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SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1990

ROAD

SAFETY

IN 1981, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SET UP THE STANDARDS DIVISION TO CARRY OUT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STUDIES AND FOR ACCIDENT REDUCTION AND PREVENTION.

AND ANALYSIS

THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA SYSTEM WAS THEN SET UP TO RETRIEVE AND ANALYSE DATA STORED IN THE POLICE COMPUTERS

ΤΟ AND

PRODUCE AS A DATA BANK IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION. IT HAD BEEN USED MAINLY DEVISING ROAD ACCIDENT PREVENTION SCHEMES AND IT WAS CONSIDERED OPPORTUNE TO REVISE

SYSTEM GIVEN THE PRESENT APPLICATION IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY.

THE

INNOVATION

AND

59 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JANUARY

*

* *

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE

APPROVED A TOTAL

OF 59

NEW

BUILDING PLANS IN JANUARY.

OF THE PLANS, 27 WERE IN HONG KONG ISLAND, 17 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

15 IN KOWLOON AND

THE

APPROVED

PLANS

INCLUDED

29

FOR

APARTMENT, FOR COMMERCIAL

APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS; 14 DEVELOPMENT; AND FIVE FOR FACTORY, WORKSHOP OR GODOWN PURPOSES.

ON

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

88.866.1

METRES SQUARE

OF USABLE 46 PROJECTS, INVOLVING

DOMESTIC NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR FLOOR AREA AND 134,921.4 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE AREA.

DURING THE AREAS FOR DOMESTIC METRES AND 257,665.5

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,376 MILLION. THE USABLE FLOOR AND NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 61,597 SQUARE SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

KOWLOON

AND

16

FOR THE

NEW

ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 39 OCCUPATION PERMITS,

KONG 14 FOR HONG TERRITORIES.

ISLAND,

NINE

FOR

ADDITION, IN

THE

OFFICE

ISSUED

30

DEMOLITION

AFFECTING 59 BUILDINGS.

CONSENTS

THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION

RECEIVED 506

COMPLAINTS ISSUED

77

ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 567 INSPECTIONS AND REMOVAL ORDERS.

SECTION

THE DANGEROUS BUILDING EMERGENCY CLOSURES WERE REQUIRED.

INSPECTED 374

BUILDINGS.

NO

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