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Appendix I

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and occupied prior to September 1976 have been found to exceed the

height limits. The locations of the buildings are indicated on the

attached) plan at Appendix I and listed in Appendix II.

(Appendix

II)

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The Walled City lies partly within a zone restricted by a

170 feet P.D. height limit and partly within another restricted by a

150 feet P.D. height limit. For the purpose of the present classifi-

cation, buildings which straddle the line between the two zones have

been regarded as being governed by the 170 feet P.D. limit. It should

also be noted that the B.0.0. survey was conducted on the basis of

imperial units and although the current Hong Kong Airport (Control of

Obstructions) Order has since been metricated, imperial units are used

throughout this paper.

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listed:

From the Appendix II it can be seen that of the 36 buildings

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(a)

three buildings (serials 1 to 3) exceed the permitted

height by more than 25 feet;

(b)

five buildings (serials 4 to 8) exceed the permitted

height by between 14 and 19 feet;

(c)

nineteen buildings (serials 9 to 27) exceed the

permitted height by between 4 to 12 feet; and

(a)

nine buildings (serials 28 to 36) exceed the permitted

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height by less than 3 feet.

Appendix II also indicates that in 25 out of the 36 buildings

listed, the demolition of 93 units of living accommodation occupied by

an estimated 750 people, would be affected by any plan to reduce the

buildings to the permissable heights. In the other 11 buildings, no

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