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SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1990

53 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JUNE

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE APPROVED A TOTAL BUILDING PLANS IN JUNE.

OF 53 NEW

OF THE PLANS, 23 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 12 IN 18 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

KOWLOON AND

THE

APPROVED

PLANS

INCLUDED

19

FOR

APARTMENT,

APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS; 13 FOR COMMERCIAL AND SHOP/OFFICE DEVELOPMENT; AND EIGHT FOR FACTORY AND WORKSHOP PURPOSES.

ON

DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START 53 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 81.886.9 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 255,550.09 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,475 MILLION. THE USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 163,186 SQUARE METRES AND 68,503.5 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 41 OCCUPATION PERMITS, 12 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE FOR KOWLOON AND 20 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN ADDITION, THE OFFICE AFFECTING 47 BUILDINGS.

ISSUED 18 DEMOLITION

CONSENTS

THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED 597 COMPLAINTS ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 615 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 91 REMOVAL ORDERS.

THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 410 BUILDINGS AND OBTAINED FOUR EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.

LARGEST CANNABIS HAUL IN HK IN JULY

POLICE ACHIEVED OVERWHELMING SUCCESS IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS LAST MONTH, SEIZING AN AMOUNT OF 981.1 KILOGRAMS OF CANNABIS WHICH WAS THE LARGEST CANNABIS HAUL IN A MONTH INHONGKONG'S HISTORY.

IN A SINGLE OPERATION CONDUCTED ON JULY 12, NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS UNCOVERED A TOTAL OF 980 KILOGRAMS OF CANNABIS WORTH ABOUT $58 MILLION IN TWO SEPARATE RAIDS IN SANDY BAY AND TIN WAN.

WERE

THE SEIZED DRUGS, BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM THAILAND, PICKED UP BY A HONG KONG FISHING JUNK FROM THE INTERNATIONAL WATERS.

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