Six Building Plans Tender

The Buildings Department approved six building plans in October with two on Hong Kong Island three in Kowloon and one in the New Territories

Of the approved plans three were for apartment and apartmentcommercial developments two were for commercial development and one was for factory and industrial development

In the same month consent was given for works to start on six building projects which when completed will provide 100 934 square metres of gross floor area for domestic use involving 2 144 units and 5 614 sq m of gross floor area for nondomestic use The department has received notification of commencement of superstructure works for six building projects

The department also issued 19 occupation permits with six on Hong Kong Island four in Kowloon and nine in the New Territories

Of the buildings certified for occupation the gross floor area for domestic use was 182 437 sq m involving 3 820 units and 85 543 sq m was for nondomestic use

The declared cost of new buildings completed in October totalled about 73 billion

In addition two demolition consents were issued

The department received 2 636 reports about unauthorised building works UBWs in October and issued 406 removal orders on UBWs

The full version of the Monthly Digest for October can be viewed on the Buildings Departments homepage