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12. IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING OF A MOMENTOUS WEEK FOR US. IT STARTED WITH THE OPENING OF THE SHATIN TO FANLING SECTION OF THE N.T. TRUNK ROAD BUILT AT A COST OF DOLLARS 1,400 MILLION: FOLLOWED BY THE FIRST LAND AUCTION WITH LEASE TERM UP TO THE YEAR 2047 (ONE SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF THIS WAS THE SALE OF A NON-INDUSTRIAL SITE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO A SINGAPOREAN INTEREST). THESE EVENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE WIDELY COVERED IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS HAD IT NOT BEEN FUR THE ARREST IN RATHER DRAMATIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF 7 ROBBERS WHO HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR A SHOOT-OUT IN A BUSY KOWLOON STREET IN WHICH SOME 120 SHOTS WERE FIRED.
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