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SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1991

61 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN APRIL

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT APPROVED A TOTAL OF 61 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN APRIL.

OF THE PLANS, 21 WERE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 13 FOR KOWLOON AND 27 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

APPROVED

PLANS

INCLUDED

20

FOR

APARTMENT,

THE APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, NINE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SIX FOR WORKSHOP AND FACTORY PURPOSES.

FOR

ON

DOMESTIC FLOOR

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

SQUARE

OF METRES

USABLE 60 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 104,283.6

NON-DOMESTIC USABLE FLOOR AREA AND 260,499.4 SQUARE METRES OF AREA.

FOR

DOMESTIC AND

AND METRES

ABOUT

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $2,713 MILLION. USABLE FLOOR AREAS NON-DOMESTIC

WERE ABOUT 316,185.7 SQUARE 127,729.1 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

USES

NEW

ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 25 OCCUPATION PERMITS: NINE FOR HONG KONG

TWO FOR KOWLOON AND 14 FOR THE TERRITORIES.

ISLAND,

IN ADDITION, 29 DEMOLITION

WERE ISSUED.

CONSENTS

AFFECTING 70 BUILDINGS

RECEIVED 816 COMPLAINTS

THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1,469 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 1,462 REMOVAL ORDERS.

THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 734 BUILDINGS AND NO EMERGENCY CLOSURES WERE REQUIRED.

30 COURSES AND SEMINARS FOR TEACHERS LAST MONTH

* * *

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH CONDUCTED COURSES, SEMINARS, TALKS BY SPECIALISTS AND KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

A TOTAL OF 30 WORKSHOPS FOR

LIBERAL STUDIES

TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE SEMINARS INCLUDED THE SYLLABUS; SAFETY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL ART AND CRAFT ACTIVITIES; THE REVISED SYLLABUS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR TEACHERS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE; AND APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRE-SCHOOL CLASSROOM FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS.

/WORKSHOPS HELD

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