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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1977
STORAGE (THOUSAND SQ.FT.)
SUPPLY IN YEAR
1,009
1,228
1,860 2,583
TOTAL VACANT AT DECEMBER
435
196
NOTE FIGURES RELATE TO ALL RATED AREAS.
* 48% RELATES TO SHOP SPACE COMPLETED IN 1976.
+ 42% RELATES TO OFFICE SPACE COMPLETED IN 1976.
++ 80% RELATES TO FLATTED FACTORY SPACE COMPLETED IN 1976.
TSIM SHA TSUI CLOCK TOWER TO BE RETAINED TEMPORARILY
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AFTER CONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD, THE GOVERNOR HAS COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO RETAIN THE FACADE OF THE OLD RAILWAY STATION AT TSIM SHA TSU! AS ITS PRESERVATION WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CULTURAL COMPLEX. THE LATTER WILL MEET AN URGENT PUBLIC NEED.
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NEVERTHELESS, THE GOVERNOR HAS DIRECTED THAT THE CLOCK TOWER ITSELF SHOULD BE RETAINED FOR THE TIME BEING, AND MAINTAINED AT THE GOVERNMENT'S EXPENSE. ITS FUTURE CAN BE DECIDED AT A LATER DATE, WHEN THE CULTURAL COMPLEX HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND PEOPLE_CAN SEE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER OR NOT THE CLOCK TOWER BLENDS WITH THE CULTURAL COMPLEX.
THE FACADE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE OLD RAILWAY STATION BUILDING WILL BE DEMOLISHED IN ORDER THAT WORK CAN PROCEED WITHOUT DELAY ON THE CULTURAL COMPLEX. THE CLOCK TOWER LIES ON THE BOUNDARY OF THE CULTURAL COMPLEX AND CAN, THEREFORE, BE LEFT UNDISTURBED FOR THE PRESENT.
THE CULTURAL COMPLEX WILL INCLUDE A MUSEUM, AN ART GALLERY, A PLANETARIUM, TWO AUDITORIA, LECTURE ROOMS AND REHEARSAL ROOMS. A LARGE FOUNTAIN WILL FORM PART OF THE DESIGN.
THE MUSEUM AND THE ART GALLERY WILL BE HOUSED IN SEPARATE BUILDINGS. THE TWO AUDITORIA WILL SEAT 2,500 AND 1,000. THE PLANETARIUM WILL ACCOMMODATE 500.
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