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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1985

60 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN OCTOBER

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SIXTY NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN OCTOBER, COMPARED WITH 57 IN SEPTEMBER.

OF THE 60 PLANS APPROVED, 26 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 10 WERE IN KOWLOON AND 24 WERE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WITH GYMNASIUM AND SQUASH COURTS AT CHAI WAN FOR THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WAS AMONG THE PROJECTS APPROVED.

OTHERS INCLUDED A HOTEL AND APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCK OVER A COMMON PODIUM ON A SITE BETWEEN CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST AND DES VOEUX ROAD WEST AT SA! YING PUN TWO SOCIAL CENTRE-APARTMENT BLOCKS AT SING WOO ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY EIGHT APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCKS AT WHAMPOA GARDEN, HUNG HOM A KINDERGARTEN AND NURSERY BUILDING AT TSUEN WAN FOR THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY: 207 RESIDENCES AT MARINA COVE, HO CHUNG, SAI KUNG AND A WHOLESALE FISH MARKET AT TUNG YUEN STREET, YAU TONG.

DURING THE MONTH, CONSENT WAS GIVEN FOR WORK TO START ON 46 NEW PROJECTS - 14 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FOUR IN KOWLOON AND 28 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED EIGHT APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCKS AT KORNHILL: NINE APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCKS WITH A KINDERGARTEN AND A CHILDREN-YOUTH CENTRE AT WHAMPOA GARDEN, HUNG HOM; AN APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCK WITH THREE SHOPPING ARCADES IN TSUEN WAN A CARPARK-COMMERCIAL BLOCK AT THE JUNCTION OF HOL YUEN ROAD AND SHING YIP STREET, KWUN TONG; A KINDERGARTEN AT HONG LOK YUEN, TAI PO A TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTRE FOR CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY LIMITED AT TAP SHEK KOK, TUEN MUN A FOOTBRIDGE AT SHA TIN AND AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT CANTON ROAD.

MEANWHILE, 33 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE FOR NEWLY COMPLETED STRUCTURES DURING THE MONTH.

THEY INCLUDED A SCHOOL AND A WORKSHOP FOR THE HONG KONG SEA SCHOOL AT TUNG TAU WAN ROAD, STANLEY: A YOUTH CENTRE-GUEST ROOMS BLOCK FOR THE CHINESE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AT HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI: A WELFARE-RECREATIONAL CENTRE AT WO YI HOP ROAD, KWAI CHUNG AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT YEUNG UK ROAD, TSUEN WAN A PETROL-FILLING SERVICE STATION AT THE JUNCTION OF UN CHAU STREET AND PRATAS STREET, SHAM SHUI PO; AND AN OFFICE BUILDING AND TWO DANGEROUS GOODS BUILDINGS AT DAI KWAI STREET IN TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

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