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FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1974
SITE FOR C.M.A. EXHIBITION
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GOVERNMENT'S APPROVAL OF THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION'S REQUEST FOR A SITE AT WAN CHAI, TO STAGE THEIR 1974/75 EXHIBITION, WAS COMMUNICATED VERBALLY TO THE ASSOCIATION'S ARCHITECTS IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF APPROVAL WAS WITHHELD PENDING THE *RESOLUTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING HATTERS RELATING TO THE USE
OF THE SITE.
+AS A MATTER OF RECORD, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED,
NOTIFICATION
OF AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE FOR THE LAST TWO C.N.A. EXHIBITIONS, TOGETHER WITH BASIC CONDITIONS CONCERNING OCCUPATION, WERE CONVEYED TO THE ASSOCIATION IN JUNE 1972 AND MAY 1973 RESPECTIVELY.
+IT WOULD THEREFORE APPEAR FROM PAST EXPERIENCE THAT FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT'S APPROVAL FOR A REDUCED SITE AREA AT WAN CHAI, HAS NOT BEEN UNDULY DELAYED IN REGARD TO THE LATEST APPLICATION.+,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS PRESENTLY CONSIDERING WAYS AND MEANS OF MEETING THE ASSOCIATION'S ASPIRATIONS FOR A PERMANENT EXHIBITION SITE.
COMMENTING ON THE OFFER OF A SITE AT TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT, WHICH WAS MADE IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AND WITHDRAWN IN JANUARY, HE SAID THAT THIS DECISION WAS ONLY TAKEN AFTER THE MOST CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE RELEVANT FACTORS.
+THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAS MADE TOWARDS HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IS FULLY RECOGNISED, AND THE FACT THAT THE OFFER OF A SITE AT TSIM SHA TSUI EAST WAS WITHDRAWN IN NO WAY DETRACTS FROM THE ASSOCIATION'S IMPORTANCE AS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TOWARDS HONG KONG'S WELLBEING. +
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