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SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1994

47 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

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THE BUILDINGS

APRIL THIS YEAR.

DEPARTMENT APPROVED 47 NEW

PLANS BUILDING

IN

OF THE PLANS, NINE ARE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 14 FOR KOWLOON AND 24 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

APPROVED

INCLUDE PLANS

16

THE

FOR APARTMENT APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 17 FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS SEVEN FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

AND

AND

ON 37 OF USABLE

IN THE SAME MONTH, CONSENT WAS GIVEN FOR WORK TO START BUILDING

METRES PROJECTS, WHICH INVOLVE 97,259.8 SQUARE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 99,879.9 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE FLOOR AREA.

NON-DOMESTIC

THE

DECLARED COST TOTALLED ABOUT $887 MILLION.

OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED

IN THE

MONTH

USABLE 32,841.4 SQUARE

OF THE BUILDINGS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN THE MONTH, FLOOR AREAS FOR DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC USES ARE METRES AND 70.658.5 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

PERMITS FOR THE NEW

IN THE SAME MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED 25 OCCUPATION EIGHT FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE FOR KOWLOON AND 12 TERRITORIES.

ISSUED.

IN ADDITION, 26 DEMOLITION CONSENTS INVOLVING 73 BUILDINGS WERE

THE BUILDINGS

ENFORCEMENT DIVISION DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL AND

CARRIED OUT RECEIVED 530 COMPLAINTS OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS,

THE UNAUTHORISED 1,578 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 310 REMOVAL ORDERS ON WORKS.

THE DEPARTMENT'S DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION ALSO INSPECTED 850 BUILDINGS AND OBTAINED NINE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS FROM THE COURT.

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ELECTORS URGED TO VOTE IN DB ELECTIONS

THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WONG HON-HO, CALLED ON ELECTORS TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS BY VOTES IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 18.

TODAY (SUNDAY) CASTING THEIR

THE KWUN

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A WALKATHON ORGANISED BY TONG SPORTS PROMOTION ASSOCIATION IN SAI KUNG, MR WONG STRESSED THAT THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

"THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT ALL DISTRICT BOARD SEATS WOULD BE ELECTED, AND CANDIDATES WILL BE COMPETING FOR A RECORD NUMBER OF 346 SEATS IN THE 18 DISTRICT BOARDS, HE SAID.

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/HE URGED