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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1989

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62 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN OCTOBER

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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE

APPROVED A TOTAL OF

62 NEW

BUILDING PLANS IN OCTOBER.

OF THE PLANS, 37 WERE FOR KOWLOON AND 16 WERE FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

HONG

KONG ISLAND, NINE WERE

FOR

THE

APPROVED

PLANS

INCLUDED

28

FOR

APARTMENT, COMMERCIAL

APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS; 11 DEVELOPMENT AND SEVEN FOR FACTORY, INDUSTRIAL OR GODOWN PURPOSES.

ON

DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START 44 PROJECTS,

SQUARE METRES INVOLVING 136,355.7

OF USABLE DOMESTIC USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR FLOOR AREA AND 98,381.83 SQUARE METRES OF

AREA.

DURING THE THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED

DOMESTIC USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR

AND MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,615 MILLION.

WERE ABOUT NON-DOMESTIC USES

217,657.42

METRES SQUARE

ABOUT AND 114,233.10 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 42 OCCUPATION PERMITS,

EIGHT 1SLAND,

FOR KOWLOON AND 11 FOR HONG KONG

23 FOR THE NEW

TERRITORIES.

IN ADDITION, THE OFFICE ISSUED 24 DEMOLITION CONSENTS

AFFECTING 72 BUILDINGS.

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RECEIVED 670 COMPLAINTS THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 822 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED REMOVAL ORDERS.

THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION OBTAINED THREE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.

INSPECTED 269 BUILDINGS AND

PUBLIC FORUM ON VBI REPATRIATION

ABLE TO EXPRESS

THEIR BOAT PEOPLE AT A

CENTRAL AND WESTERN RESIDENTS WILL BE VIEWS ON THE MANDATORY REPATRIATION OF VIETNAMESE PUBLIC FORUM ON THURSDAY (DPCEMBER 28) EVENING.

THE FORUM WILL BEGIN AT 8 PM IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT CENTRE AT 36A WESTERN STREET.

COMMUNITY

/THE CHAIRMAN