ment. This organization came into action only once during this comparatively typhoon-free year.
Hong Kong Division
Chief Building Surveyor: R. A. WATTERS, F.R.I.C.S.
Kowloon Division
Chief Building Surveyor: G. L. LOWMAN, A.R.I.C.S.
New Territories Division
Chief Building Surveyor: S. C. CHEN, A.M.I.Struct.E.
3.05. The three general divisions of the Office are concerned with the scrutiny and checking of all proposals for private building works, the granting of consent to start work and the issue of occupation permits on completion.
3.06. During the year a total of 10,250 approval permits for buildings and building operations were issued, being a fall of some 20% from last year's figures. This was due primarily to the general recession in building development which followed the banking difficulties of February 1965. Of the 1,039 occupation permits issued, 164 were for buildings exclusively for domestic use and 559 for combined domestic/non-domestic use. A total of 31,709 units of domestic accommodation were completed by private developers during the year.
3.07. The capital cost of completed private building works for the year showed an increase of 30%—$1,078,000,000 compared with $827,000,000 for 1964-65. Apart from increased building costs, this was largely attributable to the completion of many of the abnormally large number of new schemes approved in 1963. The effects of the 1965 recession have not yet been reflected in the figures of expenditure on completed buildings.
3.08. The Building (Planning) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1962 became fully operative on 1st January, 1966, and an increase in the number of plans submitted immediately before that date was prompted by the new legislation, which controls development by the use of 'plot ratio' and 'site coverage' instead of 'volume'. The new regulations are generally more restrictive than those they replace, particularly in regard to corner sites and sites fronting wide roads.
3.09. Routine and special advice continued to be given to other departments, and details of the number of buildings and building operations involved are given in Appendix Q.
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ment. This organization came into action only once during this com- paratively typhoon-free year.
Hong Kong Division
Chief Building Surveyor:
GENERAL DIVISIONS
Kowloon Division
New Territories Division
Chief Building Surveyor:
R. A. WATTERS, F.R.I.C.S. G. L. LOWMAN, A.R.I.C.S.
Chief Building Surveyor:
S. C. CHEN, A.M.I.Struct.E.
3.05. The three general divisions of the Office are concerned with the scrutiny and checking of all proposals for private building works, the granting of consent to start work and the issue of occupation permits on completion.
3.06 During the year a total of 10,250 approval permits for buildings and building operations were issued, being a fall of some 20% from last years figures. This was due primarily to the general recession in building development which followed the banking difficulties of February 1965. Of the 1,039 occupation permits issued, 164 were for buildings exclu- sively for domestic use and 559 for combined domestic/non-domestic use. A total of 31,709 units of domestic accommodation were completed by private developers during the year.
3.07. The capital cost of completed private building works for the year showed an increase of 30%-$1,078,000,000 compared with $827,000,000 for 1964-65. Apart from increased building costs this was largely attributable to the completion of many of the abnormally large number of new schemes approved in 1963. The effects of the 1965 recession have not yet been reflected in the figures of expenditure on completed buildings.
3.08. The Building (Planning) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1962 became fully operative on 1st January, 1966 and an increase in the number of plans submitted immediately before that date was prompted by the new legislation, which controls development by the use of 'plot ratio' and 'site coverage' instead of 'volume'. The new regulations are generally more restrictive than those they replace, particularly in regard to corner sites and sites fronting wide roads.
3.09. Routine and special advice continued to be given to other departments and details of the number of buildings and building opera- tions involved are given in Appendix Q.
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