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SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1986

PLANS APPROVED FOR CONVENTION CENTRE, HOTELS

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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE HAS APPROVED PLANS FOR TWO “ULTI-STOREY HOTELS, A 36-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCK AND TWO COMMERCIAL BLOCKS, ALL PART OF THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE IN HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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THE PLANS WERE AMONG 50 APPROVED IN MARCH BY THE BOO. WAS THREE FEWER THAN IN FEBRUARY, BUT THREE MORE THAN IN JANUARY.

THE CONTINUING DEMAND IN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MARKET WAS REFLECTED IN THE APPROVAL OF 18 SETS OF PLANS FOR APARTMENT OR APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL BLOCKS.

THESE INCLUDED A 42-STOREY BLOCK AT BABINGTON PATH AND LYTTELTON ROAD ON HONG KONG ISLAND, TO BE BUILT BY ASDOM PROPERTIES LTD FIVE 36-STOREY BLOCKS IN TSUEN WAN FOR WAYLEE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE CO; THREE 32-STOREY BLOCKS IN TUEN MUN TO BE BUILT BY STARLITE LAND DEVELOPMENT CO AND FOUR 28-STOREY BLOCKS IN TAI PO FOR CHANWAY INVESTMENT CO.

OTHER PLANS INCLUDED A SCHOOL AND 552-ROOM HOTEL TO BE BUILT BY HANG LEUNG (R.E.A.) LTD AS PART OF THE KORNHILL DEVELOPMENT PHASE TWO.

AMONG OTHER PROJECTS APPROVED WERE A CABLE TROUGH SUPPORTED ON A CAISSON IN KELLET BAY AS PART OF THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY'S WAH FU TO BOWEN ROAD 275 KV CABLE ROUTE; A CANTEEN AT PENNY'S BAY, LANTAU A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AT DISCOVERY BAY, LANTAU; EXTENSIONS TO AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION AT PING SHAN, YUEN LONG; TWO TRANSFORMER ROOMS AT SHA TIN; AND A WATER TREATMENT PLANT CONTROL KIOSK AT DAI SHING STREET, TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

INDUSTRIAL PLANS INCLUDED A FURTHER TWO FACTORIES ON TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, A WORKSHOP AT SHA TIN AND A GODOWN-WORKSHOP IN KOWLOON BAY.

OF THE 50 APPROVALS, 22 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON AND 23 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN MARCH, CONSENT WAS GIVEN FOR WORK TO START ON 41 BUILDINGS AND WORK STARTED ON 24 PROJECTS.

OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR 30 BUILDINGS: 10 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX IN KOWLOON AND 14 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THESE INCLUDED TWO 25-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCKS IN DES VOEUX ROAD WEST, HONG KONG ISLAND A 26-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCK IN TAI HANG ROAD, HONG KONG ISLAND AND A CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL IN RENFREW ROAD, KOWLOON.

IN MARCH, BUILDINGS WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF MORE THAN 90 000 SQUARE METRES WERE COMPLETED WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF MORE THAN $306 MILLION.

IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BOO GAVE 21 DEMOLITION ORDERS IN RESPECT OF 49 BUILDINGS.

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