330.95 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 79 515.65 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR NON- DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND THE REST FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.

A TOTAL OF 33 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY- COMPLETED BUILDINGS DURING THE MONTH.

THESE INCLUDED TWO SEVEN-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCKS AT POKFIELD ROAD FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, A 17-STOREY APARTMENT- COMMUNITY CENTRE AT SAI YUEN LANE FOR THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY, A 21-STOREY COMMERCIAL BLOCK AT SUN WUI ROAD, A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT WING MING STREET, THREE BLOCKS OF WORKSHOP ON TSING YI ISLAND, AND A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AT TIN SUM IN SHA TIN.

THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS 283 741.3 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 153 195.6 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND THE REMAINDER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COSTS OF THESE BUILDINGS WAS ABOUT $851.6 MILLION.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO ISSUED 16 DEMOLITION ORDERS IN RESPECT OF 36 BUILDINGS DURING THE MONTH.

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