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Of the buildings certified for occupation in the month, the usable floor areas for domestic and non-domestic uses are 103,479 square metres and 40,122 square metres respectively.

The declared cost of new buildings completed in the month totalled about $1,528 million.

In addition, 25 demolition consents involving 48 buildings and structures were issued.

In October, the Buildings Department's Control and Enforcement Division received 581 complaints of unauthorised building works, and issued 251 Removal Orders on unauthorised works.

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Offices urged to reduce waste

Wall charts on waste reduction initiatives in an office setting have been produced by the Environmental Protection Department to encourage office managers and workers to cut down waste paper and paper consumption.

"The initiatives are easy to follow. They can be achieved through better working practices by office workers in the use of printing machines, facsimiles and photocopiers," acting Principal Environmental Protection Officer, Mr Edmond Ho,

said.

While resources can be saved by printing or photocopying on both sides of paper, Mr Ho said another way of saving paper would be by disseminating messages through electronic files.

"Reduction results will even be better if offices can start their own waste paper recovery programmes through segregation of waste paper, including computer printouts, business forms and scratch paper. These waste papers can then be recovered for reuse or recycling," Mr Ho said.