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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1988

57 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN DECEMBER

BUILDING PLANS WHOLE OF

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE APPROVED 57 NEW IN DECEMBER, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPROVALS FOR THE LAST YEAR TO 671.

APARTMENT,

FOR

ABOUT HALF OF THE APPROVED PLANS, THAT IS 28 OF THEM, WERE

AND

DEVELOPMENTS. APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL

RESIDENCE FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL/WORKSHOP DEVELOPMENTS, WITH A TOTAL OF NINE WAS AGAIN THE SECOND HIGHEST ON THE LIST.

A CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE WORLD AT THE OCEAN PARK AND A TSIM SHA TSUI WERE ALSO AMONG THE PLANS APPROVED.

PLANS,

HOTEL IN

TWENTY-TWO OF THE APPROVED PLANS WERE ON HONG KONG IN KOWLOON AND 23 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ISLAND, 12

ON

USE

DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START

OF 42 PROJECTS. THE FLOOR AREA

THESE PROJECTS TOTALLED 225,419.6 SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 119,425.5 SQUARE METRES WERE FOR DOMESTIC AND THE REMAINDER FOR NON-DOMESTIC PURPOSES.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED MONTH WAS $1,021 MILLION,

DURING THE

THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF NEW SQUARE METRES, OF WHICH 184,391.5 PURPOSES.

BUILDINGS COMPLETED WAS 265, 126

METRES SQUARE

WERE FOR DOMESTIC

ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 43 OCCUPATION PERMITS,

NEW OF WHICH 12 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 13 IN KOWLOON AND 18 IN THE TERRITORIES.

IN ADDITION, THE OFFICE ISSUED 27 DEMOLITION 62 BUILDINGS.

ORDERS AFFECTING

RECEIVED 434 THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION

BUILDING ILLEGAL

WORKS DURING THE REGARDING ILLEGAL BUILDINGS AND MONTIL, CARRIED OUT 868 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 86 REMOVAL ORDERS.

COMPLAINTS

THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION OBTAINED THREE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.

INSPECTED 383 BUILDINGS AND

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