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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1977
HE SAID HE WAS SURE THAT HE WAS ECHOING THE FEELINGS OF THE GATHERING WHEN HE WISHED HONG KONG PROSPER LONG, SO THAT ITS INHABITANTS MAY SHARE IN THE GENERAL WEALTH, WHICH IS THE FRUIT OF THEIR TOILS.+
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION, MR. JOHN SWIRE, SAID HE THOUGHT HONG KONG WAS INCREASINGLY AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE
BRITAIN.
OF ITS SPECIAL RELATIONS WITH
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HEREIN, HE SAID, LAY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BRITAIN, SINCE FOR ALL THE OBVIOUS REASONS, AND PARTICULARLY THE POLITICAL ONES, HONG KONG WOULD DEARLY LIKE TO BRING THE VISIBLE TRADE INTO CLOSER BALANCE BY BUYING EVEN MORE FROM THAT COUNTRY.
MR. SWIRE SAID IT WAS NOT TRUE THE CLAIM THE PRESS NEVER TIRED OF MAKING THAT HONG KONG WAS ESSENTIALLY A PLACE OF PASSAGE, WHERE NO ROOTS WERE THRUST DOWN AND NO LASTING ACHIEVEMENT COULD BE MADE.
+LOOKING BACK FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF THIS JUBILEE YEAR, AT THE ADVANCES MADE OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, THE PROGRESS IN ITSELF GIVES THE LIE TO THIS CLAIM OF THE PRESS, HE SAID,
FOUR LOTS OF LAND FOR SALE NEXT MONTH *****
A MAJOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITE AT REPULSE BAY WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION IN THE CITY HALL ON JULY 25 BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT.
THE SITE OF ABOUT 5,200 SQUARE METRES IS LOCATED AT BELLEVIEW DRIVE, REPULSE BAY.
APART FROM THE REPULSE BAY SITE, THERE WILL BE THREE NON- INDUSTRIAL SITES OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE AUCTION.
ONE, LOCATED BETWEEN QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND LOWER LASCAR ROW, HAS AN AREA OF ABOUT 211 SQUARE METRES.
THE OTHER TWO LOTS ON OFFER ARE SITUATED IN KOWLOON.
ONE OF THE SITES, OF ABOUT 94 SQUARE METRES, IS LOCATED AT PO WAI LAND, PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD.
ANOTHER LOT OCCUPYING AN AREA OF ABOUT 217 SQUARE METRES IS AT THE JUNCTION OF TING ON STREET AND TING FU STREET.
THE PUBLIC AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT 2.30 P.M. ON JULY 25 IN THE THEATRE OF THE CITY HALL.
FULL PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM, AND SALE PLANS INSPECTED AT, THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (WEST WING), GROUND FLOOR, AND AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 405, NATHAN ROAD, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON,
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