The Buildings Department approved 21 building plans in June - seven on Hong Kong Island, four in Kowloon and 10 in the New Territories.

Of the approved plans, nine were for apartment and apartment-commercial developments, four were for commercial developments, seven were for factory and industrial developments, and one was for community services developments.

Consent was given to start works on six building projects, which will provide 13,454 sq m of gross floor area for domestic use involving 97 units and 26,723 sq m for non-domestic use.

The department also issued 19 occupation permits - seven on Hong Kong Island, seven in Kowloon and five in the New Territories.

Buildings certified for occupation have 124,793 sq m of gross floor area for domestic use involving 1,871 units and 126,401 sq m for non-domestic use.

The declared cost of new buildings completed in the month was $11 billion.