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SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1993

THE

APPROVED

PLANS

INCLUDED APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, FIVE FOR AND EIGHT FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

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FOR

COMMERCIAL

APARTMENT, DEVELOPMENTS

IN THE MONTH, CONSENT WERE GIVEN FOR WORK TO START ON 31 PROJECTS, INVOLVING 66,121 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 88,392 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED WAS ABOUT $3,172 MILLION. USABLE FLOOR AREAS OF THE BUILDINGS FOR DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 105,707 SQUARE METRES AND ABOUT 203,983 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

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IN THE MONTH, THE AUTHORITY ISSUED 38 OCCUPATION PERMITS FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX FOR KOWLOON, AND 19 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

INVOLVING 72 BUILDINGS

IN ADDITION, 30 DEMOLITION CONSENTS WERE ISSUED.

THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED 885 COMPLAINTS OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1,891 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 188 REMOVAL ORDERS IN RESPECT OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS.

THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 826 BUILDINGS AND OBTAINED 13 EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.

CONSULTATION ON WASTE DISPOSAL CHARGES ENDS SOON

CONSULTATION ON A PROPOSAL TO INTRODUCE A DIRECT CHARGING SCHEME FOR THE DISPOSAL OF PRIVATELY COLLECTED WASTE AT LANDFILLS WILL END ON AUGUST 20.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE CONSULTATION CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY.

HAD GENERATED

THIS HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR THE CONSULTATION DOCUMENT FROM TRANSPORTATION FIRMS AND LORRY DRIVERS.

THE SPOKESMAN URGED THE INTERESTED PARTIES TO SEND IN THEIR VIEWS BEFORE THE DEADLINE.

THE MAEN OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSAL IS ΤΟ ENCOURAGE WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING BY APPLYING THE POLLUTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE.

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UNDER THE PROPOSED SCHEME, THE LEVEL OF CHARGES WILL BE SET INITIALLY TO RECOVER 50 PER CENT OF THE LANDFILL DISPOSAL COST. THE CHARGES WILL BE INCREASED BY PHASES TO REACH THE FULL COST RECOVERY LEVEL.

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