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The aim of the award is to encourage and recognise exemplary work done by architects in Asia.
The study hall was built in 1870 by descendants of the Tang clan to commemorate their 21st generation ancestor, Tang Kun-ting. It had been used for both ancestral worship and education.
The study hall was restored by the department to its original splendour in 1991.
The restoration project also won the President Prize of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects in 1991.
End/Sunday, December 25, 1994
40 new building plans approved in October
The Buildings Department approved 40 building plans in October this year.
Of the plans, 21 are for Hong Kong Island, six for Kowloon and 13 for the New Territories.
The approved plans include 17 for apartment and apartment/commercial developments, 10 for commercial developments and three for factory and industrial developments.
In the same month, consent was given for work to start on 21 building projects, which involve 16,364.8 square metres of usable domestic floor area and 88,263.5 square metres of usable non-domestic floor area.
The declared cost of new buildings completed in the month totalled about $2,144 million.
Of the buildings certified for occupation in the month, usable floor areas for domestic and non-domestic uses are 56,789.1 square metres and 180,827.7 square metres respectively.
In the same month, the department issued 25 Occupation Permits nine for Hong Kong Island, seven for Kowloon and nine for the New Territories.
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