In the same month, consent was given for work to start on 33 building projects, which involve 98,618 square metres of usable domestic floor area and 67,325 square metres of usable non-domestic floor area.
During the same period, the Department also issued 23 occupation permits seven for Hong Kong Island, 11 for Kowloon and five for the New Territories.
Of the buildings certified for occupation in the month, the usable floor areas for domestic and non-domestic uses are 52,348 square metres and 146,633 square metres respectively.
The declared cost of new buildings completed in the month totalled about $2,477 million.
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In addition, 18 demolition consents involving 32 buildings and structures were
In the same month, the Buildings Department's Control and Enforcement Division received 693 complaints of unauthorised building works, and issued 249 removal orders on unauthorised works.
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Land Registry statistics for July released
A total of 12,710 sale and purchase agreements for building units, which include both residential and non-residential properties, were lodged with the Land Registry last month.
The figure represents an increase of 15 per cent over June 1996 and an increase of 43.4 per cent compared with July 1995.
The total consideration of these agreements in July is $42.2 billion, up 21.3 per cent and 99.3 per cent compared with the amounts for June 1996 and July 1995 respectively.
The figures are contained in the monthly statistics released today (Sunday) by the Land Registry on deeds relating to property transactions received for registration in the Urban and New Territories Land Registries in July 1996.
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