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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1992

70 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN APRIL

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 70 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN APRIL THIS YEAR.

OF THESE, 25 WERE FOR HONG KONG, 20 FOR KOWLOON AND 25 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE APPROVED PLANS INCLUDED 36 FOR APARTMENT, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 12 FOR DEVELOPMENTS AND SEVEN FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

APARTMENT/ COMMERCIAL

DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 49 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 120,346 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREAS AND 212,378.5 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREAS.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,277 MILLION.

USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR

DOMESTIC

AND NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 306,745 SQUARE METRES AND ABOUT 567,676 SQUARE METRES

RESPECTIVELY.

IN APRIL, THE OFFICE ISSUED 36 OCCUPATION PERMITS; 16 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, THREE FOR KOWLOON, AND 17 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN ADDITION, 33 DEMOLITION CONSENTS

WERE ISSUED.

AFFECTING 78 BUILDINGS

RECEIVED 604 COMPLAINTS

THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1,350 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 337 REMOVAL ORDERS.

THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 790 BUILDINGS AND OBTAINED 20 EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.

CSD LAUNCHES PUBLICITY ON "BEATING RETREAT"

THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) TODAY (SATURDAY) LAUNCHED A PUBLICITY EXERCISE AT THE SHATIN CENTRE FOR THE CSD SCOUTS ' "BEATING RETREAT" PERFORMANCES NEXT MONTH.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CSD AND THE SCOUT GROUP, "BEATING RETREAT" WILL BE HELD STADIUM ON JULY 23 AND 24.

HONG KONG ISLAND 221ST AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH

THE EVENT IS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST.

/THE MAIN