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TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1976
GOVERNMENT HOUSE OPEN DAY
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FLOWERS ARE AGAIN IN BLOOM AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND AZALEAS IN PARTICULAR ARE AT THEIR COLOURFUL BEST.
TO ENABLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO HAVE ONE MORE PLACE TO GO TO SEE THE FLOWERS, THE GARDENS AND GROUNDS OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE WILL BE OPEN FROM 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. ON SUNDAY (MARCH 7).
LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 82,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE GARDENS AND LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED THIS YEAR.
VISITORS ARE REQUESTED TO ENTER BY THE MAIN GATE AND LEAVE BY THE SIDE GATES SO THAT ALL CAN ENJOY THE FLOWERS WITHOUT CAUSING INCONVENIENCE TO OTHERS. THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTED NOT TO ENTER THE HOUSE ITSELF, WHICH WILL NOT BE OPEN.
SCOUTS AND POLICEMEN WILL BE PRESENT AND VISITORS ARE ASKED TO CO-OPERATE WITH THEM TO AVOID OVERCROWDING.
LAND SALE AT SHA TIN NETS OVER $6 M ******
A 21,320 SQ. FT. LOT OF CROWN LAND AT FO TAN, SHA TIN, TO BE USED FOR INDUSTRIAL AND/OR GODOWN PURPOSES, WAS SOLD FOR $6.65 MILLION IN AN AUCTION TODAY (TUESDAY). THIS IS ALMOST $312 PER SQ. FT.
ABOUT 150 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE 20-MINUTE AUCTION, HELD IN THE SHA TIN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WAS MR. K.H. CHUNG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TAI KONG SHAN REALTY LTD.
BIDDING WAS OPENED AT $3.5 MILL ION. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF TEN BIDDERS.
THE PURCHASER WAS REQUIRED TO PUT DOWN A DEPOSIT OF $200,000 AND TO PAY THE BALANCE BY TEN EQUAL INSTALMENTS, INCLUDING INTEREST AT 5 PER CENT. THE BUILDING COVENANT
THE BUILDING COVENANT IS $3.2 MILLION IN 30 MONTHS.
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