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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1975.
NEW TENDER SYSTEM FOR LAND SALE TO BE APPLIED
FOR THE FIRST TIME
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THE FIRST PIECE OF INDUSTRIAL LAND TO BE SOLD UNDER THE NEW TENDER SYSTEM WILL BE A 38,000-SQUARE-FOOT LOT IN TUEN MUN, NEW TERRITORIES.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE SYSTEM IT WAS HOPED THAT AN INDUSTRIALIST WOULD BE ABLE TO SET UP HIS FACTORY IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME AND ONE WHICH WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL TO HONG KONG'S WORKERS.
EXPLAINING THE NEW SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT INSTEAD OF BIDDING IN AN OPEN AUCTION, IN WHICH THE HIGHEST BIDDER GETS THE LAND, AN INDUSTRIALIST INTERESTED IN AN INDUSTRIAL LOT WOULD HAVE TO SÚDMIT A WRITTEN TENDER.
WHEN FILLING IN THE TENDER FORMS THE APPLICANTS ARE ASKED WHAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY THEY PROPOSED TO SET UP- HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY ARE GOING TO EMPLOY- WHEN THEY HOPE TO START PRODUCTION- AND TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO FINANCE THEIR BUILDING PROJECT.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED. THAT ANOTHER INNOVATION HAD BEEN INTRODUCED IN TUEN MUN TO HELP THE POTENTIAL INDUSTRIALIST SET UP HIS FACTORY THERE.
IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO HELP MANUFACTURERS ESTABLISH THEMSELVES ON TUEN MUN BY ALLOCATING ACCOMMODATION IN THE NEW HOUSING ESTATES TO FAMILIES OF WORKERS MOVING TO TUEN MUN FOR THE FIRST TIME.
+WE HOPE THAT THE INTERESTS OF MANUFACTURERS WHO HAVE NOT PËRHAPS THOUGHT OF MOVING TO TUEN MUN WILL BE ATTRACTED BY THESE MODIFICATIONS TO GOVERNMENT'S LONG ESTABLISHED POLICIES,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TENDERS FOR THIS LOT IN TUEN MUN WILL CLOSE ON AUGUST 30. DETAILS AND TENDER FORMS ARE AVAILABLE IN ALL DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ON THE 5TH FLOOR OF THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
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