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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1990

GOVERNMENT

YEARS

ANY GREAT EXTENT. IT PROJECTS SUCH A9 THE THE WAN CHAI OFFICE

ALTHOUGH PFA HAS BEEN AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG FOR SEVERAL IT HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN USED IN CONCRETE TO HAS BEEN USED IN SEVERAL PRESTIGE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI AND BLOCK.

PFA,

MAJOR PRODUCER OF PFA FOR GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS

THE LTD, CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO. RECENTLY HELD A SERIES OF SEMINARS ON AND CONTRACTORS.

AMBITIOUS THE COMPANY HAS ALSO CONCLUDED THE FIRST PHASE OF AN

TO INTENDED

DEMONSTRATE RESEARCH AND

PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT CONCLUSIVELY THE ADVANTAGES OF USING LOCALLY PRODUCED PFA IN CONCRETE. A REPORT WILL BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY.

MEANWHILE, THE

GOVERNMENT'S

STANDING COMMITTEE ON

FOR

CONCRETE FURTHER

TWO POLYTECHNICS

TO

CONVINCE

ANY

TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS CHAIRED BY MR PILLING, IS ARRANGING

BY

THE

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ENGINEERS WHO MAY STILL BE IN DOUBT.

0

50 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JULY

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE BUILDING PLANS IN JULY.

A APPROVED

TOTAL

OF 50 NEW

OF THE PLANS, 18 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 15 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

17 IN

KOWLOON AND

THE

APPROVED

PLANS

INCLUDED

26

FOR

APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 10 FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND FIVE FOR FACTORY AND GODOWN PURPOSES.

APARTMENT, COMMERCIAL

ON

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

METRES SQUARE

DOMESTIC OF USABLE 62 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 269,530.9

USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR FLOOR AREA AND 409,341.9 SQUARE METRES OF AREA.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE AREAS FOR DOMESTIC MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,294 MILLION. THE USABLE FLOOR AND NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 39,462.6 SQUARE METRES AND 130,823.9 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

15 FOR

THE

ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 25 OCCUPATION PERMITS,

EIGHT

AND

NEW FOR KOWLOON TWO FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, TERRITORIES.

/IN ADDITION