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SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1993

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61 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER

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THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 61 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.

OF THESE, 18 WERE FOR HONG KONG, 17 FOR KOWLOON AND 26 FOR NEW TERRITORIES.

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THE APPROVED PLANS INCLUDED 20 FOR APARTMENT APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 18 FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND SEVEN FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

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DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START 45 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 215,536 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 161,549 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE AND MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,290 MILLION. USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR DOMESTIC NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 56,769 SQUARE METRES AND ABOUT 40,234 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

IN THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 38 OCCUPATION PERMITS 10 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN FOR KOWLOON AND 21 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN ADDITION, 40

WERE ISSUED.

DEMOLITION

CONSENTS

AFFECTING 57 BUILDINGS

THE OFFICE'S CONTROL AND

ENFORCEMENT

DIVISION RECEIVED 591

COMPLAINTS ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1,534 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 507 REMOVAL ORDERS.

THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION OBTAINED NINE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.

INSPECTED 783 BUILDINGS AND

SIU-YING'S NEVER-ENDING STORY

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OCEANS APART

AND YET FRIENDSHIPS ARE FORGED.

FOR SCHOOLGIRI, KWOK SIU-YING, FRIENDSHIP WAS STRUCK WITH AUSTRALIAN COUPLE, COURTESY OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION.

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SIU-YING, 17, IS A SECONDARY 5 STUDENT OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION SCHOOL, TSING YI.

SHE WAS AMONG THE 28,000 STUDENTS FROM 100 SCHOOLS WHO TOOK PART IN THE "SEE YOU IN HONG KONG" POSTCARD CAMPAIGN.

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