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THE

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1994

75 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER

BUILDINGS

DEPARTMENT APPROVED 75 NEW

BUILDING PLANS IN

NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.

OF THEM, 23 WERE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 23 FOR KOWLOON FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

APPROVED

31

AND 29

PLANS

FOR THE

APARTMENT INCLUDED APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 14 FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS 13 FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

AND

AND

START ON 48 IN THE MONTH, CONSENTS WERE GIVEN FOR WORK TO PROJECTS, WHICH INVOLVE 121,411 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 217,088 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

MEANWHILE, THE DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN SAME MONTH TOTALLED ABOUT $1,697 MILLION.

THE

OF THE BUILDINGS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN THE MONTH,

USE NON-DOMESTIC

WERE 82,792 FLOOR AREAS FOR DOMESTIC AND METRES AND 74,635 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

USABLE SQUARE

+

11

IN NOVEMBER, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED 31 OCCUPATION PERMITS FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE FOR KOWLOON AND 11 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN ADDITION, 41 DEMOLITION CONSENTS INVOLVING

WERE ISSUED.

103 BUILDINGS

650

THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL, AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED

BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1,669 OF UNAUTHORISED COMPLAINTS INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 1,026 REMOVAL ORDERS IN RESPECT OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS.

THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT INSPECTED 883 BUILDINGS AND OBTAINED FIVE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.

0

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CAMPAIGN TO HELP MINIMISE NOISE HAZARDS

LABOUR

HAZARDS

DEPARTMENT'S SPECIAL INSPECTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST

UNDERTAKINGS HAS PROVEN

TO BE PROTECTING

NOISE USEFUL IN WORKERS

IN INDUSTRIAL

ENHANCING OWNERS' AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF AGAINST SUCH HAZARDS.

DURING

SUCCESSFULLY

THE COMPLETED

TWO-MONTH TERRITORY-WIDE

IN DECKMBER, FACTORY

INCLUDING

CAMPAIGN INSPECTORS

WHICH WAS VISITED

55

RELATIVELY LARGE INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS SELECTED FROM THE SEVEN NOISY INDUSTRIES,

SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING, CONSTRUCTION, TEXTILE, CLOCKS AND WATCHES, METAL, WOOD AND PAPER PRODUCTS.

/DEPUTY CHIEF