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SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1990

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62 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MARCH

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE BUILDING PLANS IN MARCH.

APPROVED A TOTAL OF 62 NEW

HONG KONG ISLAND, 16 FOR

APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL

AND

FOR

TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PLANS WERE FOR KOWLOON AND 21 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE PLANS INCLUDED 21 FOR APARTMENT, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS; 23 FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; AND FOUR FACTORY AND WORKSHOP PURPOSES.

ON

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

METRES OF 91,471.4 SQUARE

USABLE DOMESTIC 45 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 91,471.4

USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR FLOOR AREA AND 263,549.7 SQUARE METRES OF AREA.

DURING THE AREAS FOR DOMESTIC SQUARE 190,557.8

METRES AND

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED MONTH WAS ABOUT $2,441 MILLION. THE USABLE FLOOR

USES WERE ABOUT AND NON-DOMESTIC 230,752.7 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

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ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 43 OCCUPATION

FOR NINE

AND 20 FOR KOWLOON 14 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, TERRITORIES.

THE

PERMITS NEW

IN

ADDITION,

THE

OFFICE

ISSUED 31 DEMOLITION

CONSENTS

AFFECTING 80 BUILDINGS.

THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION

208

RECEIVED 627 COMPLAINTS ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 953 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED REMOVAL ORDERS.

THE DANGEROUS BUILDING

SECTION INSPECTED 435 BUILDINGS OBTAINED THREE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.

AND

HANDBOOK HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF EFFICIENT VENTILATION

* *

THE LABOUR

ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE IN THE WORKPLACE.

PUBLISHED HAS DEPARTMENT

A

OF

GUIDE REFERENCE

VENTILATION EFFICIENT

ΤΟ

AND MAINTENANCE OF

EMPLOYERS

ENTITLED "A REFERENCE NOTE ON VENTILATION VENTILATION SYSTEMS", THE PAMPHLET AIMS TO HELP WORKERS AND AVOID POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS IN BUILDINGS AND WORKPLACES.

/IN HIGHLIGHTS