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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1992

IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF HONG KONG DELEGATIONS WILL VISIT THE COUNTRY DURING THE MONTH ΤΟ FURTHER STRENGTHEN TIES WITH THEIR CANADIAN COUNTERPARTS. PROMINENT AMONG THESE IS THE SIX-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM THE HONG KONG-CANADA PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP, COMPRISING MESSRS ALLEN LEE. FRED LI WAH-MING, HUI YIN-FAT, ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP, VINCENT CHENG HOI-CHUEN AND LAU CHIN-SHEK.

AT THE INVITATION OF THE CANADA-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP, THE DELEGATION FLEW TO OTTAWA ON SUNDAY TO VISIT THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT, CALL ON OFFICIALS AND PARTICIPATE IN FESTIVAL HONG KONG '92 ACTIVITIES.

THE FESTIVAL CORE CITIES, IN VANCOUVER, OTTAWA, MONTREAL AND CALGARY,

ADDITION ΤΟ TORONTO, ARE

THE

HIGHLY

SUCCESSFUL

STAGED IN RECIPROCATION TO CANADIAN-SPONSORED FESTIVAL HELD IN HONG KONG IN 1991. IT IS THE BIGGEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS FESTIVAL EVER MOUNTED BY HONG KONG OVERSEAS.

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49 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JULY

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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 49 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN JULY.

OF THESE, 26 WERE FOR HONG KONG, NINE FOR KOWLOON THE NEW TERRITORIES.

APPROVED

PLANS

INCLUDED

FOR

AND 14 FOR

APARTMENT,

FOR

THE

27 APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, NINE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THREE FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 45 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 169,491 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 102,179 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,210 MILLION.

USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 60,353 SQUARE METRES AND 49,099 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

IN JULY, THE OFFICE ISSUED 35 OCCUPATION PERMITS, 15 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 10 FOR KOWLOON, AND 10 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN ADDITION, 30

WERE ISSUED.

DEMOLITION

CONSENTS

AFFECTING

44 BUILDINGS

/THE OFFICE'S