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SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1989

NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

A 172-ROOM HOTEL WAS AMONG 70 NEW BUILDING THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE IN FEBRUARY.

OF THE PLANS. 20 WERE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND. KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE

APPROVED

PLANS

INCLUDED

36

PLANS

APPROVED

BY

AND 25 EACH FOR

APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS; 12 DEVELOPMENT AND NINE FOR FACTORY, WAREHOUSE OR GODOWN.

FOR APARTMENT, FOR COMMERCIAL

ON 42 FLOOR

DURING THE MONTH. THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT TO START WORK PROJECTS, INVOLVING 139,678 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC AREA AND 105,970 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

DURING THE

AND

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED MONTH WAS ABOUT $536 MILLION, WITH USABLE FLOOR AREA FOR DOMESTIC

43,892 SQUARE NON-DOMESTIC USES BEING ABOUT 99,473 SQUARE METRES AND METRES RESPECTIVELY.

ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 29 OCCUPATION PERMITS, 12 FOR HONG KONG, FOUR FOR KOWLOON AND 13 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

OFFICE THE ADDITION, IN AFFECTING 71 BUILDINGS.

ISSUED

30

DEMOLITION

CONSENTS

RECEIVED 161 COMPLAINTS

122

THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS. CARRIED OUT 693 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED REMOVAL ORDERS.

THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION

OBTAINED TWO CLOSURE ORDERS.

INSPECTED 481

BUILDINGS

AND

NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO CIVIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE

ON

THE

FIVE NEW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR.

THEY ARE MR JOSEPH CHENG. DEAN OF SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES MR LEONARD L. CHU, A OF THE OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE OF HONG KONG;

OF JOURNALISM SENIOR LECTURER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

MISS JUNIA AND COMMUNICATION OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG:

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; HO. NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG JUNIOR

OF HONG LAW REFORM COMMISSION MISS CHRISTINE LOH. A MEMBER OF THE KONG; AND MR TAM MAN-KWAN. A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THE COMMITTEE HAVE CHAN WING-TAI.

HOI-WAH, MR

EIGHT OTHER MEMBERS WHO PREVIOUSLY SAT ON ALSO BEEN RE-APPOINTED. THEY ARE MR CHAN CHUN-FAT, MR MR CHENG KAI-NAM. MS KO SIU-WAH, MR MICHAEL KWAN, MR MAK NG WAI-CHO AND MS NORA YAU.

THE COMMITTEE ....